This Classical Life

Jess Gillam is joined by jazz guitarist Rob Luft to swap tracks and share the music they love, with music from Bach, James Blake and Billie Holiday.

Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by composer Dani Howard, and between them they swap music by Thomas Adès, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Fats Waller.Track we played today...Thomas Ades - In Seven Days: iv. Stars - Sun - Moon Nicolas Hodges (piano) London Sinfonietta, Thomas AdesToshio Hosokawa - Japanese folksongs: no.2; Itsuki no komori uta (Lullaby of Itsuki) Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Christian Rivet (guitar)Steve Reich – Variations for Vibes, Pianos and Strings: I. Fast London Sinfonietta, Alan PiersonAnna Thorvaldsdottir - In The Light of Air (Existence) International Contemporary EnsembleRobert Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op. 73; III. Rasch und mit Feuer Sol Gabetta (cello) Hélène Grimaud (piano)Fats Waller – Two Sleepy PeopleRae Morris - Do it (Acoustic Version)Satie - 3 Gymnopedies for piano, no.1 in D major; Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by composer Grace-Evangeline Mason to share music by Mica Levi, Kaija Saariaho and Joni Mitchell.Today we listened to...Bach - Cello suite no 1 BWV 1007 - Yo-yo Ma Hans Abrahamsen - Let Me Tell You, Pt.III: I Will Go Out Now - Barbara Hannigan, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Andris Nelsons The Beatles - A day in the life Clément Janequin - Toutes les nuictz Mica Levi – Love (from Under the Skin) Kaija Saariaho - Cloud Trio: I. Calmo, Meditato Joni Mitchell - A Case of You Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Barque: Largo and Maestoso

Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by violinist Flora Curzon. They share music by Vivaldi, film music by Jonny Greenwood and Shostakovich and a traditional Romanian doina and hora.

Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by viola player Timothy Ridout to share music from Bach to The Beatles via Michael Kiwanuka, Haydn and Bartok.Tracks we played today...David Popper - Dance of the Elves, Op. 39 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Alexander Dedyukhin (piano) Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in C major Op 20 No 2; 2nd Movement Capriccio - The London Haydn Quartet Max Richter - On The Nature Of Daylight The Beatles - In My Life Bela Bartok - 3 Hungarian folksongs from the Csik district - Tom Poster (piano) Stéphane Grappelli – How High The Moon Michael Kiwanuka - Hard to Say Goodbye Johann Sebastian Bach - Matthauspassion (BWV.244), Part 1; no.1; Kommt, ihr Tochter [chorus] - Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Elisabeth Brauss to swap tracks and share the music they love. With music from Benjamin Britten to Oscar Peterson.Tracks we played today...Johann Strauss II – Die Fledermaus; Overture (Carlos Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic) John Cage - Dream Britten/Pears - Down by the Salley Gardens Julia Wolfe - Fire in My mouth: ii. Factory Jacob Collier - Fascinating Rhythm Mieczyslaw Karlowicz - Violin Concerto in A Major Op. 8; Finale: Vivace assai Molly Drake - I Remember Oscar Peterson – The Bach Suite: Allegro (live)

Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Leif Kaner-Lidstrom to swap tracks and share the music they love. With music from Richard Strauss to The Comet Is Coming.Tracks we played today... Richard Strauss - Ein Heldenleben, op.40 The Comet is Coming – The Universe Wakes Up Antonio Bazzini – La ronde des lutins (Scherzo fantastique), Op. 25 Ilse Weber – Wiegala Judd Greenstein – Clearing, Dawn , Dance Schubert – Minuet in C-Sharp Minor, D. 600 Otis Redding - Cigarettes and Coffee Walton – Then Sing Aloud to God, pt. 2

Jess Gillam is joined by violinist Rakhi Singh to swap tracks and share the music they love, with music from Bach to Portishead, and we squeeze bees with Ivor Cutler.

Jess Gillam is joined by Ivor Novello award winning composer and fellow saxophonist Charlotte Harding to swap tracks, including two saxophone greats - Branford Marsalis and Ivy Benson, other worldly textures from John Luther Adams and Anders Hillborg, and two generations of Prokofievs.Tracks we played today...Gabriel Prokofiev – Saxophone Concerto: IV. Allegro Mechanico Nadia Boulanger - 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano, no.1: Modere Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite John Luther Adams - The Wind in High Places: II. Maclaren Summit Ivy Benson - Lover Anders Hillborg - Sirens Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh - What, What, What Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.1, 3rd movement

In a special edition of the show with BBC Ten Pieces, Jess is joined in the studio by young musicians Evelyn, George and Emma to listen to music by Brahms, Grieg, Clean Bandit and a number from the hit musical Hamilton.