This Classical Life - Jess Gillam with... Nicky Spence (Mr Christmas)

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Jess Gillam and tenor Nicky Spence don their Christmas jumpers to share their favourite seasonal music, from Jon Vickers singing Handel to Joni Mitchell, and from Vivaldi's Winter to joyful harmonies from Pentatonix.

Playlist:
Trad. Jingle Bells - Ella Fitzgerald
Trad. arr. Ola Gjeilo - The Coventry Carol (Choir of Royal Holloway)
Yma Sumac - Malambo No.1
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: Overture & Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev conductor)
R Strauss - Weihnachtsgefuhl (Edita Gruberova)
Vivaldi - Concerto No.4 in F minor RV297 ‘Winter’ (Henning Kraggerud violin, Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra)
Mervyn Warren - Joyful, Joyful (Pentatonix)
Handel - Messiah, Part 1: Comfort ye, my people; Every valley (Jon Vickers tenor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham conductor)
Joni Mitchell - River

Published on Saturday, 18th December 2021.

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