Jess Gillam with... Freya Waley-Cohen

Jess Gillam and composer Freya Waley-Cohen swap Messiaen's frenetic Joy of the Blood of the Stars from Turangalîla, a Procol Harum classic performed by King Curtis, Ravel, Janacek and Shostakovich.

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Here's what we listened to today...

Olivier Messiaen - Turangalîla-Symphonie; V. Joie Du Sang Des Étoiles Vif, Passionné Avec Joie William Byrd - Miserere Mei, Deus arr. Nico Muhly Jenna Moynihan and Mairi Chaimbeul - Steaph’s Red Shoes Maurice Ravel - Piano concerto in G major - Adagio Assai Gabriella Smith - Carrot Revolution King Curtis - A Whiter Shade of Pale Leoš Janáček - Violin Sonata, JW VII/7: 2nd mvt: Ballada con moto Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony no. 11, 4th movement “Alarm”