Jess Gillam with... Fleur Barron
Jess Gillam meets mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron to swap some of their favourite music.
Singaporean-British mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron sings everything from opera to chamber music, from the baroque to the contemporary. She is mentored by Barbara Hannigan and has performed with LSO, Czech Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony. She joins Jess ahead of performing Freya Waley-Cohen's Spell Book with Manchester Collective in London. Her music choices include a contralto version of Schubert's Winterreise, a traditional Uyghur folk song, and a toe-tapping melody from the musical Kiss Me, Kate. Jess brings along 'stadium jazz' from saxophonist Donny McCaslin, elegant incidental music from Purcell, and a joyful explosion of sound from indie band Villagers.
PLAYLIST: \nHENRY PURCELL \u2013 Abdelazer Z 570 (2nd mvt, Rondeau) [Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner]\nCOLE PORTER - Too Darn Hot (Kiss Me, Kate) [2019 Broadway Cast Recording]\nOLIVIER MESSIAEN \u2013 La mort du nombre [Sholto Kynoch (piano), Kaoru Yamada (violin), Rhona McKail (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor)]\nTRADITIONAL UYGHUR \u2013 Derdi Tolidur Yarning (Such Pain My Love) [Sanubar Tursun (vocals and dutar)]\nWILLIAM WALTON \u2013 Symphony No 1 in B flat minor (4th mvt) [London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis]\nDONNY MCCASLIN \u2013 Stadium Jazz\nFRANZ SCHUBERT \u2013 Gute Nacht (Winterreise, D 911) [Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Inger S\xf6dergren (piano)]\nVILLAGERS \u2013 The First Day