Jess Gillam with... Kate Whitley
Jess's guest this week is the composer Kate Whitley.
Kate is an award-winning composer and pianist, who also runs the Multi-Story Orchestra. The orchestra was born in a multi-story car park in Peckham, and perform in car parks around the country, as they wanted to take classical music out of formal concert halls. They also create hugely powerful musical projects like the RPS Award-winning The Endz that involve the local community and young people in their music making.
Kate and Jess settle in for a listening party of the music they love including a beautiful work by Caroline Shaw and Bjork, the biggest of brass by Mussorgsky, bluegrass courtesy of the Goat Rodeo and a contender for greatest ever cover version by the Pet Shop Boys.
Playlist:
CAROLINE SHAW \u2013 Partita for 8 Singers: 2. Sarabande [Roomful of Teeth]\nMUSSORGSKY \u2013 Night on Bald Mountain [Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor)]\nBJORK: Pneumonia\nGOAT RODEO - Attaboy [Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Yo Yo Ma]\nVIVALDI \u2013 La Folia [Apollo\u2019s Fire, Jeannette Sorell]\nSON LUX - This is a Life [Mitski, David Byrne]\nGABRIELE MIRABASSI \u2013 Girotondo [Gabriele Mirabassi [clarinet), Luciano Biondini (accordion)]\nPET SHOP BOYS: Always on My Mind