Jess Gillam with... Laura Snowden
Jess's guest this week is the guitarist and composer Laura Snowden. They meet in the TCL studio for a listening party which revels in the beauty of John Tavener's choral music; unwraps a piece for guitar by the Australian composer and synesthete Phillip Houghton during which explores the range of sounds possible to obtain from the instrument; pauses in the sound world of Laurie Anderson, and follows Berlioz's musical journey into psychedelia.
Playlist:\nJohn Tavener: The Lamb (Tenebrae, Nigel Short, conductor)\nBurt Bacharach/Hal David: I say a little prayer (Aretha Franklin)\nLauryn Hill: Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Lauryn Hill)\nBuxton/Ratcliffe/Kekaula: Good Luck (Basement Jaxx, Lisa Kekaula)\nLaurie Anderson: O Superman (Laurie Anderson)\nTrad (Bulgarian): Bu\u010dimi\u0161 (Avi Avital, mandolin, Itamar Doari, percussion)\nPhillip Houghton: Wave Radiance (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet)\nHector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 - V Dream of a witches' Sabbath (Orchestre de Paris, Charles Munch, conductor)