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Performance TitleRoyal Albert Home - Jess Gillam [Online]
Performance Date8 July 2020
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJess Gillam - saxophone
Secondary PerformersSam Becker - double bass
Set List'Pequena Czarda (Little Dance)', P Iturralde,
'Nightclub 1960', Piazzolla,
'Oboe Concerto', Marcelo,
'Braziliera' from Scaramouche, Milhaud,
'Life On Mars', D Bowie
Performance NotesThe Classic BRIT Award winner was the first saxophonist to reach the final of BBC Young Musician. In 2019 her debut album Rise, which featured a selection of her favourite pieces ranging from Marcello and Shostakovich to David Bowie and Kate Bush, shot to No. 1 in the Official UK Classical Charts

Gillam has performed at the Royal Albert Hall on a number of occasions, including at the prestigious Last Night of the Proms and to a global audience at last year's BAFTAs.

A free spirit in style and character, Jess is a passionate advocate for the power of music in society, often combining her concert engagements with educational and social projects. She is a patron for Awards for Young Musicians and a trustee for the HarrisonParrott Foundation, working towards full inclusivity of all ethnicities, genders, disabilities and social backgrounds with equal access to the arts.
Related Archival MaterialFilm
Ticket Prices£0
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/969fb591qyqD_
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work11971Royal Albert Home [Online]59
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/21562Gillam; Jess (1999-); British saxophonist
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