BBC Young Musician

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Jess Gillam hosts the podcast about young musicians, for young musicians. Special guests every episode, with a new show every week.

  1. 11/30/2018

    Making a life in music

    Our guest for the finale of S2 is *GASP* Sir Simon Rattle! He joins us with inspiring stories from his amazing conducting career, plus tips on keeping your confidence and why it's very important to understand who pays National Insurance. We have literally never been this starstruck.

    19 min

  2. 11/23/2018

    Let's work together

    Because everyone knows that playing with other people is the best part of being a musician. The excellent (and hilarious) violinist Pekka Kuusisto is our guest for this episode on musical collaboration, where we learned how it feels to be a sixth desk violinist.

    17 min

  3. 11/16/2018

    Improvisation

    Jazz trumpeter Alexandra Ridout is our guest for this totally spontaneous episode (in which Sam, predictably, is the most chillaxed member of the BBCYM podcast team). Does anyone... sing?

    16 min

  4. 11/09/2018

    How to record an album

    OK, so we're not even gonna pretend that we manage to crack this in the time available – but we did call up the lovely Miloš, who gave us some helpful pointers. Plus: Sam's new single and WHO IS THAT WOMAN IN ZEYNEP'S GARDEN?!

    17 min

  5. 11/02/2018

    Feel the fear (and do the gig anyway)

    Zeynep is scared of heights. Sam is scared of falling. So whose brilliant idea was it to record this episode on the London Eye? The amazing composer Anna Meredith is our guest for this special edition on FEAR. Also featured: Jess and Zeynep playing the podcast theme tune on a TEENY TINY PIANO

    20 min

  6. 10/26/2018

    What is H.I.P.?

    That stands for historically informed performance, btw. So what happens if you find out that your favourite composer was a big ol' Nazi? And does knowing that Brahms loved whisky affect how you play his music? (We all know what Zeynep thinks.) Conductor Jessica Cottis is our guest.

    17 min

  7. 10/19/2018

    99 (when the pass mark is 100)

    Exams and competitions are a fact of life for most of us. Do they matter? Our guest is the cellist (and multi-competition winner) Natalie Clein.

    19 min

  8. 10/12/2018

    Sort your life out

    In which Jess reveals the full extent of her stationery addiction. Bet you've bought a diary by the end of this episode.

    17 min
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Jess Gillam hosts the podcast about young musicians, for young musicians. Special guests every episode, with a new show every week.

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  • Creator
    BBC Radio
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © (C) BBC 2018
  • Show Website
    BBC Young Musician

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