Listen to Vasily Petrenko on BBC Radio 3’s This Classical Life with Jess Gillam 30 May

30 May, 2025

Jess Gillam with Vasily Petrenko

Vasily Petrenko joined saxophonist and presenter Jess Gillam on BBC Radio 3’s This Classical Life. On 30 May, he joins Jess to share some of his favourite music, giving a conductor’s insight into the big works of Shostakovich and Beethoven, and revealing more eclectic tastes with tracks by Björk and Pink Floyd. Jess, meanwhile, plays Vasily some Vivaldi and Duke Ellington, and music for saxophone and orchestra by the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho.

Listen from 17:00 UK time on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds

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