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Jess Gillam with... Arsha Kaviani

Jess is joined by pianist and composer Arsha Kaviani to swap some of the music they love the most, including Brahms, Beethoven and Jeff Buckley.

Jess's guest this week is pianist and composer Arsha Kaviani, who is equally at home performing virtuosic classical repertoire, improvising at the keyboard and creating original compositions. Born and raised in Dubai by Iranian parents, Arsha taught himself to transcribe whole symphonies and concertos at a young age, before moving to the UK for formal musical training. His debut album 'Accents & Echoes' will be released in June, and This Classical Life gets exclusive first plays of some of the tracks.

Arsha and Jess load up the This Classical Life jukebox with the music they love, including a demo by Amy Winehouse, a fiendishly complex piano sonata from Nikolai Medtner, Beethoven harnessing the power of silence, and Jeff Buckley inspired by mystic Sufism.

Plus Jess plays some of the best music to take you into Saturday evening.

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Last on

Sat 11 May 2024 17:00
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    The Red Pony: Morning on the Ranch

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • BMG Classics.

  • Arsha Kaviani

    Fantasy on Fugue BWV 539

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Arsha Kaviani.
    • Accents & Echoes: Arsha Kaviani.
    • SRSLY Music.

  • Arsha Kaviani

    Concert Etude on Prelude in C Major BWV 846

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Arsha Kaviani.
    • Accents & Echoes: Arsha Kaviani.
    • SRSLY Music.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat, Op 83 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    The Beatitudes

    Performer: David Goode. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Director: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Amy Winehouse

    What It Is - Demo

    • Frank.
    • Island Records.

  • Arsha Kaviani

    Accents & Echoes (excerpt)

    Performer: Arsha Kaviani.
    • Accents & Echoes: Arsha Kaviani.
    • SRSLY Music.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture, Op 62

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG E4390052.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 5.

  • Jeff Buckley

    Dream Brother

    • Columbia.

  • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

    Piano Sonata in E minor 'Night Wind' Op 25 No 2

    Performer: Dina Parakhina.
    • Piano Classics.

  • Portishead

    Glory Box

    • Dummy.
    • Go! Discs.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Rondeau, Op. 97 (arr. for brass ensemble)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Music Arranger: Jarle Storl酶kken. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • LAWO Classics.

  • Clarissa Connelly

    Wee Rosebud

    • World of Work.
    • Warp Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 May 2024 17:00
    成人快手 Radio 3

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