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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Aaron Copland
The Red Pony: Morning on the Ranch
Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- BMG Classics.
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Arsha Kaviani
Fantasy on Fugue BWV 539
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Arsha Kaviani.- Accents & Echoes: Arsha Kaviani.
- SRSLY Music.
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Arsha Kaviani
Concert Etude on Prelude in C Major BWV 846
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Arsha Kaviani.- Accents & Echoes: Arsha Kaviani.
- SRSLY Music.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat, Op 83 (1st mvt)
Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- DG.
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Arvo Pärt
The Beatitudes
Performer: David Goode. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Director: Stephen Cleobury.- Warner Classics.
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Amy Winehouse
What It Is - Demo
- Frank.
- Island Records.
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Arsha Kaviani
Accents & Echoes (excerpt)
Performer: Arsha Kaviani.- Accents & Echoes: Arsha Kaviani.
- SRSLY Music.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture, Op 62
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG E4390052.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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Jeff Buckley
Dream Brother
- Columbia.
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Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
Piano Sonata in E minor 'Night Wind' Op 25 No 2
Performer: Dina Parakhina.- Piano Classics.
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Portishead
Glory Box
- Dummy.
- Go! Discs.
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CĂ©cile Chaminade
Rondeau, Op. 97 (arr. for brass ensemble)
Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Music Arranger: Jarle Storløkken. Ensemble: tenThing.- LAWO Classics.
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Clarissa Connelly
Wee Rosebud
- World of Work.
- Warp Records.
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- Sat 11 May 2024 17:00±«Óătv Radio 3
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