This Classical Life

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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too. Music, eclectic playlists and chat, with a new guest every week.

This Classical Life: Jess Gillam with... Arsha Kaviani

Jess Gillam with... Arsha Kaviani

BBC Radio 3 - This Classical Life, Jess Gillam with... Arsha Kaviani

Jess Gillam talks to and swaps favourite music with pianist and composer 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.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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Jess Gillam with... Arsha Kaviani

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