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Guillermo Klein Quartet

Jez Nelson presents a concert in which Argentinian pianist and composer Guillermo Klein performs his music at the Wigmore Hall with a quartet of New York jazz musicians.

Baroque fugue, American minimalism, wistful tango-canción and folksong simplicity combine in the music of Guillermo Klein. Seeing himself as first and foremost a composer, Klein emerged at the start of the last decade with a distinct brand of grooving Latin music, skilfully arranged for his large-ensemble Big Van project and the eleven-piece Los Guachos. Visiting the UK with fellow pianist Aaron Goldberg and saxophonists Chris Cheek and Miguel Zenón (collaborators encountered during his days on the New York jazz scene), the music of this Wigmore Hall concert forefronts a more intimate chamber-group side to Klein's musical personality.

Klein describes his music in terms of the three cities in which he has lived. Growing up a student of Argentinian 20th-century classical and folk music traditions, a move from Buenos Aires to Berklee and subsequent years playing in New York brought him in contact for the first time with minimalism and jazz, genres which certainly shine through in the complex rhythmic textures of the quartet's performance - while his time living in Barcelona brought about a focus on European classical music. "You cannot abstract yourself from a place - you must interact," he says, attributing his sudden and apparently impromptu bursts of vocals to the city to which he has now returned, Buenos Aires. "It's a very emotional city. People singing in the street, on the bus. Some tunes need to be sung. I'll sing them."

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Phil Smith & Peggy Sutton.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Mon 4 Mar 2013 23:00
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Music Played

  • Baroque Spring: Listener's Choice

    • The Swingle Singers

      Fugue No.2 in C Minor

      Composer: J.S.Bach

      • Jazz Sebastian Bach.
      • Philips.

  • Baroque Spring: Jazz-Baroque Mini Mix

    • Raymond Fol

      Les 4 Saisons Concerto No. 2 L'Ete (Presto)

      Composer: Vivaldi

      • Jazz in Paris: Les Four Saisons.
      • Emarcy.

    • Uri Caine

      Goldberg-Variationen, Aria Mit 30 Veränderungen (Klavierübung IV) BWV 988: Variation for P

      Composer: J.S. Bach

      • The Goldberg Variations.
      • Winter & Winter.

    • Nina Simone

      Love Me Or Leave Me [1956 version]

      Composer: Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn

      • Little Girl Blue.
      • Bethlehem.

  • Interview: Guillermo Klein's tale of three cities

    • Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos

      Piano Sonata Op. 22 (1st Mov.)

      Composer: Ginastera

      • Carrera.
      • Sunnyside.

    • Pescado Rabioso

      Supercheria

      Composer: Alberto Spinetta

      • Artaud.
      • °Õ²¹±ô±ð²Ô³Ù/²Ñ¾±³¦°ù´Ç´Úó²Ô.

    • Trio Pantango

      Fuga Y Misterio

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      • Tango Argentino: El Motivo.
      • Arc Music.

    • Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos

      Chacarera del Zorro

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

      • Domador De Huellas.
      • Sunnyside.

    • Wayne Shorter

      Witch Hunt

      Composer: Wayne Shorter

      • Speak No Evil.
      • Blue Note.

    • Steve Reich

      Tehillim: Part I (Fast)

      • Tehillim Three Movements.
      • Nonesuch.

    • Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos

      El Rio

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

      • Una Nave.
      • Sunnyside.

    • Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos

      Fugue X

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

      • Los Guachos III.
      • Sunnyside.

    • Lennie Tristano Sextet

      Fugue in D Minor, BWV 899

      Composer: Bach

      • Wow.
      • Jazz Records.

    • Olivier Messiaen

      Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia - O Sacrum Convivium

      Composer: Messiaen

      • Garden of Love's Sleep.
      • DG.

    • Guillermo Klein Quartet

      Bon Repas

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

    • Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos

      Manuel

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

      • Filtros.
      • Sunnyside.

  • Guillermo Klein Quartet recorded at the Wigmore Hall, London on 1 February 2013

    • Untitled

      Line up: Guillermo Klein (piano, voice); Aaron Goldberg (piano, Fender Rhodes); Chris Cheek (tenor, soprano and baritone saxophones); Miguel Zenon (alto saxophone, flute)

    • Guillermo Klein Quartet

      Bon Repas

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

    • Guillermo Klein

      All the Things You Are

      Composer: Jerome Kern

    • Guillermo Klein Quartet

      Burrito

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

    • Guillermo Klein Quartet

      Amor Profundo

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

    • Guillermo Klein Quartet

      Airport Fugue

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

    • Guillermo Klein Quartet

      Moreira

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

    • Guillermo Klein Quartet

      Yeso

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

  • Baroque Spring: Listener's Choice

    • George Gruntz

      Ciacona F-Moll

      Composer: Pachelbel

      • Bach Humbug! Or Jazz Goes Baroque.
      • Philips.

  • Agustí Fernández profile with Ferran Esteve

    • Agustí Fernández

      Pianoactivity IV

      Composer: Agustí Fernández

      • Pianoactivity | One.
      • Sirulita.

    • Agustí Fernández / Joan Saura

      Llevant

      Composer: Agustí Fernández / Joan Saura

      • Vents.
      • Psi.

    • Liquid Trio

      Pistia

      Composer: Agustí Fernández

      • [forthcoming].

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Mar 2013 23:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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