Living Classical with Tyler Kline for March 29 - April 4, 2026

On this edition of Living Classical with Tyler Kline: Likoo is a traditional song form from Iran's Baluchistan province, performed on bowed lute or paired flutes—music about grief and longing for a loved one. Aftab Darvishi's Likoo draws on that essence, reflecting a deep longing for those lost since the Women, Life, Freedom movement began in Iran in September 2022. The piece explores loss in its various dimensions: mothers, lovers, homeland.

Then: After reading Haruki Murakami's interviews with survivors of the 1995 Tokyo sarin attacks, Bára Gísladóttir compressed ninety minutes into ten. VAPE structures the orchestra into five groups, each tracing one attack timeline—sharp jabs, then gradual vaporization and suffocation—exploring how fear and anxiety never abate, and how effects spread and disperse.

Music by Aftab Darvishi, Bára Gísladóttir, Eydís Evensen, Lilith Guegamian, Eleanor Alberga, Anna Weesner, Jessie Montgomery, Eleanore Oppenheim, Angela Elizabeth Slater, Hannah Selin, Pauchi Sasaki, Anahita Abbasi, and Ha-Yang Kim.

Featuring performances by Eydís Evensen, piano; Sara d'Ippolito Reichert, guitar; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Eunbi Kim, piano; Laura Cauley, violin; Amanda Gookin, cello; Amahl Arulanandam, cello; Nathan Petitpas, percussion; Olivia de Prato, violin; Ensemble Arcadiana; Prism Quartet; big dog little dog; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Chromic Duo; and Iceland Symphony Orchestra.

Join Tyler Kline for this edition of Living Classical — exploring the full spectrum of classical music being made today.

Hour 1

• Challenger Deep by Eydís Evensen

• Lilith Guegamian’s Dans le souffle du temps

• Quintet from Eleanor Alberga’s Dancing with the Shadow

• Aftab Darvishi’s Likoo

• VAMP by Anna Weesner

• Jessie Montgomery and Eleanore Oppenheim’s Blue Hour

• Unravelling the crimson sky by Angela Elizabeth Slater

Hour 2

• Dream Journal by Hannah Selin

• Pauchi Sasaki’s Mother’s Hand, Healing Hand

• VAPE by Bára Gísladóttir

• Anahita Abbasi’s Sirventès

• may you dream of rainbows and magical lands by Ha-Yang Kim