Aram Khachaturian
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Oct 14, 2026
Samira AhmedHOST
But before we go on that journey, we're going to take an altogether different voyage.
Samira AhmedHOST
[dramatic music] Ah, the Adagio from Spartacus, composed by Aram Khachaturian, or as it's better known, of course, the theme from The Onedin Line, the BBC's Victorian seafaring saga, which ran between 1971 and 1980.
Samira AhmedHOST
And we watched the very first episode, The Wind Blows Free, by Cyril Abraham, which aired on BBC One on Friday, 15th October at 9:20 PM.
Graham Kibble-WhiteHOST
A remake of a pilot episode that aired in 1970, it sets up the story of ambitious and ruthless would-be shipping magnate James Onedin, played by Peter Gilmore, who enters into a marriage of convenience with Anne Stallibrass' Anne Webster in order to acquire her father's schooner, the Charlotte Rhodes, and undercut his former employer in the profitable business of wine importation.
Tim GreivingGUEST
But I do think, uh, whether it was a Spielberg suggestion or Williams' own idea, there are all these little nods to Kubrick, Kubrick's use of music.
Tim GreivingGUEST
The, the kind of Khachaturian music at the beginning of AI, which is very reflective of 2001, um, the choral music, which feels like L- Ligeti's music in 2001.
Tim GreivingGUEST
Um, there's, there's these little nods that are, are obviously intentional.
Tim GreivingGUEST
And then of course the most famous, um, anecdote about there being some reference to Der Rosenkavalier that Kubrick made, that they, they knew it needed to go there somewhere.
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Tim GreivingGUEST
Uh, but yeah, I think, um, musically, even, even the opening, even though it's, it, it's an obvious sort of allusion to something that Kubrick might have, uh, put in one of his films, it, it still feels like it has John Williams' fingerprints on it.
Maurizio CaschettoHOST
I remember back in the day, one reviewer here in Italy actually spent a, a- at least one paragraph of the review demolishing John Williams' [laughs] approach to the film.
Maurizio CaschettoHOST
Like, he, he, he really hated the fact when he, he nodded to Khachaturian or, or Ligeti, a- and he w- it was seen from this critic like kind of a sacrilege.
Maurizio CaschettoHOST
You know, here comes the obvious John Williams ripping off Ligeti and Khachaturian and Strauss and whatever, when instead the things are much more nuanced.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
Vadim Gluzman was on violin.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
Rounding off the hour with music of the Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian, well known for his ballets, including Gayane and Spartacus.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
We'll hear now some of his incidental music for Masquerade.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
In the play, a character talks about the music she's hearing, and it gives her a feeling somewhere between sorrow and joy.
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Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
[on-hold music]Incidental music to Masquerade by Aram Khachaturian.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
Kirill Kondrashin led the RCA Symphony Orchestra.