And the multitalented jazz double bassist and composer. With his 6 piece band. They are all b.b.c. New generation artists and they'll be playing timeless classics by the likes of list and Albania and putting a festive spring in your step with some fresh. Jazz joining me Georgia man for the b.b.c. World Service New York concert straight after the news thank. You . I'm Debbie Ross with the b.b.c. Nice voting in Bangladesh has ended and made allegations of widespread irregularities and vote rigging by supporters of the governing Awami League at least 15 people have been killed in clashes between activists of rival political parties the opposition alliance said the level of intimidation and violence against the supporters was unprecedented so they must offer from the b.b.c. Even Goli Service says there's no one to investigate the irregularities not in the present bodies who could investigate this because the election commission was supposed to be that independent body unfortunately Russian commission has not gained a lot of you know the confidence of the opposition or the public at large people see the Election Commission as being very quiet towards the government so I'm afraid it will be left up to the media to expose the violence and the irregularities that have taken place and have been accorded bit of that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is seeking a 3rd consecutive term in office voting is underway in presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo which are taking place after a delay of 2 years of b.b.c. Reporter in the capital Kinshasa says there is enthusiasm among voters the historic vote is to choose a successor to President Joseph Kabila who's leaving office after 17 years the opposition candidate Martin for you in told reporters in Kinshasa that people were voting for change until your life own a vision of you know you see your voting for the end of mystic Abella we're voting for the end of misery for the Congolese people we're voting for the end of what we've known so far the end of Congo being an international disgrace so today we think the results will be in line with how the Congolese people have acted. South Korea says the North Korean leader Kim Jong un has expressed regret that he wasn't able to visit the South Korean capital this year as originally planned Mr Kim sent a letter to the South's president Monday in the Rebecca is in Seoul the 2 leaders last met in Pyongyang in September and Mr Kemp had promised to visit so by the end of this year and his letter the North Korean leader regretted that the visit didn't take place in 20000 but expressed his strong resolve to make it happen in the near future Mr Kim will be preparing for his annual New Year's address this speech usually outlines his priorities for the coming year and there is hope in Seoul and Washington the North Korean leader will discuss denuclearization a powerful storm in the Philippines has killed at least 22 people the Philippine disaster relief agency said a tropical cyclone which moved through the eastern Philippines for science and Biko regions had caused widespread landslides and flooding officials that the list of victims was expected to grow local media outlets say dozens of others are missing p b c news the head of the European Commission has called on Britain to get its act together and stop expecting the e.u. To solve its problems if it breaks it wrong road you added that the Bloc was not trying to stop Britain from leaving and that it was ready to open talks on future relations as soon as Parliament in London approved the exit deal reached last month it's not clear if the agreement has the parliamentary backing it needs religious and political groups in Iraq have condemned a declaration by a leading Sunni Muslim cleric that it is forbidden for Muslims to celebrate Christmas the Sunni moved. Out soon may they also told Muslims that they shouldn't even offer Christmas greetings to Christians he was responding to the government's decision to make Christmas Day a public holiday. Several 100 people have demonstrated close to a monastery building in central Italy where a right wing Roman Catholic Institute says it plans to offer classes based on the ideas of the former Trump advisor Steve Bannon in September the Dignitas his Humanae Institute says Steve Bannon had been helping to draw up a training programme for the next generation of Catholic politicians and activists . One of India's most acclaimed film directors manaul send has died he was 95 his family said Mr Cent died at his home in Kolkata South Asia editor at a Raja looks back at his life more nods and is regarded as a pioneer of New Wave cinema in India film critics say his movies including one show eg been paraded in Ecuador focused on social realities bringing to the screen the political unrest of the 1960 s. And seventy's his films were in complete contrast from the commercial productions of Bollywood along with this contemporary South Asia 3 Mr Cenis considered one of the greatest to Bengali film makers he won several national and international film awards. At a Rajon reporting that's the latest b.b.c. Nice. Welcome to the b.b.c. World Service New Year concerts to if I'm George a man and I am surrounded by an appropriately merry audience here at the crash room in London's Royal Opera House for a concert guaranteed to give you the ultimate upbeat to 2090 here beneath the glittering chandeliers of the crush room with its red velvet carpets and walls lined with 17th century Flemish masterpieces you're going to hit some musical masterpieces played by some of the most exciting young musicians around today they are b.b.c. New generation artists members of a scheme the b.b.c. Has been running for 20 years now designed to nurture and sort of turbo charge the careers of talented musicians who are just starting to make their mark on the international scene 24 year old Franco Spanish guitarist T.-Bo Garcia will be transporting us to Spain with the famous a studious by Albanian award winning jazz double bassist and composer of a bardo and his 6 piece band will have you dancing or at least rapidly foot tapping your way into 2019 with that freshly minted jazz shoes but 1st the Georgian pianist Marianne but sash really is only 25 years old and she's already won some of the most prestigious prizes in music she's going to open our b.b.c. World Service New York concert now with music by composer who was also the prime minister of Poland at one point there's not many of them you can say that about it Nazi Yun patter risky Please welcome to the crush room stage Mariam But Sasha Vili to if . Oh. The boy. The Irish. The old RINGBACK. The the. Old the old. The be. Rescues Menuet in g. Major played for us with Technicolor flair by the pianist and b.b.c. New generation artist Mariam. You're listening to the New Year concerts on b.b.c. World Service on Georgia man and I'll be chatting with Mariam a little later on before she plays the same Gypsy inspired that is still to come well move now though from a Georgian with the golden touch to a to lose them who can come to distant realms using only 6 trains breeze welcome the guitarist Tivo Kathy a. What are your earliest memories of this instrument you grew up in Toulouse in the southwest of France and I think your father was a big big influence on you when it comes to this peaceful incident because yeah absolutely Actually my father guitarist and I to so it's not his profession but he loves that very much and he has a very good level actually so when I was very younger I could listen to to his playing and I loved it and actually also when I was 6 my mother began to take lessons so the guitar was really living at home and I decided to do the same I mean why not me and my parents so it was really really nice to begin to play this instrument and I feel I really fell in love with it and I'm still in love I would say more and more every day. Why do you think the guitar has continued to be so strongly associated with Spain I mean it's a hugely popular instrument across the world but it will always be essentially Spanish for a lot of people I think the guitar as we know it's now nowadays is related to Spain because of the Flamenco and the popular music that is very strong and it's very normal because it's the same instrument but from income player play I mean it's so there is a big relation with brain and it's normal we're likely to also and for example I will play a studio's why I would be nice and this is a very very Spanish music you're also going to play as music by the Paragon composer Augustine body else like cattle I know you love this piece by what draws you to it so much well I do love this piece 1st because it was inspired by a bar so maybe there is a bit of Bach in that music and I'm really in love with the music of behold so and I don't know it's one of the most. Emotional piece for the classical guitar I think because there is a bit of everything in it it's very complete and complex for us also I think it's it's one of the jewel of the classical to talk about what. And then you're playing perhaps the most famous piece for say like it's a story asked by Albania I mean no pressure or anything to you but all the virtues of put their stamp on this from an address to go to John Williams Is it hard to ignore all of that when you're all coming to your own interpretation of a piece like this Well I would never ignore the versions of on that is to go over here of course. Yes it's hard to take a piece that was played by all the guitarists but that's also a very challenging and interesting work to do to say Ok I'm going to play something that these very much played what can they bring to that when can I give it to make it more interesting or it is different well I propose my proper version that is different from others to go even if I love their versions. Thank you let's hear the music. 6 6. Ah the song. By the Boston Globe ah bought by. The Durham one was bought by blood glucose. Blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Blah. Blah my boss why. One glimmer. Of book one. Why the boss baud by the caused by Google. Blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Thank you. Our women. Thank you for. The sublime sounds that was a study asked by Albania played by T.-Bone and before that you had like how tainted our tribute to bark by virtue of so the later era. Barry us thank you so much cheaper for making music for us today. You're listening to the b.b.c. World Service New Year concerts with me Georgia man recorded amidst the grand jury of one of the U.K.'s most historic music venues the Royal Opera House in London I'm going to use that ever useful phrase now and say that it's time for something completely different it really is completely different another member of the b.b.c. New generation artist family double bassist and composer Mischa Barton now the British press have been pretty much in raptures about me ever since he emerged on the scene for years ago now winning one of this country's most sought after jazz prizes He's been called unfailingly inventive and one Mexican critic really put his cards on the table and said it will not be many years before Misha becomes one of the world's leading figures in music that is quite a prediction we are very excited to have him as part of the new generation artist team I'll be chatting to him shortly but 1st please welcome me shipment of about oh and friends to the stage they're going to pay us a piece called Little astronauts. Thank. You. Oh. The in. The military. Taking us into galactic here in the crush room at the Royal Opera House that was little astronaut by Misha mull over Bardot and Misha played a double bass he was joined by James Davison playing the trumpet Matthew heard played alto sax Rapley played tennis sax Donaghy was at the piano and Dave played drums or we will hear more from Misha and friends in a little while but time now in our New Year concert here on the b.b.c. World Service to welcome back to the stage the explosive Li virtuous that pin is married but sash really thank . You Marian you are from a country with an excellent name and a very proud musical heritage Georgia did you have a very musical upbringing Was music always in the ether when you were growing up absolutely my cousins were playing the piano my grandmother is a piano teacher and generally Georgia is a very musical country so everybody seeing sore dances or play something and 4 years ago a huge moment for you you won the equivalent really to an Olympic gold for music you triumphed at the friends list competition in Utrecht and that competition is named after the great hunger in Romantic composer France list and is a huge thing isn't it winning that I mean what was involved give us some sense of what went on Well I was preparing myself for one year for this competition and I was playing on the France least pieces so I had to play like 3 hours of only France lease music and because I'm totally in love with the composer It was a pleasure for me so the preparation was really equal to the success at the end so that was for me and I think one of the happiest experiences in my life but Marian he is so difficult to play this is why. About watching you play it because you play it with this very mundane Baker and you just. Bounce around the piano but for many people they kind of hold back a little bit from list have you ever sort of a tad to break through the difficulty of the music at all or have you always just felt in cheating with it well the thing is that he of course writes with a lot of technical difficulties but once you overcome them then you use them as a tool to create the music about that so you never must stand on the point where you are like wow 5 years to us and very fast and very I don't know loud and everything but you should use everything you need a good technique you need to practice in order to say something was the piece tell us about the list you're going to play us now we're going to hear a hungering Rhapsody number 12 these rhapsodies will list sort of really trying to capture the gypsy sound well turning the piano into a folk band at some moments I mean why do you think he was so drawn to that Gypsy realm of music Well I think the deep sea kind of music is quite sad music which is concealed with seemingly happy and party like director and this is what I love very much because deep inside I think all of us have some kind of sadness and we are trying to overcome this and we are trying to leave on and I think that least these capturing exactly this feeling so well. Really thank you let's hear some list. World the. World. Poll. Of who. And who. Heard our early. Or are. Or are. RINGBACK The. Or. Poor poor poor. This a way. The the. The poor. The poor poor. Poor pong. Or are. The. The. You. 6 hear. The. Litter. The path. The all. The the poor the old the. The the one. Thanks . Very much well played by b.b.c. New generation Maryam. Thanks so much Mariam for playing for us today you're listening to the new year comes on the b.b.c. . Man and all musical extravaganza here at the Royal Opera House is nearly. And it will soon be time for me to send you on your way into the crater. Of $29.00 but all that happens there is more intricately joyful jazz to be had from bassist and composer. And friends please welcome them back to the crush. Now I. Want about whether her upbringing had been a particularly musical one I'm guessing because both your parents were professional musicians Yes and. By. A lot of music music entire life. I'm a musician. But you strangely enough even though you've been musical pretty much since you were almost a told the double bass is an instrument you when you came to when you turn 20 believe me and off how does that happen so I started off on the piano when I was 5 and then I was stopped by the French horn when I was 7 and I was very much classically trained and I started writing music and I got a bass guitar for Christmas when I was about 50 you know it's fun. And then I slowly realized that actually I just love John's So I then start playing more jobs and then eventually thought well I have to learn the double bass now so I did and that kind of took a listen oh that's what I play and you were hearing all your compositions today and I wondered what that composition process is like feeling some composers need to be in a special shed at the end of the garden using specially shop and pencils and special special my script paper in order to do it what's that process like for you how does it work it's really different every time sometimes I'll be playing the bass and I'll just come up with something on the bass I won't even write it down I'll just record it so I can remember it other times I would just be writing on paper just sitting on the sofa whatever. I was on some of the piano because I like to figure out some harmony it tell you depends on the piece more mood I'm in thing I'm going for depends on the mood and the rhythm of the house I'm guessing if the safe is involved playing us out now of all b.b.c. World Service New Year's concerts Mr Met of about I and friends have all of the ball. Thank you very pretty that was me so most of our friends with head of the book Bringing our b.b.c. World Service new year concert to a close you have James Davis in playing the trumpet Matthew her played alto sax tennis sax with Sam Rapley tonic he was at the piano was on drums and Misha himself played the double bass thank you so much to all b.b.c. New generation artists for performing here in the crush room for us today and to our wonderful audience you might be interested to know that only all this week we've got some of the world's best stand up comedy performers so make sure you are listening to that for some new year but for now it's goodbye and happy new year for me Georgia man hit the road Opera House in London thank. You. I it's Steve Inskeep with Morning Edition from n.p.r. News reminding you that the news moves so quickly that what we need in a news source is someone to help us slow it down to think about the story from today or yesterday last week last year reinvestigate find out what something really means why it happened how it affects us all please join us each weekday morning from 5 to 9 in the morning for Morning Edition on Aspen Public Radio this is Aspen Public Radio broadcasting on k.j. X. Aspen and Casey Jr Carbondale. From n.p.r. News in Washington d.c. This is Weekend Edition. I'm Leila Fadel Good morning there's no end in sight to the government shutdown we hear from federal employees about the work that's not getting done and the struggles they're facing without a paycheck also in Congo long awaited presidential elections are finally underway at least in parts of the country we'll hear what's at stake and what's causing the delays and we talk to the man who did what seemed impossible char versed and Arctica alone and an assisted Plus we'll look back at the best of Latin music in 2018 and how it's taking over the world of online streaming it's December 30th news is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington non-trial Snyder the Alcoa president of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph could be losses he is confident today's election will be free and fair Yeah but they shouldn't. And nor different with him I don't have any concerns of others for example my only concern is that we have every right. And over the 4000 on my feet no that's a pretty Best Buy's in Korea and then with a time out and when but President could be a was leaving office after 17 years he spoke to the b.b.c. As he cast his vote the election for his successor could mark the country's 1st peaceful transfer of power voting however got off to a rocky start to ritual rain in the capital flooded streets and there are reports of delays at polling stations and other complications there's also anger at a decision to put off voting in areas dealing with an Ebola outbreak President Trump has made his 1st comments about the deaths of 2 migrant children while in u.s. Custody on Twitter this weekend he blamed the some what he said were Democratic immigration policies saying a wall but stopped migrants from trying to enter the country illegally the president's comments came as homeland security secretary curious to Nielsen wrapped up a visit to the border with a visit to Arizona Lou gum from member station k.w. See reports in November u.s. Customs and Border Protection on failed a series of a.