26 December 2007
Wednesday 26 December 2007 23:45-1:00 (Radio 3)
Verity Sharp presents a recording from the 2007 Oxford Contemporary Music Festival featuring a rare visit to the UK by Californian minimalist composer and pianist Harold Budd, alongside a shepherd's song from Armenia played on duduk by Djivan Gasparyan and other seasonal music from around the world.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
Playlist
Wednesday 26th December
11.45
Trad : Boars Head Carol
Teesside Fettlers
Taken from the compilation Midwinter: The Old & The New
Free Reed FRCD 33
11.47
Garcia: Tormenta Navidena
Reynold
Taken from the compilation Think Global World Christmas album
Oxfam Think 104
11.51
Applqvist : Jag en g o k
Hans Appelqvist
Taken from the album Whispers from the forest, Screams From the Mountains
Wire Promo ( www.hapna.com )
11.55
Field Recording : Dawn Chorus
Recorded at Brock Wood, Burwash Common , East Sussex by Phil Riddett
Taken from the album Dawn Chorus
National Sound Archive NSA CD 16
11.57
Waterson: The Bird
Alasdair Roberts
Taken from the album Migrating Bird: The Songs of Lal Waterson
Honest Jons HJRCD31
12.00
Budd : Untitled
Harold Budd, piano
Recording from the Oxford Contemporary Music Festival, Holywell Music Room 03/10/07
12.06
Bryars : Lauda 22
Latvian Radio Choir
Taken from the album Glorious Hill
GB Records BCGBCD09
12.10
Change Ringing : Spliced Surprise Major
Change Ringing Handbell Group
Taken from the album Change Ringing on Handbells
Saydisc CDSDL 310
12.16
Kipling/Bellamy: Song to Mithras
Peter Bellamy
Taken from the compilation Midwinter: Past and Presents
Free Reed FRCD 31
12.18
Anon : Verbum caro factum est
Mediva
Taken from the album Gabriel's Message: Festive Music from Medieval England
www.mediva.co.uk
12.21
Trad arr. Frigg : Nuorten miesten speli
Frigg
Taken from the album Frigg
Northside NSD6079
12.24
Trad arr. Ditt Ditt Darium: Ye Mariners All
Ditt Ditt Darium
Taken from the album Ifran Frammande Land
Svensk Musikproduktion SMP108
12.26
Hardin arr MacGregor: Double Bass Duo
Britten Sinfonia
Taken from the album Moondog: Sidewalk Dances
Sound Circus SC010
12.29
Trad: Thillana in Raga Kuntanavarali
Kaushiki Chakrabarty, voice/Dr Jyotsna Srikanth, violin/Yogesh Samsi, tabla/UV Manikantan, mridangam/Balakrishna Sama Venkateshaia, morsing
Taken from the album Kaushiki
Sense 097
12.36
Wyatt/Eno : Flies
Robert Wyatt/Brian Eno/Hannah Eno, voice/Steve Jones, guitar
Taken from the album Plague Songs
4AD CAD 2616CD
12.42
Trad arr. Amidon : Oh Where
Sam Amidon
Taken from the album But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted
Birdwar BWR 005
12.45
Trad arr. Gasparyan: Shepherd's Song
Djivan Gasparyan & Hovvakan Trio
Taken from the album The Soul of Armenia
Network 495121
12.53
Trad. arr. EAC : Shepherd's Arise
English Acoustic Collective
Not commercially available
