15 May 2007
Tuesday 15 May 2007 23:15-1:00 (Radio 3)
Verity Sharp introduces music by Scottish folk group Lau, electronic composer Andrew Pekler, and a Malian trio led by kora player Ballake Sissoko. Plus Margaret Leng Tan's recording of John Cage's Daughter of the Lonesome Isle for prepared piano.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist
Tuesday 15th May
11.15
Paul/Jeri/Morey: Rhum et Coca Cola
Arielle Dombasle
Taken from the compilation Travelling: French Actors Crossing Borders
Discograph 6132482
11.18
Francisco: No, Doctor, No
The Mighty Sparrow
Taken from the compilation The Mighty Sparrow First Flight
Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40534
11.21
Anon:Mango Time
Unnamed musicians recorded at Maryland, St. Andrews Parish Church, Jamaica (c. 1971)
Taken from the album The Caribbean: Island Songs and Music
Nonesuch Explorer Series 7559 79731 2
11.23
Pekler: Steady State
Andrew Pekler
Taken from the album Cue
Krank 109
11.28
Miranda: Kyrie
Marlui Miranda/Orquestra Jazz Sinfonica & Coral Sinfonico do Estado de Sao/Coral IHU
Taken from the album Kewere: Rezar
ACT 5018 2
11.33
Trad: Three Gypsies
Lizzie Higgins
Taken from the album In Memory of Lizzie Higgins
Music Traditions MTCD 337-8
11.39
O'Rourke/Scurfield: The Jigs (Mattie & Karines - The Lau Jig - The Creche Jig)
Lau (Aidan O'Rourke, fiddle/Martin Green, accordion/Kris Drever, guitar)
Taken from the album Lightweights & Gentlemen
Reveal REVEAL17
11.44
Bach: Giga (Partita No. 2 in D minor)
Gidon Kremer, violin
Taken from the album Gidon Kremer: Johann Sebastian Bach
ECM1926/27
11.49
Trad: Verka Kaludjerka
Mostar Sevdah Renunion/Ljiljana Buttler
Taken from the album The Legends of Life
Snail Records LC 12490
11.53
Trad: Kraj potoka bistre vode
Natasa Mirkovic, voice
Tkaen from the album Ajvar & Sterz
Nube1004
11.57
Helvacioglu: Sliding on a Glacier
Eerdem Helvacioglu, guitar and electronics
Taken from the album Altered Realities
New Albion NA131
12.05
Trad arr. Spence: Coming In On A Wing and a Prayer
Joseph Spence
Taken from the album Joseph Spence: Bahamian Guitarist
Arhoolie CD 349ARH
12.09
Sissoko: Sy
Ballake Sissoko Trio (Ballake Sissoko, kora/Mahamadou Kamissoko, n'goni/Fassely Diabate, balafon)
Taken from the album Tomora
Indigo LBLC 2596
12.15
Sangare: N'Guatu
Oumou Sangare
Taken from the album Worotan
World Circuit WCD 045
12.21
Cage: Bacchanale (1940)
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
Taken from the album Daughter of the Lonesome Isle
New Albion NA070
12.28
Waits/Brennan: Little Drop of Poison
Tom Waits
Taken from the compilation Orphans
Anti 8877 2P
12.31
Abou-Khalil: Para O Teu Bumbum
Rabih Abou-Khalil, oud/Gevorg Dabaghyan, duduk/Michel Godard, serpent/Jarrod Cagwin, frame drums/Walter Quintus
Taken from the album Songs For Sad Women
Enja 9494 2
12.38
Trad: Al-Rikbaaniya
Farida, voice/Adnan Shanan, nay/Abdullatif S Al Obaidi, percussion
Taken from the album Ishraqaat
Snail Records LC 12490
12.45
Hallett: Airing the Lair
Sylvia Hallett
Taken from the album Skimming
Mash CD001-2
12.51
Trad: Kaval Sviri
Cosmic Voices of Bulgaria
Taken from the album Mechmetio
Intuition INT 3287 2
12.55
Lennox: Carrots
Panda Bear
Taken from the album Person Pitch
Paw Tracks PAW14