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Wednesday - Verity Sharp

Presented by Verity Sharp. Including Ewan MacColl, Simon Fisher Turner and Espen J Jorgensen, Mehmet Akbas, David Lang, and the bangwe board zithers and gourd kazoos of Malawi.

Verity Sharp's programme tonight includes the voice of Ewan MacColl to mark the 25th anniversary of his death, rhythmic mastery from the combined talent of Simon Fisher Turner and Espen J Jorgensen, soulful singing from Kurdistan's Mehmet Akbas and the piano music of David Lang. Plus the bangwe board zithers and gourd kazoos of Malawi.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 22 Oct 2014 23:00

Music Played

  • Yantra

    Bow Song

    • A Journey through Timelessness.
    • Indigo Fusion Records.
    • 3.
  • Mehmet AkbaÅŸ

    Bade Saba

    • P!a.
    • Kalan.
    • 5.
  • Jonathan Nangle

    our headlights blew softly into the black, illuminating very little

    Performer: Deirdre O'Leary.
    • Contemporary Music from Ireland, Volume 9.
    • Contemporary Music Centre Ireland.
    • 2.
  • Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler

    ´¡±ô-³§³ó²¹²¹³Ù³Ù±ð’A±ô-´¡°ì³ó²¹°ù

    Performer: Kamilya Jubran. Performer: Werner Hasler.
    • Rough Guide to Palestine.
    • World Music Network.
    • 15.
  • Simon Fisher Turner & Espen J Jörgensen

    Chillax

    Performer: Simon Fisher Turner. Performer: Espen Jørgensen.
    • Soundscapes.
    • Mute.
    • 5.
  • Traditional Kenyan

    Nenda Mundani

    Performer: Kalachi Mbaru & boys.
    • Kenyan Songs and Strings.
    • SWP Records.
    • 18.
  • Ewan MacColl

    The Dowie Dens O’Yarrow

    • Ballads.
    • Topic Records.
    • 7.
  • Traditional Methods

    A Glencoe Dance Set (live)

    Performer: Natalie MacMaster & friends.
    • The Scottish Diaspora.
    • Greentrax.
    • 14.
  • Traditional Malawian

    Manyanda (Come and See the Clever dancers)

    Performer: Benson Phiri and man at Masula, Lilongwe district.
    • Southern and Central Malawi.
    • SWP Records.
    • 13.
  • Traditional Malawian

    Timba (The Wren)

    Performer: Limited Mfundo Phiri.
    • Southern and Central Malawi.
    • SWP Records.
    • 1.
  • Simon Fisher Turner & Espen J Jörgensen

    Twomen

    Performer: Simon Fisher Turner. Performer: Espen Jørgensen.
    • Soundscapes.
    • Mute.
    • 13.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Feuillet inédit No. 4

    Performer: Bernard Wisson. Performer: Thomas Bloch.
    • Ondes Martenot.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Crown of Roses

    Music Arranger: June Tabor.
    • Rosa Mundi.
    • Topic Records.
    • 9.
  • David Lang

    Wed

    Performer: Andrew Russo.
    • David Lang.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Traditional Malawian

    Mangani mikeka mudzinka kwanu (Take your belongings and go home)

    Performer: Afredi Phiri.
    • Southern and Central Malawi.
    • SWP Records.
    • 11.
  • Simon Fisher Turner & Espen J Jörgensen

    Sur

    Performer: Simon Fisher Turner. Performer: Espen Jørgensen.
    • Soundscapes.
    • Mute.
    • 11.
  • Richard Pelland

    Mon Père

    Performer: La Bottine Souriante.
    • Appellation d’Origine Controlee.
    • Borealis.
    • 2.
  • Yantra

    Bow Song

    Ensemble: Yantra.
    • A Journey through Timelessness.
    • Indigo Fusion Records.
    • 3.
  • Debashish Bhattacharya

    Aanandam

    • Calcutta Slide Guitar (Rough Guide to Indian Classical Music).
    • World Music Network.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Henry Lee

    Music Arranger: The Furrow Collective.
    • At Our Next Meeting.
    • Furrow Records.
    • 5.
  • Arvo Pärt

    In Memoriam Benjamin Britten

    Performer: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • Tabula Rasa etc.
    • ECM.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 Oct 2014 23:00

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