On this New Sounds program, explore music from the lute family, embracing trance traditions, minimalism, and hearkening back to the Renaissance. Listen to works for instruments from Japan (the kugo), from Afghanistan (rebab), and from Mali (kora). We’ll also hear music for sintir or gimbri (from Morocco), along with the oud, and the Persian tambour. Plus, a live performance by Dutch lute player Jozef van Wissem on his swan-neck lute.
PROGRAM # 3062, A World of Lute Music (First aired on 4/12/2010)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Hassan Hakmoun |
Spirit |
Chbakrou Allah Allah [3:50] |
Healing Records 2005 Out of print. Many other records are available at his site www.hassanhakmoun.com |
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Toumani Diabate & Ballake Sissoko |
New Ancient Strings |
Yamfa [5:11] |
Hannibal 1428 |
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Tomoko Sugawara |
Along the Silk Road |
Cantiga de Santa Maria, No. 249 [4:29] |
Motema Music MTM-31 Purchase CD or download at www.motema.com |
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Anouar Brahem |
The Astounding Eyes Of Rita |
Dance With Waves [3:57] |
ECM 2075 www.ecmrecords.com |
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Jozef van Wissem |
Live, WNYC, April 8, 2010 |
The Heavens Are Parting and the Spirit Descends Like a Dove [2:30] Our Hearts Condemn Us First [4:00] In Him Is No Sin [2:00] Love is a Religion [2:30] |
These performances not commercially available. “Heavens” appears on A Priori (2008), “Our Hearts Condemn Us First” and “Love is a Religion are on Ex Patris (2009) ubu.com/sound/van-wissem.html |
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Michael Hedges |
The Best Of |
Because It's There [3:13] |
Windham Hill 11223 |
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Min Xiao-Fen |
Spring, River, Flower, Moon, Night |
Song of the Northern Frontier: Zhao Jun’s Lament [1:00] |
Asphodel 0974 http://asphodel.com |
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Ustad Mohammed Omar, featuring Zakir Hussain |
Virtuoso from Afghanistan |
Emen, excerpt [3:30] |
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW 40439 www.folkways.si.edu |
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