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"Triple-exile" composer Osvaldo Golijov brings together elements from his Eastern Europe roots, from his Jewish heritage, and from his native Argentina and melds them with Western classical traditions, and Mediterranean folklore. On this New Sounds program, we’ll hear from Golijov’s latest release, Ayre, a song cycle featuring the soprano Dawn Upshaw. On Ayre, he incorporates the sounds of accordion and ronroco (the South American fretted lute) as well as the laptop (a 21st century folk instrument to Golijov), and has scored texts in Arabic, Hebrew, Sardinian, Spanish and Ladino (the lost language of Spanish Jews.) We’ll also hear folk-tinged music from multi-instrumentalist /composer/producer Gustavo Santaolalla, from his CD “Ronroco,” and perhaps from the two songs he wrote on Ayre. Plus, there's music by Luciano Berio, with whom Golijov shares the talent of obscuring the distinction between 'folk" and "art" music, and more.
PROGRAM # 2462 Osvaldo Golijov’s “Ayre” (First aired on Thurs. 10/6/05)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Gustavo Santaolalla |
Ronroco |
De Ushuaia A La Quiaca [2:54] |
Nonesuch 79461** www.nonesuch.com* |
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Henryk Gorecki |
Symphony #3 |
Excerpt [:30] |
Nonesuch #79282** www.nonesuch.com* |
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Osvaldo Golijov |
Ayre |
Tancas serradas a muru (Walls are encircling the land) [3:00] |
Deutsche Grammaophon #B0004782** www.deutschegrammophon.com* |
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Luciano Berio |
Voci |
Naturale (Su melodie siciliane), excerpt [6:00] |
ECM 1735**
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*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page
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