#4253, Small Acoustic Ensembles
Listen to duos, trios, and a quartet from West Africa, South Africa, and East Africa, along with music by a father and son duo from the flamenco tradition. Plus, hear music from an Argentinian trio and Turkish music from an international quintet.
Listen to a few combinations of bowed string and plucked string duos featuring kora and cello, guitar-adapting-kora and cello, and guitar with cello. Hear music by South African guitarist Derek Gripper and American cellist Mike Block from their recent record, Saturday Morning in Boston. They've done up traditional thumb piano music from Zimbabwe arranged for cello and guitar, along with Gripper’s jaw-dropping arrangements of 21-stringed kora music for the 6 strings of a guitar. Also, hear Spanish flamenco guitarist Pedro Soler, and his cellist son, Gaspar Claus from their 2016 record Al Viento, which was recorded in both Iceland with Valgeir Sigurösson and completed in Spain. Plus, listen to the elegance of French cellist Vincent Segal and Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko from their stunning record, Chamber Music.
Then, hear the guitar, shakers, voices, and a pair of boots in the Rwanda-based band, The Good Ones. There’s also music featuring a Fanta bottle as percussion and two guitarists in the style known as “Kenya dry”. Also, hear music by Argentine bandoneon player and composer Dino Saluzzi, along with guitar accompaniment by his son, and bass in chamber music from Cite de la Musique. Plus, listen to Turkish music from an international quintet of musicians led by nyckelharpa virtuoso Marco Ambrosini and the - Ensemble Supersonus, which uses harpsichord, jaw harp, harp, kannel (an Estonian plucked string instrument), and nyckelharpa (Swedish keyed fiddle.) - Caryn Havlik
Program #4253, Small Acoustic Ensembles (First aired 7/9/2019)
ARTIST: Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal
WORK: Mako Mady, excerpt [1:21]
RECORDING: Chamber Music
SOURCE: Six Degrees Records
INFO: sixdegreesrecords.com
ARTIST: Chiwo
WORK: Derek Gripper and Mike Block [5:04]
RECORDING: Saturday Morning in Boston
SOURCE: New Cape Records
INFO: newcape.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal
WORK: Mako Mady [6:06]
RECORDING: Chamber Music
SOURCE: Six Degrees Records
INFO: sixdegreesrecords.com
ARTIST: Chiwo
WORK: Fanta and Felix [4:55]
RECORDING: Saturday Morning in Boston
SOURCE: New Cape Records
INFO: newcape.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Humphrey Eshitool
WORK: Safari Kibosho [3:03]
RECORDING: Before Benga 1 Kenya Dry
SOURCE: Original Music OMCD 021
INFO: Out of print. Try online auction sites.
ARTIST: The Good Ones
WORK: Rwanda Is My Home [3:57]
RECORDING: Rwanda Is My Home
SOURCE: IRL
INFO: irl.bigcartel.com
ARTIST: Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus
WORK: Cuerdas al viento (por Malaguena) [8:26]
RECORDING: Al viento
SOURCE: InFiné Music
INFO: pedrosoler-gasparclaus.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Dino Saluzzi
WORK: Zurdo [8:16]
RECORDING: Cite de la Musique
SOURCE: ECM #1616
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Marco Ambrosini & Supersonus
WORK: Hicaz Hümâyun Saz Semâisi [5:37]
RECORDING: Resonances
SOURCE: ECM Records 2497
INFO: https://ecm.lnk.to/Resonances
