#1884: Program #1884

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

The flute's universal appeal matches few other wind instruments, as this episode of New Sounds illustrates. Its application is often based on natural elements, such as Antonio Zepeda’s Mariposa de Obsidiana, or Stephan Micus’s Thirteen Eagles, an austere and ecstatic meditation on both the topography and idea of the desert. Bolivian orchestra Arawi blends flutes with whistles, strings, percussion, and bells in Imaraycu, from its New Albion CD The Doctrine of Cycles. And Japanese drum masters Kodo weave in some wildly mysterious flute sounds in Ibuki.

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PROGRAM # 1884, world music with flute(s) (First aired on Mon., 2/5/01)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Synaulia	Music of Ancient Rome, vol. 1	Animula Vagula [2:30]	Amiata (Italy) #1396. Amiata.records@agora.stm.it ; www.amiatamedia.it ph.(39) 564 95 06 42 fax (39) 564 95 06 93 Available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Arawi	The Doctrine of Cycles	Imaraycu [2:00]	New Albion #029** Available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Kodo	Tataku: The Best of Kodo, Vol. 2	Ibuki [5:00]	Sony Japan/Red Ink #13914** ed Ink, 79 Fifth Ave. NY NY 10003. Available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Synaulia	Music of Ancient Rome, vol. 1	Tibia Duplex [2:00]	See above.
Antonio Zepeda	Espejo de la Noche	Mariposa de Obsidiana [3:30]	Producciones Fonograficas #0751. Available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Ned Rothenberg/Sync	Port Of Entry	Lost In A Blue Forest [7:30]	Intuition #3249** Available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Stephan Micus	Desert Poems	Thirteen Eagles [5:30]	ECM #1757*. Available for purchase at Amazon.com
Nakai/Eaton/Clipman/Nawang	In A Distant Place	As Long As The Grass Grows [6:00]	Canyon #7042. Available for purchase at Amazon.com* OR 800-268-1411; www.canyonrecords.com or canyon@canyonrecords.com
Uakti	Trilobyte	Music for an Ancient Greek Temple [7:30]	Point #454 056** Available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Stephan Micus	The Garden of Mirrors	Words of Truth, excerpt [3:30]	ECM #1632. Available for purchase at Amazon.com*

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