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Friday 03 September 2010
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A rising star in India, Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar is one of the finest Indian classical music singers of her generation. India Today called her voice one that "spans not merely two octaves, but two centuries" and in 2007 she was the first winner of the prestigious Bismillah Khan Award for Young Musicians. Manjiri sings 'Raga Chandrakauns' in a recording made for The Rhythm Sessions. From that same session we hear a special performance of 'Raga Sindhbhairvi' with South India's legendary flute player Dr Natesan Ramani. And to start this week, the Australian duo Sacred Earth perform 'Shine' from a Session recorded in 2009.
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Friday 27 August 2010
Listen Now - 2010-08-27 |
The voice's power to heal and uplift is our theme this week with the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, The Baha'i Chorale, and the Choir of Hard Knocks. We'll hear a guided meditation from Carmen Warrington with percussionist David Jones, and meet the French Baroque ensemble L'Arpeggiata, featuring the Italian folk singer Lucilla Galeazzi, who just might save you from spider-bite.
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Friday 20 August 2010
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David Fanshawe, the English composer and explorer who died 5 July this year, was best known for his 1972 work, African Sanctus, a setting of the Catholic Latin Mass which combined rock music with traditional African singing and drumming. To mark his passing we hear Fanshawe himself describing his remarkable travels to Africa in 1969 where for three years he journeyed through Egypt, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya recording the ritual music and songs of several religions and more than fifty African tribes.
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Friday 13 August 2010
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Shir is the Hebrew word for song and our music this week includes a variety of popular song, Jewish and otherwise, from traditional klezmer to Chassidic hip hop, blues, rock and reggae. Starting with the joyous sounds of Fay Sussman and The Klezmer Connection, we hear a gyspy-inspired folksong from Nadya Giga and Their 101 Candles Orkestra. Then there's the new generation of artists like Sunshine Coast folk-singer Ange Takats, Sydney's FourPlay String Quartet and from New York, the Chassidic reggae star Matisyahu. Not forgetting the classically-trained xylophone player, Alex Jacobowitz, an orthodox New York Jew now living in Germany.
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