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Verity Sharp - 14/12/2011

Verity Sharp's varied selection includes music from French fiddle player Jean Francois Vrod, medieval love songs, Swiss alphorns and solo percussion from Iran.

Tonight's programme includes the French fiddle playing of Jean François Vrod, a medieval love song by Gautier d'Espinal performed by Ensemble Lucidarium, and the Swiss quartet Hornroh perform a piece for alphorns and overtone singing. Plus a virtuosic percussion solo from Iran's Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, and a track from Nitin Sawhney's latest release Last Days of Meaning. With Verity Sharp.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 14 Dec 2011 23:00

Music Played

  • Cesária Évora

    Amândio Cabral / Luís Morais: Sodade

    • Miss Perfumado.
    • Lusafrica 262242.
  • C Joynes

    Joynes: Crows on the Sandpile No. 1

    • Congo.
    • Bo'Weavil 46CD.
  • The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir

    Finster: Buried Them in Water

    • Fighting And Onions.
    • Shoutin' Abner Pim Records SAP004.
  • Michihiro Sato

    Trad: Nikata Bushi

    • Rough Guide to Japan.
    • World Music Network RGNET1031.
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle

    Wainwright: Swimming Song

    • Kate & Anna McGarrigle.
    • Warner 9362456772.
  • Rudi et Nini Flores

    Flores: Romance del río y la paloma

    • Rudi et Nini Flores.
    • Ocora C560186.
  • Orishas

    Rivero: Desaparecidos

    • Emigrante.
    • EMI 7243 538 802 2.
  • Vicent Ribas & Catalina Ribas

    Trad: Bon Amor Jo et Vénc a Veure (Sweet Love, I Come to see you)

    • Ibiza and Formentera: The Pityusic Islands.
    • Rounder LC 3719.
  • Jean-François Vrod

    Trad: Faï Bon Dançer

    • Violon.
    • Cinq Planètes CP023552.
  • Hornroh

    Muezzo

    • Findling.
    • Phonag Records 044239BRG.
  • A Filetta, Paolo Fresu & Daniele di Bonaventura

    Acuaviva: Rex tremendae

    • Mistico Mediterraneo.
    • ECM 2745621 1.
  • Seudan

    Trad: Tullochgorum

    • Seudan.
    • Greentrax CDTRAX 362.
  • Gordon Scott

    Hamish Henderson: Farewell to Sicily

    • Private Recording.
    • www.tiree.blogspot.com.
  • Renata Rosa

    Rosa / Suassuna: Marcha do donzel

    • Manto dos Sonhos.
    • Patrocinio.
  • Mohammad Reza Mortazavi

    Mortazavi: Geradeaus No. 3 Part 2

    • Geradeaus.
    • Broken Silence LC 12011.
  • Camille

    Camille: Janine I – Vous

    • Le Fil.
    • EMI / Virgin CDANGE11.
  • Jean-François Vrod

    Vrod: Twin Coda ï Bon Dançer

    • Violon.
    • Cinq Planètes CP 023552.
  • Nitin Sawhney

    Projector

    • Last Days of Meaning.
    • Positiv POSITIVIDCD5.
  • Sirajoddin Juraev

    Anon: Qushtar

    • In The Shrine of the Heart.
    • Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40526.
  • Cecil Sharp Project

    Ghost of Songs

    • Cecil Sharp Project 2011.
    • Shrewsbury Folk Festival SFFCD02.
  • Daniel Carlsson, Emma Reid & Roger Tallroth

    Tallroth: Tröstepolskan

    • Innerligheten.
    • EMR02.
  • Ensemble Lucidarium

    D'Espinal: Touz esforciez avrai chanté souvent

    • Troubadours & Minnesänger.
    • L’empreinte digitale ED13079.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Dec 2011 23:00

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