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Wednesday - Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp's selection includes Son House, Porter Ricks, Sam Sweeney and Hannah James, Willem Ceuleers performed by the Huelgas Ensemble, and Peewitts from Mr McFall's Chamber.

Verity Sharp's selection tonight includes blues from Son House, the dark underwater techno of Porter Ricks, tracks from Sam Sweeney and Hannah James' new album State and Ancientry and the immense polyphonic work Normen mortis by Willem Ceuleers performed by the Huelgas Ensemble. Plus Peewitts, a fragment of a tune by Martin Bennett transformed for string quartet and bass by Mr McFall's Chamber.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 11 Apr 2012 23:00

Music Played

  • Hannah James & Sam Sweeney

    Trad / Purcell: Hole in the Wall

    • State and Ancientry.
    • Rabble Rouser RBRCD13.
  • Le Poème Harmonique

    Il Fasolo: Sguardo lusingheiro

    • Il Fasolo?.
    • Alpha 023.
  • Ensemble Lucidarium

    Folquet de Marseille: Tant m'abellis l'amoros pessamens

    • Troubadours & Minnesänger.
    • L’empreinte digitale ED13079.
  • Rodolfo y Su Tipica RA7

    De la Roche: Tabaco y Ron

    • Cumbia Cumbia.
    • World Circuit WCD1633.
  • World Saxophone Quartet

    Murray: Cairo Blues

    • Breath of Life.
    • Nonesuch 979 309.
  • Chet Nuneta

    Roussile / Fernandez: Pygmees Blues

    • Pangea.
    • Le Chant du Monde 2741699.
  • Porter Ricks

    Koner/Mellwig: Nautical Nuba

    • Biokinetics.
    • Type Records TYPE100.
  • James Carter

    Trad: Po'Lazarus

    • Oh Brother Where Art Thou.
    • Lost Highway 0602527480278.
  • Son House

    Walkin' Blues

    • Rough Guide to Charley Patton.
    • World Music Network RGNET 1268.
  • Eric Bibb

    Trad. arr. Bibb: Sinner Man

    • Deeper in the Well.
    • Dixie Frog DFGCD8720.
  • Benedicte Maurseth

    Maurseth: Bøn

    • Alde.
    • Heilo HCD7259.
  • Mr. McFall’s Chamber

    Bennett arr. McFall: Peewits

    • Birds & Beasts.
    • Delphian DCD34085.
  • Azam Ali

    Trad / Ali: Noor

    • From Night to the Edge of Day.
    • Six Degrees Records 65703611772.
  • Ex Cathedra Choir

    Roth: The Flower

    • Shared Ground.
    • Signum Classics SIGCD270.
  • Bjarke Mogensen

    Repnikov: Capriccio

    • Winter Sketches.
    • Orchid Classics ORC100015.
  • Hannah James & Sam Sweeney

    Trad: William Taylor

    • State and Ancientry.
    • Rabble Rouser RBRCD13.
  • Liz Carroll / John Doyle

    Carroll: Rushin' Dressing – The Quitter – Remove the Rug

    • Double Play.
    • Compass 745022.
  • Au

    Wyland / Valatka: Under/Epic

    • Solid Gold.
    • Leaf DOCK58CDP.
  • Huelgas Ensemble

    Willem Ceuleers: Nomen mortis

    • 40 Voix.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC801954.

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 Apr 2012 23:00

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