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Thursday - Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp with music by the Dead Rat Orchestra inspired by Hebridean traditions, reworkings of the sacred harp song Idumea by Current 93, and Meredith Monk's Astronaut Anthem.

Tonight's programme includes music by the Dead Rat Orchestra inspired by the men of Ness on the Isle of Lewis and their tradition of gannet hunting, reworkings of the Sacred Harp song Idumea by experimental music group Current 93, and Chinese producer Fu Yü turns Fish Cooking into blip art. Plus Musica Sacra perform Astronaut Anthem by Meredith Monk. With Verity Sharp.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 18 Oct 2012 23:10

Music Played

  • Nicolas Pellerin et les Grands Hurleurs

    Trad: Corsaire

    • Nicolas Pellerin et les Grans Hurleurs.
    • Tempête TEM23838.
  • Fiddle Feast

    Trad. arr. Grundström/Kleemola: Kiljanderin Kiven

    • Fiddle Feast.
    • Siba Records SACD1008.
  • Fay Hield and the Hurricane Party

    Trad. arr. Boden: Wicked Serpent

    • Orfeo.
    • Topic TSCD586.
  • Chelmsford Morris

    Trad: Idbury Hill

    • A Right Old Song & Dance.
    • Chelmsford Morris CM001.
  • Zieti

    Narcisse / Laurent: Tche

    • Zemelewa.
    • Grigri Discs GRIGRI004.
  • Fu Yü

    Yü: Fish Cooking

    • China The Sonic Avant Garde.
    • Post Concrete 005.
  • Essandje, the Bayaka of Yandoumbe

    Trad: Mua Solo

    • Oka!.
    • Oka Productions MVJ0458.
  • Liberty Baptist Church, Henagar

    Davisson/Wesley: Idumea, 47b

    • Awake My Soul.
    • Awake Productions.
  • Antony

    Davisson/Wesley: Idumea, 47b

    • Black Ships Ate the Sky.
    • Durtro Jnana 2112.
  • Baby Dee

    Davisson/Wesley: Idumea, 47b

    • Black Ships Ate the Sky.
    • Durtro Jnana 2112.
  • Richard Skelton

    Skelton: Bond That Does Not Break

    • Verse of Birds.
    • Corbel Stone Press CSPCD001.
  • Musica Sacra

    Monk: Astronaut Anthem

    • Monk and the Abbess.
    • Catalyst 09026 68329 2.
  • The Bayaka of Yandoumbe

    Trad: Song for Thinking

    • Oka!.
    • Oka Productions MVJ0458.
  • Dead Rat Orchestra

    Merrill/Mann/Alderton: Dod's Banjo

    • The Guga Hunters of Ness.
    • Critter 11.
  • Jim O’Rourke

    O'Rourke: Prelude – Women of the World

    • Eureka.
    • Domino WIGCD 062.
  • Dead Rat Orchestra

    Merrill/Mann/Alderton: Salt Slide

    • The Guga Hunters of Ness.
    • Critter 11.

Broadcast

  • Thu 18 Oct 2012 23:10

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