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Thursday - Verity Sharp

The music of William Byrd arranged by Nico Muhly, Vox Altera sing a madrigal by Gavin Bryars, the ear-bending electronica of James Holden and extraordinary field recordings from Kenya. Plus the dark balladry of the Furrow Collective. With Verity Sharp.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 23 Oct 2014 23:00

Music Played

  • Melvin Endsley

    Love me to Pieces

    Performer: Janis Martin.
    • Hillbilly Houn’ Dawgs and Honky Tonk Angels.
    • Bear Family Productions.
    • 6.
  • Mihály Víg

    ³§Ã¡²Ôá³Ù²¹²Ô²µÃ³

    Performer: Gary Lucas.
    • Cinefantastique.
    • Northern Spy Records.
    • 7.
  • Nyawaga Mgele

    Onyiego Kobara

    • Kenyan Songs and Strings.
    • SWP Records.
    • 8.
  • James Holden

    Gone Feral

    • The Inheritors.
    • Border Community.
    • 10.
  • Barbara Derlak / Marcin Nenko

    Hej Zagraj Muzyczko

    Performer: Chłopcy Kontra Basia.
    • Oj Tak!.
    • Riverboat Record.
    • 3.
  • Trad.

    Mazurka with No Shoes

    Performer: Anna Broda.
    • Wild Music from Poland.
    • Adam Mickiwicz Institute.
    • 11.
  • Trad.

    Pstrykany

    Performer: Kocirba.
    • Wild Music from Poland.
    • Adam Mickiwicz Institute.
    • 22.
  • Sam Sweeney / Rob Harbron

    The Ballad of Richard Howard

    Performer: Sam Sweeney.
    • Made in the Great War.
    • Root Beat Records.
    • 11.
  • William Byrd

    Miserere mei, Deus

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Music Arranger: Nico Muhly.
    • Seeing is Believing.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Gavin Bryars

    Lo son giàstanco di pensar sì come

    Ensemble: Vox Altera Ensemble.
    • Al Suon dell’Acque Scriva: Gavin Bryars Madrigals Volume 1.
    • GB Records.
    • 2.
  • Otto Luening

    Moonflight

    • Pioneers of Electronic Music.
    • New World Records.
    • 6.
  • Trad.

    Arias Pampa

    Ensemble: Hatun Kotama Flute School.
    • ¡así Kotama! The Flutes of Otavalo, Ecuador.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.
    • 2.
  • James Holden

    A Circle Inside A Circle Inside

    • The Inheritors.
    • Border Community.
    • 2.
  • Randolph Matthews

    Precious

    • Precious.
    • Randolph Matthews.
    • 2.
  • Trad.

    Mocking the Train, Mocking the Dogs

    Performer: Edward Hazelton.
    • One String Blues.
    • Takoma.
    • 10.
  • Jedidah Khirali

    Gevuse

    • Kenyan Songs and Strings.
    • SWP Records.
    • 13.
  • Nino Rota

    O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia

    Orchestra: Carlo Savina Orchestra.
    • Il Casanova di Federico Fellini.
    • Warner.
    • 1.
  • The Furrow Collective

    Handsome Molly

    • At Our Next Meeting.
    • Furrow Records.
    • 10.
  • Mara Carlyle & Sarah-Jane Summers

    Song of Death

  • Kae Tempest

    Chicken

    • Everybody Down.
    • Big Dada.
    • 4.
  • James Yorkston

    Feathers Are Falling

    • The Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society.
    • Domino.
    • 6.
  • Dan Powell / Gus Garside

    Tea Ceremony

    Performer: The Static Memories.
    • The Bloudy Vision of John Farley.
    • The Slightly Off Kilter Label.
    • 4.
  • Aphex Twin

    Aisatsana

    • Syro.
    • Warp Records.
    • 12.

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  • Thu 23 Oct 2014 23:00

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