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Shamanic reindeer song, post-minimal guitars and Javanese ritual

Max Reinhardt explores an array of music from Finland to Java, with a sprinkling of post-minimal guitar sounds from avant-rock legend Fred Frith.

Max Reinhardt presents rousing Finnish reindeer song from Hilda Landsman and Viivi Maria Saarenkyia alongside post-minimal sounds for guitar quartet by avant-rock legend Fred Frith. Plus, intoxicating ritual music from Java – kasenian réak, part of a family of dances dating back to the 8th century.

Produced by Steven Rajam for Reduced Listening.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Fred Frith

    D

    Ensemble: Violet Wires.
    • Quartets: Lelekovice (String Quartet No 1) / The As Usual Dance Towards The Othe.
    • RecRec Music.
  • Howard Skempton

    Trace

    Performer: John Tilbury.
    • Well, Well, Cornelius.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Jeff Ballard

    Marche Exotique

    • Fairgrounds.
    • Edition.
  • O Conjunto De Orlando Pereira

    Carimbo Para Yemanja

    • Jambu E Os Miticos Sons Da Amazonia.
    • Analog Africa Germany.
  • Ruth Wilhelmine Meyer

    Kvaeven

    • klangbiotoper.
    • Ozella.
  • Cornelius Cardew

    Cardew: The Great Learning - Paragraph 2

    Orchestra: The Scratch Orchestra.
    • Cornelius Cardew Cardew: The Great Learning / Bedford: Two Poems For Chorus On W.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
  • Lena Grenager

    Moving The Stones: Combinations

    Performer: Michael Francis Duch.
    • Lena Grenager - Works For Bass.
    • Ora Fonogram.
  • Christian Wolff

    Rhapsody

    • Christian Wolff: 2 Orchestra Pieces.
    • Anthology Of Recorded Music Inc.
  • Robert Nettleship

    Flower Of My Eye

    • Embodied.
  • Juarta Putra

    Pembukaan

    • The Sacred Entertainment LP: : Réak, Ceremonial Horse Trance Music from Priangan.
    • Discrepant.
  • Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

    Broadside

    • An Evening With Nancy Kerr & James Fagan.
    • Little Dish Records.
  • Youssou Ndour

    Makumba

    • History.
    • Naive Records.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    From Galloway

    Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • softLOUD.
    • Delphian.
  • The Lost Words: Spell Songs & Kerry Andrew

    Ghost Owl

    • The Lost Words: Spell Songs.
    • Folk by The Oak.
  • Disinformation

    Barcelona

Broadcast

  • Tue 2 Jul 2019 23:00

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