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Vocal Music and Sacred Traditions

Cellist, kora player and composer Tunde Jegede continues his celebration of the classical musics of Africa, focusing on a variety of vocal traditions from across the continent.

Cellist, kora player and composer Tunde Jegede continues his celebration of the classical musics of Africa, focusing on a variety of vocal traditions from across the continent. From the Senegalese Sufi incantations of Ida Faye to the trance-inducing Gnawa music of Morocco鈥檚 Mahmoud Guinia, Jegede considers how the use of musical devices like repetition and subtle variation help to serve the spiritual purpose of the singers.

鈥淭he voice is really the first instrument and it carries so much of a people and culture鈥檚 identity, memory and spirit. It bridges from the sacred to the secular and in many societies holds the thread of nationhood.鈥� ~ Tunde Jegede

Produced by Phil Smith
A Reduced Listening production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 15 Oct 2023 23:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ida Faye

    Chant

    • Chant.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BMV 536: Prelude

    Performer: Lionel Rogg.
    • Preludes, Toccatas And Fugues For Organ.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Tunde Jegede

    Sori

    • There Was A Time.

  • Mahmoud Guinia

    Mimouna

    • Mimouna.
    • Tichkaphone.

  • Sali Sidib茅

    Yacouba Sylla

    • From Timbuktu To Gao.
    • Shanachie.

  • Ephat Mujuru and The Spirit of the People

    Mudande

    • Mbavaira.
    • Awesome Tapes From Africa.

  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    Izithembiso Zenkosi

    • Ulwandle Oluncgwele.
    • Shanachie.

  • Tunde Jegede

    颁丑茅谤颈别

    Performer: Tunde Jegede.

  • Falie Kuyateh & Nyama Suso

    Tiramang

    • Griots: Ministers of the Spoken Word.
    • Folkways Records.

  • Krar Collective

    Ende Eyerusalem

    • Ethiopia Super Krar.
    • Riverboat Records.

  • Afroae虂rica Ensemble

    Canto y Toque a Yemaya虂 (Bata虂)

    • Cuba : Chants Et Rythmes Afrocubains.
    • VDE-Gallo Records.

  • Tunde Jegede

    Cycle of Reckoning

    Performer: Tunde Jegede.
    • Still Moment.

  • Sona Jobarteh

    Saya

    • Fasiya.
    • West African Guild Records.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Oct 2023 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3