The Witten programme last week was very good - and still available for another three weeks on the i-Player - but I think I might find tomorrow night's programme to be even more provoking and involving.
John TILBURY and Sebastian LEXER perform an improvization for Piano Duet with electronics
Jon ROSE performs his Palimpolin for solo violin
... and Music from the Sami (a people from Northern Scandanavia/Lapland) Joik tradition is performed by Andé SOMBY. (Joiks are Highly spiritual songs ... [they] may have few or no lyrics, do not rhyme, and have no definite structure. They are typically about any subject of importance to the singer, and vary widely in content. In Northern areas each person often has their own joik, sometimes given to them at birth, which is seen as personal to and representative of them, like a name. - WIKI)
The programme also includes a discussion about the relationship between composer Pauline Oliveros and trombonist Stuart Dempster.
John Tilbury is always worth hearing, and Pauline Oliveros' work is so rarely broadcast that the snippets offered in the discussion seem like a positive feast! (With luck, there'll be a performance of a full work - at the very least, it might encourage listeners unfamiliar with her outstanding work to explore further.)
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). Otherwise, yes - it is exactly the sort of thing that I would hope to hear included in the World Music broadcasts.
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