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Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp presents a Cuban song, Aphex Twin played by Bell Orchestre, Hal Willner's Meditations on Mingus and Christ Church Cathedral Choir Dublin singing a setting of Psalm 143.

Verity Sharp's varied musical selection includes a song from the Cuban Estudiantina tradition sung by Miguel Matamoros, the Bell Orchestre playing the music of Aphex Twin, Don Byron and friends in some of Hal Willner's Meditations on Mingus, and the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin singing a setting of Psalm 143 by Paul Sartin.

Track List:

23:15
Romme: For脙楼rsfred
Eskil Romme (sax), Karen Tweed (accordion), Peter Rosendal (piano), Ditte Fromseier (violin)
Album: Himmerlandsmelodier
Tutl SHD 098

(Segue)

23:19
Waterson/Knight arr. The Unthanks: At First She Starts
The Unthanks
Album: Looking for a New England
Froots ACE1

23:23
Sartin: Psalm 143
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Album: Umbrellowhead
Megafone112

(Segue)

23:26
James: Bucephalus Bouncing Ball
Bell Orchestre
Album: As Seen Through Windows
Arts & Crafts A&C041

(Segue)

23:31
Hairline: Opening Medley (Hi Diddle Dee Dee)
Ken Nordine (voice), Bill Frisell (guitar), Wayne Horvitz (piano)
Album: Stay Awake
A&M CDA3918

23:34
Brennan: Ever For Never
John Wolf Brennan
Album: The Speed of Dark
Solopiano CD LR543

(Segue)

23:36
Valdes: En El Ultimo Trago
Buika & Chucho Valdes
Album: El Ultimo Trago
Warner Promo

23:40
Matamoros: Lagrimas negras
Miguel Matamoros
Album: Oriente de Cuba: The Estudiantina Tradition
Nimbus NI 1746

23:46
Xenakis: Rebonds B pour 芒聙聵set芒聙聶 de percussions
Pedro Carneiro (percussion)
Album: Iannis Xenakis: Psappha etc
M脙漏c脙漏nat Musical ZZT 040901

23:52
Zvirevo/Camara: Nyaneru
Batanai Marimba
Album: Mudzimu Mudzimu
Koni CD 002

23:58
Trad arr. Sildoja: Vormsi labajalad
V脙陇ike Seltsike
Album: V脙陇ike Seltsike
www.rahvamuusika.ee

(Segue)

00:01
Trad arr. Henriksson/Kleemola/Prauda: Kahman Anti
Marianna Henriksson (harpsichord), Piia Kleemola (baroque violin), Petri Prauda, (Finnish bagpipes)
Album: Arctic Paradise
Arctic CD2010

00:06
Trad arr. Ferry: Lowlands Low
Bryan Ferry & Antony
Album: Rogue芒聙聶s Gallery
Anti 6817 2

(Segue)

00:08
Cave/Ellis: Song for Jesse
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Album: White Lunar
Mute Records CDSTUMM313
(Segue)

00:11
L脙陋: Nanae Goromo
Nguy脙陋n L脙陋 (guitars), Mieko Miyazaki (voice & koto), Prabhu Edouard (tabla)
Album: Saiyuki
ACT 9483 2

00:19
Mingus arr. Frisell: The Shoes of the Fisherman芒聙聶s Wife are Some Jive Ass Slippers
Don Byron (clarinet), Art Baron (great bass recorder), Greg Cohen (bass), Bill Frisell (guitar), Hubert Selby Jr (voice)
Album: Hal Wilner Presents Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus
Columbia 4724672

(Segue)

00:22
Mingus arr. The Uptown Horns: Oh Lord Don芒聙聶t Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me
Greg Cohen (bass), Chuck Leavell (piano), Keith Richards (voice, guitar), Charlie Watts (drums), Bobby Keyes (tenor sax), The Uptown Horns, Bernard Fowler (vocals)
Album: Hal Wilner Presents Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus
Columbia 4724672

23:29
Feldman: Measure 609 (Clarinet and String Quartet (1983)
Mark Lieb (clarinet), Phoenix Ensemble
Album: Clarinet Quintets
Innova 746

00:38
Foster: What Shall I do 芒聙聯 it whimpers so
Josephine Foster
Album: Graphic as a Star
Fire Records Fire CD136

(Segue)

00:39
J脙赂rgensen: To (extract)
P J脙赂rgensen
Album: To
LP027

(Segue)

00:43
P脙陇rt: Nunc Dimittis
Polyphony
Album: Triodion
Hyperion CDA67375

(Segue)

00:50
Cave/Ellis: Srey Leak (The Girls of Phnom Penh)
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Album: White Lunar
Mute Records CDSTUMM313

00:55
Lynch: Moon Cycle
Gillian Poznansky (flute)
Album: Undiscovered Islands
Priory PRCD 1024

1 hour, 45 minutes

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