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Verity Sharp with Derek Walmsley

Verity Sharp is joined by The Wire editor Derek Walmsley to explore spiritual music. Plus performances from the 2016 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

Editor of The Wire magazine Derek Walmsley recently said that spiritual music 'has the capacity to turn your world upside down, even if you're not a believer'. He joins Verity with two selections from deep within the cosmos; a Buddhist preacher from Thailand who wrote an ode to sex which places him in the lineage of Al Green and other lovermen preachers and a piece from the Congolese group Kasai Allstars which conjures the spirits.

Also on the programme music from the outer reaches of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, improvisations from AACM member, composer and trombone player George Lewis and under guidance from Chris Cobilis Chicago's Spektral Quartet interpret music for a series of slapstick home videos.

Produced by Alannah Chance for Reduced Listening.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 22 Nov 2016 23:00

Music Played

  • Washington Phillips

    What Are they Doing in Heaven Today

    • Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams.
    • Dust to Digital.
    • 10.
  • Alister Spence Trio

    Tumbler

    • Far Flung.
    • Rufus Records.
    • 1.
  • Nick Jonah Davis

    Farewell Sad Flower

    • House of Dragons.
    • Self-released.
    • 9.
  • Chris Cobilis

    The Sun as Narcissus: Big Boy Prism

    Performer: Spektral Quartet. Performer: Kenneth Goldsmith.
    • This Is You.
    • Self-released.
    • 4.
  • Ngoi Nono & Kabongo Anastase

    Muleka Mwene Yombwe

    • Congo Guitars 1952 & 1957 (Recordings By Hugh Tracey).
    • SWP records.
    • 3.
  • Anonymous 13th Century French

    Bladder Pipes - Pastourelle "Au Tans D'aost" From The "Chansonnier Cangé"

    Performer: David Munrow. Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London.
    • Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Nico

    Ari's Song

    • The Marble Index.
    • Elektra.
    • 4.
  • James Young

    Breathe For Me

    • Songs They Never Play On The Radio.
    • Gonzo.
    • HST346CD.
  • John Luther Adams

    The Place Where You Go To Listen

    Performer: Michael Finke. Performer: John Luther Adams. Performer: Robert Black. Performer: Robin Lorentz.
    • Earth And The Great Weather: A Sonic Geography Of The Arctic.
    • New World Records.
    • 1.
  • Frank Zappa

    Zomby Woof

    • Zomby Woof.
    • Rykodisc.
  • ไวพจน์ เพชรสุพรรณ

    Ding Ding Dong

    • Ding Ding Dong / A-Ba-Ni-Bi.
    • Paradise Bangkok.
  • Kasai Allstars

    Thus Spoke The Ancestors

    • Beware the Fetish.
    • Crammed Discs.
    • 7.
  • Red Tail Ring

    Gibson Town

    • Fall Away Blues.
    • Self-released.
    • 5.
  • Part Wild Horses Mane on Both Sides

    Pike (Excerpt)

    • PART WILD HORSES MANE ON BOTH SIDES.
    • Golden Labs.
  • Param Vir

    White Light Chorale

    Performer: Thalia Myers.
    • Spectrum 3 - 25 Contemporary Works for Solo Piano from Around the Globe.
    • Metronome Recordings.
    • 2.
  • 1127

    It Never Drops

    • Non Worldwide Compilation Volume 1.
    • NON.
    • 2.
  • Laura Marling

    Strange

    • Short Movie.
    • Virgin Records.
    • 12.
  • Joëlle Léandre, George Lewis & Daunik Lazro

    Enfance 3

    • Enfances 8 Janv. 1984.
    • Fou Records.
    • 3.
  • Washington Phillips

    Take Your Burden to the Lord

    • Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams.
    • Dust to Digital.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Tue 22 Nov 2016 23:00

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