04 May 2011

Today's show, from 8-11am Central Time on 101.5 in Winnipeg and http://www.umfm.com/ in the stream, spotlights the human voice augmented by electronics and percussion. Other musical trajectories intersect, but you'll need to tune in for those.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Messe au monastère (rec. 1980)
Messe et chants au Monastère de Keur Moussa, Senegal
Arion, ARN 64095
27:37
(Gregorian chant + Senegalese kora and percussion.)

2. David Fanshawe: Salaams (c. 1970)
John Lambert - conductor; David Fanshawe - cantor; Rosemary Ashe, Elizabeth Harrison & Pamela Smith - sopranos; Margaret Cable, Linda Hirst & Pat Hogan - contraltos; Peter Bamber & Gareth Roberts - tenors; Richard Jackson, David Beavan & Antony Ransome - basses; Harold Lester - piano & drums
David Fanshawe: African Sanctus
Philips, 426 055-2
21:53
(Cantor, 11 singers, piano, tape + drums.)

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

3. Gregorian Chant: Spiritus Domini
3:19

4. Gregorian Chant/Guillaume de Machaut: Kyrie eleison (14 century)
14:12

5. Jacob Obrecht: Pater noster (15th century)
7:03

6. Henry Purcell: Now That the Sun (pub. 1688)
5:32

7. Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium (1937)
16:37

8. Gregorian Chant: Spiritus Domini (II)
6:21

Tracks 3-8 (rec. 1993)
Arranged by Vladimir Ivanoff
Johannes Rahe - conductor, Osnabrücker Jugendchor
Metamorphoses: The Genesis
Teldec Classics, 0630-11700-2
(4-channel electronics + mixed voice choir.)

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

9. Sabrina Peña Young: Creation Oratorio (2010)
Michael Engelhardt - conductor, Millkin University Women's Chorus & Millkin University Percussion Ensemble
17'
(Women's choir, percussion, keyboard + tape. Click here to download the score for free! Then follow along.)

10. Excerpts from Liturgies coptes (rec. 1999)
Georges Kirollos - director, Ibrahim Ayad - solo voice, Ensemble David
Institut du monde arabe, 321022
30'
(Monophonic Coptic chants + time-keeping bell.)

Where to buy CDs featured on today's show:
Monks of the Benedictine Monastery of Keur Moussa - Amazon mp3
David Fanshawe - CD Universe
Vladimir Ivanoff - out of print
Liturgies coptes - CD Universe

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