100% Armenian music, including the world premiere broadcast of three works by Alan Hovhaness with pianist Paul Hersey.

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

1. Arno Babadjanian: Piano Trio (1952)
Trio Con Brio: Sergej Azizjan - violin, Hege Waldeland - cello, Paul Rosenbaum - piano
Scandinavian Classics, 220518-205
21:10

2. Gomidas Vartabed: Keler tsoler (Striding, Beaming)
4:02

3. Gomidas Vartabed: Gakavi yerke (Song of the Partridge)
0:55

4. Gomidas Vartabed: Dzirani dzar (Apricot Tree)
3:57

5. Gomidas Vartabed: Karoona (Spring)
3:16

6. Gomidas Vartabed: Groong (The Crane)
4:56

Tracks 2-6 (rec. Yerevan, Armenia Aug.-Sep. 2005)
Arranged by Serouj Kradjian
Isabel Bayrakdarian - soprano, Eduard Topchjan - conductor, Chamber Players of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Isabel Bayrakdarian: Gomidas Songs
Nonesuch, 511487-2

7. Traditional: Akh im champen (Ah, My Road)
3:42

8. Traditional: Es gisher, lusnak gisher (Tonight the Moon Is Full)
3:56

9. Traditional: Kali yerg (Harvest Song)
5:36

Tracks 7-9 (rec. Yerevan, Armenia 1996)
Gevorg Dabagian - duduk, Grigor Takushian & Eduard Harutunian - duduk dam [drone], Kamo Khachaturian - dhol
The Music of Armenia Vol.3: Duduk
Celestial Harmonies, 13117-2
("[Dabagian's] performances of traditional Armenian folk music are considered by purists to be free of foreign influence." Now for some foreign influence...)

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

10. Djivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook: Forbidden Love (1998)
Djivan Gasparyan - duduk & vocals, Michael Brook - guitar
Black Rock
Realworld, 7243 8 46230 2 9
5:39
(...which I had to restrain myself from fading out. You get the idea of how not to do world music.)

11. Aram Khachaturian: The Valencian Widow Suite (1940)
24'

12. Loris Tjeknavorian: Danses fantastiques (1961)
18'

Tracks 11-12
Loris Tjeknavorian - conductor, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
ASV, CD DCA 884

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

13. Alan Hovhaness: Poseidon Sonata op. 191 (1957)
10:52

14. Alan Hovhaness: Sonatina op. 120 (1962)
6:09

15. Alan Hovhaness: Three Haikus Op. 113 (1965)
5:16

Tracks 13-15
Paul Hersey - piano
Hovhaness: Solos, Duos, Trios
OgreOgress productions, 884502 299595

16. Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No.60 "To the Appalachian Mountains" op. 396 (1985)
Gerard Schwarz - conductor, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Naxos, 8.559294
34'