音楽の泉
週末の朝に、さわやかなクラシック音楽を、やわらかい解説を添えてお届けする「音楽の泉」。クラシック音楽入門番組として1948年に放送を開始、今まで数々の名曲をご紹介してきました。曲の合間に、音楽学者の皆川達夫さんが楽曲の解説や作品にまつわるエピソードなどを分かりやすく、やわらかい語り口でお伝えします。
ゆったりと流れる時間のおともに、「音楽の泉」でクラシック音楽をお楽しみください。
http://www.nhk.or.jp/r1/shou/ongaku_izumi.html
放送日： 2011年 8月27日（土）
放送時間： 午前6:00〜午前6:50（50分）
解説： 皆川達夫
− ロッシーニの弦楽のためのソナタ集 −
「弦楽のためのソナタ 第１番 ト長調」ロッシーニ作曲（１３分１１秒）
「弦楽のためのソナタ 第４番 変ロ長調」ロッシーニ作曲（１３分５２秒）
「弦楽のためのソナタ 第６番 ニ長調」ロッシーニ作曲（１５分４０秒）
（演奏）イ・ムジチ合奏団
＜フィリップス ＵＣＣＰ−３０４８〜９＞
ウィークエンドサンシャイン
ブロードキャスター、ピーター・バラカンのナビゲートで送るウィークエンド・ミュージックマガジン。独特の嗅覚とこだわりの哲学でセレクトしたグッド・サウンドと、ワールドワイドな音楽情報を伝える。
http://www.nhk.or.jp/fm/sunshine/
放送日： 2011年 8月27日（土）
放送時間： 午前7:20〜午前11:50（270分）
ピーター・バラカン
サマースペシャル 2011 〜カリブ海クルーズ
ゲスト：原田尊志（音楽ライター）、荻原和也（音楽評論家）
THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST
http://www.nhk.or.jp/fm/sunshine/playlist.html?st=20110827
[バハマ：グンベイ]
01. Jones (Oh Jones) / Blind Blake
ALBUM: Bahamian Songs
[バハマ：ジャンカヌー]
02. Dance To The Junkanoo / Baha Men
ALBUM: Kalik
[ジャマイカ：フォーク・ソング]
03. Linstead Market / Louise Bennett
ALBUM: Jamaican Folk Songs
[ジャマイカ：メント]
04. Dalvey Gal-Parson / Count Lasher
ALBUM: Boogu Yagga Gal : Jamaican Mento
[ジャマイカ：スカ]
05. Ringo / Don Drummond
ALBUM: Best Of Don Drummond
[ジャマイカ：レゲエ]
06. Pomp And Pride / Toots and The Maytals
ALBUM: Funky Kingston
[ジャマイカ：レゲエDJ]
07. Chalice In The Palace / U Roy
ALBUM: Dread In A Babylon
[トリニダッド＆トバゴ：カリンダ]
08. Bagai Sala Que Pocheray Moin / Jules Sims
ALBUM: Trinidad Loves To Play Carnival: Carnival, Calenda And Calypso From Trinidad 1914-1939
[トリニダッド＆トバゴ：カリプソ]
09. History Of Carnival / Atilla the Hun
ALBUM: History Of Carnival: Christmas, Carnival, Calemda And Calypso 1929-1939
10. Wood In The Fire / Mighty Sparrow
ALBUM: Mighty Sparrow Volume Two
[トリニダッド＆トバゴ：ラプソ]
11. Blue / 3 Canal
ALBUM: Heroes Of Wha?
[トリニダッド＆トバゴ：スティールバンド]
12. The Hammer / N&M Trinidad All Stars
ALBUM: Pan Is Beautiful Volume 1 Calypso & Soca
[スリナム：カセーコ]
13. Way Way Krema Yu Sa Yere Basi Tongo / Carlo Jones & The Surinam Kaseko Troubadours
ALBUM: Carlo Jones & The Surinam Kaseko Troubadours
[ベネズエラ：カジャオのカリプソ]
14. Isidora / Convenezuela
ALBUM: Guayana Es… Calypso
[ベネズエラ：ガイタ]
15. La Brollera / Guaco
ALBUM: Criollo Y Sabroso
16. El Cholagogue / Gran Coquivacoa
ALBUM: 30 Aniversario
[ベリーズ：パランダ]
17. Tumari Tibarimu / Aurelio Martinez
ALBUM: Paranda
[ベリーズ：プンタ・ロック]
18. Beiba / Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective
ALBUM: Watina
[キューバ]
19. Loma De Belen / Sexteto Habanero
ALBUM: La Mucica Cubana
20. El Reloj De Pastora / Arsenio Rodriguez
ALBUM: Recuerdos De Arsenio
21. Que Bueno Baila Usted / Benny More
ALBUM: Benny More En Vivo
22. Los Fantasmas / Orquesta Aragon
ALBUM: That Cuban Cha Cha Cha
23. Tributo Al Nino Rivera / Afro Cuban All Stars
ALBUM: Distinto, Diferente
24. Si Llego A Besarte / Omara Portuondo
ALBUM: Flor De Amor
[プエルト・リコ]
25. Perico / Cortijo Y Su Combo
ALBUM: Quitate De La Via, Perico
26. La Vieja Voladora / Chuito El De Bayamon
ALBUM: Fiesta En El Batey
27. Tus Ojos / Hector Lavoe
ALBUM: La Voz
[コロンビア]
28. Fidelina / Toto La Momposina
ALBUM: La Bodega
29. Cumbia En Do Menor / Lito Barrientos Y Su Orquesta
ALBUM: Colombia!
30. Cumbia Clash / Quantic
ALBUM: The Best Of Quantic
[ドミニカ共和国：メレンゲ]
31. Juana La Cubana / Las Chicas Del Can
ALBUM: Caribe
[ハイチ：ヴードゥー・ドラム]
32. Drum Solo / Tiroro
ALBUM: Best Drummer In Haiti
[ハイチ：シャンソン・クレオール]
33. Fo M Ale / Emeline Michel
ALBUM: Cordes Et Ame
[ハイチ：コンパ]
34. Courai / Tabou Combo
ALBUM: 8th Sacrement
[ハイチ：ミジック・ラシーン]
35. Viktwa San Gloi / Rara Machine
ALBUM: Voudou Nou
[マルチニック：ビギン]
36. Makandal / Malavoi
ALBUM: Pep La
[マルチニック：シューヴァル・ブワ]
37. Mwen Desan'n St Pie / Kali
ALBUM: Racines
[マルチニック：カドリーユ]
38. Filomene / Madinn'K
ALBUM: Poz'
[ニュー・オーリンズ]
39. Lickety Split / The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
ALBUM: Live - Mardi Gras In Montreux
40. Goin' Back To New Orleans / Dr. John
ALBUM: Goin' Back To New Orleans
Jazz Library
Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x41z
Artie Shaw
Sat 27 Aug 2011
16:30
BBC Radio 3
Alyn Shipton is joined by Alan Barnes to explore key recordings by clarinettist Artie Shaw
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013xpxv
Artie Shaw was one of the most technically brilliant clarinettists in jazz. He was also an improviser, composer and bandleader of the first order, until he ended his career at the age of 44, believing that he had said all he had to say as a musician. Alan Barnes, who has specialised in playing Shaw's music, joins Alyn Shipton to pick the key examples from Shaw's varied catalogue. The music includes tracks by his various big bands, by singers Billie Holiday and Hot Lips Page and by Shaw's small group the Gramercy Five.
Music played
1. Artie Shaw — Nightmare
Composer: Shaw Performers: Artie Shaw, cl; Chuck Peterson, John Best, Claude Bowen, t; George Arus, Russell Brown, Harry Rogers, tb; George Koenig, Hank Freeman, Tony Pastor, Ronnie Perry, reeds; Les Burnessm, p; Al Avola, g; Sid Weiss, b; Cliff Leeman, d. 27 Sept 1938.
The Very Best of Artie Shaw, RCA, 09026 63753-2, Tr 16
2. Artie Shaw — Streamline
Composer: Shaw Performers: Artie Shaw, cl; Jerry Gray, Ben Plotkin, Sam Persoff, Bill Schumann, vn; Joe Lippman, p; Gene Stulz, g; Ben Ginsberg, b; George Wettling, d. 23 Dec 1936.
Artie Shaw Story, Proper, Properbox 85, CD 1 Tr 9
3. Billie Holiday with Artie Shaw — Any Old Time
Composer: Shaw Performers: Artie Shaw, cl; Chuck Peterson, John Best, Claude Bowen, t; George Arus, Ted Vesely, Harry Rogers, tb; Les Robinson, Hank Freeman, Tony Pastor, Ronnie Perry, reeds; Les Burness, p; Al Avola, g; Sid Weiss, b; Cliff Leeman, d. 27 Sept 1938.
The Very Best of Artie Shaw, RCA, 09026 63753-2, Tr 1
4. Artie Shaw — What Is This Thing Called Love
Composer: Porter Performers: Artie Shaw, cl; Chuck Peterson, John Best, Claude Bowen, t; George Arus, Russell Brown, Harry Rogers, tb; George Koenig, Hank Freeman, Tony Pastor, Ronnie Perry, reeds; Les Burnessm p; Al Avola, g; Sid Weiss, b; Cliff Leeman, d. 27 Sept 1938.
Artie Shaw Story, Proper, Properbox 85, CD 2 Tr 7
5. Artie Shaw — Traffic Jam
Composer: McRae / Shaw Performers: Artie Shaw, cl; Chuck Peterson, John Best, Bernie Privin, t; George Arus, Les Jenkins, Harry Rogers, tb; Les Robinson, Hank Freeman, Tony Pastor, Georgie Auld, reeds; Bob Kitsis, p; Al Avola, g; Sid Weiss, b; Buddy Rich, d. 12 June 1939.
Artie Shaw Story, Proper, Properbox 85, CD 2 Tr 25
6. Artie Shaw — Frenesi
Composer: Dominquez (arr Still) Performers: Artie Shaw, cl; Charles Margolis, Mannie Klein, George Thow, t; Randall Miller, Bill Rank, Babe Bowman, tb; Blake Reynolds, Bud Carlton, Jack Stacey, Dick Clark, Joe Kretcher, reeds; Jack Cave, frh; Martin Ruderman, fl; Phil Nemoli, ob; Stan Wrightsman,. P; Bobby Sherwood, g; Jud De Naur, b; Carl Maus, d. Plus strings, 3 March 1940.
Artie Shaw Story, Proper, Properbox 85, CD 3 Tr 3
7. Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five — Special Delivery Stomp
Composer: Shaw Performers: Artie Shaw, cl; Billy Butterfield, t; Johnny Guarnieri, hps; Al Hendrikson, g; Jud de Naut, b; Nick Fatool, d. 3 Sept 1940.
Artie Shaw Story, Proper, Properbox 85, CD 3 Tr 4
8. Artie Shaw — Star Dust
Composer: Carmichael, Parish Performers: Artie Shaw, cl; J. Cathcart, Billy Butterfield, George Wendt, t; Jack Jenney, Vernon Brown, tb; Bus Bassey, Neely Plumb, Kes Robinson, Jerry Jerome, reeds; Johnny Guarnieri, p; Al Hendrikson, g; Jud de Naut, b; Nick Fatool, d. Plus strings, 7 Oct 1940.
Artie Shaw Story, Proper, Properbox 85, CD 3 Tr 8
9. Artie Shaw — Concerto For Clarinet
Composer: Shaw Performers: Artie Shaw, cl; J. Cathcart, Billy Butterfield, George Wendt, t; Jack Jenney, Vernon Brown, Ray Conniff, tb; Bus Bassey, Neely Plumb, Kes Robinson, Jerry Jerome, reeds; Johnny Guarnieri, p; Al Hendrikson, g; Jud de Naut, b; Nick Fatool, d. Plus strings, 17 Dec 1940.
Artie Shaw Story, Proper, Properbox 85 CD 3, Tr 13
10. Artie Shaw — St James Infirmary
Composer: Primrose Performers: Artie Shaw, cl; Hot Lips Page, t, voc; Lee Castle, Max Kaminsky, Steve Lipkins, t; Ray Conniff, Jack Jenney, Morey Samuel, tb; Les Robinson, Artie Baker, Charlie Di Maggio, Georgie Auld, Mickey Folus, reeds; Johnny Guarnieri, p; Mike Bryan, g; Eddie McKinney, b; Dave Tough, d. Plus strings, 12 Nov 1941.
Artie Shaw Story, Proper, Properbox 85 CD 3, Tr 20
11. Artie Shaw — Krazy Kat
Composer: Chauncey, Morehouse, Trumbauer Performers: Artie Shaw, cl; Dan Palladino, Don Fagerquist, Dale Pierce, Vi Ford, t; Sonny Russo, Fred Zito, Angie Callea, Porlky Cohen, tb; Herbie Steward, Frank Socolow, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Danny Bank, reeds; Gil Barrios, p; Jimmy Raney, g; Dick Niveson, b; Irv Kluger, d. 1949
The Last Recordings, Vol 3, Nimbus, 2729/30, CD 2 Tr 1
12. Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five — September Song
Composer: Weill Performers: Artie Shaw, cl; Hank Jones, p; Joe Puma, g; Tommy Potter, b; Irv Kluger, d. June 1954.
More Last Recordings – The Final Sessions, MusicMaster, 65101-2, CD 2 Tr 7
Jazz Record Requests
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Sat 27 Aug 2011
17:30
BBC Radio 3
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013xpxx
Music played
1. Wynton Marsalis — Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (JRR Signature Tune)
Composer: Wynton Marsalis Performers: Wynton Marsalis (tp), Marcus Roberts (p), Todd Williams (ts), Dr Michael White (cl), Danny Barker (bj), Teddy Riley (tp), Freddie Lonzo (tb), Reginald Veal (b), Herlin Riley (d) Recorded: 28 October 1988
The Majesty of the Blues, 1989 CD CBS 465129 2
2. Sidney Bechet — Runnin’ Wild
Composer: Gibbs-Grey-Wood Performers: Wild Bill Davison (cnt) Sidney Bechet (ss), Jimmy Archey (tb), Joe Sullivan (p), Pops Foster (b), Willmore Slick Jones (d) Recorded: 1950
The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Sidney Bechet, Mosaic MR6 110/E, S1/3 03’04”
3. Harry Parry — The Java Joint
Composer: Caton Performers: Harry Parry (cl), Roy Marsh (vib), Tommy Pollard (p), Lauderic Caton (lead guitar), Joe Deniz (g), Tommy Bromley (b), Bobby Midgley (d) Recorded: 19 October 1941
Parry Opus, World Records EG 260294 1., S2/3 03’07”
4. Lester Young — Lester Leaps Again
Composer: Buck Clayton Performers: Lester Young (ts), Count Basie (p), Freddy Green (g), Rodney Richardson (b), Jo Jones (d) Recorded: 22 March 1944
The Lester Young Story, Proper P 1131, CD3 4 04’23”
5. Dickie Wells — I Got Rhythm
Composer: Gershwin Performers: Dickie Wells and His Orchestra: Dickie Wells (tb), Bill Coleman (tp), Lester Young (ts), Ellis Larkins (p), Freddie Green (g), Al Hall (b), Jo Jones (d) Recorded: 21 December 1943
The Jazz and Vocal Collection, Avid AMSC 568, 17 4’11”
6. Keith Jarrett — Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Composer: Harry Barris Performers: Keith Jarrett (p), Gary Peacock (b), Jack DeJohnette (d) Recorded: 5 July 1999
Whisper Not, ECM1724/25, cd1/5 5’38”
7. Charles Mingus — Clark in the Dark
Composer: Mingus Performers: Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Snookie Young, Richard Williams, Rolf Ericson (tp), Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson (tb and tuba), Eric Dolphy, Charlies McPherson, Charlie Mariano, Jerome Richardson, Pepper Adams, Zoot Sims, Buddy Collette (reeds and woodwind), Toshiko Mariano, Jaki Byard (p), Charlie Mingus, Milt Hinton (b), Dannie Richmond (d) Recorded: 12 October 1962
Town Hall Concert, United Artists ULP 1068, S1/1 2’55”
8. Stan Tracey — Murdering the Time
Composer: Tracey Performers: Kenny Baker, Ken Wheeler, Ian Hamer, Les Condon (tp), Keith Christie, Chris Smith, Wally Smith (tb), Alan Branscombe, Ronnie Baker (as), Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes (ts), Harry Klein (bs), Stan Tracey (p), Jeff Clyne (b), Ronnie Stephenson (d) Recorded: 1966
Alice in Jazz Land, Columbia SX 6051, S2/2 3’58”
9. Jack Bruce — Born to Be Blue
Composer: Torme-Wells Performers: Dick Heckstall-Smith (ts), John McLaughlin (g), Jack Bruce (b), Jon Hiseman (d) Recorded: August 1968
Things We Like, Polydor 2343033, S1/4 4’20”
10. Ella Fitzgerald — Mr Paganini
Composer: S. Coslow Performers: Ella Fitzgerald (v), Lou Levy (p), Herb Ellis (g), Wilfred Middlebrooks (b), Gus Johnson (d) Recorded: 12 May 1961
Ella Fitzgerald, Ken Burns JAZZ, Verve 549087-2, 16 4’02”
11. The Impossible Gentlemen — Laugh Lines
Composer: Mike Walker Performers: Gwilym Simcock (p), Mike Walker (g), Steve Swallow (b), Adam Nussbaum (d) Recorded: 2010
The Impossible Gentlemen, Basho SRCD 36-2, 1 5’11”
12. Jimmy Smith — After Hours
Composer: Parrish Performers: Jimmy Smith (org), Eddie McFadden (g), Donald Bailey (d) Recorded: 13 Feb 1957
Blues After All, Proper 1655, 8 10’57”
Jazz Line-Up
Programme exploring jazz music, focussing both on established, mainstream players and on the new generation of younger artists..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnmw
Joshua Redman
Sun 28 Aug 2011
23:30
BBC Radio 3
Julian Joseph presents new jazz discs, and talks to Joshua Redman about his latest album.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013xq9w
Joshua Redman, one could argue, has formed a super group of pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Eric Harland. His new album is a wonderful mix of their musical influences. "James Farm is where we pool our collective knowledge, let run the best of our ideas arising from our varied musical influences" says Redman. "We are a band where we can be creative composers and improvisers, in step with the rhythm of the times, constantly evolving" says bassist Penman. And these musicians take full advantage of their musical freedom on this album.
This is a collection of tunes that are full of style and ideas and Joshua talked freely on Jazz Line-Up about its impact upon the jazz scene.
Music played
1. Geri Allen — Ah Leu Cha
Performers: Geri Allen (Piano), |Kenny Davis (Bass), Kassa Overall (Drums), Maurice Chestnut (Tap Percussion) Composer: Charlie Parker
Geri Allen & Timeline Live, Motema233167
2. Mark Lockheart Group — Believe It Or Not
Composer: mark Lockheart
In Deep, Edition Records EDN 1013
3. Stan Kenton and His Orchestra — The Opening
Composer: Bill Holman
Festival of Modern American Jazz, Status DSTS 1025
4. Derek Nash — Li’l Darlin’
Performers: Derek Nash (Sax), Jan Jundgren (Piano), Geoff Gascoyne (Bass), Steve Brown (Drums) Composer: Neal Hefti
Snapshot, Jazzizit Records JITCD 0951
5. Paola Vera and Andrea Vicari — Addicted To My Love
Composer: Paola Vera Recorded: Pizza Express, Dean Street, London, 14th April 2011
6. Paola Vera and Andrea Vicari — Panama
Composer: Paola Vera Recorded: Pizza Express, Dean Street, London, 14th April 2011
7. Paola Vera and Andrea Vicari — Neverland
Composer: Paola Vera Recorded: Pizza Express, Dean Street, London, 14th April 2011
8. Charnett Moffett — The Things of Swing
Composer: Charnett Moffett
Treasure, Motema 233 166
9. Duke Ellington and John Coltrane — Take The Coltrane
Composer: Duke Ellington
Originals – Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, Impulse Records 06025 17486270
Private Passions
Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnv3
Jackie Kay
Sun 28 Aug 2011
12:00
BBC Radio 3
Novelist and poet Jackie Kay reveals her musical private passions to Michael Berkeley.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00trzld
Michael Berkeley's guest is the Scottish novelist and poet Jackie Kay MBE, whose work has won many awards including the Guardian Fiction Prize (for Trumpet, 1998), and the 2008 CLPE Poetry Award (for Red, Cherry Red). A mixed-race child, she was adopted at birth by a white couple and brought up in Glasgow, going on to read English at Stirling University. Her first collection of poetry, The Adoption Papers (1991), was inspired by a her own experiences, and many of her poetry collections and novels (including the latest, Red Dust Road, 2010), explore key themes of cultural identity. Several of her works have been inspired by musicians, including Bessie Smith and jazz trumpeter Billy Tipton.
Jackie Kay's personal musical favourites begin with one of Janacek's Lachian Dances, (two of her stories were influenced by works by Janacek), and then dive into the Baroque era with an extract from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and a movement from a Bach cello suite played by Pablo Casals - she says that the cello is one of her favourite instruments and she loves Bach's emotional literacy. Then comes Nina Simone singing Four Women, which Jackie Kay says has a haunting and arresting quality, followed by Jessye Norman singing September from Strauss's Four Last Songs. Her next choice is Heygana by Ali Farka Toure, which fuses African, blues and jazz, followed by the black American tenor Roland Hayes singing Schubert's Nacht und Traume. Her Scottish roots are represented by the voice of Jean Redpath singing the poignant song of exile, Leaving the Land, while her final choice, Cole Porter's Brush Up Your Shakespeare from Kiss Me Kate has always been a favourite of her father's.
Music played
1. Leos Janacek — ‘Pozehany’ (Blessed) from Lachian Dances JW VI/17
Performers: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Ondrej Lenárd
NAXOS 8550411
2. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi — ‘O Quam tristis et afflicta’ from Stabat Mater
Performers: Emma Kirkby (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), The Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Oiseau Lyre 4256922
3. Johann Sebastian Bach — Prelude from Cello Suite no 6 in D major BWV 1012
Performer: Pablo Casals (cello)
EMI CHS7610272
4. Nina Simone — Four Women
Performer: Nina Simone
PHILIPS 8228462
5. Richard Strauss — September’ from ‘Four Last Songs
Performers: Jessye Norman (soprano) Gewandhaus Orchester/Kurt Masur
PHILIPS 411052-2
6. Ali Farka Touré — Heygana
Performer: Ali Farka Toure
World Circuit WCD017
7. Franz Schubert — Nacht und Traume
Performers: Roland Hayes (tenor), Reginald Boardman (piano)
PREISER 93462
8. Jean Redpath — Leaving the Land
Performer: Jean Redpath
Greentrax CDTRAX039
9. Cole Porter — Brush Up Your Shakespeare’ from ‘Kiss Me Kate
Performers: Lee Wilkof & Michael Mulheren from The New Broadway Cast Recording
DRG1298
Words and Music
A sequence of classical music mixed with well-loved and less familiar poems and prose.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x35f
The Exotic
Sun 28 Aug 2011
22:15
BBC Radio 3
Texts and music on the theme of the exotic. Readings by Greta Scacchi and Simon Woods.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013xq9t
Words and Music on the theme of The Exotic. Readings by Greta Scacchi and Simon Woods.
Distant lands full of heat, opulence and mysterious inhabitants; lost civilisations full of entrancing women and god-like warriors have provided vivid inspiration to authors and composers across the centuries. The Exotic has meant different things to different generations: from Shakespeare's visions of a savage island full of unnerving sights and sounds, informed by the era of exploration and brutal empire building in which he lived; to the rich visions of the romantics: Coleridge's Xanadu and Byron's Childe Harolde who wonders in landscapes described with the linguistic lushness of love poetry. Musical and literary experiences of exoticism are often about western artists seduced by a vision of otherness which is little more than a mirage: from Mozart's typically eighteenth century take on a Turkish harem to Kipling's colonial representations of India. Yet from the excitement of imagined faraway lands and people comes the lush beauty of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and the delicate orientalism of Debussy's Pagodes. Gustave Flaubert's entrancing Salammbô and Shakespeare's glittering Cleopatra offer visions of exotic womanhood; the goddess who commands adulation and fear in equal measure - like the distant corners of the earth from which she comes.
Producer: Georgia Mann.
Producer's Note
The desire for discovery and the fascination with far-off lands, varied and savage in their beauty, is at the heart of the romantic impulse in poetry and music. Byron’s Childe Harold wanders through the unknown; his enchantment and occasional fear a precursor of the nineteenth century obsession with the exotic: from the percussive camp of Gilbert and Sullivan’s vision of Japan in The Mikado, to Joseph Conrad’s menacing, enthralling journey through the African jungle in Heart of Darkness. Yet the pull of the exotic, the intrigue one culture holds for another, long pre-dates the romantics.
The programme opens with Shakespeare’s vision of perhaps the most exotic of all history’s beauties: Cleopatra. Her majestic arrival on a barge with silver oars, steered by mermaid-like attendants and accompanied by a mysterious, seductive aroma could only find equivalent musical expression in Saint-Saëns’ sensual Bacchanale from his opera charting the fortunes of another great seductress: Samson et Delilah. From the arrival of an exotic Egyptian beauty we travel to Spain by way of Albeniz’s evocative Sevilla to Byron’s ‘lovely girl of Cadiz’. She and Cleopatra personify the allure of the exotic: sensuous, mysterious - and to a certain extent -downright unrealistic.
The fear of the foreign, the danger of the unknown, lurks beneath even the most exalted visions of exoticism. Blake’s wonderment in The Tyger; at the heart-stopping savagery of this creature, awesome and terrifying in equal measure, characterises much of the artistic response to exotic climes, creatures or characters. This shadowy hinterland between fear and fascination is what gives Thomas Ades’ Ariel such ethereal beauty. But tackling exotic subject matter also allows composers to fully indulge their musical imaginations: from Mozart’s lush overture to his Turkish adventure The Abduction from the Seraglio to Messiaen’s exquisite interplay of piano and orchestra in Oiseaux Exotiques.
Music and featured items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.
00:00
Camille Saint-Saëns — Bacchanale from Samson et Delilah
Performer: Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris
EMI, CDM7691122, 15
00:00
Shakespeare
Extract from Anthony and Cleopatra, Greta Scaachi
00:05
Isaac Albéniz — Sevilla from Suite Espa?ola
Performer: Andrés Segovia
EMI Classics, 5670092, 11
00:05
Byron
The Girl of Cadiz, Simon Woods
00:07
Gabriel Fauré — Les Roses d’Ispahan
Performer: Kathleen Battle (soprano), James Levine (piano)
DG, 445524-2, 14
00:09
Derek Walcott
Night in the Gardens of Port of Spain, Greta Scaachi
00:11
Shakespeare
Extract from The Tempest, Simon Woods
00:11
Thomas Adès — Full fathom five from The Tempest
Performer: Cyndia Sieden (soprano), The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Vasko Vassilev
EMI Classics, 6952342, CD 1, Tr. 8
00:15
Blake
The Tyger, Greta Scaachi
00:16
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Overture, The Abduction from the Seraglio K.384
Performer: Scottish Chamber Ocreshtra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras
Telarc, CD-80544, CD1, Tr. 1
00:21
Yeats
Byzantium, Greta Scaachi
00:23
N/A — Plainte de Tecmessa
Performer: Atrium Musicae de Madrid, directed by Gregorio Paniagua
Harmonia Mundi, HMA1901015, 4
00:24
Claude Debussy — Pour l’Egyptienne from Six epigraphes antiques
Performer: Boris Berman (piano)
Chandos, CHAN9294, 16
00:27
Lully — Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs
Performer: Le Concert des Nations, directed by Jordi Savall
Alia Vox, AVSA9821, 1
00:29
Jospeh Conrad
Extract from Heart of Darkness, Simon Woods
00:30
N/A — Nyanza Rukina
Performer: Twa Tribesmen
Rounder, CD5106, 1
00:31
David Fanshawe — African Sanctus
Performer: Choristers of St George’s Chapel, Windsor, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Alan Parker and Andy Pask (guitars), Eric Allen, Gary Kettel, Terry Emmery (percussion), Harold Fisher (drums), Kwasi Asare Kantamanto (traditional drums), Elizabeth Buriani, Mary Chebwana (ululations)
Silva Classics, SILKD6003, 1
00:34
Rudyard Kipling
Extract from The Jungle Book, Greta Scaachi
00:35
Robert and Richard Sherman — I Wanna Be Like You
Performer: Louis Prima and Phil Harris (vocals)
Pickwick Music, DSMCD457, 5
00:39
Byron
Extract from Childe Harold, Simon Woods
00:40
Hector Berlioz — Harold en Italy Op. 16, Harold aux Montagnes
Performer: Orchestre de l’Opéra Bastille conducted by Myung-Whun Chung
DG, 447102-2, 4
00:46
[traditional] — Autumn Moon over Still Lake
Performer: Silk and Bamboo Ensemble
ARC Music EUCD2177, 4
00:49
Amy Lowell
From China, Simon Woods
00:50
Gilbert & Sullivan — Mya sama, miya sama, On n’mma no maye ni and From ev’ry kind of man Obedience I expect from The Mikado
Performer: John Ayldon (The Mikado), Lyndsie Holland (Katisha), The D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Royston Nash
London, 417296-2, CD 2, Tr.5
00:53
Coleridge
Kubla Kahn, Greta Scaachi
00:54
Olivier Messiaen — Oiseaux Exotiques
Performer: Yvonne Loriod (piano), Bavarian Symphony Orchestra, conduicted by Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Koch, 3-1123-2, 1
00:59
Maya Angelou
Africa, Greta Scaachi
00:59
Joseph Shabalala — Nomathemba (Mother of Hope)
Performer: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Universal Music, 153739-2, 5
01:03
John Masefield
Cargoes, Simon Woods
01:04
Benjamin Britten — Storm from Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33
Performer: Rlpo
Virgin Classics, 259803-231, 8
01:08
John Donne
To his Mistress Going to Bed, Simon Woods
01:11
Henry Purcell — The cares of lovers
Performer: Emma Kirkby (Soprano), Anthony Rooley (lute)
L’Oiseau-Lyre, 4171232, 14
