#4003: Voices of Asia
Hear voices from Asia, including Gong Linna (China), Yungchen Lhamo (Tibet), Sainkho (Tuva), & music from Afghan singer Simin Tander. Plus, Azerbaijani singers Alim & Fargana Qasimov.
Listen to music from Chinese singer Gong Linna, in collaboration with the Bang on a Can All-Stars, with works by Lao Luo, a German-born composer, living in China, who happens to be married to Gong Linna. Also, hear music from two of the three Bang on a Can Co-Founders, in works by Julia Wolfe and David Lang, for Gong Linna & the All-Stars.
Then, listen to music from Tibetan devotional singer Yungchen Lhamo, along with music from the Tuvan singer, Sainkho. Also, hear a Norwegian church song translated into Pashto, “I See You” from the collaborative record by Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen, German-Afghan vocalist Simin Tander, and drummer Jarle Vespestad. Plus, there's a work from Kronos Quartet together with the Alim Qasimov Ensemble, from Azerbaijan, featuring vocals by Qasimov and his daughter Fargana.
PROGRAM #4003, Voices of Asia (First Aired: 7/21/2017)
ARTIST: Gong Linna & Bang on a Can All Stars
WORK: Wolfe: Into the Clouds, excerpt [1:00]
RECORDING: Cloud River Mountain
SOURCE: Cantaloupe Music CA 21133
INFO: cantaloupemusic.com
ARTIST: Gong Linna & Bang on a Can All Stars
WORK: Lao Luo: Shan Gui [4:55]
RECORDING: Cloud River Mountain
SOURCE: Cantaloupe Music CA 21133
INFO: cantaloupemusic.com
ARTIST: Sainkho
WORK: Tanola Nomads [6:02]
RECORDING: Out of Tuva
SOURCE: Cramworld #Craw-6
INFO: crammed.be
ARTIST: Yungchen Lhamo
WORK: Ranzen [4:29]
RECORDING: Ama
SOURCE: Real World #52576
INFO: realworldrecords.com
ARTIST: Gong Linna & Bang on a Can All Stars
WORK: David Lang: Girl With Mountain [3:08]
RECORDING: Cloud River Mountain
SOURCE: Cantaloupe Music CA 21133
INFO: cantaloupemusic.com
ARTIST: Tord Gustavsen & Simin Tander
WORK: I See You [5:10]
RECORDING: What Was Said
SOURCE: ECM 2465
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Sainkho Namtchylak
WORK: Dance of Eagle [4:36]
RECORDING: Stepmother City
SOURCE: Ponderosa 3
INFO: ponderosa.it Or sainkho.net
ARTIST: Gong Linna & Bang on a Can All Stars
WORK: Wolfe: Into the Clouds [6:12]
RECORDING: Cloud River Mountain
SOURCE: Cantaloupe Music CA 21133
INFO: cantaloupemusic.com
ARTIST: Kronos Quartet, ft. Alim & Fargana Qasimov
WORK: Getme, Getme [12:04]
RECORDING: Floodplain
SOURCE: Nonesuch 518349
INFO: nonesuch.com
