#4137: Music From the South Pacific
Listen to music from or about the region of the South Pacific from Australia and New Zealand to as far away as Easter Island, featuring music by Gurrumul, Stewart Copeland, and Telek.
There’s music by the late Indigenous Australian musician Gurrumul Yunupingu. For his last record, the singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist recorded with members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, passing down stories of his culture and traditional Yolngu life. Also, listen to Philip Glass’s Australian-themed work “Voices” for organ, two digeridoos, and a narrator.
Hear music inspired by Polynesian mariners – “Vikings of the Sunrise” by Stephen Scott, along with music by New Zealand’s Annea Lockwood, a Samoan lullabye. Plus, music from Papua New Guinea featuring pan pipes and vocals by Not Drowning, Waving, along with music by singer and songwriter George Telek Mamua, aka Telek, who recorded for Peter Gabriel's Real World Label. And more.
#4137 Music From the South Pacific (First aired 8/1/2018)
ARTIST: Not Drowning Waving
WORK: Feast [1:00]
RECORDING: Tabaran
SOURCE/INFO: wantokmusik.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Gurrumul
WORK: Gapu (Freshwater) [5:21]
RECORDING: Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)
SOURCE: SkinnyFish Music
INFO: skinnyfishmusic.com.au
ARTIST: Mark Atkins, Michael Reisman
WORK: Philip Glass: Voices, pt 1 [5:12]
RECORDING: Philip Glass: Voices for Didgeridoo and Organ; Organ Suite
SOURCE: Orange Mountain Music OMM0094
INFO: orangemountainmusic.com
ARTIST: Stewart Copeland
WORK: Training [2:17]
RECORDING: Rapa Nui
SOURCE: Milan 35681
INFO: Available at Amazon.com* or download from iTunes
ARTIST: Stewart Copeland
WORK: Ay Manu Wata Ha [3:55]
RECORDING: Rapa Nui
SOURCE: Milan 35681
INFO: Available at Amazon.com* or download from iTunes
ARTIST: Gurrumul
WORK: Djolin (Musical Instrument) [5:56]
RECORDING: Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)
SOURCE: SkinnyFish Music
INFO: skinnyfishmusic.com.au
ARTIST: Mark Atkins, Michael Reisman
WORK: Philip Glass: Voices, pt 4 [6:15]
RECORDING: Philip Glass: Voices for Didgeridoo and Organ; Organ Suite
SOURCE: Orange Mountain Music OMM0094
INFO: orangemountainmusic.com
ARTIST: Not Drowning Waving
WORK: Feast [2:25]
RECORDING: Tabaran
SOURCE/INFO: wantokmusik.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Telek
WORK: Barturana (Duke of Yorks) [3:09]
RECORDING: Serious Tam
SOURCE: Real World #49543
INFO: realworldrecords.com
ARTIST: Annea Lockwood/ Santa Monica High School Women’s Chorus
WORK: Malolo, Lullabye on a Samoan text [3:24]
SOURCE/INFO: youtube.com
ARTIST: Stephen Scott & Bowed Piano Ensemble
WORK: Kiukiu, Departing Place of Spirits [2:23]
RECORDING: Vikings of the Sunrise: Fantasy on the Polynesian Star Path Navigators
SOURCE: New Albion 84
INFO: newalbion.com
ARTIST: Stephen Scott & Bowed Piano Ensemble
WORK: Lament for Rapa Nui [2:15]
RECORDING: Vikings of the Sunrise: Fantasy on the Polynesian Star Path Navigators
SOURCE: New Albion 84
INFO: newalbion.com
