#4613, Music from the Mediterranean
Listen to music of the Mediterranean, featuring Boston-based Newpoli, who interpret southern Italian music using an Arab instrument, Persian-Jewish culture in Sephardi/Mizrahi Jewish songs from the group Divahn, and Lebanese-Christian music from Greek singer Savina Yannatou.
Hear Boston-based Neapolitan folkloric group Newpoli, interpreting southern Italy’s taranta tradition, which may also reflect the strong influence of Arab music, Turkish grooves, Mediterranean and Spanish colors, (newpolimusic.com.) There’s also music from the group Divahn, founded by the Persian-American singer, composer, writer, and anthropology professor Galeet Dardashti. Divahn interprets traditional Sephardi/Mizrahi Jewish song, blending Indian, Middle Eastern, and Latin percussion, with vocals spanning Hebrew, Persian, and Arabic.
Also, hear sacred songs where Islamic, Jewish and Christian traditions came together around the 13th Century, some composed by King Alfonso X of Spain, the so-called “King of the Three Religions.” This collection, called Cantigas de Santa Maria, used Christian texts, but fused all three Abrahamic faiths as well as elements from a range of Mediterranean traditions, (Ted Shen, Chicago Reader.)
Then, Greek singer Savina Yannatou performs a Lebanese-Christian song and Moroccan-born Israeli cantor Emil Zrihan sings not in Hebrew, but in Arabic. And more. – Caryn Havlik
Program #4613, Music from the Mediterranean (First aired 4/15/22)
ARTIST: Joel Cohen & Camerata Mediterranea, Mohammed Briouel and Arab Andalusian Orchestra from Fez
WORK: Cantiga de Santa María 100, Santa Maria, strela do dia [1:00]
RECORDING: Alfonso X el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa Maria
SOURCE: Erato 25498, Reissued by Warner Classics as Apex CD 2564 61924-2
INFO: Out of print
ARTIST: Savina Yannatou
WORK: Schubho Lhaw Qolo (Glory to the Word of God) [3:32]
RECORDING: Terra Nostra
SOURCE: ECM 1856
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Emil Zrihan
WORK: Bin El Barah Oul Youm [7:34]
RECORDING: Ashkelon
SOURCE: Piranha #1260
INFO: piranha.de
ARTIST: Newpoli
WORK: Me Ne Vogghje Scenni 'n Fintanella [6:53]
RECORDING: Mediterraneo
SOURCE: NewpoliMusic.com
INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic
ARTIST: Thomas Binkley & Studio der Frühen Musik
WORK: Guiot de Dijon: Chanterai pour mon coraige [6:30]
RECORDING: Troubadours & Trouveres
SOURCE: Telefunken 6.35519 2xLP
INFO: Out of print
ARTIST: The Renaissance Players / Winsome Evans
WORK: Rosa das rosas (Cantiga 10) [5:35]
RECORDING: Of Numbers And Miracles: Selected Cantigas De Santa Maria
SOURCE: Harmonies 13091
INFO: harmonies.com
ARTIST: Divahn
WORK: Oseh Shalom [5:34]
RECORDING: Shalhevet
SOURCE: Divahn
INFO: divahn.com
ARTIST: Savina Yannatou
WORK: Hey Het (Song of the Emigrant) [4:59]
RECORDING: Terra Nostra
SOURCE: ECM 1856
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Joel Cohen & Camerata Mediterranea
WORK: Cantiga 250 Por nos virgen madre [2:39]
RECORDING: Alfonso X el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa Maria
SOURCE: Erato 25498, Reissued by Warner Classics as Apex CD 2564 61924-2
INFO: Out of print
