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Musical Avenues

So the Classic FM top five is as predictable as ever but then nothing surprises me there as they cater for the background listener and do not cover anything extreme or avant-garde as such. Radio 3 is more adventurous in that regard such as Late Junction and Music Planet.

My current classical top five are -

Giles Swayne - Cry
Edgar Varese - Deserts
Henryk Gorecki - Symphony No.3
Steve Reich - Different Trains
Gyorgi Ligeti - Requiem

Also no adverts on the BBC.
If you are into world music check out Music Planet.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000h6qh

R.I.P Manu

Another victim of the Covid 19 plague - died in Paris recently -

Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa

Enjoy the funk !!!

Three From BBC Radio 3 Music Planet

Cool world music grooves -

Manu Dibango - Ah! Freak Sans Fric

Asma Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou - Allal

New Moroccan trance music.


Ustad Saami - God Is

Surti music master Ustad. Surti is a vocal tradition that reaches back to the 13th century, and of which he is the last surviving heir. Karachi based Saami sings Surti in multiple languages using a self-devised system that involves a mind-scrambling 49 notes to the octave.
Backed by tanpura, harmonium and tablas, Saami sings with multiple accompanying voices, rising in front of them with electrifying force and terrifying beauty. Precious, melancholy valedictions for a 1000 years of sound.

Enjoy