First performed in 1972 African Sanctus is a setting of the Latin mass combining rock music with traditional African singing and drumming. English composer and explorer David Fanshawe recounts some of his amazing stories of travelling up the Nile and recording music in Egypt, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya in the 1960s and 70s. Read Transcript
Two voices of hypnotic beauty take us on an inner journey of meditation. Czech singer Iva Bittova confronts time and death, while Prem Williams, from Queensland duo Sacred Earth, sings a mantra to Ganesha, the Hindu elephant-headed god who removes all obstacles.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been a source of musical inspiration for centuries and with the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrated today our music takes its inspiration from the life of Mary. Our guide to Marian music is Richard Black, the artistic director of the Chroma Vocal Ensemble, who introduces music from Tomas Luis de Victoria, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Hildegard von Bingen. Read Transcript
One of the grand old men of American gospel music, and one of the great singers of the 20th century, passed away recently and you probably didn't even hear about it. Ira Tucker, who died in Philadelphia on the 24th of June this year, was the flamboyant lead singer for gospel quartet the Dixie Hummingbirds for an amazing 70 years.
Friday 7.35pm
Presented by
Geoff Wood
Friday 05 September 2008
First performed in 1972 African Sanctus is a setting of the Latin Mass combining rock music with traditional African singing and drumming. A work in 13 movements, it embodies the composer's journey up the Nile made in the late 1960s and early 70s. This week, our journey continues with David Fanshawe taking us into Uganda and Kenya where we hear a gentle Rain Song, a lamentation for a dead fisherman, and Masai praise songs.
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