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Great music from round the world and round the corner, featuring the world premiere of Maeve Mackinnon's The Exile, an exciting musical journey of emigration and cross-culture.

Mary Ann Kennedy presents great music from round the world and round the corner. Featuring the world premiere of Maeve Mackinnon's 'The Exile', an exciting musical journey of emigration and cross-culture, and the last of four specially commisioned works to premiere on the programme. Also, Andrew Cronshaw looks at

The Exile

The Exile is an exciting musical journey of emigration and cross-culture. Featuring four movements, three languages, two choirs, as well as soloists and a solid backing band, the piece explores the link between two minority emigrant cultures through "Call-and-response" song.

The Journey (An Turas)
The emigration of the Gael: This piece was inspired by Gaelic Psalms, Negro Spirituals and the writing of Frank McCourt.

The Wolof Journey
This piece focuses on the emigration of the Wolof people of Senegal.

The Ground (An TΓ lamh)
The arrival of emigrants to a new land, the struggle to find work, survival and the coming together of cultures. This trilingual piece was inspired by "Call- and- response" and work songs from around the globe, drawing from the Gaelic tradition, West Africa, and old Negro Spirituals.

The Exile (Am FΓ²garrach)
The final piece focuses on the positive aspects arising from a people in exile in another land, with reference to other exiled peoples of the world across the centuries.

Musicians:
Maeve Mackinnon - Voice
Samba Sene - Voice
Ross Martin - Guitar
Signy Jakobsdottir - Percussion
James Lindsay - Bass
Glasgow Gaelic Choir
The Hidden Lane Choir.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Tue 13 Dec 2011 20:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Spiro

    Swarm

    • Kaleidophonica.

  • Ana Moura

    Leva-me Aos Fados

    • Leva-me Aos Fados.

  • Belshazzar’s Feast

    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

    • Frost Bites.

  • Neil Johnstone

    Bothan Mairi

    • Suite for Alan.

  • Islands’ Commission Piece

    • Maeve MacKinnon

      The Exile

  • Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile

    Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - Attaboy

  • Treacherous Orchestra

    Look East

    • Promo.

  • Kate Rusby

    Shepherds Arise

    • While Mortals Sleep.

  • Shooglenifty

    The Road to Bled

    • Murmichan.

  • Bernarda Fink (mezzo) with Anthony Spiri (piano)

    Uspavanka (Lullaby)

    • Slovenija!.

  • Roby Lakatos and his ensemble

    Ja vstretil vas (I've met you) + Mama (Russian folk songs)

    • Live from Budapest.

  • Instrument – European Panpipes

    • Soloist & orchestra of the House of Culture of Bucharest

      Gheorghe mina boii bine ('George, watch the cows') and Sirba di Fanica Luca

      • The Folk Music of Rumania.

    • Dijuta

      Buvo duda Vilniuj

      • Sutartiniu Pyne.

    • Gheorghe Zamfir

      Breaza de la dragodana

      • The wonderful pan-pipe of Gheorghe Zamfir vol.III.

  • Lush Rollers

    I've Got Something to Say

    • Who’s Driving?.

  • Balkan Beat Box

    Dancing with the Moon

    • Blue Eyed Black Boy.

  • Russkaja

    Do Uta

    • Superstar.

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Dec 2011 20:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland