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Wednesday - Fiona Talkington

As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, Fiona Talkington introduces recordings of Siberian music, plus Jan Garbarek and Svang.

Continuing Radio 3's Northern Lights season, tonight's music includes rare recordings of the Nenet and Selkup communities of Arctic Siberia, saxophonist Jan Garbarek's collaboration with folk singer Agnes Buen Garnas, Finnish harmonica quartet Svang, and Chris Watson's celebrated recording of an Icelandic glacier and its flow into the Norwegian Sea.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 9 Dec 2015 23:00

Music Played

  • IKI

    Hamanjah

    Composer: Hilmar Jensson.
    • LAVA.
    • Danish Music & Entertainment.
    • DME11044.
  • Yorkston, Thorne, Khan

    Little Black Buzzer

    Performer: Yorkston, Thorne, Khan.
    • Everything Sacred.
    • Domino Records.
    • WIGCD367.
  • Mari Boine

    ¶Ù²¹°ù±¹Ã ²Ô²¹²Ô

    Performer: Mari Boine. Performer: Jan Garbarek.
    • Twelve Moons.
    • ECM Records.
    • 519 500-2.
  • Fiona talks to joiker Ailu Gaup

  • Joanna Newsom

    You will not take my heart alive

    Performer: Joanna Newsom.
    • Divers.
    • Drag City.
    • DC561CD.
  • anon

    Chant: Sanctum Ericum comitans

    Performer: Cetus noster. Performer: Köyhät Ritarit.
    • Memoria Sancta Henrici: Medieval Chant for the Patron Saint of Finland.
    • Ondine.
    • ODE 874-2.
  • trad

    Animal Stories (recorded in Chesterfield Inlet, Hudson Bay)

    Performer: Kemukserar. Performer: Pangatkar. Featured Artist: Laura Boulton.
    • The Eskimos Of Hudson Bay And Alaska.
    • Folkways.
    • FE4444.
  • Deathprod

    Burntwood

    Performer: Deathprod.
    • Imaginary Songs From Tristan Da Cunha.
    • Rune Arkiv.
    • RACD109.
  • Meredith Monk

    Keeping Warm

    Composer: Robert Een. Performer: Robert Een. Performer: Meredith Monk.
    • Facing North.
    • ECM Records.
    • 437 439-2.
  • Meredith Monk

    Northern Lights 2

    Composer: Robert Een. Performer: Meredith Monk. Performer: Robert Een.
    • Facing North.
    • ECM Records.
    • 437 439-2.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Performer: Phoenix Chorale. Performer: Charles Bruffy.
    • Northern Lights (Choral Works By Ola Gjeilo).
    • Chandos.
    • CHSA 5100.
  • Georg Riedel

    Leksands Skänklåt

    Performer: Jan Johansson. Composer: Jan Johansson. Performer: Georg Riedel.
    • Jazz PÃ¥ Svenska.
    • Heptagon.
    • HECD-030 E.
  • E.S.T.

    Strange Place For Snow

    Performer: E.S.T..
    • Strange Place For Snow.
    • ACT.
    • ACT 9011-2.
  • Tiken Jah Fakoly

    Slavery Days

    Performer: Tiken Jah Fakoly.
    • Racines.
    • Barclay.
    • 474 782-2.
  • trad

    Tajukankaan Polkka E Turkka

    Performer: Sväng.
  • Olavi Virta

    Siks' Oon Mä Suruinen

    Performer: Olavi Virta.
    • Finnischer Tango (Tule Tannssimaan).
    • Trikont.
    • US-0250.
  • Elijah Pudloo Mageeta, Elijah Pudloo Mageeta, Temegeak Pitaulassie, Jessie Tomassie & Maggie Grey

    Two Katajjait: Baffin Land; Ungava Bay

    • Inuit Games And Songs / Chants Et Jeux Des Inuit Canada.
    • UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World.
    • 6586 036.
  • Robert Stillman

    Warren Is A Great Car

    Performer: Robert Stillman.
    • Rainbow.
    • Orindal Records.
    • ORD-17.
  • Gonimoblast

    Extract from Gonimoblast with Arve Henriksen recorded 27th November 2015

    Performer: Gonimoblast. Performer: Arve Henriksen.
  • Ellen Marja Mathis Eira

    Guodohit (To Herd)

    Performer: Ellen Marja Mathis Eira.
    • GuoÄ‘ohit - To herd.
    • http://www.ellemarja.com/.
    • http://www.ellemarja.com/.
  • Robert Stillman

    Field with Pops

    Performer: Robert Stillman.
    • Rainbow.
    • Orindal Records.
    • ORD-17.
  • Robert Stillman

    Epilogue

    Performer: Robert Stillman.
    • Rainbow.
    • Orindal Records.
    • ORD-17.

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Dec 2015 23:00

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