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The Ghanaian borborbor

Sara Mohr-Pietsch discovers the celebratory world of Ghanaian borborbor. Plus another amateur choir featured in Meet My Choi and Sara's Choral Classic: Tavener's Song for Athene.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks with Akornefa Akyea from Afropop Worldwide about the celebratory world of Ghanaian borborbor. Sara's choral classic is one of the best known works by the British composer John Tavener, his Song for Athene. It's another amateur choir's turn to introduce themselves in Meet My Choir and there are other pieces for voices by Handel and Bruckner.

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Sun 15 Jan 2017 16:00
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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus Meo (Dixit Dominus)

    Choir: Taverner Choir. Orchestra: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • EMI : CDC-754926-2.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Knut Nystedt

    Immortal Bach

    Choir: Ensemble 96. Conductor: Oystein Fevang.
    • CD : 2L-96.
    • CD.
    • 1.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Servants' Chorus (Don Pasquale)

    Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Warner 9029593488.
    • Warner.
    • 1.

  • Uncredited Performers

    Durbar and other festival music (Field Recording 1976)

    • Folkways Records FW8858.
    • Folkways Records.
    • 1.

  • Efo Senvo

    Etsome Maya (Borborbor)

    • Big Smile Media.
    • Big Smile Media.
    • 1.

  • Taviefa Borborbor Group

    Venornornvo (excerpt)

    • Maga (Afropopbrasileiro).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Performer: Martin Neary. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: Martin Neary.
    • SONY : SK-66613.
    • SONY.
    • 8.

  • Jayme Stone'S Lomax Project

    Before this time another year

    • Jayme Stone's Lomax Project.
    • Borealis Records.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Jan 2017 16:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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