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Program 522
Troubled Grass And Crying Bamboo: The Music of Roti
Broadcast

Every piece tonight has a harp of some kind in many varied contexts. We’ll hear the Western Classical, Paraguayan & Celtic harps, plus the keyed autoharp, as well as the African version - the kora, along with Rotinese sasandu  and Malagasy valiha  that are played in a similar way.

Playlist

ARTIST  
Title  [Dur.]  
Album  (Year)

BAYCHIMO KIN   
Marina (3:29)  
Understood (2014)

BAYCHIMO KIN   
October (3:00)  
Understood (2014)

Catrin FINCH  
Pontypridd (4:36)  
Annwn (2011)

Catrin FINCH & Seckou KEITA  
1677 (6:03)  
Soar (2018)

Seckou KEITA QUARTET  
Djula Djekere (5:52)  
Tama-Silo (Journey): Afro-Mandinka Soul (2006)

Baba SISSOKO  
Griot Jazz (3:12)  
Griot Jazz (2021)

Julianna BARWICK  
Oh, Memory (feat. Mary Lattimore) (3:47)  
Healing is a Miracle (2020)

Alina BZHEZHINSKA QUARTET  
Blue Nile (5:40)  
Inspiration (2018)

Alice COLTRANE & Carlos SANTANA  
Bliss: The Eternal Now (5:30)  
Illuminations (1974)

CONSTANTINOPLE with Ablaye CISSOKO  
Poisson au fond de l’ocean (Fish at the bottom of the ocean) (5:04)  
Jardins Migrateurs (Itinerant Gardens) (2015)

A.A. Malelak, Esau Nalle and Johannes Ledoh  
Batu Matia (5:31)  
Various Artists: Troubled Grass And Crying Bamboo: The Music of Roti (1998)

Justin VALI TRIO  
Sariaka (2:13)  
The Truth  (Ny Marina) (1995)

Justin VALI TRIO  
Rambala (4:20)  
The Truth  (Ny Marina) (1995)

9BACH  
Yr Olaf (4:29)  
Anian (2016)

Andreas VOLLENWEIDER  
The Secret, The Candle And Love (3:34)  
Down To The Moon (1986)

Robert PLANT & Alison KRAUSS  
Your Long Journey (3:55)  
Raising Sand (2007)

ACTIVE CHILD  
You Are All I See (4:06)  
You Are All I See (2012)

The BARR BROTHERS  
Old Mythologies (3:34)  
The Barr Brothers (2011)

The BARR BROTHERS  
The Bear at the Window (4:44)  
Sleeping Operator (2014)

Mike OLDFIELD  
Ommadawn, Pt. 2 (excerpt) (4:50)  
Ommadawn (1975)

Loreena McKENNITT  
Courtyard Lullaby (4:55)  
The Visit (1991)

Loreena McKENNITT  
Full Circle (5:55)  
The Mask and Mirror (1994)

Alfirio CHRISTALDO   
Liegando en Melbourne (Arriving in Melbourne) (2:28)  
Paraguayan Harp (1997)

Theme: Garry Havrillay — Fragments of Memory (edit) — Aurora (2018)