Global A Go-Go presents:

Andy McGraw from the University of Richmond joins me this week to discuss a fascinating concert he’s involved in next Wednesday at U of R’s Camp Concert Hall.

Andy’s group Gamelan Raga Kusuma and the Richmond Symphony will team up under the direction of Indonesian master musicians Sumarsam and Darsono to premiere a reconstruction of the Javanese music that Claude Debussy heard at the 1889 Paris Universal Exposition.  The ideas Debussy got from gamelan music — cyclicality, stasis, new ways of using counterpoint, and the unique harmonies of Java — became key elements of his compositions and, through him, were integrated into 20th and 21st century Western classical music.

Andy and I will talk about the concert, about Debussy and gamelan, and we’ll listen to some related recordings, possibly even transcriptions of 1889 wax cylinders.

Also this week: Bassekou Kouyate’s new album, a wide variety of Latin American sounds from Andean pipes to Mexican banda, and some socially conscious klezmer.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/100959

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    from Matador Of 1st & 1st

    Passin' Thru - 1997

    USA

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    from Global a Go-Go

    Hellcat - 2001

    England UK

  • Time: January 16 - 11:11:00 am
  • Unknown, “Debussy - Clair de Lune”

    from Sleep, Vol.2

    Domo - 2008

    France

  • Time: January 16 - 11:13:00 am
  • Kyai Pengawe Sari, “Ketawang: Puspawarna”

    from Javanese Court Gamelan

    Nonesuch Explorer - 1971

    Indonesia

  • Time: January 16 - 11:15:00 am
  • Zoltan Kocsis, Ivan Fischer & Budapest Festival Orchestra, “Debussy - Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, Andante Ma No Troppo-Allegro Giusto”

    from Debussy: Solo Piano Music; Fantaisie; Ravel: Piano Concertos

    Philips - 2006

    Hungary-France

  • Time: January 16 - 11:21:00 am
  • Unknown, “archive recording of gamelan from the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition”

    from cylinder recording transcribed to digital

    Field Museum of Natural History

    Indonesia, 1893

  • Time: January 16 - 11:25:00 am
  • Seni Sunda Langen Sari, “Kembang Gadung (Ketuk Tilu Karawang)”

    from Oyong-Oyong Bangkong

    iCiH Music Cassette

    Indonesia, 1970's

  • Time: January 16 - 11:40:00 am
  • Rumput & Friends Present Shadow Ballads, “I Fell In Love When You Parted”

    from Live On WRIR 2016-04-13

    WRIR - 2016

    RVA USA-Indonesia

  • Time: January 16 - 11:48:00 am
  • Habib Koité, “Wassiye”

    from Ma Ya

    Putumayo - 1999

    Mali

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  • Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, “Kanto Kelena”

    from Miri

    Out Here - 2019

    Mali

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  • Andrea Echeverri, “A Palo Seco No”

    from Ruisenora

    Nacional - 2013

    Colombia

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  • Pascuala Ilabaca Y Fauna, “Son De La Vida”

    from El Mito De La Pergola

    Petit Indie - 2018

    Chile

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  • Chico Trujillo, “Alturas”

    from Reina De Todas Las Fiesta

    Barbès - 2015

    Chile

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  • Puerto Candelaria, “Una Eterna Primavera”

    from Colombia: Land Of Sabrosura

    Colombia.Travel - 2019

    Colombia

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  • Superfónicos, “Merecumbe”

    from Suelta

    Discos Fónicos - 2018

    USA

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  • Novalima, “Macaco”

    from Karimba

    ESL Music - 2012

    Peru

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  • Banda De Los Muertos, “El Paso”

    from Banda De Los Muertos

    Barbès - 2015

    USA

  • Time: January 16 - 12:36:46 pm
  • Marco Flores Y La Jerez, “Huapango El Pistolero”

    from Huapango El Pistolero - single

    Casa Nacional - 2018

    Mexico

  • Time: January 16 - 12:40:06 pm
  • Fanfare Ciocarlia, “Fiesta De Negritos”

    from Onwards To Mars!

    Asphalt Tango - 2016

    Romania

  • Time: January 16 - 12:46:00 pm
  • Socalled, “(These Are The) Good Old Days”

    from Ghettoblaster

    JDub - 2007

    Canada

  • Time: January 16 - 12:51:17 pm
  • Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird, “The Butcher's Sher”

    from The Butcher's Share

    Oriente - 2018

    USA-Germany

  • Time: January 16 - 12:56:16 pm
  • Geoff Berner, “Thank You, No Thank You”

    from We Are Going to Bremen to Be Musicians

    Oriente - 2015

    Canada

    Global A Go-Go    January 16th, 2019

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