Sir David Attenborough Mixtape plus concert sets from WOMEX 2018 with Lopa Kothari
Sir David Attenborough's Mixtape plus concert sets from WOMEX 2018 with Lopa Kothari
Music Planet ends the year with a Mixtape introduced by Sir David Attenborough, with tracks from his double CD set of his own field recordings. And Lopa Kothari introduces concert sets from WOMEX 2018, the annual gathering of the world music industry held in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands - with performances from Haitian singer Moonlight Benjamin, and acapella polyphony group San Salvador from southern France.
Sir David Attenborough first became nationally known as the presenter of BBC TV's Zoo Quest, a series based on expeditions to catch exotic animals for London Zoo. The programmes ran from 1954 to 1963, and in his spare time during the filming, Sir David made sound recordings of the local music, some of which made its way onto the TV series. He passed the tapes on to the BBC Sound Archive, who dutifully copied and preserved them all, and they are now being released to the public in their entirety for the first time. In this Music Planet Mixtape, Sir David introduces some of his favourites - including some sparkly harp playing from Paraguay, the chanting of his team's luggage-carriers in New Guinea, and the funeral gongs of the Dyak people in Borneo.
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David Attenborough's global mixtape
Duration: 12:25
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San Salvador
San Josep (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Lucibela
Violeiro (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Lucibela
Profilaxia (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Eliado Martinez and his Orchestra
La Llegada ( David Attenborough Mixtape)
- David Attenborough - My field recordings from Across the Planet.
- Wrasse Records.
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Traditional Papua New Guinea
Porters Singing, Jimi Valley, Papua New Guinea ( David Attenborough Mixtape)
- David Attenborough - My field recordings from Across the Planet.
- Wrasse Records.
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Traditional Balinese
Gamelan orchestra from Bali ( David Attenborough Mixtape)
- David Attenborough - My field recordings from Across the Planet.
- Wrasse Records.
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Benjamin Britten
The Prince of the Pagodas Op.57 (David Attenborough mixtape)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.- NAXOS.
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Traditional Borneo
Dyak Funeral Gongs - Borneo ( David Attenborough Mixtape)
- David Attenborough - My field recordings from Across the Planet.
- Wrasse Records.
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Eliado Martinez and his Orchestra
La Viega Casa (The Old House) ( David Attenborough Mixtape)
- David Attenborough - My field recordings from Across the Planet.
- Wrasse Records.
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San Salvador
Lo Mes de Mai (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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San Salvador
La Fine de la Guerre (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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San Salvador
Efans de la Campagna (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Gaye Su Akyol
Eski Tufek (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Gaye Su Akyol
Nargile (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Gulaza
Tzur Menati (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Gulaza
Ya Atishi (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Garifuna Collective
Ubou (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Moonlight Benjamin
Papa Legba (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Moonlight Benjamin
Memwa'n (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Moonlight Benjamin
Simido (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Moonlight Benjamin
Tekdegedek (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Moonlight Benjamin
Moso Moso (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Sver
Fossegrimen (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
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Sver
Mysoxen (BBC recording - WOMEX 2018)
Broadcast
- Fri 28 Dec 2018 23:00BBC Radio 3
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