Often when I wake up during the night I flip on the clock radio to listen to the BBC World Service. It puts me right back to sleep unless breaking news gets my attention. Sometimes I listen subconsciously while I sleep and have the strangest dreams. That happened this week when I heard haunting, alluring songs on Charlie Gillett’s World of Music. I tracked down the playlist later to figure out what I had heard. I can’t begin to recover what I dreamed with Lula Pena (Fria Claridade) and Marta Topferova (Semana Azul).. Listen and dream it for yourself.
Encore: Another surreal sound from this dream state was an arrangement for tenor saxophone of Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 (Prelude). The musician was Yasuaki Shimizu. I couldn’t find a clip of his solo performance, but an ensemble version will give you a sense of it.
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Many thanks for finding these great clips
I have borrowed your links for the applicable threads on my website http://www.soundoftheworld.com which documents thr weekly playlists and has opened up into a forum for music fans in general
Charlie
Charlie, what a thrill and honor to have you connect with Café Mouffe! I am a longtime listener to your BBC radio show, which has led me to much marvelous world music. I’m pleased to learn about The Sound of the World. It’s a great extension of your BBC web page. I will follow it!
p.s. Is there any prospect that your BBC show will also become a podcast?