Fiona Talkington

Synopsis

To mark the release of their album Beacons of Ancestorship, Fiona Talkington looks back over the career of Chicago's post-rock pioneers Tortoise. Plus music by Spanish Renaissance composer Cristobal de Morales and contemporary British composer Gavin Bryars.

Track List:

23:15
Tortoise: De Chelly
Album: Beacons of Ancestorship
Thrill Jockey Thrill210

23:17
Tortoise: Ry Cooder
Album: 1994
City Slang 04950

23:24
Hans Raj Hans: Nit Khair Manga
Album: Sufi Music From India
Arc Eucd 2113

23:29
James Blackshaw: Arc
Album: The Glass Bead Game
Young God

23:48
Tortoise: The Fall Of Seven Diamonds Plus One
Album: Beacons of Ancestorship
Thrill Jockey Thrill210

(Segue)

23:51
Lachenmann: Toccatina For Solo Violin
Performed By Mariette Leners (violin)
Album: Chamber Music
Wergo WER 66822

(Segue)

23:56
Gavin Bryars: The Summons (Edwin Morgan)
Performed By The Estonian national male choir
Album: Silva Caledonia
BCGBCD 11

00:03
Jon Hassell: Aurora
Album: Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street
ECM 179 2636

(Segue)

00:08
Cristobal de Morales: Exaltata Et Sancta Dei Genitrix
Performed By Nordic Voices
Album: Reges Terrae Music From The Time Of Charles V
Chandos CHSA 5050

00:16
Christopher Roberts: Around the Hearth
Album: Trios For Deep Voices
Cold Blue Music CDBM30

(Segue)

00:24
Mens Vocal Quartet with Seed Pod Rattles
Album: Rainforest Music From Papua New Guinea
Smithsonian Folkways 40487

00:28
Isaac Hayes: You Don’t Know Like I Know
Album: Presenting Isaac Hayes
Stax Records

(Segue)

00:36
Elbbjørg Raknes; Stian Westerhus & Eirik Hegdal: Closer
Album: From Frozen Feet Heat Came
MY Recordings MY03

00:43
Tortoise: Ten Day Interval
Album: TNT (1998)
Thrill Jockey Thrill050

00:48
On (Sylvain Chaveau, Steven Hess, Mixed By Helge Sten): The Lonesome Poetry of Mark Rothko
Album: Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night
Type 050

Broadcast

1. Thu 2 Jul 2009
   23:15
   BBC Radio 3