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28/05/2012

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The Arctic

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Duration: 1 hour

For this major series to accompany BBC One's 'Human Planet', Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran go in search of music from some of the world's remotest locations.. This week: the Arctic.

Greenland: Lucy greets the New Year with music, and hears the mighty voice of Greenland's greatest singer, Rasmus Lyberth.

Norway: Andy goes reindeer-herding under the midnight sun with Human Planet's May-Torril, who also happens to be an accomplished singer in the Sami tradition of yoiking.

Canada: Inuit singer Tanya Tagaq introduces us to her village in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, and sings the intensely soulful music of the western Inuit.

Siberia: Andy meets musicians from Yakutsk, the coldest city on earth, where long winter nights are whiled away with the help of a Jew's harp.

Producers Roger Short and James Parkin.

Music and featured items

26 items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Into

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    Ayarkhaan Breath of North

    BBC Recording made on-location by Sound Engineer Marvin Ware

  • Greenland

  • Artist Image for Rasmus Lyberth

    Rasmus Lyberth I see a light in your eyes

    Composer: Lyberth Performers: Jane Clark (violin); Christian Sogard (accordion)

    BBC recording made on-location at Det Gronlandske Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark by Sound Engineer James Birtwistle on 11th January 2010

  • Artist Image for Rasmus Lyberth

    Rasmus Lyberth Inuuneq nutaaq (The New Life)

    Composer: Rasmus Lyberth Performers: Jane Clark (violin); Sogard (accordion)

    BBC recording made on-location at Det Gronlandske Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark by Sound Engineer James Birtwistle on 11th January 2010

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    Erinarsoqatigiissuit Seqineq nuilereersoq

    Composer: Anthon Tellesen Performers: Conducted by Berteh Sandgreen

    Erinarsoqatigiissuit 3, ULOCD-160

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    The townsfolk of Ilulissat, Greenland Unknown hymn

    BBC recording made on-location in Ilulissat, Greenland, on 13th January 2010 by Sound Engineer James Birtwistle.

  • Artist Image for Leif Immanuelsen

    Leif Immanuelsen Drum Dance Song

    Composer: Trad

    BBC recording made on-location in Ilulissat, Greenland, on 13th January 2010 by Sound Engineer James Birtwistle

  • Artist Image for Leif Immanuelsen

    Leif Immanuelsen Polka: Tamatigooq

    Composer: Immanuelsen

    BBC recording made on-location in Ilulissat, Greenland, on 13th January 2010 by Sound Engineer James Birtwistle

  • Artist Image for Leif Immanuelsen

    Leif Immanuelsen Drum Dance Song

    Composer: Trad

    BBC recording made on-location in Ilulissat, Greenland, on 13th January 2010 by Sound Engineer James Birtwistle

  • Norway

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    Johan Sara First improvised joik at river

    BBC recording on-location in Maze, Norway, on 5th July 2010 by Sound Engineer Marvin Ware

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    Johan Sara Second improvised joik at river

    BBC recording on-location in Maze, Norway, on 5th July 2010 by Sound Engineer Marvin Ware

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    Johan Sara Second improvised joik in hills near Maze

    BBC recording on-location in Maze, Norway, on 5th July 2010 by Sound Engineer Marvin Ware

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    May Torill Yoik for calling Reindeer

    BBC recording on-location in Maze, Norway, on 5th July 2010 by Sound Engineer Marvin Ware

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    May Torill Improvised joik in hills near Maze

    BBC recording on-location in Maze, Norway, on 5th July 2010 by Sound Engineer Marvin Ware

  • Canada

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    Tanya Tagaq Improvisation

    BBC recording

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    Tanya Tagaq & Donna Lyall Geese

    Artist: Donna Lyall

    BBC recording

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    Tanya Tagaq & Donna Lyall Love Song

    Artist: Donna Lyall

    BBC recording

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    Tanya Tagaq & Donna Lyall Song of the Puppy

    Artist: Song of the Puppy

    , BBC recording

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    Tanya Tagaq Improvisation

    BBC recording

  • Artist Image for Michael Red

    Michael Red The BBC is grateful to Michael Red for assistance with natural sound recordings in Cambridge Bay

  • Siberia

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    Ayarkhaan My Horse

    BBC Recording made on-location by Sound Engineer Marvin Ware

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    Ayarkhaan Dedication to the Blacksmith’s Patron Kudai Bakhsy

    BBC Recording made on-location by Sound Engineer Marvin Ware

  • Recording in Greenland

    Recording in Greenland

  • Reindeer Herding in Norway

    Reindeer Herding in Norway

    (Credit: Marvin Ware)

  • Donna Lyall in Nunavut, Canada

    Donna Lyall in Nunavut, Canada

  • Ayarkhaan at the Sayan Ring Festival, Siberia

    Ayarkhaan at the Sayan Ring Festival, Siberia

    Photo by Marvin Ware

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