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 World Routes in Azerbaijan WORLD ROUTES Presented by Lucy Duran Produced by James Parkin Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax. 020 7765 4378 e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk PART 1 Saturday 9 February 2008, 3:00pm Lucy Duran travels to Azerbaijan. On the shores of the Caspian Sea, it's a country that borders with Iran, Armenia, Russia and Georgia and its musical traditions have influenced the area for centuries. Overflowing with oil and gas, Azerbaijan is growing fast, but the old songs of the Ashig troubadours and the art music of the virtuosic Mugham performers are still going strong. View the playlist for part 1 PART 2 Saturday 16 February 2008, 3:00pm In the second of 2 programmes, Lucy Duran continues her musical tour of Azerbaijan. This week she records Azerbaijan’s most successful musician, the Mugham singer Alim Qasimov, visits the extraordinary natural gas fires of Yanar Dag, and listens to traditional music in the contemporary context of a noisy wedding party. View the playlist for part 2 |
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