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 World Routes in China, 2008 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 WORLD ROUTES IN CHINA, 2008 China is officially made up of 56 ethnic groups, and in two special programmes recorded entirely on location, Lucy Duran explores the music of three of them. PART 1 Saturday 14 June 2008, 3:00pm Lucy Duran hears the extraordinary songs of the Hani and Yi people in Yunnan Province, high up in the mountains near the borders with Vietnam, Laos and Burma. Instruments here are made from grass and accompany songs that were born in the world's most spectacular paddy fields. View the playlist for part 1 PART 2 Saturday 21 June 2008, 3:00pm This week Lucy is in Xinjiang, China's largest province, which makes up one sixth of the country's land-mass. On the ancient Silk Route, it's also home to the Muslim Uyghur people who perform muqam, a type of music that can be found all over the region from Azerbaijan in the west to China in the east. View the playlist for part 2 PART 3 Saturday 9 August 2008, 3.00pm Lucy Duran travels to Shanghai to find out what's left of traditional Chinese music in amongst this booming metropolis. With music recorded on location, the sessions include one of Shanghai's best guqin players who performs on an instrument dating from the 13th Century. Plus a group of OAPs struggling to preserve the beautiful sound of Silk and Bamboo, and a performance of Pingtan from the southern city of Suzhou. View the playlist and listen to part 3 More about China from World Routes Listen to World Routes in China from 2000 |
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