The London Bulgarian Choir
24 May 2008
Saturday 24 May 2008 15:00-16:00 (Radio 3)
Lucy Duran introduces a session by Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir, plus reviews and new releases from Eastern Europe with guests Joe Boyd and Max Reinhardt.
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Saturday 24 May 2008, 3:00pm
The London Bulgarian Choir: Tukala Li Si (Ivan Vulev) (2.27)
see below for full details
CD roundup with DJ and radio presenter Max Reinhardt and record producer and writer Joe Boyd
Choice no.1 (Max) Romania:
Gabi Lunca: Rau e, doamne, bolnavioara (3.47)
album: Sounds from a Bygone Age vol.5
Asphalt Tango CD-ATR 1508
http://www.asphalt-tango.de/
Choice no.2 (Joe) Bulgaria:
Ramadan Lolov: Cherven fesets (Red Fez) (3.11)
Macedonian dance played by Ramadan Lolov (clarinet) and Atanas Atanasov (accordion)
album: Song of the Crooked Dance - Early Bulgarian Traditional Music 1927-42
Yazoo Records YAZOO 7016
http://www.yazoorecords.com/
Choice no.3 (Lucy) Croatia:
Zegar Zivi: Cetiri djevojacke pjesme (Four 'maiden' or 'shepherdess' songs) (3.07)
album: Zegar Zivi
Cloud Valley Music CV3008
http://www.myspace.com/zegarzivi
http://www.cloudvalley.com/
Choice no.4 (Max) Bosnia:
Tea Hodzic Trio: Magla padnala v dolina (3.04)
album: Stay Awhile - Songs and Music from the Balkans and Beyond
Taith Records TRCD0005
http://www.teahodzictrio.co.uk/
http://www.taithrecords.co.uk/
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Choice no.5 (Joe) Bulgaria:
Ivo Papasov: Tinner's Dance (2.56)
album: Dance of the Falcon
World Village 450004
http://ivo-papasov.com/
The London Bulgarian Choir: Kaval Sviri (2.11)
The London Bulgarian Choir: Pilentse Postro Slaveiche (2.15)
The London Bulgarian Choir: Ergen Deda (2.46)
The choir: Deanna Benedict, Viv Boucherat, Joanna Burke, Bernard Burns, Ann Charles, Alison Conway, Steve East, Alex Gibson, Tony Killen, Narendra Kotiyan, Clare Lyons, James Lyndsay, Veronica Simpson, Ulrike Speyer, Dessislava Stefanova, Timothy Tomkins, Diana Tsokova
Trio on Pilentse Postro Slaveiche: Deanna Benedict, Dessislava Stefanova, Diana Tsokova
The London Bulgarian Choir is directed by Dessislava Stefanova, who also sings with the trio Dessibelles
Some of these songs can also be heard on the London Bulgarian Choir CD Alyana Galyana
http://www.londonbulgarianchoir.co.uk/
The London Bulgarian Choir, led by Dessislava Stefanova, is the current BBC Radio 3 Open Choir of the Year.
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