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World Music Day 2003: The World on Our Street

on BBC Radio 3

Lucy Duran and Andrew McGregor celebrate the new year with nearly ten hours of world music in which top musicians perform live from studios in five continents.

12.40 Te Vaka play the music of Polynesia from a middle-of-the-night New Zealand.

1.15 From Beijing, the Wild Children play the powerfully percussive music of Gansu Province.

2.05 Traditional music from Turkey played in Ankara by the TRT Folk Ensemble.

2.30 From Ljubljana, Jasna Vidakovic introduces Slovenian band Terra Folk, who mix gypsy traditions with local music.

3.15 One of Finland's hottest folk-based bands, Varttina, perform live from Helsinki.

3.45 From Kenya, Kayamba Afrika sing traditional and topical a cappella music from the BBC's studio in Nairobi.

4.30 Nick Spitzer in Lafayette, Louisiana, introduces Feufollet, a young Cajun band who are bringing new life to the almost-lost francophone songs of the southern United States.

Contributors

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Lucy Duran
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Andrew McGregor
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Te Vaka
Introduces:
Jasna Vidakovic
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Kayamba Afrika
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Nick Spitzer

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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