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World Music Day 2002

on BBC Radio 3

Lucy Duran and Andrew McGregor celebrate the new year with a whole day of world music from around the globe.

Starting in Australia, World Music Day 2002 makes a whirlwind journey westward through the musical and new-year traditions of Korea, India, Russia, Mali, Romania, Greece, Corsica, Morocco, Ireland, Venezuela and North America, with top performers playing live from all over the world.

12.40 From Alice Springs, Clarry Satour introduces the storytelling of Aboriginal singer, songwriter and guitarist Frank Yamma - a Pitjantjatjara man from Australia's central desert.

1.10 Korean Samul Nori drumming from Kim Duk Soo, who will feature in the 2002 World Cup theme tune, with Pan Suri singing star Ahn Sook Sun in Seoul.

1.40 Mercury Prize nominee Susheela Raman in the studio is joined in Bombay by sitar and surbahar player Irshad Khan.

2.20 Simon Broughton joins the team for the link-up with Dimitri Oukhov in Moscow, featuring six-part Russian polyphony from the Pokrovsky ensemble and the flutes, pipes and folklore of Sergei Starostin.

3.05 From Paris, singer-songwriter Rokia Traore brings her particular fusion of Malian traditions.

3.35 Traditional new-year music from the choirs and orchestras of Romania contrasts with the village music of gypsy bands, such as Taraf de Haidouks.

4.10 Georgios Markakis introduces a quartet of Lyra players, with Ross Daly and Eleni Kalinopolou combining Cretan and Turkish playing styles from the Athens studio.

4.45 Andrew McGregor's odyssey through the politics of the Corsican polyphony renaissance.

5.15 Spiritual trance music from Tyor Gnaoua in Marrakesh, and Morrocan Dar (which means "house" in Arabic) from British-based band Momo in the studio.

5.45 Chieftains' flautist Matt Malloy opens the doors to his pub in Westport,
County Mayo, to the rousing sound of our annual Irish session.

6.30 From Mexico, the Son Jarocho band Monoblanco, led by Gilberto Gutierez, join Rafael Figueroa in the studio.

7.00 Another chance to hear highlights from this year's Kiezmer Promenade concert.

8.00 John Schaefer introduces a selection of vibrant sounds from New York.

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucy Duran
Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Introduces:
Clarry Satour
Guitarist:
Frank Yamma
Unknown:
Samul Nori
Unknown:
Kim Duk Soo
Unknown:
Ahn Sook Sun
Unknown:
Susheela Raman
Unknown:
Irshad Khan.
Unknown:
Simon Broughton
Unknown:
Dimitri Oukhov
Unknown:
Sergei Starostin.
Singer-Songwriter:
Rokia Traore
Unknown:
Taraf de Haidouks.
Introduces:
Georgios Markakis
Unknown:
Ross Daly
Unknown:
Eleni Kalinopolou
Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
Tyor Gnaoua
Unknown:
Morrocan Dar
Unknown:
Matt Malloy
Unknown:
Gilberto Gutierez
Unknown:
Rafael Figueroa
Introduces:
John Schaefer

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