Late Junction
First broadcast from 20080724 to 20091015.
71 episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 20080724 | Max Reinhardt's selection includes the Incredible String Band, chamber music by Toru Takemitsu and a Chris Burn transcription of Derek Bailey performed by saxophonist John Butcher. | |
| 20080730 | Max Reinhardt presents his own mix of sounds from around the globe, including music by Henry Purcell, Brian Eno and Astor Piazzolla. | |
| 20080731 | Max Reinhardt's musical mix features a selection from Miles Davis's Jack Johnson sessions and Karlheinz Stockhausen's seminal work for voice and electronics Gesang der Junglinge. | |
| 20080807 | Verity Sharp presents an eclectic choice of music including Japanese boogie-woogie, John Cage's Quodlibet, a vocal duet by Jon Balke and Sidsel Endresen, and from last month's WOMAD Festival, a set by Lo Cor de la Plana, who sing in the old Occitan language of Marseilles. | |
| 20080812 | Verity Sharp spins a selection of sounds ranging from the Persian electronic music of Ata Ebtekar to traditional Japanese pieces by Kunaicho Gakubu and Seijin Noborikawa as well as a recording by The Musicians of the Nile. Plus a performance from last month's WOMAD festival by Hossam Ramzi and his Egyptian orchestra. | |
| 20080813 | Verity Sharp's late-night listening mix includes the latest offering from Eliza Carthy, the Kurdish sounds of Cemil Kocgun and Arvo Part's Pari Intervallo played on flutes, bottles and glasses. Plus last month's performance by Martha Wainwright at the WOMAD festival. | |
| 20080827 | Fiona Talkington introduces songs by Rokia Traore, jazz from the Frode Gjerstad trio, Troy Banarzi's eerie circus sounds and Chris Hughes's slowed down Blackbird. | |
| 20080902 | Robert Sandall presents music by a selection of maverick songwriters, including Tom Waits, Laurie Anderson, Joan as Policewoman and new albums by Tricky and Randy Newman. | |
| 20080903 | Robert Sandall presents an eclectic selection of music for late night listening, including Damon Albarn's Chinese opera, Monkey, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, the electronic sounds of Autechre and a new album from singer-songwriter James Yorkston. | |
| ! | 20080904 | Robert Sandall presents an eclectic selection of music, including a theme of cover versions - songs by Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles and Radiohead, performed by Bjork, B For Bang, Neko Case and Matthew Herbert. There is also an unusual chamber orchestral version of Lou Reed's abstract electronic album Metal Machine Music. |
| 20080909 | On Mercury Music Prize night, Robert Sandall plays a selection of shortlisted music past and present, including Radiohead's recent album In Rainbows, Gavin Bryars's minimalist classic Jesus Blood, nu-jazzers Portico Quartet, dubstep producer Burial, songs by PJ Harvey and Michael Nyman's score for The Piano. | |
| 20080910 | Robert Sandall presents an eclectic selection of music, including the new album by Polar Bear, music for Robert Wilson's dramas by David Byrne and Philip Glass, French songs by Camille, early electronica by Human League and the Chinese erhu virtuoso Jiang Jian Hua. | |
| 20080911 | Robert Sandall marks the 60th birthday of musician and record producer Brian Eno, with music from four decades of his career, from the art pranks of the Portsmouth Sinfonia to work with David Bowie, Robert Fripp and Harold Budd. Eno first came to fame as the synthesiser player in the glam rock band Roxy Music, but he already had experimental credentials from playing with the avant-garde Scratch Orchestra. Afterwards, he pursued more artistic concepts, coming up with the idea of ambient music in 1975, and bringing his individual approach to collaborations with David Bowie, Robert Fripp and John Cale. He is also credited with pioneering sampling culture with the album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, made with ex-Talking Heads singer David Byrne in the 1980s. The programme features music from all of these collaborations, along with some of Eno's ambient classics including Music For Airports and Apollo, and a track from his new album with David Byrne | |
| 20080916 | Fiona Talkington introduces Chinese Qin opera sung by Xiao Yuelan, China Gates for piano by John Adams, songs by Spiers and Boden, and the new album from the Esbjorn Svensson Trio, recorded just before Svensson's death earlier this year. | |
| 20080917 | Fiona Talkington introduces music by Hungarian singer Beata Palya, jazz from Django Bates, traditional music from Mali and Elizabeth Dobbin singing about heartbreak, 17th-century style. | |
| 20080918 | Fiona Talkington presents more from a new album by EST (Esbjorn Svensson Trio), the latest musical offerings from folk band Bellowhead, a recast American tune by Tom Carter and Christian Kiefer and trumpeter Markus Stockhausen. | |
| 20080923 | Fiona Talkington introduces the fractured vocals of Lau Nau, Flamenco icon Camaron de la Isla, an evening raga from the Gundecha Brothers and part of Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil. | |
| 20080924 | Fiona Talkington presents music from Japan and Madagascar, Frifot's take on Swedish traditional music and a work by Palestrina. | |
| 20080930 | Verity Sharp's selections include instrumental music by John Jenkins, Romanian accordion virtuoso Andrei Mihalache and the radiophonic song-stories of Shelley Hirsch. | |
| 20081001 | Verity Sharp introduces Scottish fiddle from John McCusker, klezmer-inspired prepared piano from Marilyn Lerner and orchestral music by Gloria Coates. | |
| 20081002 | Verity Sharp with traditional choral music from the Gruppo Spontaneo Trallalero, a chamber work by Giuseppe Tartini and a jazz take on She Moved Through the Fair by Twelves Trio. | |
| 20081007 | Verity Sharp's late-night listening selection includes Ghanaian trio Seprewa Kasa, banjo tunes from Doc Watson and Tony Trishka, and music from the experimental duo of Luigi Archetti and Michael Heisch. | |
| 20081008 | Verity Sharp's listening selection includes Irish fiddle master Brendan Mulvihill, vintage tango from Horacio Salgan and his orchestra and a motet by Guillaume de Machaut | |
| 20081009 | Verity Sharp's late-night listening selection includes Mexican marimbas from the mountains of Chiapas, cajun fiddle from Michael Doucet and Indian sarangi accompanying the voice of Lakshmi Shankar. | |
| 20081014 | Max Reinhardt's late-night listening selection includes field recordings from China and the Hugh Tracey archive, a taste of the Japanese avant-garde from Natsuki Tamura, Colin Fallows' prepared electric guitars and a slice of vintage gospel from Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers. | |
| 20081015 | Max Reinhardt's late-night listening selection includes Amon Tobin's Horsefish, Purcell's Fantasia upon One Note and The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band. Mytha play music for 13 alphorns and Harry Partch and friends play The Dreamer That Remains: A Study in Loving. | |
| 20081016 | With Max Reinhardt. Sjaak sings a song about beer, Andrea Lucchesini plays Berio and percussionist Robert Dillon plays music for ceramic tiles. Plus Thomas Tallis's sublime 40-part motet Spem in Alium, and three traditional songs from three different continents. | |
| 20081021 | Max Reinhardt's late-night selection features percussionist Roland Auzet playing the music of Iannis Xenakis, Moondog singing about human rights as well as music from Denys Baptiste. Plus songs from Rokia Traore, Edith Piaf and Lydia Mendoza. | |
| 20081022 | Max Reinhardt presents a wide musical mix, including Future Pilot AKA's Prayer For Ananda, Estonian choral music from Tonu Kaljuste and Charley Patton's Down the Dirt Road Blues. | |
| 20081023 | Max Reinhardt's eclectic musical selection includes Jab Jones playing jug in the Memphis Jug Band, Andreas Grau und Gotz Schumacher playing Stockhausen, and Slim Gaillard and his Shintoists singing about potato chips. Plus the Scratch Orchestra performing the epic Paragraph 7 of Cornelius Cardew's The Great Learning and more contemporary percussion music from Roland Auze. | |
| 20081104 | Verity Sharp's eclectic musical selection includes a track from Hector Zazou's posthumous album In the House of Mirrors, a song from Michael de Jong, the sound of the Aboriginal yidaki played by Janawirri Yiparrka and the Exon Singers' performance of a Magnificat by Howard Skempton. | |
| 20081105 | Verity Sharp's eclectic musical selection includes Dominguinhos, Sivuca and Oswaldinho on the Brazilian accordion, Aly Bain trying his hand at a Cajun Two-Step, Michael Finnissy in music by Laurence Crane and the Change Ringing Handbell Group performing their London No 3 Surprise Royal. | |
| 20081106 | Verity Sharp's eclectic selection includes some of the famous pan-African recordings made by Hugh Tracey in the 1950s. Plus songs from Fred Jordan and Matthias Goerne, a bourree from Cafe Charbons, a motet by Guillaume Dufay sung by Cantica Symphonia and the Swedish fiddle duo of Karin Ohlsson and Hanna Tibell. | |
| 20081111 | Fiona Talkington looks ahead to this year's London Jazz Festival with a selection that includes music from celebrated Norwegian trumpet player Arve Henriksen's new album Cartography, on which he collaborates with electronic wizards Jan Bang and Erik Honore among others. Plus music by Peteris Vasks, Susanna Wallumrod and Monteverdi. | |
| 20081113 | Fiona Talkington's eclectic selection includes music from Bobo Stenson, Alban Berg, Iain Ballamy and Flemish early music group Les Witches, whose goal is described as to 'resurrect the ambience of the bars and taverns of Shakespeare's time through research, memory, intuition and improvisation'. | |
| 20081120 | Fiona Talkington's selection includes music from the Christian Wallumrod Ensemble, Edinburgh based band Urban Farm Hand and viol music by Couperin. | |
| 20081125 | Verity Sharp presents music from Alceu Valenca, Gavin Bryars and Keith Jarrett. Verity Sharp's varied musical selection includes sounds of 1970s Brazil with Alceu Valenca, vocal music by Gavin Bryars inspired by medieval laude, a set of tunes from Scotland's Blazin' Fiddles and an improvisation on pipe organ by Keith Jarrett. | |
| 20081126 | Verity Sharp introduces music from Mauritania and songs from Montserrat Figueras. With Verity Sharp's varied musical selection includes a Sephardic lullaby sung by Montserrat Figueras, Richard Burton reading the poetry of Thomas Hardy, Angela Hewitt playing Bach, and the traditional music of Mauritania alongside a work by New York improviser and composer Elliott Sharp. | |
| 20081127 | Verity Sharp with highlights from a set by the Taksim Trio from Turkey. Verity Sharp's varied musical selection includes highlights from a set by the Taksim Trio from Turkey, recorded at the 2008 London Jazz Festival. Verity Sharp's varied musical selection includes highlights from a set by the Taksim Trio from Turkey, recorded at this year's London Jazz Festival. | |
| 20081202 | Presented by Verity Sharp. With music from Tallis, Moussu T e lei Jovents and John Adams. Verity Sharp's varied musical selection includes Stile Antico with a Miserere by Thomas Tallis, songs from Occitanian troubadours Moussu T e lei Jovents and a performance of Christian Zeal and Activity by John Adams | |
| Fiona Talkington | 20081209 | presents a varied mix of music, including an album from Susanna featuring the voice of Bonnie Prince Billy, music from ex-Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie, Philip Glass's minimalist classic Music in 12 Parts and a seasonal and unusual jazz setting of Byrd's O Magnum Mysterium. Fiona Talkington presents a varied mix of music, including an album from Susanna featuring the voice of Bonnie Prince Billy, music from ex-Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie, Philip Glass's minimalist classic Music in 12 Parts and a seasonal and unusual jazz setting of Byrd's O Magnum Mysterium. |
| 20081210 | Fiona Talkington presents a varied mix of music, including the voice of Greek singer Savina Yannatou, a new album from Norway's Farmers Market, electronic artist Benge's recent survey of the history of the synthesiser and the Renaissance polyphony of Pedro de Cristo's setting of O Magnum Mysterium. | |
| 20081211 | Fiona Talkington presents a varied mix of music, including the songs of Jacques Brel as heard by viola da gamba player Ralph Rousseau, music from the Zambian roadsides and by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, plus Frenchman Pierre Villette's 20th-century setting of O Magnum Mysterium. | |
| 20081218 | Fiona Talkington presents music from Arne Nordheim, Bach and Japanese duo Coconami. Fiona Talkington presents a varied mix of music, including the early tape works of Arne Nordheim, organ music by Bach and a South Seas sleigh ride from Japanese duo Coconami. Max Reinhardt drops by with three tracks he can't get off his mind. | |
| 20081223 | Verity Sharp presents music, including Vox Clamantis and the Weekend Guitar Trio. Verity Sharp presents music, including ambient guitars and plainchant combining in the work of Vox Clamantis and the Weekend Guitar Trio, traditional songs from Nivernais in central France performed by Eveline and Frederic Paris, plus Monica Hugget playing Mystery Sonata by Biber. | |
| Verity Sharp | 20081226 | presents music for the end of Christmas Day. Verity Sharp presents music for the end of Christmas Day, including Pigyn Clust with carols from the ancient Welsh plygain tradition, the carol singers of Dungworth on the edge of the Peak District, Christian Forshaw and the Sanctuary Ensemble, Norway's Bukkene Bruse and Brittany's Kanerion Pleuigner. |
| Verity Sharp | 20090101 | presents a special Hogmanay 2009 edition of the programme. Blazin' Fiddles see in the New Year with the Forgeron set, the Askew Sisters sing of Three Drunken Maidens and Verity Sharp continues her look back at 2008's best releases, including a rare a cappella choral work by Vaughan Williams sung by Laudibus, and music by pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos with cellist Anja Lechner. Verity Sharp previews 2009's musical releases, with tracks from Oumou Sangare. Verity Sharp previews 2009's musical releases with a track from Oumou Sangare's album Seya, the traditional music of Hungary played by the Eszterlanc Ensemble, the electronic world of Powerplant and flautist Sebastian Bell playing Sleep by Richard Causton. |
| 20090108 | Fiona Talkington presents music from the Bad Plus covers album and by Sharon Shannon. Fiona Talkington introduces a varied musical selection, including the new Bad Plus covers album, For All I Care, and tracks by Sharon Shannon and others appearing at Celtic Connections 2008 in Glasgow. | |
| 20090113 | Fiona Talkington presents a varied mix of music, including an excerpt from Terry Riley's 1980s epic Salome Dances for Peace played by the Kronos Quartet, Mongolian traditional pieces, plus an improvisation for trumpet and sampler by Arve Henriksen and Jan Bang. | |
| 20090114 | Fiona Talkington presents music by Jon Anderson, Chango Spasiuk and Herbert Howells. Fiona Talkington presents a varied mix of music, including Jon Anderson's Olias of Sunhillow, an album of Argentinian chamame music by Chango Spasiuk and choral music by Herbert Howells. | |
| 20090115 | Fiona Talkington presents music from Lars Horntveth, John White and Ali Tufekci. Fiona Talkington presents a varied mix of music, including Lars Horntveth's epic Kaleidoscopic album featuring the Latvian National Orchestra, piano sonatas by John White, and traditional Turkish music by Ali Tufekci and his ensemble recorded at the BBC's studios. | |
| 20090128 | Verity Sharp's selection includes Marino Formenti's recording of John Cage's Music Walk, Scenes in the City by Charles Mingus and music from the 13th-century Spanish court of Alfonso the Wise. Verity Sharp presents music from Marino Formenti and Charles Mingus. | |
| Fiona Talkington | 20090203 | presents a varied mix of music, including Jordi Savall inspired by the city of Jerusalem, mining songs from Camaron de la Isla and Kate Rusby, Tibetan singing bowls and the epic music tradition of Sakha. Fiona Talkington presents music from Jordi Savall inspired by the city of Jerusalem. |
| Fiona Talkington | 20090205 | The varied musical mix includes songs from Siberia and Tuva, music by Salvatore Sciarrino, David Rothenberg's Whale Music and flamenco from Tomas de Perrate. Track list: 23:15 23:38 23:58 23:30 (segue) 23:25 00:07 23:45 23:43 23:52 23:20 |
| Fiona Talkington | 20090210 | Fiona Talkington presents a varied mix of music, including wedding songs from Hungary and Armenia, the sounds of Palm Sunday in the Basque village of Santazi, arrangements of Scarlatti by Martin Butler and the voice of Nina Simone. Fiona Talkington presents music, including wedding songs from Hungary and Armenia. |
| Fiona Talkington | 20090211 | Fiona Talkington presents a varied mix of music, including Inuit wedding music and wedding songs from Georgia, plus the music of the Loita Masai community from the Kenyan Tanzanian border and a tribute to Swedish accordionist Lars Hollmer. Fiona Talkington's varied musical mix includes Inuit wedding music and songs from Georgia. |
| Fiona Talkington | 20090212 |         Fiona Talkington presents a varied mix of music, including wedding music from Russia as well as sounds from Bali, Bangladesh and Marrakech, and the fiddle playing of Nils Okland.Fiona Talkington's musical mix includes Russian wedding music as well as Nils Okland. presents a varied mix of music, including wedding music from Russia as well as sounds from Bali, Bangladesh and Marrakech, and the fiddle playing of Nils Okland. Track List: 23:15 00:18 00:34 23:26 00:21 big ben ticking sfx 00:50 23:46 23:41 00:24 00:39 (segue) 23:22 23:30 23:55 00:04 00:30 23:19 00:55 00:42 00:01 23:28 domestic clock ticking sfx Fiona Talkington's musical mix includes russian wedding music as well as nils okland |
| Fiona Talkington | 20090304 | 's varied musical selection includes Poulenc's Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence, works for hurdy gurdy from France, an excerpt from Arne Nordheim's setting of the medieval dream ballad Draumkvedet and a lullaby from Milton Nascimento and Belmondo. Fiona Talkington presents music by Poulenc, and French works for hurdy gurdy. |
| Fiona Talkington | 20090305 | 's varied musical selection includes works from Provence, a recording of Norway's medieval Draumkvedet with Berit Opheim Vestro and Karl Seglem, and tracks from an album by Sweet Billy Pilgrim. Fiona Talkington presents music from Provence, plus tracks by Sweet Billy Pilgrim |
| Fiona Talkington | 20090311 | Fiona Talkington presents a varied selection of music, including a new album from Basque txalaparta players Oreka TX, tracks from David Byrne's Big Love Hymnal, written for the TV series Big Love, and Kronos Quartet playing music by Pelle Gudmundsen-Holgren inspired by the sea off the Danish island of Samso. Fiona Talkington presents music from Oreka TX, David Byrne and Kronos Quartet. |
| Verity Sharp | 20090319 | 's varied musical selection features electronic artist AGF and Berlin chanteuse Gudrun Gut together in session. Plus tracks including Amelia Cuni singing Microtonal Ragas by John Cage, organist Timothy Byram-Wigfield plays Messiaen's Offrande au Saint Sacrement and Kasse Mady Diabate's latest album Manden Djeli Kan. Verity Sharp drilling an ocean for you 23:22 00:13 23:50 23:32 23:36 23:39 23:43 23:31 23:56 00:18 00:28 00:35 (segue) 23:29 00:15 23:48 00:25 23:15 |
| Verity Sharp | 20090325 | 's choices include traditional music from Iceland and Bavaria, a 'space-folk odyssey' from Lau's new album Arc Light, Ensemble Resonanz playing Weather 3 by Michael Gordon, the delicate and minimal guitar music of Tom James Scott and Capella Nova singing a Strathclyde Motet by James MacMillan. Track List: 23:15 23:19 |
| Verity Sharp | 20090414 | presents a varied and often unusual musical selection. Including Atom TM's 'romantic' take on white noise, the drums and vocals of Wildbirds and Peacedrums, traditional folk songs performed by Shirley Collins, and Japanese eight-bit music from YMCK. Verity Sharp presents music from Atom TM, Shirley Collins, and Wildbirds and Peacedrums. |
| Verity Sharp | 20090415 |       presents a musical road-trip. Including music from the Hawaii Calls Show with Webley Edwards, an album by East London avant-garde jazz musicians Led Bib, and Susanne Heinrich playing Carl Friedrich Abel's music for solo viola da gamba.Track List: 23:15 23:19 |
| Fiona Talkington | 20091013 | Fiona Talkington's varied musical selection includes a new release from Tord Gustavsen, a Gaelic psalm from the Isle of Lewis and Vietnamese tradition meeting jazz in the music of guitarist Nguyen Le. Fiona Talkington's varied musical selection, including a new release from Tord Gustavsen. |
| Fiona Talkington | 20091014 | Fiona Talkington's varied musical selection includes Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem, Andras Schiff playing Bach and music for horns, pianos and cymbals by John McGuire. Fiona Talkington with music from Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem and Andras Schiff. |
| Fiona Talkington | 20091015 | Fiona Talkington presents a varied musical selection, including an exclusive collaborative session between Chicago's post rock pioneers Tortoise and front man of post punk band Wire, Colin Newman. In another instalment of Late Junction's monthly collaboration sessions, Newman and Tortoise meet at the BBC's Maida Vale studios for an unplanned and unprepared day of music making. Fiona Talkington presents a collaborative session between Tortoise and Colin Newman. |
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