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Iquitos, Huancayo and Lake Titicaca

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3/3. Lucy Duran presents a series recorded on location in Peru. The programme features musicians from the banks of the Amazon to the remote Andean town of Huancayo.

Lucy Duran presents a series recorded on location in Peru.

3/3. She records musicians on the banks of the Amazon in Iquitos and travels to the remote Andean town of Huancayo, famed for its massed saxophone orchestras. Also featured is the real sound of Peruvian panpipes with a group from Lake Titicaca.

Jose Paima (kena); Valentin Paima (maracas); Luis Miguel Paima (snare drum); Elviz da Silva (bass drum)

Javier Isuiza (voice); Javier Isuiza Jr. (guitar); Pedro Isuiza (cajon)

Picaflor de los Andes: Un Pasajero en tu Camino
album: The Real Music of Peru
Globestyle Records CDORBD 064
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/

All music except Picaflor de los Andes was recorded on location in Peru by James Birtwistle for BBC Radio 3, August & September 2006

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Sat 27 Oct 200715:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music and featured items

  • Iquitos in the Amazon region

    Introducing Iquitos music.

    Duration: 03:38

  • Music Played

    • Unidentified Amazonian group

      Traditional piece

      • BBC recording on location.

  • Amazonian tunes

    Including a demonstration of the Kena flute.

    Duration: 09:59

  • Music Played

    • Grupo de Selva Alegre de Iquitos

      Movido Tipico

      • BBC recording on location.

    • Grupo de Selva Alegre de Iquitos

      Chimaichi

      • BBC recording on location.

  • The status of Amazonian music

    The preference for Colombian and Cuban music.

    Duration: 03:36

  • Music Played

    • Unknown group in Iquitos

      Fast Cumbia

      • BBC recording on location.

  • Javier Isuiza

    Iquitos musician.

    Duration: 10:49

  • Music Played

    • Javier Isuiza

      Las frutas de mi vecina

      • BBC recording on location.

    • Javier Isuiza

      Ayay Mama

      • BBC recording on location.

  • In the high Andes

    En route to Huancayo

    Duration: 05:21

  • Music Played

    • Picaflor de los Andes

      Un Pasajero en tu Camino

      • BBC recording on location.

  • Cocharcas

    A Peruvian marching band

    Duration: 04:21

  • Music Played

    • Huracan de Huancayo

      Chonguinada

      • BBC recording on location.

  • Alicia Maguina

    The style of the Mantaro valley.

    Duration: 08:14

  • Music Played

    • Alicia Maguina with Orquesta Semblanza Huanca

      Adoracion a la virgin de Cocharcas

      • BBC recording on location.

    • Orquesta Semblanza Huanca

      Falsia/Caminito de Huancayo

      • BBC recording on location.

  • Puno Youth Association Panpipe Orchestra

    Andean panpipe music of Lake Titicaca.

    Duration: 07:51

  • Music Played

    • Puno Youth Association Panpipe Orchestra

      Casarasiri

      • BBC recording on location.

    • Puno Youth Association Panpipe Orchestra

      Chiriwanos

      • BBC recording on location.

  • Summing up the music of Peru

    From the Andes, the Amazon and the coast.

    Duration: 04:55

  • Music Played

    • Puno Youth Association Panpipe Orchestra

      Mama Vicenta

      • BBC recording on location.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Dec 200615:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sat 27 Oct 200715:00
    BBC Radio 3

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