Music of the Royal Courts
Saturday 29 September 2007 15:00-16:00 (Radio 3)
On the weekend of Radio 3's 40th anniversary, Lucy Duran introduces highlights from the station's landmark 1987 concert series Music of the Royal Courts, including Uighur music from China and a rare retelling of the Malian epic Sunjata by veteran griot Djely Madi Sissoko.
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WORLD ROUTES
Presented by Lucy Duran
Produced by Roger Short
Original recordings produced by Willie Robson
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
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Saturday 29 September 2007, 3:00pm
Original recordings made in July 1987 at the South Bank Centre in London, as part of a series of 38 concerts devised by former Radio 3 producer Willie Robson, under the banner 'Music of Royal Courts'.
Musicians of Mali: Nying Kuo Ning Kadi ('This Music is Sweet') (10.37)
Mariama Kouyate (singer); Bouraima Kouyate (balafon); Sidiki Diabate and Toumani Diabate (koras)
Xinjiang Uygur Region Song and Dance Ensemble: Muguam (15.47)
This is a setting of a love poem taken from Turkish and Persian poetry: 'I'm drunk with love since first I saw you. I'll press a dagger in my heart to show my love for you.'
Musicians of Mali: The Sunjata Epic (19.03)
This is the story of Sunjata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire, which lasted from 1235 to 1469
Sidiki Diabate (kora); Djely Madi Sissoko (singer)
Musicians of Mali: A Te Kunding Ke (5.18)
This is a song in praise of the generosity of patrons of music
Kandia Kouyate (singer); Bouraima Kouyate (balafon); Sidiki Diabate, Toumani Diabate (koras)
