23 March 2008
Djivan Gasparyan
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Djivan Gasparyan
Djivan Gasparyan (aka ‘Jivan Gasparyan’) is Armenia’s best-loved citizen, at home and abroad. At home, a brand of vodka hears his name. Abroad, thanks to his masterful playing, many millions have been moved by the ‘straight to the human heart’ sound of the duduk. Armenia’s emblematic instrument is an ‘oboe’, but the duduk’s singularly haunting, fluted ‘voice’ is utterly unlike any other oboe. The Soul of Armenia is a lavish, 2-CD survey of Djivan Gasparyan. It has excellent, newly-recorded performances. Many of the older ones are made readily available for the first time.
The artist’s site is here:
www.gasparyanjivan.com
You would like to know more about the duduk?
This is a good place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duduk
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BROADCAST TIME
TRACK NUMBER AND TITLE
COMPOSER
PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS
RECORDING COMPANY AND CD NUMBER
( distributor/ source details, in brackets like this, in lower-case)
ARTIST AND CD TITLE
Duration of track
Description of track, in lower-case.
Where relevant, further info links to information, gigs/events/related programs
'’THE WEEKEND PLANET'’ SUN 23.3 08
2205
THEME:
(details below, as per the original CD.. This cut is also on these compilations Ketama - '’Nuevos Medios Coleccion'’ - Nuevos Medios NM 15 820
{ in Australia via MGM www.thegroovemerchants.com
worldwide, via: www.flamenco-world.com/noticias/nuevos.htm }
and '’Jarabi - the best of Toumani Diabate'’ (Hannibal 334352 )
CD CUT 1, '’JARABI'’
TRAD, ARR TOUMANI DIABATE
HAMILCAR MUSIC LTD
HANNIBAL HNCD 1323
( in Australia, some releases through Stomp Enquiries to: ben@stomp.com.au
worldwide: www.rykodisc.com )
KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATE, DANNY THOMPSON - '’SONGHAI'’
THIRTY SECONDS (EXCERPT)
(retains a stately-Manding air, whilst also embracing flamenco elements. Toumani Diabate'’s kora, Danny Thompson'’s beautiful double bass and Ketama'’s flamenco guitars )
2207
CD (DISC 2) CUT 7, '’MENAK CHAMPORD EM'’ ( THE LONELY WANDERER )
TRAD ARMENIAN, ARR DJIVAN GASPARYAN
PUBLIC DOMAIN. ARR NOT SPEC.
NETWORK 495121
( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution:
www.savd.com.au
worldwide: www.networkmedien.de )
DJIVAN GASPARYAN - '’THE SOUL OF ARMENIA'’ ( '’PORTRAIT'’ )
5: 51
(Armenian, haunting. A chamber-consort of duduks, led by Djivan, instrumentally interpreting a traditional song. Billed as a trio, but I think this is in fact a quartet. Its '’Djivan Gasparyan jr.'’ is Djivan'’s grandson. New recording, made in 2007 for this album. )
SEGUE
2213
CD CUT 8, '’OROR JOJK EM KABEL'’( I BIND THE CRADLE )
TRAD, ARR HASMIK HARUTYUNYAN AND SHOGHAKEN ENSEMBLE
TCROSSING MUSIC(BMI)
TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS CD 4321
(in Australia - perhaps - through Didgeridoo: www.didgerecords.com
worldwide: www.traditionalcrossroads.com )
HASMIK HARUTYUNYAN WITH THE SHOGHAKEN ENSEMBLE - '’ARMENIAN LULLABIES'’
6: 31
(Hasmik'’s female Armenian voice with kanon {plucked zither} and a discreet duduk drone { '’dham/ dam'’). This spare, haunting-solemn lullaby comes from Agn, near Kharpert, which is now in eastern Turkey )
SEGUE
2220
CD (DISC 2) CUT 5, '’NAZANI'’ ( '’DON'’T BE SO COY'’)
TRAD ARMENIAN, ARR DJIVAN GASPARYAN
PUBLIC DOMAIN. ARR NOT SPEC
NETWORK 495121
( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution:
www.savd.com.au
worldwide: www.networkmedien.de )
DJIVAN GASPARYAN - '’THE SOUL OF ARMENIA'’ ( '’PORTRAIT'’ )
3: 39
( Djivan'’s duduk leads. The other duduk provides the dam/dham - the organ-like drone. An initially-still-solemn, then more upbeat Armenian dance - the other player is the drummer, playing the dhol. Based upon a song by the 18th century Aremenian troubadour, Saya Nova. This is from Gasparyan'’s 1999 CD '’Heavenly Duduk'’ - Network 32.377 )
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CD (DISC TWO) CUT 5, '’NEFES'’
ERKAN OGUR, ILKIN DENIZ, TURGUT ALP BEKOGLU
PUBLISHER NOT SPEC
KALAN 363-364
( no Australian distributon.
The Turkish label'’s site: www.kalan .com
Available worldwide via CD Roots at www.cdroots.com )
ERKAN OGUR, ILKIN DENIZ, TURGUT ALP BEKOGLU - '’TELVIN'’
7: 00
( '’Live'’: Erkan'’s playing some very electric (fretless, I think) guitar, with bassist Ilkin Deniz and solid drums from Turgut Alp Bekoglu. Initially and finally it'’s Turkish-accented, strutting-dancing jazz-rock. Along the way, it becomes much more open, mysterious and improvisatory. '’Nefes'’ literally means breath, but the word has more elevated/ecstatic connotations in Sufism )
SEGUE
2233
CD (DISC 2) CUT 8, '’DÖNÜS YOLU'’ ( '’THE WAY BACK'’ )
ERGAN OGUR
KALAN MUZIK
NETWORK 495121
( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution:
www.savd.com.au
worldwide: www.networkmedien.de )
DJIVAN GASPARYAN - '’THE SOUL OF ARMENIA'’ ( '’PORTRAIT'’ )
2: 15
( Believe it or not, the composer and player of the baglama {long-necked, wire-strung Turkish lute, aka '’saz'’ - in this case, a 19th century instrument } is the very same Erkan Ogur as on cut-prior. This is '’refined'’, and spare. It becomes a haunting duet with Djivan Gasparyan'’s duduk. Taken from a 2001 CD called '’Fuad'’ on the Turkish label Kalan - Kalan Mzik 231 )
SEGUE
2235
CD CUT 9, '’ESHQIN MEHEBBETI'’ ('’LOVE OF LOVES'’)
ASHIQ KHANISH SHIRVANI
PUB NOT SPEC ( IT IS BY A LIVING AZERBAIJANI COMPOSER)
SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFW CD 40525
( in Australia through Fuse Music
www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: http://www.folkways.si.edu )
ALIM AND FARGANA QASIMOV - '’SPIRITUAL MUSIC OF ASERBAIJAN'’
5: 22
( Azerbaijani. Alim Qasimov is as great a singer, as any now living, anywhere. By his standards, this is not especially remarkable - there are more exciting/inventive performances aplenty on this disc. By any normal singer'’s this cut is a gob-smacking combination of intensity and refinement. His fine ensemble includes spike-fiddle, wire-strung lute, hand-drums and a balaban {the Azerbaijani name for what Armenians call '’duduk'’). Elsewhere on this CD his daughter Fargana sings with him - and in her own right. He and Djivan Gasparyan are friends and occasional colleagues - warfare between their respective nations, notwithstanding.
ABC RADIO NATIONAL QASIMOV ALERT
We explore this CD in depth on Sunday April 6th. It has a deal of mind-boggling singing by both father (Alim} and daughter {Fargana}
More details here: www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendplanet/comingup )
2243
CD CUT 7, '’AFRICAN WISDOM'’
ELLIOT FOLVIG
CONTROL
SELF-ISSUED CD. NO CATALOG NUMBER
( email Phil: phil@philbywater.com )
FALLINGWATER TRIO - '’STAY'’
2: 22
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: An African-esque, lyrical circle-dance. Phil Bywater on tenor sax, electric guitarist Elliot Folvig and electric bassist Dale Lindrea )
SEGUE
2245
CD CUT 1, '’CLUBE DA ESQUINA #2'’
MILTON NASCIMENTO/ LO BORGES/ MARCIO BROGES
EMI BRASIL LTDA
SOUND VAULT RECORDS SV0598
( www.soundvault.com.au )
JULIEN WILSON - '’TRIO-LIVE'’ (JULIEN WILSON, STEPHEN MAGNUSSON AND STEPHEN GRANT)
7: 54
(AUSTRAL PERF: '’Live'’: processed electric washes(presumably, guitar-derived), then Magnusson'’s nylon-string ac guitar alone, then with Grant'’s accordion and the leader'’s tenor sax. A lyrical, non-bossa, Brazilian piece )
SEGUE
2251
CD CUT 9, '’SOCK BALL, MARBLES'’
MILTON NASCIMENTO AND FERNANDO BRANT
PUB NOT SPEC
CBS RECORDS CK45239
(import from USA - am unsure of current availability, or otherwise)
MILTON NASCIMENTO - '’MILTONS'’
2: 54
(sounds of laughing children at play precede and underscore this cheerful Brazilian song. Milton sings, whistles and plays the ac guitar. Nana Vasconcelos provides the multi-percussion Milton authored and originally performed the piece @ 2245 - titlepiece of his landmark, 1972 double-LP, since re-issued on CD)
2257
CD CUT 3, '’ANOMIE'’
NICK TSIAVOS, ANTHONY SCHULZ AND ACHILLES YIANGOULLI
NOT SPEC, BUT PRESUMABLY APRA
ANAN 001
( www.nicktsiavos.net )
ANANKE - '’ANOMIE'’
2: 00 ( excerpt )
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: the freely improvising co-authors are the trio'’s members - bassist Nick, accordionist Anthony and bouzouki player Achilles.
ANANKE GIG ALERT ( Melbourne )
Sunday 30th March, 8.00 pm. Dantes Gallery
corner of Gertrude and Napier Streets, Fitzroy
Phone: 03 9417 2468
www.nicktsiavos.net )
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11 PM NEWS
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2305
CD (DISC 2) CUT 4, '’HOLY OF HOLIES'’
SARKIS GAZARYAN (ADAPTED FROM ANCIENT/TRADITIONAL ARMENIAN LITURGICAL SONG SOURCES)
PUB NOT SPEC
NETWORK 495121
( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution:
www.savd.com.au
worldwide: www.networkmedien.de )
DJIVAN GASPARYAN - '’THE SOUL OF ARMENIA'’ ( '’PORTRAIT'’ )
3: 15
( Djivan'’s duduk and an unidentified violin soloist, with string orchestra. From a suite composed by Sarkis Gazaryan - based in large part on '’the core melodies of the Armenian liturgy'’'’. To see full details of/ to pursue the original 2004 CD in question, go to:
www.avedis.eu/avedis_en.htm )
2311
CD ( DISC ONE ) CUT 8, '’I WILL NOT BE SAD'’
SAYAT NOVA, ARR DJIVAN GASPARYAN
PUBLIC DOMAIN
NETWORK 495121
( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution:
www.savd.com.au
worldwide: www.networkmedien.de )
DJIVAN GASPARYAN - '’THE SOUL OF ARMENIA'’ ( '’PORTRAIT'’ )
6: 13
( Armenian, very haunting.. Djivan'’s duduk, atop the '’dham'’{drone} duduk of his grandson, Djivan Gasparyan. New, 2007 recording of the piece which made Djivan famous outside then then-USSR; that happened via the 1989 international CD release '’I Will not be Sad in this World'’, compiled from Djivan'’s early 1980s recordings, as remixed by Brian Eno. The piece itself was penned in the 18th century. Djivan'’s 1980s album-titlepiece version was in last night'’s edition of '’The Weekend Planet'’. Audio of each edition is yours to demand for four weeks after radio broadcast )
SEGUE
2317
CD CUT 5, '’ANGEL'’
JOSEPH TAWADROS
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
JT 2008-03-19
( in Australia through Creative Vibes www.cvibes.com
Worldwide: www.josephtwaadros.com )
JOSEPH TAWADROS - '’ANGEL'’
5: 31
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: Has obviously-Arabic elements, but not those-only. Variously lively and meditative - the final part of a 5-part suite, which we'’ll play all of, next Sunday. Joseph'’s oud {fretless Arabic lute}, James Tawadros {his younger brother} on bendir {frame drum}, pianist Matt McMahon and clarinettist Dimitri Vouras.
ABC RADIO NATIONAL JOSEPH TAWADROS ALERT
We explore his new album in depth, next Sunday night - March 30th
More details here: www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendplanet/comingup )
AND
JOSEPH TAWADROS CD LAUNCH CONCERT ALERT ( Sydney )
Wednesday April 16th, 8pm
St Stephen'’s Church
189 Church St, Newtown
Bookings: joe@josephtawadros.com )
2325
CD (DISC ONE) CUTS 10-12, '’KOMITAS SUITE'’( TSIRANI TSAR - THE APRICOT TREE/ DLE YAMAN/ YERKINKN AMPELA - THE SKY IS CLOUDY )
ALL BY KOMITAS, PRESUMABLY ARR BY DJIVAN GASPARYAN
(PRESUMABLY, RESPECITVELY) PUBLIC DOMAIN/ NOT SPEC
NETWORK 495121
( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution:
www.savd.com.au
worldwide: www.networkmedien.de )
DJIVAN GASPARYAN - '’THE SOUL OF ARMENIA'’ ( '’PORTRAIT'’ )
13: 51 ( 5: 04 + 2: 51 + 5: 56 )
(Armenian suite: Djivan'’s duduk, with a string quartet - recorded in Los Angeles in 2007, for this album. All piece composed by/attributed to Komitas, ( 1869 - 1935).
YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT KOMITAS ?
The '’father'’ of modern Armenian art music, he was as '’key'’ a figure to it as were Beethoven or Bach to Western European classical music.
This is a good place to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komitas )
SEGUE
2339
CD CUT 3, '’MY ROYAL BROTHER'’
ARTO TUNCBOYACIYAN
C & P LIBRA MUSIC LTD
LIBRA MUSIC LM 011-2
( no Australian distributor
Worldwide:
www.libramusic.gr )
ARTO TUNBOYACIYAN (WITH ARA DINKJIAN) - '’ONNO'’
5: 35
(taqsim intro for Ara Dinkjian'’s oud alone, then a cyclic song - at once sorrowful and celebratory. Arto'’s is the male Armenian voice and he'’s playing the long-necked wire-strung lute. A song to/ for Arto'’s late brother)
2347
CD (DISC ONE) CUT 2, '’IMPROVISATION AND ANTS GNATSI'’
IMPROV BY DJIVAN GASPARYAN AND DJIVAN GASPARYAN JUNIOR. '’ANTA GNATSI'’ {'’I'’M GONE'’ OR '’I WENT BY'’} IS AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ARMENIAN SONG BY GUSAN (OR '’ASHUGH'’) SHAHEN
(RESP) PUB NOT SPEC/ PROPABLY PUBLIC DOMAIN
NETWORK 495121
( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution:
www.savd.com.au
worldwide: www.networkmedien.de )
DJIVAN GASPARYAN - '’THE SOUL OF ARMENIA'’ ( '’PORTRAIT'’ )
9: 42
(unmistakably Armenian. Haunting, modal improvisation leads to a very melodious tune- that of a still-popular, early 20th century Armenian song. Two duduks, only. To the fore is Djivan Gasparyan. The other apricot-wood '’oboe'’ is played by his grandson - Djivan Gasparyan Junior. Recorded in 2007, especially for this set. Djivan is currently in his 80th year. )
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CD CUT 3, '’DANCE FOR EASTER MONDAY'’
CHRIS FINNEN
C CHRIS FINNEN
IPCD 101
( I suspect this may no longer be available.
Chris Finnen'’s website: www.chrisfinnen.com
He has a myspace site, too )
1: 00 (excerpt)
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: Hypnotic, Hindustani-Celtic dance-march led by its author'’s ac steel-string guitar - plus amplifed ac bass, drumkit, tabla )
Presenter
Doug Spencer
Producer
Doug Spencer
