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Susie Ibarra and Adrian Zalten in session

Verity Sharp presents the fruits of our latest session, the musical meeting of percussionist Susie Ibarra and organist Adrian Zalten, recorded at a church in Mannheim, Germany.

Verity Sharp presents the fruits of our latest session between Filipinx percussionist Susie Ibarra and Polish organist Adrian Zalten. Driven by their shared interest in the power of resonance across various locations, the two musicians came together to record their first ever session inside the Neo-Baroque church of St. Jakobus in Mannheim, Germany.

Ibarra’s lines of musical enquiry concern themselves with cultural and environmental preservation. Her recent book Rhythm in Nature: An Ecology of Rhythm revolves around acoustic ecology focused on climate and eco-friendly and sustainable global music practices. She is also a champion of the indigenous and traditional music cultures of the North and South Philippine islands. Zalten started playing the electric organ as a child, following his family’s migration from Poland to Germany. A move to the USA allowed him to deepen his musical training in gospel and jazz, which are now embedded in his practice as a pianist and organist.

Elsewhere in the show: Rbia Harsha Cinta’s dark hymns for endangered seaweed species; Norwegian spiritual free jazz that speaks out against war courtesy of Amalie Dahl’s Dafnie band; and a soulful ballad about a tree by New Orleans-based singer-songwriter Leyla McCalla.

Produced by Silvia Malnati
A Reduced Listening production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3

1 hour, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Nicolas Cueille

    Discombobulated

    • Curiositi.
    • unjenesaisquoi.
  • Susie Ibarra & Adrian Zalten

    Resonance 2 / Floating Steps

    • Late Junction Collaboration Session.
  • Oidopuaa Vladimir Oiun

    I Am Sitting On A Steep Slope

    • Divine Music From Jail.
    • EBALUNGA!!!.
  • Zemlianika Folk Ensemble

    Ah, Why Songbird

    • Made in Belgrade: Russian and Ukranian Songs.
    • Antonovka Records.
  • Masaka Masaka

    Cut Right Through

    • Barely Making Much.
    • HAKUNA KULALA.
  • Phelimuncasi & Metal Preyers

    Gidigidi ka Makhelwane

    • Izigqinamba.
    • Nyege Nyege Tapes.
  • Emma Margetson

    ³Ò±ð²õ³Ùö°ù³Ù

    • Contemplations.
    • empreintes DIGITALes.
  • Mariachi Los Camperos

    El tranchete - The Shoemaker's Knife

    • Sones De Mariachi.
    • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
  • Rhodri Davies

    Cildraeth Sienco

    • Telyn Wrach​ï​od.
    • Amgen.
  • Amalie Dahl's Dafnie

    We Don't Want Your Stupid War

    • StÃ¥r Op Med Solen.
    • Aguirre.
  • Susie Ibarra & Adrian Zalten

    Resonance 3 / A Triangle and A Square Leave A Circle

    • Late Junction Collaboration Session.
  • Susie Ibarra & Adrian Zalten

    Resonance 1 / An Entrance

    • Late Junction Collaboration Session.
  • Susie Ibarra & Adrian Zalten

    Resonance 4 / Flutters and Large Waves

    • Late Junction Collaboration Session.
  • Marlo De Lara

    Rinse and Drain

    • Cannae.
    • scatterArchive.
  • Jukka-Pekka Kervinen & Markus Reineke

    Through

    • Worte Taten Dinge.
    • scatterArchive.
  • Saint Abdullah & Eomac

    The people who initiate a new world

    • Light meteors crashing around you will not confuse you.
    • Drowned By Locals.
  • Alois Hába

    Adagio (Six Compositions for Sixth Tone Harmonium)

    • Pieces for Sixth Tone Harmonium.
    • Sub Rosa Label.
  • Rafael Toral

    Intro & Changes (excerpt)

    • Spectral Evolution.
  • Leyla McCalla

    Scaled to Survive

    • Sun Without the Heat.
    • Anti.
  • YRLNG

    Harsha

    • Rbia Harsha Cinta.
    • Antibody.
  • Iceboy Violet & nueen

    Closer

    • You Said You'd Hold My Hand Through The Fire.
    • Hyperdub.
  • Aya Suzuko

    Leif Vein

    • Winged Seeds.
    • KRAAK.

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