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Music from the Hills

Jun 9, 2019 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Music

With John Uhlemann

John Uhlemann brings you 2 hours of strangely beautiful folk and traditional music from Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, with occasional forays into the Middle East and Western Europe.

Music from the Hills
4:01 PM
Kaldrma - Staro Chalgisko Oro
Kaldrma Staro Chalgisko Oro
Kaldrma - Chalgiska Muzika Profundus 2004
The is a show of the musical style called čalgija, a descendant of Turkish classical and urban music in the Balkans. Its main proponents were what is now the republic of Macedonia. the style had almost completely died out, but now undergoing a renewal
4:06 PM
ansambl Čalgija - Topaansko Oro
ansambl Čalgija Topaansko Oro
Ansambl Čalgija RTB
this is from an old RTC 45 rpm sic from the 1970s, and is čalgija music played in the old way / violin Kanon, oud, and light percussion
4:09 PM
Raim Baki & Chalgija orchestra - Oro
Raim Baki & Chalgija orchestra Oro
Macedonian Chalgies 1 (private issue anthology)
the original form this is from the 1970s. Here the clarinet is along side the violin
4:12 PM
Kočani Orkestar - Stamena
Kočani Orkestar Stamena
Alone At My Wedding Crammed Discs 2002
this group is best known for its Macedonian brass band music, but here they are in čalgija style, albeit a bit wilder/less controlled, and with more clarinet/sax than usual
4:15 PM
Tale Ognenovski - Охридско Оро (12/8)
Tale Ognenovski Охридско Оро (12/8)
Tale Ognenovski PTC (Radio Televizion Skopje)
Tale Ognenovski was not Rom, but his exquisite sense of style and technique were legendary
4:26 PM
Trajče Trenkoski - Pletvarsko oro
Trajče Trenkoski Pletvarsko oro
Trajče Trenkoski RTB
There is a nice kanon solo at about :50. The clarinet and flute duet is not usual for this style, but this is an updating
4:30 PM
Marija Zikova i Čalgija - Di-arguvan lilici/Jorgovanov Cvet
Marija Zikova i Čalgija Di-arguvan lilici/Jorgovanov Cvet
Armânâ escu io/Vlainka sum Jac MRT
this is a rarity; the singer is Arumenian (a Balkan Vlach dialect closer to Romanian than any of the Slavic, Greek, or Albanian spoken by the folks among which they live).
4:34 PM
Enver Mačer with Ferus Mustafov ork. - Ramno Prilepsko
Enver Mačer with Ferus Mustafov ork. Ramno Prilepsko
RTB EP-14757 RTB
This 45 rpm disc from the 1970s records the very young Ferus Mustafovćs band (which went on to embrace the new brass čoček sound later), with the traditional violinist Enver Mačer. Mustafov himself plays clarinet here.
4:44 PM
Husref Said (kanon) - Karanfil oro
Husref Said (kanon) Karanfil oro
Чалгациски Ора Self published 2016
4:58 PM
Kaldrma - Nevestinsko
Kaldrma Nevestinsko
Kaldrma - chalgiska muzika Profundus 2004
5:02 PM
Bekir Hadzi/Kune with Čalgia orchestra - Čiftetelli
Bekir Hadzi/Kune with Čalgia orchestra Čiftetelli
Macedonian Folk Dances, vol II Folkraft (LP) 1964
5:06 PM
Husref Said (kanon) - Skopsko Veselo Oro
Husref Said (kanon) Skopsko Veselo Oro
Чалгациски Ора (self published) 2016
5:10 PM
Tale Ognenovski - Šapkarevo Kasapsko Oro
Tale Ognenovski Šapkarevo Kasapsko Oro
Ora RTB
5:15 PM
Adam Good - Tale Ognenovski
Adam Good Tale Ognenovski
Dances Of Macedonia And The Balkans Folk Sounds records 2001
5:20 PM
ansambl Čalgija - Patruno Svadbeno oro
ansambl Čalgija Patruno Svadbeno oro
Ansambl Čalgija Jugoton
5:23 PM
Ćalgija Sound System - Tvojte oči, Leno (Ramno Veleško oro)
Ćalgija Sound System Tvojte oči, Leno (Ramno Veleško oro)
Čalgija Sound System Profundus 2011
5:26 PM
Dimo Dimov i Stefče Stojkovski ensemble of National Instruments & Songs - Ramno Vatashko oro
Dimo Dimov i Stefče Stojkovski ensemble of National Instruments & Songs Ramno Vatashko oro
Macedonian songs and dances from Tikvesh region (self published) 2011
5:35 PM
Bajsa Arifovska - Veleško Oro
Bajsa Arifovska Veleško Oro
Macedonian Čalgija Izvor Music 2013
5:39 PM
Tale Ognenovski uz svoj ansambl - Bukovsko Svadbarsko Oro
Tale Ognenovski uz svoj ansambl Bukovsko Svadbarsko Oro
Makedonska Ora (EPY-3851) Jugoton
This 45 rpm disc from the 1980s shows the application of older styles to the new "radio folk style"
5:43 PM
Baisa Arifovska - Adana
Baisa Arifovska Adana
Macedonian Čalgija Izvor Music 2013
5:50 PM
Margica Antevska - Oj Ovčare Moj Čobane
Margica Antevska Oj Ovčare Moj Čobane
Antologija Na Makedonskata Chalgia [Disc 2] RTB
5:56 PM
Sonata - Serbez Donka
Sonata Serbez Donka
Following the trails of the song