Music of Ayacucho in Peru recorded 2006-08-xx & 2006-09-xx by the BBC for BBC Radio 3 "World Routes" broadcast on 2007-10-20 cassette master FLAC

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I've been working on some more cassettes from Auntie Boko's black box and in particular a
number of recordings made from BBC World Routes. This was a series of 3 programmes containing location recordings in Peru. They needed a little hiss reduction. I found the following information about the programme:

Lucy Duran explores the music of Ayacucho, the remote Andean region which bore the brunt of the Shining Path terrorist attacks throughout the 1980s and 90s.

The programme features a session by Manuelcha Prado, a performance of the classic El Condor Pasa on the unique Peruvian harp, and songs from Puspo, a singer who already has 17 children at the age of 22.

The Duo Ayacucho is Raul Gomez (guitar/vocals) and Freddie Gomez (charango/kena) with Puspo on vocals.

Raul Curo Valenzuela (harp); Paolo Lopez (violin); Anthony Ortiz (scissors)

All music was recorded on location in Peru by James Birtwistle for BBC Radio 3, August & September 2006.

I found the following information about the programme:

Duo Ayacucho
Lucy Duran introduces part two of the Peru programme from a studio in Lima, where she hears the young group Duo Ayacucho who sing in Quechua and preserve their Andes tradition.
Music Played

Dúo Ayacucho — Puspo Carnaval
BBC recording on location

Quechua
The band’s singer Puspo, originally from Ayachcho speaks the Andes language Quechua, rather than Spanish. He sings with the band an autobiographical song about his many women and one horse…
Music Played

Dúo Ayacucho — Mi Cahallo y mis Mujeres
BBC recording on location

High in the Andes
By the Mantaro river. Jorge Olazo explains more about Quechua, the language of the Incas, the Shining Path terrorist organisation, and the bloody history and hard conditions of living in the Andes.

Huayno - the music of the Andes
Andean music on harp, violin and… scissors. A traditional song about the Coca leaf and also Coca leaf myths. The stories behind the Peruvian harp and the "scissors" an instrument of protest.
Music Played

Ccahua Llaccta de Raul Curo Valenzuela — Coca Quintucha
BBC recording on location
Ccahua Llaccta de Raul Curo Valenzuela — Wallpa Huaccay
BBC recording on location

El Condor Pasa
The "dance of the scissors" and harpist Raul Raul Curo Valenzuela plays the most famous Peruvian tune “El Condor Pasa”, which became the musical symbol of Peru worldwide.
Music Played

Raul Curo Valenzuela — El Condor Pasa
BBC recording on location

Manuelcha Prado
The suburbs of Lima, where most of Ayachcuo’s Andean musicians are living now. A vist to the home of Ayacucho’s most celebrated and beloved musician – guitarist and singer–songwriter Manuelcha Prado.
Music Played

Manuelcha Prado — Chiquitucu
BBC recording on location

Manuelcha Prado (cont'd)
Manuelcha Prado talks about his songs, the Quechua language and culture, and his own origins from the Andes and Castilian Spain. He plays a lament, typical to the Andes music tradition.
Music Played

Manuelcha Prado — Lamentos de un Viejo Guitarero
BBC recording on location

Protest music of Ayacucho
The bloody period of The Shining Path. Prado speaks about the clash of cultures and traditions during that period, the violation of human rights and how it led to the protest music of Ayacucho.
Music Played

Manuelcha Prado — Ofrenda
BBC recording on location