Various Artists recorded in Iquitos, Huancayo and Lake Titicaca in Peru, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 FM "World Routes" 2007-10-27 FLAC master


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Lucy Duran presents a series recorded on location in Peru.

Part 3 - She records musicians on the banks of the Amazon in Iquitos and travels to the remote Andean town of Huancayo, famed for its massed saxophone orchestras. Also featured is the real sound of Peruvian panpipes with a group from Lake Titicaca.

Jose Paima (kena); Valentin Paima (maracas); Luis Miguel Paima (snare drum); Elviz da Silva (bass drum)

Javier Isuiza (voice); Javier Isuiza Jr. (guitar); Pedro Isuiza (cajon)

Picaflor de los Andes: Un Pasajero en tu Camino
album: The Real Music of Peru
Globestyle Records CDORBD 064
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/

All music except Picaflor de los Andes was recorded on location in Peru by James Birtwistle for BBC Radio 3, August & September 2006



01 Iquitos in the Amazon region
Iquitos on the Amazon, the largest city in the world with no road access to it. Jorge Olazo, a musician and journalist explains Iquitos music, ranging from Brazil to Colombia.

Music Played

Unidentified Amazonian group— Traditional piece

02 Amazonian tunes
Grupo de Selva Alegre de Iquitos (the group of “the happy forest”) plays two typical Amazonian tunes. Lucy talks to the Kena flute player about this typical Andes instrument.

Music Played

Grupo de Selva Alegre de Iquitos— Movido Tipico

Grupo de Selva Alegre de Iquitos— Chimaichi

03 The status of Amazonian music
Jorge Olazo explains the local preference for other Latin American styles such as Colombian and Cuban music. Driving through Iquitos in a rickshaw Lucy and Jorge hear a band play a fast Cumbia.

Music Played

Unknown group in Iquitos— Fast Cumbia

04 Javier Isuiza
He plays a mixture of the music of the jungle with popular Peruvian music. He tells Lucy about the Amazonian infectious, up-beat rhythms and dances.

Music Played

Javier Isuiza— Las frutas de mi vecina

Javier Isuiza— Ayay Mama

05 In the high Andes
16,000 feet up en route to Huancayo for a religious festival Lucy recalls childhood memories in the Andes and listens to a favourite song by Picaflor de los Andes (“the hummingbird of the Andes”)

Music Played

Picaflor de los Andes— Un Pasajero en tu Camino - (safety fade)

06 Cocharcas
Lucy is in Cocharcas, a small village near the town of Huancayo, enjoying the sound of the Orquesta Tipica, the typical marching band with the unique sound of central Peru.

Music Played

Huracan de Huancayo— Chonguinada

07 Alicia Maguina
One of Peru’s greatest veteran Creole artists, Alicia Maguina. Her band play in the typical style of the Mantaro valley on harp and violin.

Music Played

Alicia Maguina with Orquesta Semblanza Huanca— Adoracion a la virgin de Cocharcas

Orquesta Semblanza Huanca— Falsia/Caminito de Huancayo

08 Puno Youth Association Panpipe Orchestra
Playing the Andean panpipe music of lake Titicaca. Lucy talks to the band’s leader about politics, identity and life on the border between Peru and Bolivia, and about the panpipe tradition.

Music Played

Puno Youth Association Panpipe Orchestra— Casarasiri

Puno Youth Association Panpipe Orchestra— Chiriwanos

09 Summing up the music of Peru
Summing up Peru's rich musical tradition from the Andes, the Amazon and the coast and finishing with the sound of lake Titicaca panpipe music.

Music Played

Puno Youth Association Panpipe Orchestra— Mama Vicenta