Ladarke

Subject: Ladarke
From: M.Ted
Date: 11 Mar 08 - 12:09 PM

For those who want some folk music that's not Anglocentric navel gazing. If you don't know this piece, you should. Lardarke by Ansembl Lado

Subject: RE: Ladarke
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 11 Mar 08 - 12:48 PM

Thank you, that is wonderful, and inspiring, lovely costumes, and happy faces amongst the performers.
May I in my turn share the glorious voice of Mariza [Pr..Mareetza]

Giok

Subject: RE: Ladarke
From: Emma B
Date: 11 Mar 08 - 01:04 PM

and for lovers of Sephardic song - Cuando el Rey Nimrod   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plq62KWBg2Y

Subject: RE: Ladarke
From: M.Ted
Date: 11 Mar 08 - 02:39 PM

Giok, should have mentioned it was your "Fado" that link got me poking around in youtube this morning--and EmmaB, I always enjoy any Sephardic music, and there is far too little of it--

Subject: RE: Ladarke
From: rich-joy
Date: 12 Mar 08 - 12:29 AM

Thanks for that link to LADO, M.Ted!

I had only ever heard this music from the LP "Folk Songs of Eastern Europe" by The Pennywhistlers (1965, Nonesuch label) - which I absolutely loved.
The sleeve notes convey that it is a St John's Day ritual, concerning young maidens offering gifts to Lado, a pagan god of fertility (but of course!!)

Anyway, beautiful to see and hear this.

Cheers, R-J

Subject: RE: Ladarke
From: M.Ted
Date: 12 Mar 08 - 10:03 AM

The first Balkan vocal music that I was on those Pennywhistlers albums, and Lardarke made a special impression--years later, I was living in the SF Bay area and a housemate, who, unbeknownst to me, was in a large Balkan performing ensemble, had a party. They'd just staged this piece, and began singing and dancing bits from it, to my absolute amazement and delight(I subsequently joined the ensemble as a musician, but they didn't perform Ladarke while I was with them)--

And after many more years, I can suddenly see the piece performed by the original artists on the internet. which I never would have imagined!