Tea Time Travels

Broadcast June 6, 2021 at 4:00pm (tea time!)

A cup of hot water and a spoon of dried leaves. Twelve notes of a scale and a steady beat. Both are simple recipes for a world of complexity. 4th Wall Music pours out music and tea from different traditions around the world.
Stops along the way:
  • “Tea for Two”-  by Art Tatum, arr. Vincent Youmans – Solo Piano
    • England – “Viola Sonata”, 1st mvt. Impetuoso –  by Rebecca Clark – Viola and Piano
    • France – “Terzettino” – by Théodore Dubois – Flute, Viola, Harp
    • India – L’Aube Enchantee sur le Raga “TODI” – Ravi Shankar – Flute and Harp
    • China – “Typhoon” – Changyuan Wang – Zheng
    • South Africa- “African Song, No.8” – by Abdullah Ibrahim –  Flute and Piano
    • South America – “Histoire du Tango”- Bordel 1900 – by Astor Piazolla- Flute and Harp
    • “A Nice Cup Of Tea” – by Henry Sullivan – Flute, Viola, Harp, Piano, Voice

Joined by- Florin Simioanca – viola, Liesel Deppe – flute, Amy Ley – harp, Mike Karloff – piano, Yiwei Yang – Zheng