FTX-610 THE WORLD FOLKMUSIC FESTIVAL

BIARRITZ & PAMPLONA 1953

Organised by Maud Karpeles & The International Folk Music Council, the Festival took place in the Basque Country in two centres, at Biarritz in France and Pamplona in Spain, at the invitation of their respective municipalities. Songs & Dances from the Basque Country, Britain, Brittany, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, USA and Yugoslavia. Over 400 performers, singers, dancers and instrumentalists, representing 26 regional groups from 17 different countries took part. During the course of the Festival performances were given in Biarritz at the Casino, public gardens, and an open-air theatre on the shores of the Atlantic; in Pamplona, the bull ring floor of the enormous arena formed the dance floor and the audiences numbered many thousands.

1. Douglas Kennedy introduces Dr Ralph Vaughan Williams, President of the IFMC - 1'16"

2/3. FRANCE: A Dance Song by a peasant group from Brittany - (0'24") 0'42"

4/5. BASQUE: Festival Song from Elizondo with "txistu" ( 3-hole pipe) & drum and including the "irrinzina" war-cry - (0'16") 1'59"

6/7/8. SPAIN: "Bolero" & "Jota" from Valencia with voice, castanets, guitar & drum - (0'12) 1'13" & 0'56"

9/10. NORWAY: "Englische Hornfiffen" by Dance group with Hardanger fiddle (0'15) 1'09"

11/12. BASQUE: "Jota" from Navarre followed by "Pamplona" Song - (0'07") 2'08"

13/14. SPAIN: Stick dance from Val san Lorenzo with pipe, drum & castanets - (0'13") 1'39"

15/16. FINLAND: Wedding Dance with fiddle - (0'13") 0'45"

17/18. FINLAND: Swedish Country Dance with fiddle - (0'08") 0'27"

19/20. ITALY: Dance from Torino with accordions - (0'10") 0'38"

21/22/23. JAPAN: Solo on "koto" (13 string horizontal harp) followed by ensemble with koto, 17 string harp, guitar and bamboo pipe - (0'29) 1'09" & 0'58"

24/25. CROATIA: Dalmatian "kolo" dance with larcantza (hurdy-gurdy) & stamping - (0'18") 1'17"

26/27. CROATIA: "Bachelor's dance" with tamburitza orchestra - (0'15) 0'58"

28/29. SWITZERLAND: Alpine horns - (0'26") 1'02"

30/31/32. SWITZERLAND: Yodelling followed by a lively dance with slapping - (0'11") 1'04" & 0'31"

33/34. ENGLAND: Morris Team Stick dance "Lads a bunchum" with 2 fiddles played by Peter Kennedy & Peter Swann (0'11) 1'04"

35/36. ENGLAND: Grenoside Sword Team dance with 2 fiddles as previous - (0'14") 0'42"

37/38. SCOTLAND: Solo Sword dance with Highland Bagpipes - (0'14") 0'57"

39/40. N.IRELAND: Country dance with fiddle played by their teacher Patricia Mulholland - (0'14") 0'45"

41/42. GERMANY: Bavarian yodelling chorus with button accordion - (0'17") 0'52"

43/44/45. USA: Jean Ritchie accompanying herself on mountain dulcimer sings "The Cuckoo" & "Goodbye girls" - (0'28") 1'05" & 1'08"

46/47. NETHERLANDS: "Thunder in the hay" dance with stamping and clapping from West Friesia with fiddle and cello - (0'12") 0'36"

48/49/50. BASQUE: Pamplona group perform two dances with"Txistu" 3-hole pipe & drum - (0'24") 1'02" & 0'48"

51/52. SPAIN: Sevilliana dance with castanets accompanied by guitar orchestra - (0'07") 0'37"

53/54: INDONESIA: Gamelan orchestra with xylophones, gongs & bells - (0'19") 1'30"

55/56. TURKEY: Male dance from Anatolia with "tapan & zurla" (large drum & shawm) - (0'12") 2'00"

57/58. TURKEY: The dance of the drum - (0'10") 1'59"

59/60. IRELAND: Song by Kitty Gallagher in Gaelic "Far from home I would recognise your walk" - (0'15") 0'56"

61/62. IRELAND: Hornpipe step-dance with Uillean pipes played by Seamus Ennis - (0'16") 1'01"

63/64. SWEDEN: Country dance in wooden shoe dance with two fiddles - (0'14") 0'55"

65/66. FRANCE: "Bouree" dance from the Auvergne with "cabret" bagpipes & accordion - (0'12") 0'49"

67/68. FRANCE: Basque masquerade from La Soule with two pipes and side drum - (0'17") 0'45"

69/70. YUGOSLAVIA: Dance with swords by two men accompanied by tapan & zurla - (0'24") 3'03"

71. YUGOSLAVIA: Singing & Country dance with tamburitsa orchestra - 2'37"

Recorded at Biarritz & Pamplona 1953 for the International Folk Music Council and edited by Peter Kennedy. First published on Folktrax Cassettes 2001.