GER VAN WENGEN AND THE GAMELAN

6 -12-1999

An interview with Ger van Wengen on his involvement with the first 'white' Gamelan ensemble Babar Layar and his subsequent career in the national museum for ethnology in Leiden as educational and music specialist.

INEKE VAN WETERING

An interview with anthropologist Ineke van Wetering on her research with the Bushnegroes in Surinam, illustrated with recordings of songs and games she and her husband made.

An interview with Ernst Heins of the University of Amsterdam on the famous Dutch ethnomusicologist Jaap Kunst and the demise of ethnomusicology as an academic study in the Netherlands.

Predictions and expectations of the end of time through the ages.

THREE STORIES FROM LAOS

7-12-1998

Three life stories from Laos illustrating the recent history of the country from a fragile independence and the gruesome American war till the communist party regime of the Pathet Lao, told by three common citizens of the country.

THE FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE

A reportage on the Frankfurter book fair with special attention for publishers from Mongolia, Bangladesh and Nepal.

PAUL PANHUYSEN AND MOSES ASCH

5-10-1998

An interview with artist-composer Paul Panhuysen on his sound sculptures and his relationship with the American record publisher Moses Asch of Folkways.

THE ROYAL LIBRARY PART 3

21-09-1998

An interview with Henk Porck on the paper collection of the Dutch Royal Library.

THE ROYAL LIBRARY PART 2

An interview with Reinder Storm on the collections of the Royal Library, on collectors and their habits and on some special collections of the library.

THE ROYAL LIBRARY PART 1

7-09-1998

An interview with Wim van Drimmelen on the jubilee exhibition of the Dutch Royal Library, its history and its future.

RADIO CHIANG MAI

28-08-1998

The former CIA funded Radio Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand is nowadays an important venue of expression for the hill tribes in the whole of Northern South-East Asia.

LEO ALTING VAN GEUSAU

21-08-1998

An interview with the Dutch anthropologist Leo Alting van Geusau who has dedicated his life to study and preserve the Akha culture and identity.

BOUDEWIJN WALRAVEN

1-05-1998

An interview with Professor Walraven of the University of Leiden on Korean shamanism.

AFRICA 78

27-03-1998

African music on 78 rpm records, an overview.

EDWARD LUYKEN

6-03-1998

A visit to the studio of movie director, painter, sculptur and musician Edward Luyken.

EZRA POUND

16-01-1998

A programme on the American poet Ezra Pound with historical recordings.

PAUL JULIEN

21-11-1997

An interview with Dutch secondary school teacher, explorer and writer Paul Julien on his adventures in Africa. Rebroadcasted 9-09-1998.

BRASS BANDS WORLDWIDE

24-10-1997

An overview of the spread of the 19th century military and religious brass bands across the world with unique field recordings.

3-10-1997

Between 1873 and 1914 the Dutch waged a long and bloody colonial war to occupy Aceh in northern Sumatra. Among the Dutch soldiers, street musicians and publishers of broadsheets the war gave rise to a genre of topical songs which have been studied by Bert Paasman.

E-RAYS AND DIVINING RODS

29-08-1997

A documentary on the vogue of e-rays and diving rods in the 1950's in the Netherlands. Rebroadcasted 23 december 1998.

RAMA 5 IN THE NETHERLANDS

1-08-1997

An interview with Han ten Brummelhuis on the visit of the Thai king Chulalongkorn or Rama 5 to the Netherlands.

SOUND POETRY

20-07-1997

A docuemntary on sound poetry in modern western literature.

SLAUERHOFF

9-05-1997

An overview of recordings of recitated and sung poems of the Dutch poet Slauerhoff.

NEO-LATIN

11-4-1997

An interview with professor Heesakkers on the literature in Neo-Latin in the Netherlands from the 15th century till the 20th century.

MUSIC NOTATION IN THE CUNEIFORM SCRIPT

21-03-1997

An interview with of professor Theo Krispijn on music notation in the cuneiform script with the three different interpretations of the 3400 old hymn of Ugarit including the professors own version.

MUSIC ARCHEOLOGY

28-02-1997

An overview of music archeology from prehistoric Sweden till the classical greek and roman period.

THE SOUND OF SPACE

10-01-1997

An overview of the use of sound in the scientific study of space and in the representation of the universe. Rebroadcasted 27-06-1998.

LUMUMBA

21-11-1996

A documentary with historical recordings on the tragic life of Lumumba, the independence leader and first prime minister of Congo.

VAN SPRANG

18-10-1996

A documentary on the journalist Alfred van Sprang who in the 1950’s was the voice that informed the Dutch public on international affairs.

CASTRO AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER

20-9-1996

A programme on speaking in public with Castro as a prime example of the art of retorica.

SZEKELY LULOFS

22-08-1996

An hommage to the once famous Dutch writer Madelon Székely Lulofs with an unique historic recording of her voice.

BLACK ELK

27-6-1996

A review of the Dutch translation of the biography of the Indian leader Black Elk.

The life story of the Moluccan independence fighter and first president of  the self-proclaimed Republik Maluku Selatan illustrated with historical recordings.