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Wild Horses

Verity Sharp is hot out of the gate with a selection of tracks inspired by, made from, and related to horses. Expect horse-hair harps and musical equine pilgrimages.

They’ve carried goods, pulled carts and ploughs, been cast into world wars and feature films, comforted hearts and ridden into sunsets… Since the ice ages and beyond, few animals have been as noble a companion and as bright an inspiration to the human soul as the horse. On the eve of the UN-declared World Horse Day, Late Junction turns hippophile as Verity Sharp presents a selection of tracks inspired by, made from, and related to horses. Expect the sound of a 13th-century Welsh horsehair harp and that of the morin khuur, a type of horsehair fiddle native to Mongolia. Plus, rollicking cowboy anthems and musical odes to mythological steeds.

Produced by Cat Gough
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

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1 hour, 29 minutes

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Music Played

  • The Avalanches

    Frontier Psychiatrist

    • Frontier Psychiatrist.
    • Modular Recordings.

  • Matthew Herbert

    The Horse is Submerged

    Composer: Matthew Herbert. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Featured Artist: Evan Parker. Featured Artist: Evan Parker.
    • The Horse (Special Edition).
    • Modern Recordings.

  • Yuki Nakagawa

    Upper and Under the Bridge

    • Stills and Remains.
    • TAR / MM / UOH.

  • Nergui Ganzorig

    Khonin Joroo

    • Mongolie: Chants et morin khuur.
    • Ocora.

  • Space Afrika

    If this is Hell (feat. Deuén)

    • Quiet Storm.
    • Dais Records.

  • OTHER:M:OTHER

    Reduktion

    • Material.

  • Alwin Nikolais

    Mechanical Organ: Dance IV

    • Electronic Dance Music 1966 – 1989.
    • Composers Recordings, Inc..

  • Vashti Bunyan

    Jog Along Bess

    • Just Another Diamond Day.
    • Philips.

  • Joe Acheson

    Serpentine

    Performer: Joe Acheson.
    • Late Junction : Max Reinhardt with music from the Serpentine Pavilion 2016.

  • Rhodri Davies

    Lwc i'r Ceffyl Melyn (Luck for the Yellow Horse)

    • Telyn Rawn.
    • Amgen.

  • King Ayisoba

    Leeda Mampanga

    • Pure Confusion.

  • Sunn O)))

    Between Sleipnir's Breaths

    • Life Metal.
    • Southern Lord.

  • Quinie

    Link and Scone

    • Betwixt & Between 4.
    • Betwixt & Between Tapes.

  • Al Khair

    The Boy Has Just arrived from East Africa and doesn't know how to speak Arabic

    • Oman Bagpipe Singers: Songs of returning and leaving.
    • Glitterbeat Records.

  • MrUnderwood

    Frogs - Morocco - March 2026

    • Bimbling By Bike – Year one in Field Recordings.

  • Jim Nollman

    The 47 Whale Raga

    • Orcas' Greatest Hits.
    • Interspecies Communication.

  • Abdul Malik de Coteau

    More Weight

    • Kaiso Power: Sound Revolution in Trinidad 1970-1980.
    • Soundway Records.

  • Kate Carr

    Under the Thames with cyclists, joggers and echoes in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel

    • Vertical London (New Year’s Day).
    • Persistence of Sound.

  • Kate Carr

    Popping up at Island Gardens

    • Vertical London (New Year’s Day).
    • Persistence of Sound.

  • Draamakuu

    Pitti

    • Toinen Vaihe.
    • Fonal Records.

  • Jun Arasaki and Nine Sheep & Visible Cloaks

    Kajyadhi-fu bushi

    • Kajyadhi-fu bushi.
    • EM Records.

  • Half-handed Cloud

    Turn the light off

    • Toothpaste Horse.
    • Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Broadcast

  • Friday22:00
    BBC Radio 3

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