Possessed! Euphoria, Tarantula and Trance
Musical journey into the mystery of possession: ecstasy, trances, spider bites and animism
The Early Music Show · BBC Radio 3
September 30, 201821m 42s
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Show Notes
Lucie Skeaping takes the first of two musical journeys through the mysterious world of possession, featuring music associated with the ecstatic trances of Hildegard of Bingen, Teresa of Avila and Joan of Arc, Sufi dervishes, musical exorcisms performed to the wild rhythms of the tarantella and initiation rites of the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé.