Jordi Savall in 2016 (Photo:
G.Garitan,
CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
It was in 2002 that the United Nation first declared May 21 as UNESCO World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. On this week’s edition of Baroque&Before, our program celebrates this event with a Concert of Music for Life and Dignity. Jordi Savall leads Orpheus XXI, a group of professional musicians of diverse origins, at the Poblet Early Music Festival.
Tonight’s program, made available by Catalunya Música via the European Broadcasting Union, was recorded live in concert August 10, 2018 in the Old Dormitory of the Monastery, Royal Abbey, Santa Maria de Poblet, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Thanks to WFMT’s association with the EBU, we’ll be able to offer tonight’s program as a stream for the following 30 days. A blue “Listen” button will be active when the link is accessible.
As an affiliate of the European Broadcasting Union, WFMT is participating in “UNESCO World Day for Cultural Diversity,” highlighting the importance of cultural diversity and intellectual dialogue, as well as reinforcing the community that music has forged throughout history.
Playlist
PART I
BANGLADESH: Sadher law
ISRAEL: La rosa enflorece (The rose flowers), traditional Sephardi
SYRIA: Mirkut, chant, traditional Kurdish
FRANCE: La Quarte Estampie Royal – Le Manuscrit du Roi (Paris, 13th cent.)
ARABIA: Ce brun
SYRIA & SUDAN: Kevokê, traditional Kurdish
PART II
ISRAEL: El Rey Nimrod, traditional Sephardi
SYRIA: Mouwashah Ya Gazhaly
ARABIA: Longa Riad (Farah Faza)
TURKEY: Sharaf-elddine, sacred chant yézidimin.
JERUSALEM: Hermoza muchachica (Beautiful young girl) Sephardi
SUDAN: Adeila hoy
PART III
ARMENIA: Taksim and song
MOROCCO: Lamuny
THE WEST: Michael PRAETORIUS: Canarios (Terpsichore, 1612)
AFGHANISTAN: Dokhaler Bamiyan
AFGHANISTAN: Laïli Djân, song
LEBANON: Ya Mariam el bekr
SYRIA: ‘Al maya, ‘Al maya
PART IV
GREECE: Apo xeno meros
ISTANBUL: Üsküdar
BANGLADESH: Improvisation
RHODES: Durme, hermosa donzella, traditional Sephardi
MOROCCO: Ghazali tal jàhr
GUEST ARTISTS
SYRIA
Waed Bouhassoun, oud and vocals; Moslem Rahal, ney and vocals
TURKEY
Hakan Güngör, kanun
ORPHEUS XXI
AFGHANISTAN
Walid Rafiq, tabla; Abdul Sakhizada, dambora
ARMENIA
Hovhannes Karakhanyan, duduk
BANGLADESH
Azmari Nirjhar, vocals
BULGARIA
Georgi Dimitrov, cimbalom and vocals
IRAQ
Diyar Mehrovi, saz and vocals
SUDAN
Abazaar Musa, vocals
SYRIA
Safi Alhafez, oud; Tarek Alhammad, oud and vocals; Rebal Alkhodari, oud and vocals; Abo Gabi, vocals; Ibrahim Keifo, buzuq; Gani Mirzo, oud Shadi Al Moghrabi, oud; Maemon Rahal, kanun
TURKEY
Rusan Filiztek, saz and vocals; Neşet Kutas, percussion
Jordi Savall: viol, lyre, conductor
Director of Orpheus XXI
EU ambassador for inter-cultural dialogue
