Musical traditions
around the Mediterranean
Cappella Amsterdam takes you to the countries around the Mediterranean. With singing and traditional instruments, the company shows how sounds from the Balkans and the Middle East are connected. A fascinating combination, with even something jazzy. Two special guests: Amira Medunjanin interprets the 'sevdah', melancholic music from her homeland, Bosnia and the Lebanese Rima Khcheich sings a classical Arabic 'muwashahat' (a Moorish/Arabic song from the 12th and 13th centuries) and old Byzantine songs. Exotic music that delights curious ears!
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Program
Aftab Darvishi (1987) HamZaad (My Fellow) (world premiere)
Gerard Beljon (1952) Planctus Cygni; deel III
And traditionl pieces form Libanon, Syrië, Egypte, Bosnië-Herzegovina, Marokko and Tunesië with Amira Medunjanin, Rima Khcheich, Anass Habib en Ahmed el Maai, including:
¡Ay, de mi al-Ándalus! (Ibn Jafaya, 1058 – 1139, arr. Hugo Bouma)
Estoy hecha para la gloria (Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, 994 - 1091, bew. Hugo Bouma/Leonard Evers)
Sille Türküsü (Çoban Armağanı, 1933, comp. Ahmed Adnan Saydun)
Bebek (Çoban Armağanı, 1933, comp. Ahmed Adnan Saydun)
U Stambolu na Bosforu (trad., arr. Marijn van Prooijen)
Ajde Jano (trad., arr. Leonard Evers)
Asker Oldum Piyade (Dağlardan Ovalardan, 1939, comp. Ahmed Adnan Saydun)
Konyalım (Dağlardan Ovalardan, 1939, comp. Ahmed Adnan Saydun)
Ağıt: Hem Okudum Hemi Yazdım (Dağlardan Ovalardan, 1939, comp. Ahmed Adnan Saydun)
Ya maryamou l-bikr (trad., arr. Maarten Ornstein)
Ahu dalli sar (Sayyed Darwish, arr. Maarten Ornstein)
Idem kući, a već zora (trad., arr. Peter Vigh)
Li habibi oursil salam (uit nuba bacit al-hijaz al-kabir, arr. Hugo Bouma)
Muwashah Yaa udhayb al-marshaf / Muwashah adhkuru l-hibba (arr. Maarten Ornstein)
Çanakkale Türküsü (Bir Tutam Kekik, 1943, comp. Ahmed Adnan Saydun)
Bogata sam, imam svega (Marko Nešić, 1873-1938, arr. Marijn van Prooijen)
conductor
Leonard Evers
singing
Cappella Amsterdam, Amira Medunjanin, Rima Khcheich, Anass Habib, Sabra El Bahri-Khatri, Laura Rodrigues Lopes
fujara
Raphaela Danksagmüller
duduk ud, kanun and singing
Ahmed el Maai
harp
Beate Loonstra
kamancheh
Misagh Joolaee
percussion
Modar Salama
photo
Annelies van der Vegt, Marc Driessen
