DESCRIPTION:
Sreda / Wednesday, 3. 7. 2013, 20:30
Rogaška Slatina, Grand hotel Rogaška, Kristalna dvorana / Crystal Hall

Alba
Pesem svetlobe - stara evropska in perzijska glasba
The chant of Light - Ancient European and Persian Music

Christophe Rezai (tenor, indijski harmonij, vodstvo / tenor, Indian Harmonium, direction)
Mostafa Mahmoudi (perzijsko in kurdsko petje / Persian and Kurdish chant)
Pierre-Yves Binard (bariton, tolkala / baritone, percussion)
Pierre Baranger (tenor, traverso)
Hamid Khosroshahi (bas / bass)
Ali Boustan (oud, shouranguiz in glas / oud, shouranguiz, voice)
Reza Asgarzadeh (duduk, kljunasta flavta, glas / duduk, recorder, voice)
Jasmin Martorell (svetovalec za vokal / vocal advisor)

www.nourensemble.com

PROGRAM
Ansambel Nour se trudi poustvariti glasbeni dialog med Vzhodom in Zahodom, ki ga navdihujeta obe stari glasbeni tradiciji (evropska srednjeveška glasba ter tradicionalna in ljudska perzijska glasba). Krščansko-muslimansko-judovska »convivencia« (sobivanje) je v Španiji v 13. stoletju pospeševala (ne brez trenj) kulturo in glasbo, različni vplivi so se mešali. Morda je bilo prav tedaj obdobje, ko sta si bili vzhodna in zahodna glasba najbliže. Tako repertoar ansambla Nour izvira iz obeh tradicij, perzijske in evropske. V njem je najmočnejša bela barva, kar kaže že naslov ansamblovega prvega albuma »Alba«, beseda »nour« pa v arabskem in perzijskem jeziku pomeni svetlobo. Bela barva je simbol svetlobe, tako notranje svetlobe perzijskih sufijev kot svetlobe, ki sije na vernike skozi barvna stekla zahodnih katedral. Raznolike vokalne in instrumentalne barve devetih glasbenikov ansambla Nour ustvarjajo repertoar, v katerem se te barve združijo, kot je bela svetloba sinteza več svetlobnih žarkov z barvnim kontrastom. Program sestavljajo "Cantigas de Santa Maria" (iz 13. stoletja, ko je Španiji vladal kralj Alfonz X. Modri), gregorijanski korali in psalmodije iz Korana -- sledijo si hvalnice Svete Device Marije, Rumijeve pesmi, zgodbe iz pokrajine Uraman v Kurdistanu in conductus iz šole Svetega Marciala v Limogesu. Dialog med civilizacijami in narodi, strpnost onkraj kulturnih, tradicionalnih, socialnih ali verskih razlik ... Vzhodne sanje? Zahodne sanje? Človeške sanje ali utopija?

PROGRAMME
Nour ensemble is trying to recreate a musical dialogue shared by the Orient and Occident inspired by both ancient musical traditions (European Medieval music as well as traditional and folk Persian music). In the 13th century Spain, the Christian, Muslim and Jewish "convivencia" nourished, not without friction, culture and music, and the different influences were mixed together. Perhaps this period was the one when Oriental and Occidental music were closest to each other. Therefore the repertoire of Nour ensemble springs from sources in both traditions, the Persian and the European ones. The predominant colour in Nour's repertoire is white as "Alba", the title of its first album, suggests (Nour means "light" in Persian and Arabic). White symbolizes light, both the interior light of the Persian Sufis and the light reflected onto the faithful by the stained glass windows in Western cathedrals. The diversity of vocal and instrumental colours of the nine artists of Nour ensemble creates a repertoire where the colours get unified as white light is the synthesis of several light rays of contrastung colors. The programme consists of "Cantigas de Santa Maria" (from 13th century Spain, the period of Alfonso X the Wise), Gregorian plainchant and psalmodies from the Quran -- a succession of praise to the Holy Virgin Mary, Mowlana's poems, tales from the Uraman region in the Iraqi Kurdistan and conductus from Saint Martial school of Limoges. A dialogue between civilizations and peoples, tolerance beyond cultural, traditional, social or religious diversities ... Oriental dream? Occidental dream? Human dream or utopia?

Video produkcija / Produced by: Žan Cimerman
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