Jaipur to Cairo
Label: Métier
Catalogue No: MSV 28589
EAN/UPC: 0809730858925
Artists: Cuatro Puntos Ensemble
Composers: Gilad Cohen, Kevin Bishop, Mohamed-Aly Farag, Reza Vali, Sadie Harrison
Release Date: June 2019
Genres: Chamber Music, World/Ethnic Music
Periods: Contemporary
Discs: 1
Total Playing Time: 72:37
Cuatro Puntos is a multi faceted organization based in Hartford, Connecticut, USA dedicated to intercultural dialogue and universal access through the performance, writing, and teaching of music. Cuatro Puntos oversees a resident chamber music ensemble, a concert series, arts-integration workshops in local schools, the Music Moves Hartford program for those facing homelessness, and a partnership with the Müzikhane Social Music School in Southeastern Turkey. Its recent album ‘Rosegarden of Light’ on Toccata has been widely praised and the ensemble has performed extensively in many parts of the world.
This album is a musical journey beginning in India, with a work based on traditional raag, through pieces by Iranian composer Reza Vali, to Afghanistan for another piece by Bishop and the area around Syria for a work by Sadie Harrison whose connection with Arabic traditional music goes back many years, through Israel to Egypt for chamber works by Cohen and Farag.
As well as being extremely entertaining the album also demonstrates the universality of music in all its different guises as the true universal language.
TRACKS
1 Kevin Bishop: Jaunpuri (Morning Song) for string quartet
2-4 Reza Vali: Love Songs for piano quartet
5-7 Kevin Bishop: Afghan Folk Suite for string quartet and zerbagali
8-10 Reza Vali: Three Calligraphies for string quartet
11 Sadie Harrison: The Oldest Song in the World for two violas (world premiere)
12 Gilad Cohen: Ten Variations for oboe, strings, and piano
13 Mohammad Aly Farag: Rhapsody for piano and strings
Catalogue No: MSV 28589
EAN/UPC: 0809730858925
Artists: Cuatro Puntos Ensemble
Composers: Gilad Cohen, Kevin Bishop, Mohamed-Aly Farag, Reza Vali, Sadie Harrison
Release Date: June 2019
Genres: Chamber Music, World/Ethnic Music
Periods: Contemporary
Discs: 1
Total Playing Time: 72:37
Cuatro Puntos is a multi faceted organization based in Hartford, Connecticut, USA dedicated to intercultural dialogue and universal access through the performance, writing, and teaching of music. Cuatro Puntos oversees a resident chamber music ensemble, a concert series, arts-integration workshops in local schools, the Music Moves Hartford program for those facing homelessness, and a partnership with the Müzikhane Social Music School in Southeastern Turkey. Its recent album ‘Rosegarden of Light’ on Toccata has been widely praised and the ensemble has performed extensively in many parts of the world.
This album is a musical journey beginning in India, with a work based on traditional raag, through pieces by Iranian composer Reza Vali, to Afghanistan for another piece by Bishop and the area around Syria for a work by Sadie Harrison whose connection with Arabic traditional music goes back many years, through Israel to Egypt for chamber works by Cohen and Farag.
As well as being extremely entertaining the album also demonstrates the universality of music in all its different guises as the true universal language.
TRACKS
1 Kevin Bishop: Jaunpuri (Morning Song) for string quartet
2-4 Reza Vali: Love Songs for piano quartet
5-7 Kevin Bishop: Afghan Folk Suite for string quartet and zerbagali
8-10 Reza Vali: Three Calligraphies for string quartet
11 Sadie Harrison: The Oldest Song in the World for two violas (world premiere)
12 Gilad Cohen: Ten Variations for oboe, strings, and piano
13 Mohammad Aly Farag: Rhapsody for piano and strings
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mohamed Shams
piano |
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Aaron Packard
violin |
Annie Trépanier
violin |
Steve
Larson viola |
Kevin Bishop
viola, zerbagali |
Allan Ballinger
cello
cello