Event overview
'Roses and Nightingales'
A concert of Afghan music, including a dialogue between a nightingale and the tabla player.
Ustad Arif Mahmoud, tabla
Veronica Doubleday, voice and frame drum
Jan Hendrickse, flutes
John Baily, Afghan lutes
Goldsmiths and the Afghan Music Unit, in partnership with the Asian Music Circuit.
"Birdsong has an important symbolic place in Afghan culture. It informs the Afghan aesthetic sensibility, particularly through the symbolism of Sufi thought… The people, even city dwellers, live close to nature and love to have picnics in the countryside where they play music. They also enjoy having many different kinds of birds as pets. Birds, particularly pigeons, have sanctuary at Sufi shrines, and feeding them is regarded as a pious act. The importance of birdsong has been noted in many cultures as an inspiration for musical composition. The Afghans take this one stage further. Rather than imitate birdsong, they prefer to hear music in the context of a natural soundscape in which birdsong has a prominent space." Prof. John Baily.
This "mini festival" will also include films:
The Annual cycle of Music in Herat
Amir: An Afghan refugee musician's life in Peshawar, Pakistan
Ustad Rahim:Heart's rabab maestro
Poetry – readings - miniature painting – lecture on Herati music
The Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, London
www.amc.org.uk/tours/index.htm
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Sep 2010 | 7:30pm - 9:30pm |
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