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Monday, September 08, 2008
  • Sister Marie Keyrouz
    Sister Marie Keyrouz

    Sacred Music of the Near East

    Sample some Islamic, Christian, and Jewish music from the Middle East on this New Sounds program. Listen to a performance by Sheik Ahmed Al-Tuni from Upper Egypt, recorded live at the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music. Also, hear Moroccan cantor Emil Zrihan, presently the cantor of the main synagogue in Ashkelon, Israel, music by Sister Marie Keyrouz from Lebanon, and much more.

    PROGRAM # 2841, sacred music of the Near East (First aired on Mon, 9/8/08)

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    Rabbi Haim Louk & The Arab-Andalousian Orchestra of Fez

    Live, 6/00, Fez Festival of World Sacred Music

    Excerpt [1:30]

    For info on available recordings, try
    www.haimlouk.com

    The Music of Armenia

    Vol. 1 – Sacred Choral Music

    Bats Mez Ter [2:30]

    Celestial Harmonies #13115
    www.harmonies.com

    Emil Zrihan

    Ashkelon

    Maka Shelishit [7:30]

    Piranha #1260.
    www.piranha.de*

    Sheikh Ahmad Al-Tuni

    Live, 7/01, Fez Festival of World Sacred Music

    Songs in Praise of Sidi Aboul Hassan [20:00]

    Al-Tuni's CD Sultan of All Munshidin is available from Amazon.com

    Soeur Marie Keyrouz

    Cantiques de l’Orient

    Ya Sakban Min Nour [12:30]

    Harmonia Mundi #901577**
    www.harmoniamundi.com*

    The Music of Armenia

    Vol. 1 – Sacred Choral Music

    Sirt Im Sasani [2:00]

    See above.

Special Podcast: John the Revelator (originally aired Dec. 5, 2006)

From the New Sounds Live concerts at the World Financial Center, listen to the world premiere of “John the Revelator,” a mass for the 21st century by Phil Kline, and featuring the early music vocal group Lionheart and the electric string quartet Ethel. The work was commissioned by WNYC and recorded in the WFC’s Winter Garden, the space for which it was written.

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John the Revelator (New Sounds 2613)

Comments

  • [1] James Walton from Brooklyn September 08, 2008 - 11:56PM

    Thank you for playing Emil Zrihan tonight! I feel very lucky and inspired to have been exposed to the beauty and power of his voice and Baldi Olier's brilliant Flamenco Guitar.

    Keep up the good work!

    -James


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