MUSIC FROM EGYPT
Organisation: Al Farabi Concerto
Time: 03 March 2011 6:30pm -
Place: St John’s, Smith Square, London SW1
Al Farabi Concerto Presents:
MUSIC FROM EGYPT
Four UK premières from the new generation of Egyptian composers and music from Egypt’s first School of Composition.
This latest concert in the Al Farabi Concerto series presents new music from Egypt, juxtaposed with works from the first Egyptian school of classical composition, connecting past and present.
The Composers Ensemble perform music by
Gamal Abdel-Rahim Piano Trio; Lotus Pond
Aziz El-Shawan Meditations; Rondo
Halim El-Dabh Mekta in the art of Kita; It is Dark and Damp
Nahla Mattar Three
Amr Okba Integration
Ramz Sabry Samy New work
Patrick Bishay New work
The concert will be introduced with a pre-concert talk by the distinguished ethnomusicologist, Dr Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Professor of Ethnomusicology at Lisbon University and daughter of the late Aziz El-Shawan, one of the ‘first school’ composers featured in the concert.
Thursday 3 March 2011 | 19:30 | Pre-concert talk at 18:30
St John’s
Smith Square
London
SW1P 3HA
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