JORDI SAVALL & WAED BOUHASSOUN

Date & Time

Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 19:30

Venue

Those who understand themselves and others Will come to realize: Orient and Occident Can no longer be separated. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, West-Eastern Divan And they never could, one might like to add. Jordi Savall is an artist who has long made this case—in his multifaceted work, he has repeatedly drawn connections between the music of the European Middle Ages or Renaissance and diverse Arab, Persian, and Northern African musical traditions, which influenced each other over the course of centuries... Read full text

Keywords: Arab and Persian Music, Early Music

Info & Ticket (www.boulezsaal.de)

Musicians

Bouhassoun Waed	Oud, Voice
Savall Jordi	Musical Director, Viola da gamba
Mitglieder von Hespèrion XXI und Orpheus 21	Members of Hespèrion XXI, Orpheus 21

Program

Not provided

Give feedback

Last update: Tue, Nov 19, 2024, 10:36

Similar events

These events are similar in terms of concept, place, musicians or the program.

Next month

In Paris

Jordi Savall / Robert Schumann

Mon, May 12, 2025, 20:00

Philharmonie de Paris, Grande salle Pierre Boulez (Paris)

Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Jordi Savall (Conductor)

Jordi Savall conducts one of Schumann’s major works, which was a great success at its premiere in 1843: rarely in the romantic composer’s oeuvre does the voice resound with such tenderness and fervour as in as in Paradise and the Peri.

Info & Ticket (philharmoniedeparis.fr)

Finished

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Jordi Savall

Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 20:00

Philharmonie de Paris, Grande salle Pierre Boulez (Paris)

Le Concert des Nations, Manfredo Kraemer (Concertino), La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Jordi Savall (Conductor), Luca Guglielmi (Assistant de direction), Lluís Vilamajó (Chorus Master), Giulia Bolcato (Soprano), Elionor Martinez (Soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (Mezzo), David Fischer (Tenor), Matthias Winckhler (Bariton)

Jordi Savall performs Mozart’s Mass in C minor, a monument of sacred music which, while partly influenced by the works of Bach and Handel, possesses a supernatural beauty belonging solely to the Austrian composer.

Info (philharmoniedeparis.fr)

Finished

Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall

Fri, May 10, 2024, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Hespèrion XXI, Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya (Vocal Ensemble), Nedyalko Nedyalkov (Kaval), Yurdal Tokcan (Oud), Hakan Güngör (Kanun), Dimitri Psonis (Santur), Jordi Savall (Viola da gamba), Jordi Savall (Director)

No other musician combines works from bygone eras with a topical message to such powerful effect: Jordi Savall – viola da gamba player, conductor, musicologist and star of the early music scene. His new programme »War and Peace« is a diverse musical fresco that evokes an age of battles and ceasefires, starting with the outbreak of the Thirty Years’ War in 1618 and ending with the Peace Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle in 1748. »The emotion of the music linked here to the historic events allows us, perhaps, to see everything in a new light,« says the Catalan conductor, who was named UNESCO »Artist of Peace« in 2009. Savall is travelling to Hamburg not only with a wealth of great music, but also with his early music instrumental ensembles Hespèrion XXI and Le Concert des Nations, and his ten-strong vocal ensemble La Capella Reial de Catalunya. On their search for the authentic sound of the age, they play music from the 17th and 18th centuries. The orchestras are complemented by four musicians from Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, who enrich the music with oriental sounds. However, the concert comes to a close with Arvo Pärt’s prayer for peace »Da pacem Domine«, which he composed in 2004 in memory of the victims of the Madrid bombings.

Info (www.elbphilharmonie.de)

Finished

Mozart: Great Mass in C minor / Jordi Savall

Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Giulia Bolcato (Soprano), Elionor Martínez (Soprano), Lara Morger (Mezzo-Soprano), David Fischer (Tenor), Matthias Winckhler (Bass), Jordi Savall (Conductor)

It is considered one of the great unfinished works in the history of music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s »Great Mass« in C minor. He probably composed it following his wedding to singer Constanze Weber; unlike with his Requiem, at least Mozart’s death did not prevent the completion of the mass. Although remaining fragmentary, this outstanding mass setting is touching to this day due to its direct expressive power. With his Le Concert des Nations established in 1989, Catalan gambist, music researcher and conductor Jordi Savall had already often been a guest in Hamburg. As an expert in early music and historical performance practice, he consistently gives the audience new listening experiences – in particular with frequently played works. Because Savall is not only interested in music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, but he also elicits new aspects from the seemingly well-known classics. The ensemble and its conductor recently demonstrated this in 2021, for instance, with their Beethoven cycle; now, they tackle Mozart’s »Great Mass«.

Info (www.elbphilharmonie.de)

Finished

JOOLAEE TRIO

Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 19:00

Pierre Boulez Saal (Berlin)

Joolaee Misagh (Kamancheh), Nosrati Schaghajegh (Piano), Flaig Sebastian (Percussion)

Persian and European classical music, traditional songs from Turkey and Azerbaijan, jazz, and more: the Joolaee Trio’s concert programs combine a range of diverse musical influences. In their unusual lineup consisting of kamancheh player and leader Misagh Joolaee, percussionist Sebastian Flaig, and pianist Schaghajegh Nosrati—who will also be heard at the Pierre Boulez Saal with a solo recital in February—they perform original compositions and newly created arrangements.

Info (www.boulezsaal.de)

Finished

GURDJIEFF ENSEMBLE

Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 16:00

Pierre Boulez Saal (Berlin)

Gurdjieff Ensemble (Ensemble)

In the early 20th century, Armenian philosopher, mystic, and composer George Gurdjieff traveled widely in the Caucasus, Middle East, Northern Africa, and Asia. He later transformed his experiences of the diverse local musical traditions he encountered into numerous compositions, most of which have only been accessible in piano transcriptions. Led by artistic director Levon Eskenian, the Gurdjieff Ensemble performs these works in new arrangements for traditional instruments, while also highlighting the centuries-old tradition of Armenian ashughs (bards) such as Jivani, Baghdasar Dbir, and Sayat-Nova.

Info (www.boulezsaal.de)

Finished

GORDON GRDINA

Fri, Feb 7, 2025, 19:30

Pierre Boulez Saal (Berlin)

Grdina Gordon (Oud), Grdina Gordon (Guitar), Mitchell Matt (Piano), Basaldi Eylem (Violin), Honari Hamin (Tombak), Honari Hamin (Daf), Lillinger Christian (Percussion), Benali Ghalia (Vocals)

For his first Pierre Boulez Saal appearance as a leader, Canadian guitarist and oud player Gordon Grdina has assembled an international group of artists from diverse musical traditions who perform together for the first time. RU’YA (“foresight” or “vision” in Arabic), featuring Belgian-Tunisian vocalist Ghalia Benali, blends sound, poetry, and the human voice in an experimental musical setting that bridges continents, cultures, and genres. Inspired by poems from Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Tunisia, Egypt, and Belgium, RU’YA creates a musical world of unity, joy, and shared humanity.

Info (www.boulezsaal.de)

Finished

KINAN AZMEH CITYBAND

Tue, Apr 8, 2025, 19:30

Pierre Boulez Saal (Berlin)

Kinan Azmeh CityBand (Band)

Syrian composer and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh brings his New York–based Kinan Azmeh CityBand back to the Pierre Boulez Saal. Crossing boundaries between styles and genres, between composition and improvisa tion, the quartet plays “music that is inspired by a multitude of traditions without being limited by any of them,” as Azmeh describes it. The concert is part of a German tour celebrating the release of the band’s new album Live in Berlin, recorded at the Pierre Boulez Saal in 2021.

Info (www.boulezsaal.de)

Next month

In Berlin

BAKR KHLEIFI

Wed, May 7, 2025, 19:30

Pierre Boulez Saal (Berlin)

Khleifi Bakr (Oud)

Last season, Palestinian oud virtuoso Bakr Khleifi thrilled Pierre Boulez Saal audiences in a duo with kamancheh player Misagh Joolaee. The Berlinbased artist now presents a new solo program of original com positions and improvisation that explores connections between the Arabic maqam tradition and musical forms of the European Baroque.

Info & Ticket (www.boulezsaal.de)

Finished

RAMAL ENSEMBLE

Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 19:30

Pierre Boulez Saal (Berlin)

Ramal Ensemble (Ensemble)

The Ramal Ensemble returns to the Pierre Boulez Saal to present a program centered around the idea of real and imaginary journeys. Originally founded in Damascus, the group reassembled in Germany in 2015 and counts several Barenboim-Said Akademie alumni among its members. No strangers to the experience of cultural mobility, the five musicians have cultivated a unique sound and will perform original compositions as well as improvised music. At the Fringe of Time is part of the Ramal Ensemble’s concert series “Creative Music Lab II.” A project of Barzakh gGmbH, supported by the Capital Cultural Fund.

Info (www.boulezsaal.de)