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Al Firdaus Ensemble in concert

November 17 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Palenke Arts is proud to bring back to Seaside the Al Firdaus Ensemble 2 years after their mesmerizing performance for our community.

Al Firdaus will be presenting songs from their album Shifa, which is inspired in the tradition of music therapy used in the medieval Bimaristans (hospitals) established in Al Andalus and across the Islamic world. Patients would be treated in beautiful courtyards with fountains and fragrant plants, using music with the same maqams (musical modes) that we have used on the songs on our album Shifa, to restore balance to the sick following the Greek medical system related to the humours.

Their songs will also explore the relationship between different musical traditions such as, Flamenco, Andalusí, Syrian, Celtic and Sudanese, and these traditions are blended in songs such us Talama Ashku Gharami and Salawatun Tayyibatun.

We will also present songs from previous albums including a Morisco song which is from a 16th manuscript found while restoring a house at the the end of the 19th century. The poem from the manuscript was written in Aljamiado which is in old Castilian dialect written in Arabic script. We don’t know how they sang it but adapted the words to a traditional Moroccan melody which fits the metre. Some of the poems that we will be singing were written in the 11th and 12th centuries by Sufi masters from Al Andalus like Ibn Arabi (Murcia), Al Shushtari (Guadix, Granada) and Abu Madyan (Sevilla). We hope that the program will give our audience a taste of the rich and harmonious musical tradition that echoes the beauty of the civilization that produced great monuments such as the Córdoba Mosque and the Alhambra Palace.

Details

Date:
November 17
Time:
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Website:
https://www.palenkearts.com/upcoming-events/2024/11/17/al-firdaus-ensemble-in-concert

Organizer

Palenke Arts
Phone
(831) 899-9909
Email
jdiaz@palenkearts.org
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Venue

International School of Monterey
1720 Yosemite Street
Seaside, 93955
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Phone
(831) 583-2165