Concerts from around the country, recorded by Concertzender (World Music). A double concert: De Weemoedige duduk, (The Wistful duduk, a double reed instrument), Armenia, and the Passie van de Mugam (The Passion of the Mugam), Azerbaijan.
In Concertzender Live, you can listen to a double concert, taking place on 6 September 2014, during the Atlas Festival at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, in Amsterdam.
In this double concert, two intriguing musical traditions from the Caucasus are put side to side.
1. De Weemoedige duduk, (The Wistful duduk, a double reed instrument) conveys the Armenian soul. World renowned player Georg Dabaghian tugs on the hart strings of any listener. He is accompanied bij:
Bassem Alkhouri, qanun
Mirsaeed Hosseiny Panah, santur
Ryoko Imai, percussion
Carmen Cruno, cello
2. De Passie van de Mugam (The Passion of Mugam). Mugam is traditional Azerbajian art music, beloning to the same music culture as Arabic and Turkish maqam, and Persian Dastgah.
You will here Elshan Mansurov on the kamancha (lyra)
Elchin Nagijev on tar (long-necked lute) and singer Ehtiram Huseynov.
Sound engineer: Joost Kist, producer: Kees van de Wiel
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