Sufi Concert – Sunday 18 March 2012
March 2nd, 2012
Status: Upcoming
Venue: Kensington Unitarians, 112 Palace Gardens Terrace, London, W8 4TR
Time: 7 -9pm
Description: An evening of music from Turkish, Arab, and Indian traditions, readings in Farsi and English from Sufi poetry, and a presentation of two new dance works: ‘Labbayk: I am Here’ and ‘Gift’. using contemporary choreography, music, and cloth.
‘Labbayk: I am Here’ was commissioned for the British Museum’s ‘Arabia Late’ event, and created by Artistic director Rezia Wahid, Choreographer Alexandrina Hemsley, Dancer Irene Cena, and Musician Khaled Hakim. Inspired by Hajj pilgrimage, it explores purification, touching, circling, magnetic force, and receiving.
‘Gift’ is a collaboration with dancer/choreographer Alexandrina Hemsley, the woven cloths of Rezia Wahid, and daf player Khaled Hakim. It is specially created for the concert.
Both works were devised using rehearsal space donated by Kensington Unitarians church.
Rachel Beckles Willson studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music and in Budapest at the Liszt Academy, playing and recording internationally. She will be performing on Arabic oud.
Murad Ferhad was Ney Lecturer in the Music Faculty of Erciyes University, and is a virtuoso, teacher, and maker of the Turkish ney (reed flute).
Faezeh Robinson is a translator of Iranian poetry and reads selections of Sufi poetry. Guest musicians Emil Sochachi and Manuel Arroyo Kalin provide music on Indian serengi and eastern flutes.
Shaykh Taner Ansari, visiting spiritual head of the Ansari branch of Qadiri-Rifai Sufi Order will give a short talk on its humanitarian work and will lead a short ‘zikr’ meditation.
Suggested donation of £10 waged/£5 unwaged
For more info www.ansariuk.org
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