RUMI: Within each timeless droplet
$15-$25
Mark Winges — Canticles of Rumi
Eric Banks — Jāvdāni ("Eternity")
Nilo Alcala — Song of the night
J. David Moore — There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground
David Asplin — Walk to the Well
Bern Herbolsheimer — Selected works
Mark Winges – Canticles of Rumi
J. David Moore – There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground
David Asplin – Walk to the well
Nilo Alcala – Song of the night
Christopher Theofanidis – All day and night music
Eric Banks – Jāvdāni [Eternity]
The Esoterics celebrate the poetry of mystical Sufi poet Jalal ad-Din Mohammed RUMI with works by Nilo Alcala, David Asplin, Eric Banks, Bern Herbolsheimer, J David Moore, Christopher Theofanidis, and Mark Winges.
Over the course of 2016, The Esoterics will perform four concerts based on the work of single poets. The first of these programs is based on the poetry of the 13th-century Sufi mystic, Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, more simply known as RUMI. For Rumi, music was a vehicle through which the devoted could connect with the divine, and in so doing, the soul would be both destroyed and resurrected at once. Central to Rumi’s poetry was tawhid, the longing to reunite with a beloved, either divine or mortal. Through his verse, Rumi’s philosophy advocated for the unlimited and peaceful tolerance of all creeds, kindness, charity, and a heightened awareness through love.
The compositions in this program come from a wide array of composers, and are as evocative as Rumi’s own verse: whirling and wafting, suggesting order in chaos, clarity in the cloud, and the universal embrace of all.