Early Music Vancouver: The Odyssey of Kryštof Harant
$36-$75 CAD (35% discount to ages 35 & under; $10 CAD student rush seats at the door if ava
Paschal de l'Estocart — Selected works
Gazi Giray Han — Selected works
The life of the Czech nobleman, traveller, writer, and composer Kryštof Harant ended violently in 1621. This evening presents his surviving compositions and literary legacy – his 1608 book recording the trip he made to the Levant. Harant's colorful work, narrated by author and broadcaster Bill Richardson, will guide you on a musical journey to the exotic lands of Cyprus, Jerusalem, Sinai, and Cairo. In addition to Harant's compositions, the concert also includes music from Middle Eastern composers Murad, Misri, Seyfullah, Mo'men, de l'Estocart, and Giray Han.
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About Constantinople
Constantinople is a musical ensemble that chose the journey—geographical certainly, but also historical, cultural and inner—as its cornerstone. It draws inspiration from all sources and aims for distant horizons. Inspired by the ancient city illuminating the East and West, Constantinople was founded in 1998 in Montreal by its artistic director, Kiya Tabassian.
Since its founding, the ensemble promotes the creation of new works incorporating musical elements of diverse musical traditions around the world, drawing from medieval manuscripts to a contemporary aesthetic, passing by Mediterranean Europe to Eastern traditions and New World Baroque. Underpinned by a spirit of research and creation, Constantinople has joined forces with leading international artists such as singers Marco Beasley, Françoise Atlan, Savina Yannatou and Suzie Le Blanc; the Mandinka griot Ablaye Cissoko; the Greek ensemble En Chordais, the Belgian duo Belem and the American group The Klezmatics; sarangi virtuoso Dhruba Ghosh, Syrian clarinettist and composer Kinan Azmeh, and Iranian kamancheh master Kayhan Kalhor.
Regularly invited to perform in international festivals and prestigious concert halls, such as the Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Berliner Philharmonie, the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music in Morocco, the Rencontres musicales de Conques in France, the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, the Cervantino Festival in Mexico, the Festival de Carthage in Tunisia, the Onassis Cultural Centre-Athens and the BOZAR in Brussels, Constantinople is acclaimed by the public, music professionals and critics alike. The ensemble has 19 albums to its credit on labels Analekta, Atma, World Village, Buda Musique, MaCase, Glossa, and Dreyer Gaido. Over the past fifteen years, Constantinople has created nearly 50 works and travelled to more than 240 cities in 54 countries.
Kiya Tabassian, setar & Artistic director |
Didem Başar, kanun |
Patrick Graham, percussion |
Tanya LaPerrière, baroque violin & Viola d'amore |
Pierre-Yves Martel, viola da gamba & double bass