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DESCRIPTION

Dastgah: Shur

The music for this beautiful piece originates from the Kurdish Sufi centers of Iraq. Although the original poem (‘Mosalmanan’) was written in Persian approximately 200 years ago by Shaykh Abdul Rahman Khales of the Qadiriyya-Talabani Sufi order, the lyrics of this rendition come from Jalal ad-Din Rumi’s Divan-i Shams (Ghazal 34). The Hay Allah maqam is used in the first half of this piece followed by maqam Hadaadi (both traditional rhythms found in Sufi music). This new arrangement, written specifically for the Fes Festival concert, is a solemn and penetrating version, with lyrics, chants, rhythms and melodies that build upon each other to arrive at an elevated awareness of reality and give the listener an experience of a Sufi circle of remembrance. From Sami Yusuf’s ‘Live at the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music’ album.


CREDITS

Performed and Arranged by Sami Yusuf
Words by Rumi
Music: Traditional Islamic

FOH & Recording Engineer: Sachin Savio
Monitor Engineer: Diego Biagioni

Mixed & Mastered by Vishnu Rajan @ Andante Studios
Video Editing & Postproduction by Omar Al-Balushi @ Andante Studios

PERFORMERS (From right to left):

Seyyed Mohammad Jaberi: daf, bendir & vocals
Ömer Avci: bendir, tef, kudum & vocals
Onur Cicin: qanun
Sezgin Yaman: oud
Emre Kayacan: kemanche
Hasan Kirkisoglu: ney
Mahyar Toreihi: santoor
Hüseyin Can Pala: bağlama

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Sami Yusuf


Special thanks to Ismail Boujia & his group for joining as guest vocalists (From right to left):

Mostafa El Lachkar
Ismail Boujia
Elouafi Mohammed
Hamza Idrissi
Mohammed El Alami
Abderrazak Idrissi


ABOUT THE ALBUM

Sami Yusuf’s latest album ‘Live at the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music’ was born of his desire to translate for a global audience the rich musical language of cultures stretching from Andalusia, North Africa, and Arabia to Turkey and beyond. His desire is realised here: the music is refined, and whether meditative or ecstatic, it is all connected by remarkable emotional depth of expression. In its melodic Arabic love songs, its rhythmic chants of North African Sufi lodges, its trance-like Turkish ilahis of the whirling dervishes – this is the visionary work of a composer and performer at the top of his game. Directing an international ensemble of master instrumentalists on traditional acoustic instruments – Bağlama, santur, qanun, kemanche, ney and more – and joined by a renowned Moroccan vocal group, in this 16-track album Sami Yusuf delivers all the magic of the live performance that held his Fes audience spellbound.

2019 was Sami’s second time headlining this prestigious festival, the first time was 2009, joining the ranks of earlier headliners such as Ravi Shankar, Paco de Lucia, Youssou N’Dour, Joan Baez, Björk and Ben Harper.

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