Accademia del Piacere. Fahmi Alqhai
ROMANCES

Nowhere in the history of music have Orient and Occident, improvisation and "sound speech", folklore and early music come so close together as in the Arabo-Andalusian tradition of the 15th and 16th centuries. Fahmi Alqhai, one of the best gambists and interpreters of early music, comes from Seville, but began his musical training in Syria. His Accademia del Piacere features two excellent violas da gamba, setar and flamenco guitar, among other instruments, while the vocal parts are sung by Tunisian Ghalia Benali and Spanish Quiteria Muñoz. The perfectly attuned octet manages to bridge the gap between East and West without any pretense - an Andalusian dream full of temperament and finesse.

 

Concert without intermission, duration approx. 80 minutes


Accademia del Piacere

Ghalia Benali
Voice

Quiteria Muñoz
Soprano

Dani de Morón
Flamenco guitar

Rami Alqhai
Viola da gamba

Johanna Rose
Viola da gamba

Moufadhel Adhoum
Oud

Javier Núñez
Organ

Agustín Diassera
Percussion

Fahmi Alqhai

Viola da gamba and Conductor


Egyptian Traditional/ Gregorian Chant
Mawwall "Ra'aa Al Barq" – Da pacem, Domine

Anonymous
La Spagna

Pedro Guerrero
Di, perra mora

Fahmi Alqhai & Dani de Morón
Jácara & Bulería

Luis de Narváez/ Fahmi Alqhai
Paseávase el Rey Moro/ Rouh al Sharq (Romance about the loss of the Alhama)

Juan del Encina
Qué es de ti desconsolado/ Awa Tadhkurou

Ghalia Benali, Kiya Tabassian & Fahmi Alqhai
Buzurg, Al'anbia' (the prophets) - Pasacalle

Ghalia Benali & Fahmi Alqhai
Emsk Dumuak (hold your tears)

Old Andalusian Traditional/ Ghalia Benali & Fahmi Alqhai
Lamma Bada – Da Pacem, Domine





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