Fes Sacred Music Festival 2007 - Provisional programme.

The thirteenth annual FES FESTIVAL OF WORLD SACRED MUSIC 2007

A celebration of the 800th anniversary of the birth of the Sufi poet, Jalaludin Rumi

Provisional Programme

1 June
20h00 BAB MAKINA
Barbara Hendricks
With the Drottningholm Baroc Ensemble with their favourite programme:
Stabat Mater by Pergolèse, and sacred songs

2 June
16h00 BATHA MUSEUM
Parissa and the Ensemble Dastan with their interpretation of the Sufi poems of Jalaludin Rumi
Gol-e Behesht (Les Roses du Paradis)

20h00 BAB MAKINA
Johnny Clegg, ‘The White Zulu’ presents One Life

3 June
Sunrise at the MERINIDES QUARRY
Bartabas with his horse Le Caravage, Sufi musicians Nezih Uzel and Kudsi Erguner, salute the dawn.

16h00 BATHA MUSEUM
Coro Gregoriano de Lisboa
The source of Gregorian Chant

20h00 BAB MAKINA
Tania Maria, Brazilian pianist and singer, presents memories born of cries for liberty and the forbidden pride of an ancient culture

4 June
16h00 BATHA MUSEUM
Claire Zalamansky
Sephardic Song

20h00 BAB MAKINA
Halakat Jalaludin Rumi
Ayin-i Djem, a gathering of the Kadiria and Mawlawiya Brotherhoods,
with dhikr, sama’a and calls of the muezzin, in memory of Jalal ad-Din Rumi

5 June
16h00 BATHA MUSEUM
Aïcha Mint Chighaly, singer and musician, one of the most celebrated griots of Mauritania

20h00 BAB MAKINA
Akhtar Sharif Arup Vâle Qawwâls, the official qawwâl of the patron saint of Lahore, the greatest qawwâli centre in the world

6 June
Sunrise at the MERINIDES QUARRY
Bartabas with his horse Le Caravage, Sufi musicians Nezih Uzel and Kudsi Erguner, salute the dawn.

20h00 BAB MAKINA
Sonia Mbarek, ++
Three great voices of Arab-Andalous music

7 June
16h00 BATHA MUSEUM
Missa Flamenca Murciana
with the Piñana Brothers and Cuban string quartet

20h00 BAB MAKINA
Angélique Kidjo
World-renowned singer from Benin and UNICEF ambassador

8 June
16h00 BATHA MUSEUM
Vasumathi Badrinathan
Karnataka Song from India

20h00 BAB MAKINA
to be confirmed

9 June
16h00 BATHA MUSEUM
Great voices of the the East: Waed Bouhassoun (Syria)sings Jalaludin Rumi and Nâdira Pirmatova (Uzbekistan) sings from the mystics of Central Asia

20h00 BAB MAKINA
London Community Gospel Choir
The magic of Gospel

Please remember that accommodation will be at a premium and so book now with Fes Riads where you not only get the biggest choice of traditional riads and dars, but you will also be helping preserve the Fez Medina. You will find Fes Riads here: Festival Accommodation.

For more detail on some of the artists please follow the link to: Festival Details


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