A very windy and cold Tuesday night saw Lumen and Khumari back at the Bab Al Makina for another concert organised by the Spirit of Fes Foundation. La Symphonica Toscanini and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Choir were invited by the Moroccan Ambassador to Italy and supported by the Italian Embassy to promote dialogue between the two countries. This magnificent 100-piece orchestra and 100-voice choir performed Verdi's Requiem, and a difficult task it was.
The wind rattled the scaffolding supporting the lighting system, blew into the microphones despite baffling, knocked over the percussionist's music stand and caused havoc in the choir. The audience chatted, used their cellphones, applauded in the wrong places and quite a few left early - whether that was because of the cold conditions or that they didn't like the music, we don't know.
It was good to see Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Salma at the concert; she certainly seems to enjoy music in Fez. And The View from Fez team thoroughly enjoyed themselves too. Conducted by maestro Lorin Maazel, Musical Director of the New York Philharmonic, and with four soloists, the performance of this piece of Western classical music made for a very pleasant evening. Let's have more!
Naima Tagemaouti, Director of the Spirit of Fes Foundation, and Abdou Jaouhari announce the concertwords by Lumen
photos by Khumari
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