12 July 2008   9.30pm – 10.30pm
St Olave’s Church, Marygate
Event 30: Joglaresa

Part of the York Early Music Festival

Tickets will now be available to buy on the door.

Jennie Cassidy voice
Jeremy Avis voice
Abdul Salam Kheir voice, oud
Merit Ariane Stephanos voice
Jon Banks harp, qanun
Stuart Hall oud
Tim Garside percussion, nay
Belinda Sykes director, voice, shawm

EXTASIS: Music of Medieval Spain and its exiled peoples

In 1492, during one of Europe's first waves of ethnic cleansing, many Spanish Jews and Muslims fled for their lives as the cultural conviviencia of al-’Andalus was ended by the xenophobic reconquista of the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella. The musical legacy of these exiled peoples is inestimable, their crucial innovation being the strophic song with refrain. Joglaresa is joined by Lebanese singer and oud-player Abdul Salam Kheir in a celebration of the dissemination of these exquisite songs at the hands of the exiled Jews and Muslims. See also Event 27.

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Hibbi Zawidni Yahnikum

"irresistibly catchy tunes … Joglaresa’s imaginative use of improvisation creates an exiting air of authenticity compulsive rhythmic energy"
The Telegraph

Tickets  Adult: £20.00  Concession: £15.00  

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