CONSTANTINOPLE & ACCADEMIA DEL PIACERE “FROM SEVILLE TO ISFAHAN”
Wed, Feb 21
|Vancouver
Kiya Tabassian, setar & voice // Fahmi Alqhai, viola da gamba // Didem Basar, kanun // Johanna Rose, viola da gamba // Hamin Honari, tombak, daf Rami Alqhai, viola da gamba // Patrick Graham, percussion
Time & Location
Feb 21, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Vancouver, 690 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC V6C 2L1, Canada
About the event
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2024 | 7:30PM CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL 690 BURRARD ST, VANCOUVER, BC V6C 2L1
TIME: February 21, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
website: www.constantinople.ca
The 15th and 16th Centuries have been described as the «Golden Age» of Spanish music, but they were also without a doubt the golden age of Persian and Central Asian music.
The great masters of the Spanish Renaissance created their signature of polyphony. Into what was essentially Franco-Flemish music of the time they wove influences left by the monodic tradition such as Cantigas de Santa Maria and also by the Moors and the Muslim cultures so present in medieval Spain. During this time, the courts of Shah Ismail and Sultan Suleyman in the East welcomed and trained some of the most remarkable musicians, composers, and theoreticians to grace the pages of the musical history of these regions.