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CONCERT SERIES- Three Hundred Years of Turkish Music, Jan.-April 2004

Three Hundred Years of Turkish Music

Mehmet Ali SANLIKOL, Director
Serap KANTARCI, Coordinator
Robert LABAREE, Consultant

A series of monthly concerts celebrating a wide range of Turkish music
through several centuries. Ottoman classical music, modern popular songs,
songs from the Turkish countryside, sufi devotional music, 17th century
psalm settings, and Turkish-accented jazz interact with each other and with
other world traditions to create a rich contemporary portrait of the 
Turkish
tradition.

Concert 1

Cazda Turkiye, Turkiyede Caz/Turkey in Jazz, Jazz in Turkey
An exploration of the mutual influences of Turkish music and Jazz in the
work of a variety of Turkish and American musicians

Northeastern University, Raytheon Amphitheater
Saturday, January 31
7:00 pm opening reception, Concert 8:00pm

Concert 2

Allah adini Zikredelim/Let us repeat the name of God
In the zikir ceremonies of the Turkish sufi orders, repeated musical 
phrases
and texts create a group experience which is both contemplative and
ecstatic. In this concert, the Turkish zikir takes its place alongside
African-American Gospel music and Haitian vodoun, which also rely on
repetitive rhythms, words and melodies to pull us inward and upward.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Killian Hall
Saturday, February 28, 8:00 pm

Concert 3

Hocalarimiz ile Sohbetler/Conversations with Our Teachers
A concert in which performers of Turkish classical and folk music pay their
respects to their sources. Live performers interact with each other and 
with
recordings of three generations of revered musicians, both famous and
anonymous.

New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall
Thursday, March 25, 8:00 pm

Concert 4

Ali Ufkinin Mezmurlar?/The Psalms of Ali Ufki
Ali Ufki, born Albert Bobowski in 1610, was a Polish Christian who 
converted
to Islam after his capture by the Ottoman Turks, becoming renowned as a
court musician, as a notator of Ottoman classical music, and as a Bible
translator. In this concert of sacred music, Ali Ufki's own settings of the
psalms in Ottoman classical style will receive a rare performance.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Brookline
Palm Sunday, April 4, 5:00 pm

Concert 5

Arabesk
"Arabesk", for forty years the dominant popular music style in Turkey, has
continued to absorb into it many strands of the Turkish musical tradition,
combining it with contemporary social themes and commercial appeal in a way
which still creates controversy.

Club Passim, Harvard Square
Monday, April 19, 8:00pm

Admission is free for all concerts except Turkish Arabesque (concert 5) at
Club Passim

Sponsors:

The Turkish American Cultural Society of New England
The MIT Turkish Student Association
The Graduate and Professional Student Association at NU