Constantinople presents Bach and Khayyam

Thursday, April 22, 2027
7:30pm to 9:00pm

Trinity Lutheran Church

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Organized by: Edmonton Chamber Music Society

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Since its founding in 2001, the Montreal-based ensemble has promoted the creation of new works incorporating musical elements of diverse musical traditions around the world, drawing from medieval manuscripts to a contemporary aesthetic, passing by Mediterranean Europe to Eastern traditions and New World Baroque. The ensemble has 23 albums to its credit and has created 63 works and travelled to more than 296 cities in 59 countries. The program will feature soprano Hana Blažíková singing arrangements of some of the most beautiful spiritual songs and arias of JS Bach in dialogue with poems of Omar Khayyam, in Persian, set to music by Kiya Tabassian.

Even if more than 600 years separates the life of John-Sebastien Bach (1685 -1750) and Omar Khayyam (1048 -1131), these two genius were made to meet each other. Their visions of the world, as a perfect match of mathematics mastery and a super high level of spirituality, bring these two men in a delightful dialogue and traces a clear path to the sublime. In this program Constantinople brings these two artists into a dialogue, where the sacred and spirituality transcend borders. For this new creation Constantinople proposes arrangements of some of the most beautiful spiritual songs and arias of JS Bach in dialogue with poems of Omar Khayyam sung in Persian and responding to Bach’s songs.
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Trinity Lutheran Church

10014 81 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB, T6E 1W8