● Sarband – 2009 – The Arabian Passion according to J. S. BACH
● Country: Germany
● Genre: Classical / Arabic / Jazz
● Release Date: 2009
● Total Time: 76 min 59 sec
● Format: mp3 VBR 192-256 kbps
● Size: 109 MB

Tracklist:

01 – Erbarme Dich (Have mercy) Aria nº 39 [7:10]
02 – Mein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lügen stile (My Jesus holds his peace before false lies) [2:29]
03 – Geduld, Geduld! (Patience, partience!) – Taqsim (instr.) [6:21]
04 – Jesum von Nazareth (Jesus of Nazareth) instr. [2:59]
05 – Nay-Taqsim – O große Liebe (O great love) instr. [6:35]
06 – Können Tränen meiner Wangen nichts erlangen (Of the tears on my cheeks are of no avail) [10:32]
07 – Taqsim – Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden (When I one day must depart) [5:01]
08 – Wir haben ein Gesetz (We have a law) instr. [3:25]
09 – Aljaum (Today) [6:34]
10 – Von den Stricken meiner Sünden (From the bonds of my sins) [6:44]
11 – Mein teurer Heiland (My precious Saviour) instr. [7:19]
12 – Und weinete bitterlich (And wept bitterly) instr. [3:34]
13 – Es ist vollbracht (It is accomplished) [4:46]
14 – Ich bin’s, ich sollte büßen (It is I, I should atone) instr. [3:30]

SARBAND
Fadia el-Hage (Beirut) – Alto
Adnan Schanan (Bagdad) – Nay
Furat Qadduori (Bagdad) – Qanun
Mohammed Ali A. Hashim (Bagdad) – Violin
Angelika Moths (Basilea) – Harpsichord, Organ, Qanun
Hugo Siegmeth, Till Martin (Munich) – Saxophones
Vladimir Ivanoff (Munich) – Percussion

MODERN STRING QUARTET (Munich)
Jörg Widmoserm, Violin
Winfried Zrenner, Violin
Andreas Höricht, Viola
Jost-H. Hecker, Cello

Projections: Judith Haug (Munich)
Concept, Arrangements & Direction: Vladimir Ivanoff

Preview / Предпрослушивание

Группа Sarband исполняет произведения И. С. Баха, посвяшенные Страстям Христовым в арабской манере (иногда с уклоном в джаз) и в основном на арабском языке.

Альбом задуман как отклик на ситуацию на Ближнем Востоке, он проводит параллели между страданиями Христа и народов Ближнего Востока сегодня. Музыканты разных стран и культур находят мир и покой в музыке Баха, этот альбом – музыкальный призыв к миру. Призыв, подкрепленный уверенностью, которая составляет основу “Страстей” Баха: в один прекрасный день всем страданиям наступит конец.

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In his Arabian Passion, Vladimir Ivanoff, musical director of Sarband, compares Jesus’ suffering and that of the colonized Middle East in the time of the New Testament with the current situation.

Bach’s Baroque precision and complexity meet the spontaneity of classical Arab music and Jazz: two traditions which have a lot in common, for example highly sophisticated and structured improvisation techniques, but also two voices which could hardly be more different: that of the traditional Arab world and a new voice that is spreading through the world—the American way of life. Arab musicians, two jazz saxophonists and the Modern String Quartet have joined to reinterpret Bach’s passion music.

Western and Middle Eastern musicians find each other in the music of Bach. In a world full of differences and conflicts, this musical cooperation creates an intense and contemplative space for mutual respect and peace.

“The Arabian Passion” is a musical plea for peace. A plea nourished by the confidence which forms the basis of Bach’s passions: that one day all suffering will come to an end.