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2023-07-30 10:58:00
Music of the Muslim counterculture
[…] path with a similarly inspiring musical journey. Many thanks for sharing your rich experiences with us. Additional sources include: * Western Sufism by Mark Sedgwick * Sufism in Britain edited by Ron Greaves and Theodore Gabriel * Sufism and Politics in Morocco by Abdelilah Bouasria * The Diwan of Sidi Muhammad Ibn Al-Habib in the Editorial Qasida edition * Richard Thompson, Strange Affair by Patrick Humphries * Autobiography of a Dervish by Robert Irwin * Liner note by David Biasotti for the 2007 Sunbeam Records CD transfer of If Man But Knew. * Since this article was first uploaded Ian Whiteman's memoir Average Whiteman has been published Photo credits: Photos 1, 2 & 4 Peter Sanders; photo 3 Nostalgia Central. First published On An Overgrown Path 2017.
2023-07-10 08:36:00
Music celebrating the right to be wrong
'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err and even to sin. If God has given the humblest of His creatures the freedom to err, it passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight other human beings of that precious right' - from Mahatma Gandhi's statement following Gandhi/Irwin Pact of 1931. Recent listening and reading:Reconnaissance: Kaija Saariaho Choral Music - Helsinki Chamber Choir Nils SchweckendiekTogether Under One Roof: Making a Home of the Buddha's Household - Lin JensenHomage to Mahatma Gandhi - Ravi ShankarThe Trail to Kathmandu (1970's) - Ash LingamRobert Schumann, String Quartets 1 & 3 - Zehetmair Quartet
2022-03-13 10:28:34
Bach Inspired: Mark Austin on the Bach Choir's project for six new works inspired by the St Matthew Passion
[…] be a relaxed and fascinating evening. Details from the Bach Choir's website.Written by Mark Austin The Bach Choir's album Bach Inspired is released on 18 March 2022. The album is released on Stone Records in the lead-up to the Bach Choir’s annual St Matthew Passion at the Southbank Centre on 10 April (finally returning after a 2 year hiatus) with soloists including Mark Stone as Christ, Ed Lyon as Evangelist, Sophie Bevan, Toby Spence, Jane Irwin and Roderick Williams, with David Hill conducting the Bach Choir, Florilegium, Finchley Children's Music Group and Southwark Cathedral Girls' Choir
2021-05-07 08:16:28
Northern Ireland Opera launches second series of Northern Songs
Northern Songs - filming Andrew Irwin in Marble Arch Caves - Northern Ireland Opera Northern Ireland Opera is launching a second series of Northern Songs, films of songs by composers from across the island of Ireland, performed in some of Northern Ireland’s most beautiful and historic locations. For the new series, sopranos Catherine Donnelly and Susie Gibbons, mezzo-soprano Margaret Bridge, tenors John Porter and Andrew Irwin and bass baritone David Howes, all winners or finalists of the company's annual Glenarm Festival of Voice, will perform a mix of art songs and contemporary songs in iconic locations, Enniskillen Castle, Marble Arch Caves, Ballintoy Harbour, the OM Dark Sky Park, Beaghmore Stone Circles, the Ulster American Folk Park, Armagh Robinson Library, the Armagh Cider Company and Belfast’s Maritime Mile.You can watch series 2 of Northern Songs each Thursday at 8pm from 13 May on the company's YouTube channel; the first film features […]
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