Programme:
»Songs of Exile – Lieder aus der Verbannung«: Texts by Mkrtich Naghash, Music by John Hodian

Geographically located on the southern slopes of the Caucasus, Armenia has a fascinating culture. Its chequered, in parts long suffering history under changing regimes – including the Byzantines, Mongols, Ottomans, Persians and Turks – makes its rich musical culture an intersection between Western Christian and Eastern influences. John Hodian, an American composer with Armenian roots, focusses on this with his Naghash Ensemble. The ensemble takes its name from the 15th century Armenian priest Mkrtich Naghash, who wrote moving, timeless poems about life in exile and man's relationship with God. To set these to music, Hodian combined the spirituality of traditional Armenian music with contemporary classical music, post-minimalism and the energy of jazz and rock. Three female singers and four instrumentalists on the oboe-like duduk, the oud lute and the dhol and dumbek drums  as well as Hodian on the piano bring Naghash's poems to new life - sometimes mystical-oriental, sometimes minimalist-classical, sometimes vibrantly jazzy, but always moving and compelling!

The Naghash Ensemble Armenia

Tickets: € 30 / 25 / 20 (concessions 20 %)

supported  by NORDMETALL and the Meyer Werft
in cooperation with the Landkreis Emsland, the Emsländische Sparkassenstiftung and the Stadt Papenburg

Bus shuttle Bremen – Papenburg – Bremen / Departure and arrival times:
Departure Domsheide: 5:00 pm
Start of concert: 7:30 pm
Departure venue: ca. 9:20 pm
Arrival Domsheide: ca. 11:05 pm
Ticket price: 20 EUR
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