5pm | Happy Hour
7pm | Concert
Join the acclaimed East of the River chamber group for an evening of Middle Eastern music to celebrate the special exhibition Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage.
Arrive early for happy hour in the Untitled Bistro and outdoor courtyard.
Free admission; light Middle-Eastern fare and drinks available for purchase.
Program
Porke Llorach | Sephardic Song
Ein K’eloheinu | Sephardic Liturgical/Instrumental interlude by Daphna Mor
Tzur mishelo/Los bilbilicos | Sephardic Liturgical
Mosé salió de Misrayim/Rotta | Sephardic Song/Stern & Mor
Adio Querida | Sephardic ballad
Sultaniyegah Longa Sadi Işılay | Turkey, 1899-1966
Una tarde de Verano | Sephardic Song. Variations by Nina Stern
Hija Mia | Sephardic song. Instrumental interlude by Kane Mathis
Ghaetta | Italian, late 14th century
(Ms. Add. 29987, London, British Library. Arranged by Nina Stern)
Noritz Karoon Yegav | Armenian song
Rast Sirto | Ottoman Dance
Pilgrimage | Shane Shanahan
Samai Hijaz | Abdel Rahman Jabakji (d.2003, Syria)
Hicaz Sirto | Turkish dance
Yigdal | Liturgical Song, Sepharad/Yerushalaim
Makedonsko Devojce | Macedonian song
Kozarica | Bulgarian Dance
Sirto | Greek Dance