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Hijazkar Suite

by Sharq Ensemble

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Bashraf Hijazkar 05:23
2.
Muwashah Nabihi in-Nudmana Sahi 03:26
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Muwashah Ya Qalbi Men Qala Lak Tiasheq 02:55
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Taqsim Oud f. Kareem Roustom 03:57
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Muwashah Ya Saheb is-Sihr il-Halal 02:12
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Taqsim Riqq f. Karim Nagi 03:15
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Muwashah Afdihi Dhabyan 01:42
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Taqsim Nay f. Boujemaa Razgui 01:19
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Longa Hijazkar 01:41

about

Recorded in 2005, this album contains Arab traditional chamber music, with mostly Medieval compositions where the author is unknown, using poetry from the Andalusian period. In this album, all pieces are in the Arabic mode scale of Maqam Hijazkar.

SHARQ ENSEMBLE
- Karim Nagi : riqq
- Aboud Agha ; voice
- Boujemaa Razgui ; nay
- Kareem Roustom : oud
- Jamal Sinno : qanun
- Hanna Khoury : violin

credits

released January 30, 2023

The SHARQ Ensemble was created by Egyptian musician Karim Nagi in 1999. The word "Sharq" means "East" in the Arabic language. The goal of the group was to present authentic Arab vocal and instrumental music, using the traditional acoustic instruments. The group originally specialized in medieval Arabic music from the Andalusian and Ottoman periods. Over the past decade, the ensemble added 20th century classics from Egypt and Syria, plus regional Arabic folklore from North Africa and the Eastern Arab countries. The focus of the group has always been to revive the repertoire, style and presentation of Arab music.

The SHARQ Ensemble is dedicated to preserving and presenting traditional Arabic vocal and instrumental music. Their repertoire is one that is rarely played by even the most dedicated professionals in the Arab world. SHARQ chooses vocal and instrumental pieces that illustrate the rich and buoyant possibilities of the genre, without fixating on the popular or commercial versions. SHARQ seeks to share this heritage through concerts and verbal presentations. SHARQ consists of young professional musicians from several cities in the Arab world and Turkey. Their geographic diversity demonstrates the variety of styles and heritages of the Near East, and their obvious synthesis. The musicians' youthful demeanor and performance style helps revitalize these classics, presenting them as a living art. Their education and cosmopolitan attitudes serve as a compelling and healthy representation of the modern and artistic Arab individual. With all the current political antagonisms, SHARQ utterly dissolves the fictitious dichotomy between the Arab and Western worlds.

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Karim Nagi Chicago, Illinois

An Egyptian musician living in Chicago, Karim Nagi is enthralled with his native Arab culture, and compelled to personalize it. He has 14 albums (not all on Bandcamp yet) has performed on 6 continents, has a TEDx Talk (look it up, it's swoon-worthy) is a Board Member of Chamber Music America, is a beneficiary of the Doris Duke grant for Muslim artists (twice) and people say he's funny & witty. ... more

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