DATE AND VENUE

30 June 2005, Hagia Eirene Museum

CONCERT INFO

MUSIC DIRECTORS:
ÇİMEN SEYMEN soprano & soloist
FİKRET KARAKAYA / BEZMÂRÂ
JEAN GAİLLARD / SUONARE E CANTARE
SUONARE E CANTARE

BEZMÂRÂ ENSEMBLE
PROJECT CONCEPT ÇİMEN SEYMEN

CONCERT PRORGAMME

The International Music Festival presents in cooperation with Institut Français d’Istanbul and Institut Français d’Etudes Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil.

• Barbara Strozzi
  ‘Lagrime mie’
• Anonymous
  Peshrev in Nikriz mode^*
• Bellerofonte Castaldi
  ‘Non pensar clori crudele’
• Anonymous
  Peshrev in Nişabur mode^*
  Vocal work in Nişabur mode “Ey şeh-i melek”^*
  Nişabur Semâî-i Efrencî Vocal work in Nişabur mode^*
• Rocer
  Peshrev in Uzzal mode^*
• Anonymous
  Nikriz Hânende Semâîsi Vocal work in Nikriz mode: “Zâhid iş âhir oldu”
• Tarquinio Merula
  ‘La Benaglia’
  ‘Hor che tempo di dormire’
• Anonymous
  Raksiyye in Rast mode: “Kamet-i serv-i revânım”^*
• Tarquinio Merula
  ‘Sentirette una canzonetta’
• Anonymous
  Neva Ceng-i Harbî^*

Interval

• Osman Paşa el-Atîk
  Peshrev in Hüseyni mode^*
• Derviş Frenk Mustafa
  Piece in Hüseyni mode “Şehâ, zülfüñ beni dîvâne kıldu”^*
• Stefano Landi
  ‘A che piu l’arco tendere’
• Andrea Falconieri
  Passacaille
• Anonymous
  Air française: ‘Dites moi Raymonde’
  (From Paris manuscript of Ali Ufkî Bey)
• Ali Ufkî Bey
  Dance piece in Rast mode: “Ey yâr-i peri”^*
• Anonymous
  Instrumental work in Mahur mode^*
  Vocal work in Hüseyni mode: “Vefa gelmek muhal oldu”^*
• Vincenzo Calestani
  ‘Piangono al pianger mio’
  Scherzo sopra il tamburo alla turchesca
  ‘Damigella tuta bela’
• Anonymous
  Song in Nişabur mode: “Nedür bu itdiğün baña”
• Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger
  Capona-Colascione-Canario
• Anonymous
  Instrumental work in Irak mode^*
• Tarquinio Merula
  ‘La treccha’
• Anonymous
  Dance piece in Rast mode: “Saç bağı takar saçına”^*

^* From ‘Mecmûa-i Sâz ü Söz’ by Dmitry Cantemir.

Lasts 160’ inc. interval.

17 th century European and Ottoman court music with authentic instruments. Compiled from unpublished manuscripts, most of these works will be performed for the first time in this concert.