Traveling Polyhymnia - Adorno Ensemble in San Jose April 25, 2008

In "Traveling Polyhymnia", ADORNO journeys on a sacred path with sounds of the spirit from Buddhism to Azerbaijani culture. The program features a work by Argentinean composer Osvaldo Golijov, whose work merges sounds of Jewish mysticism with contemporary music; a new work by composer, Kurt Erickson, "Faith", inspired by Saint Francis of Assisi; Chinese composer Zhou Long's work, "Ding" or "Samadhi" (in Sanskrit) is a musical depiction of the perfect concentration of thought into the one object of meditation; and finally, a work by Azerbaijan composer, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh whose music is rarely heard in the United States. "Aspheron Quintet" is a dramatic fusionof Azerbaijani traditions with western music.
Tickets: $20 Srs/students $25 general

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