Take a journey Around the World in 90 Minutes with Orient Express. Hear the most amazing “folk” music you’ve probably never heard before. Noted ethnic music specialist Sheldon Brown (Klezmorim, Omar Sosa) joins Santa Rosa Symphony principal trumpet Doug Morton, principal bass Randy Keith and principal percussionist Allen Biggs as they host a guided tour to fascinating music from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and Israel - with side-trips to South America – Argentina, Brazil - and the United States.
Point of Departure – Dave Brubeck’s Blue Rondo a la Turk. This popular odd-metered piece is based on Turkish folk melodies. We will take a typical Turkish song and break it down to its basic elements to explore what might have inspired Mr. Brubeck. Then over to Greece to hear a comparable but quite different song. We’ll follow the Gypsy caravans up into Eastern Europe and sample some of their music, esp. the wild and wooly Bulgarians – who have somehow developed a folk music which is the most complex and virtuoustic folk music imaginable. We will play some touching Klezmer wedding music and point out its unique and common features, and speculate as to the how’s and why’s of its evolution.
Then we jump over to South America and hear some music from the magnificent Astor Piazzolla, the great tango writer. We’ll also sample some Choros, some Bossas, some Sambas and other indigenous and uniquely beautiful music from this region. We will demonstrate the basic rhythmic impulses upon which the music is based and take a look at its harmonies and modes. Then we travel up to Cuba and hear some dynamic Afro-Cuban music. Finally we wind up back in America for some jazz and ethnic samples and see a little clearer how many different streams of music come together in our melting-pot. Take a journey through this unique selection of world music played by our expert musicians and tour guides.
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