Kronos Quartet and Alim Qasimov Ensemble
Ramadan Nights
26 September 2008 / 20:00
Barbican Hall
Kronos have brought remarkable singers as their guests to the Barbican before – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Dawn Upshaw and Asha Bhosle among them – and for the first Barbican Hall concert of Ramadan Nights, they present the world premiere of their work with Azerbaijan’s greatest singer, the legendary Alim Qasimov.
In this remarkable new work, commissioned by the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia, Kronos and the Alim Qasimov Ensemble will each play solo sets, and the evening will culminate in Alim Qasimov, his daughter Fargana, the ensemble and Kronos performing arrangements of Azeri bardic songs.
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