Abdel Karim Ensemble - Joyas de la Música Culta Árabe

Posted By: izchaboi

Date: Sept. 7, 2009

Formed by professional musicians from several countries (Syria, Egypt, Morocco and Spain) and under the direction of Abdel Karim, this ensemble has the purpose of studying and popularizing Arabic classical music.

Its repertory includes music from throughout the Middle East, from Turkey to Egypt, ranging from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Abdel Karim Ensemble also performs Andalusian Arabic music, a genre that originated in Al-Andalus, Islamic medieval Spain, where it was cultivated as a poetic-musical form known as Muwashaha.

Andalusian Arabic music has been preserved not only in the Magreb (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya) under the name of Andalusian Music, Maluf, etc, but rather it has had great influence in the countries of the Middle East such as Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, etc. In these countries, Andalusian music has been cultivated with great zeal and without hardly changes to the tradition of the Muwashaha, conforming the nucleus of the Arab-Andalusian Music of the East, called this way in memory of its origin.

This Eastern Arabic cultured music tradition must be distinguished from the one preserved in the Magreb by its musical, rhythmic and literary differences. This repertoire can be regarded as early music and classical music, born in parallel with the Baroque and classicism of the Western musical tradition. Its language is, therefore, of an enormous wealth, unlike Andalusian music, which uses scales that are very close to western music.

One can point out the use of the quarter tones, perfectly written within a very complex modal system called Maqam, as well as subtle rhythmic formulas called wazn, of difficulty that parallels its beauty.

The instruments used have been around for centuries in Arab countries: the Nay (Arab reed flute), the Kanun (Arab zither), the ´Ud (Arab lute) and the percussion characteristic of this music: Darbuka, Bendir and Riqq, presided over everything for the melodious voice of the Mughanni (singer) that weaves with skill the feeling of the music with the refined beauty of the poetry.

At the end of the 19th century European bowed instruments began to be adopted. First it was the violin and then the cello and double bass, performed with a different, perfectly coordinated with the traditional instruments.

Abdel Karim, Conductor and Nay player

Although he started from a solid classical training, soon he went searching for music rooted in the past, such as music from the Middle Age, the Renaissance, the Baroque period or Arab Classical Music, learning from Moroccan masters in Tangier and TetuanDamascus (Syria), Spain, Italy, etc., and performed these styles in ensembles such as “The Earth is Flat” (Medieval Music), "Neocantes" (Renaissance) “Lúdicus Consort and Divertimento Musicale” (Baroque) and Al-Baraka (Traditional Music of the Middle East and The Magreb).

Abdel Karim has learned the Maqam (Mode), Wazn (Arabic rhythmic patterns), the technique and interpretation of the Nay with the noted specialist in Middle Eastern music Noureddin Acha, in Tangier. He has also received classes from Ziyad Qadi Amin, (Ensemble Al-Kindi) considered the best nayati (nay player) of Syria. At the moment he is deepening the knowledge of this fascinating art with diverse Arabic music specialists. He was director and professor of the Municipal Classroom of Music of Aracena, 1992-96 in the subjects of transversal flute and recorder flute. Abdel Karim was the founder and director of the Festival of Ancient Music of Aracena (Huelva) 1994 to 1998, as well as coordinator of the First Festival of Ancient Music of Ubeda and Baeza.

Individual Track Details

Ibrahim Al-Aryan (Egypt, 19th c.)
1. Samai Bayati

Muwashaha Andalusí (t) / Selim Al-Masry (m), (Egypt, 19th c.)
2. Lamma bada « Cuando apareció »

Trad., Turkey, Qadim
3. Hussak Samai

Muwashaha Andalusí (t) / Omar Al-Batsh (m), (Syria, 1885-1850)
4. Yamurru Uyaban « Pasa con desdén »

Trad.
5. Al-Kasbah

Improv. of nay
6. Taksim nay

Mohammad Abd Al-Wahab (Egypt, 1910-1991)
7. Bint Al-Balad

Mawwal, vocal improv. on andalusian poetry « Amado, el mundo en tu ausencia es soledad »
8. Habibi Ala L'Dunia

Improv. with lute
9. Taksim ud

Andalusian Muwashaha (t) / Sayed Darwish (m) (Egypt, 1892-1923) « O, cantor de himnos »
10. Ya Shadi Al-Halhan

Andalusian Muwashaha « En el jardin »
11. Fi L'Rawd ana Shouft

Ismail Haqqi Bey (Turkey, 1866-1926)
12. Bashraf Farahfaza

Riyad Al-Sinbati (Egypt, 1906-1981)
13. Longa Farahfaza

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