Karim Sulayman, tenor & Sean Shibe, guitar

Karim Sulayman — lauded for his “velvety tenor and pop-star charisma” (BBC Music Magazine) — joins guitarist Sean Shibe, whose “music-making is masterful, beautiful and convincing in every way” (The Times, UK), for an intimate recital of music ranging from the Middle Ages to the present. This compelling musical journey examines the close cultural and musical ties between East and West, reflecting the artists’ personal experiences with roots in Lebanon and Japan. 

PROGRAM

HENRY PURCELL: Music for a While

JOHN DOWLAND: Praeludium; Fantasia; Time Stands Still

GIULIO CACCINI: Dalla porta d’oriente

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: Si dolce è’l tormento; La mia turca

TRADITIONAL: La prima vez (Sephardic) 

TRADITIONAL: Lamma bada yetathanna (Arab Andalusian)

SAYED DARWISH: El Helwa Di

RODRIGO/FAIRUZ: Li Beirut

JONATHAN HARVEY: Sufi Dance 

LAYALE CHAKER: A Butterfly in New York

TŌRU TAKEMITSU: In the Woods: Wainscot Pond

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Songs from the Chinese