(Released July 2007)
Tradition and Intuition Kazem Davoudian, Santur Behrouz Jamali, Percussion Recorded live at The Concert Hall of Center for the arts, Middlebury College (USA).
Text from Inside of the CD cover: The word intuition is derived from the Latin word intueri - 'to see within'. Intuition provides us additional information that does not come from the analytical side of the brain, but this does not mean it is the the opposite of reason, In fact, intuition has often been described as a 'clear cold light' because it is pure reason. Intuition reveals a thing in its entirety, thus helping make sense of the world. |
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�Tradition and Intuition� is the spontaneous creative process of making music while it is being performed. |
Text from back of the CD
cover: This fully improvised live concert is the practice of acting and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of our immediate environment. This music is bringing our personal awareness "into the moment," and on developing a profound understanding for our actions. This fusion of "awareness" and "understanding" brings us to the point where we can perform with a range of options that best fit the situation, even if we had never experienced a similar situation and the result is the invention of new thought patterns, new practices and new structures. This performance is based on traditional aspects of Persian Dastgah music, not repeating what has been performed before but understanding the idiom of it. The challenge is to overcome the danger of inflexibility and narrowness of a rhythmic improvisation with skills and yet feel comfortable and enjoy the music without significantly being cautious about following the traditional rules and forms. |
Talaash is a piece of descriptive music that
illustrates the lives of honorable and noble people who � in the
turbulent waves of a world of dominant suppression and injustice �
endeavor to accomplish their share of being. The introductory movements
of this piece of music with sudden, strong strokes, accompanied with its
vigorous, rebellious and ambiguous tone, all and all are indicative of
an imminent event: as the music reaches its climax, groups of cheerful,
light-hearted and enthusiastic people gather from every corner �
symbolically showing their unity and solidarity. Then a joyful,
familiar part is played, and men and women, children and youngsters
begin dancing and rejoicing with it. In the meantime, a horn is heard
from a distance, which announces the imminence of oppression and
injustice. At this time, the music has a tragic, epical, and sad tone.
Dancers scatter win terror, fear, panic, and grief.
Talaash was performed and recorded by
Tehran Symphonic Orchestra in 1987. sound recording by Mr. Goshtasb
Ariana, renowned Iranian sound recorder.
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Kayer is an arrangement of a Mazandarani
folkloric song. In Mazandarani dialect, Kayer means collaboration and
co-working, and this piece illustrates a field scene where men and women
sing while they are weeding the sown field together. When a group of
people in a village goes for weeding, others give them a helping hand
for work. They do the work with all unity, friendship and joy while
singing folkloric songs in choir.
Kayer was composed for string instruments,
flute, oboe as well as Dohol and Santur. It was arranged for I.R.I.B.
Choral Symphony Orchestra,
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Shoorydeh is an example of passion and love
for life. It depicts the sufferings that turn man into rebellion. It is
the loudest cry of the man in protest against injustice and lack of
freedom.
The world of existence has been illustrated
in the last part of this piece: a man�s voice is heard � which is
symbolic of the cries of millions of suffering people- and this voice
echoes around the world: in all societies, cities, on mountain peaks,
and in the woods.
Shoorydeh was composed and performed by the
Symphonic Orchestra comprising string instruments and Santur in 1995.
Vocalist: Mr. Sediq Tarif
Performance and sound recording:
Mr. Gashtaseb Ariana
(Founder of
Leo Sound Ltd.)
at I.R.I.B. (Iranian National Radio and Television Broadcasting) Studio,
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Tondbaad
Performed and recorded by Tehran Symphonic Orchestra.
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Raze Hayaat
Performed by Tehran Symphonic Orchestra.
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Varsaghi
Performed by Tehran Symphonic Orchestra. Solo Tar : Mr. Abdollah Ghorbani.
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Performed and recorded by Tehran Symphonic Orchestra.
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Faryaad
Performed by Tehran Symphonic Orchestra.
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CHAHAR MEZARAB BIDAAD |
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Tasnif Serre-Del (Secret of the Heart)
Serre-Del was arranged and performed by
I.R.I.B Traditional Musical instruments Orchestra in 1999. As in
other composer�s works, in this piece, too, focus is attached on
harmony and counterpoint in combining musical instruments within the
framework of Iranian traditional music.
In order to create the specific
atmosphere of Serre-Del, which is associated with the movements and
fervor of Dastgahe-Chahargah, sentences were composed for this piece
that require the music players� high performance. Besides that, in
order to create an perfect atmosphere in the choir-solo vocalist
combination, percussion instruments including zarbe zoorkhaneh were
employed in this piece. Sound recording by Mr. Saber.
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High Speed Connection(T1,DSL,CABLE) 64 kBit/s,44,100 Hz, Mono, 2:49 (1.29 MB) |
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AFSHARI
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Asmar
is taken from a Kermanshahi folkloric music named Asmar-Asmar. This
piece was arranged for an orchestra of string and percussion instruments
as well as oboe and flute, and was performed and recorded in I.R.I.B.
studio in 1996.
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