Sephardic Liturgy and Selihot with oud and kanoun

Date: October 9, 2016 (Sunday)
Time: 6:30–9:30 P.M.
Place: Magen David Congregation
Tickets: $18 at door

Rabbi Haim Ovadia and the Magen David Congregation offer a concert that includes full musical ensemble: Qanoun, Oud, Darbooka, Violin plus leading cantors.

The concert forms part of Sephardic Hazzanut and Liturgy, three days before Kippur.

Kennedy Center: Post-Classical Ensemble's Iberian Mystics 2

Date: March 11, 2015 (Tuesday)
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Place: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (directions)
Tickets: $30 general, online

[This is the second night's performance]

Washington's own PostClassical Ensemble brings back "Iberian Mystics: The Confluence of Faiths" after a decade hiatus, this time to the Kennedy Center.

This performance features the inspirational confluence of Islamic, Catholic, and Jewish influences prior to the Reconquest (1492) as a distinctive feature of Iberian culture, culminating in Flamenco.

This is the second of two nights of performance.

Program:

• Traditional flamenco song and dance
• Works by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Manuel de Falla, and Joaquin Nin-Culmell
• Sephardic melodies
• Music of Al Andalus

Performers:

• PostClassical Ensemble with Angel Gil-Ordóñez conducting
• Antonio Muñoz Molina - author
• Pedro Carboné - pianist
• Sonia Olla and Ismael de la Rosa - flamenco artists
• Ricardo Marlow - flamenco guitarist
• Trio Sefardi
• Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
• Mariana Mihai-Zoeter - soprano
• Cathedra
• Clark Young - host
• Luz Nicolas and Hashim El-Tinay - readers

Social Media: Facebook event

Sponsors: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Kennedy Center: PostClassical Ensemble's Iberian Mystics 1

Date: March 10, 2015 (Tuesday)
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Place: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (directions)
Tickets: $30 general, online

[For details about the second night's performance, please click here]

Washington's own PostClassical Ensemble brings back "Iberian Mystics: The Confluence of Faiths" after a decade hiatus, this time to the Kennedy Center.

This performance features the inspirational confluence of Islamic, Catholic, and Jewish influences prior to the Reconquest (1492) as a distinctive feature of Iberian culture, culminating in Flamenco.

This is the first of two nights of performance.

Program:

• Traditional flamenco song and dance
• Works by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Manuel de Falla, and Joaquin Nin-Culmell
• Sephardic melodies
• Music of Al Andalus

Performers:

• PostClassical Ensemble with Angel Gil-Ordóñez conducting
• Antonio Muñoz Molina - author
• Pedro Carboné - pianist
• Sonia Olla and Ismael de la Rosa - flamenco artists
• Ricardo Marlow - flamenco guitarist
• Trio Sefardi
• Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
• Mariana Mihai-Zoeter - soprano
• Cathedra
• Clark Young - host
• Luz Nicolas and Hashim El-Tinay - readers

Social Media: Facebook event

Sponsors: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts