Opening Concert of the Mawal Baladi Festival for Arab Music, featuring the JSO under the baton of Maestro Shmuel Elbaz, with the Shahan Ensemble for Persian music (Eitan Refua, music director) and oud player Yair Dalal – in a special programme featuring Scheherazade by Rimski-Korsakov, the Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah by Saint-Saëns, as well as Gunbad Mina by Persian composer Ferviz Meshkatian, Hallelujah (The Shahan Ensemble for Persian music, music director: Eitan Refua) and Khanabat in Maqam Nawa.
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Festival Music Director: Yair Dalal
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Artists
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Shmuel Elbaz, conductor
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The Shahan Ensemble for Persian music
Eitan Refua, music director
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Yair Dalal, oud
Orchestration: Shmuel Elbaz, Eitan Refua, Yair Dalal
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Programme
Rimski-Korsakov – Scheherazade
Saint-Saëns – ‘Bacchanale’ from Samson and Delilah
Ferviz Meshkatian – Gunbad Mina
Hallelujah (The Shahan Ensemble for Persian music, music director: Eitan Refua)
Khanabat in Maqam Nawa (Traditional Iraqi piece)
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