[Image] The thirteenth annual FES FESTIVAL OF WORLD SACRED MUSIC 2007
A celebration of the 800th anniversary of the birth of the Sufi poet, Jalaludin Rumi
Provisional Programme
1 June 20h00 BAB MAKINA Barbara Hendricks With the Drottningholm Baroc Ensemble with their favourite programme: Stabat Mater by Pergolèse, and sacred songs
2 June 16h00 BATHA MUSEUM Parissa and the Ensemble Dastan with their interpretation of the Sufi poems of Jalaludin Rumi Gol-e Behesht (Les Roses du Paradis)
20h00 BAB MAKINA Johnny Clegg, ‘The White Zulu’ presents One Life
3 June Sunrise at the MERINIDES QUARRY Bartabas with his horse Le Caravage, Sufi musicians Nezih Uzel and Kudsi Erguner, salute the dawn.
16h00 BATHA MUSEUM Coro Gregoriano de Lisboa The source of Gregorian Chant
20h00 BAB MAKINA Tania Maria, Brazilian pianist and singer, presents memories born of cries for liberty and the forbidden pride of an ancient culture
4 June 16h00 BATHA MUSEUM Claire Zalamansky Sephardic Song
20h00 BAB MAKINA Halakat Jalaludin Rumi Ayin-i Djem, a gathering of the Kadiria and Mawlawiya Brotherhoods, with dhikr, sama’a and calls of the muezzin, in memory of Jalal ad-Din Rumi
5 June 16h00 BATHA MUSEUM Aïcha Mint Chighaly, singer and musician, one of the most celebrated griots of Mauritania
20h00 BAB MAKINA Akhtar Sharif Arup Vâle Qawwâls, the official qawwâl of the patron saint of Lahore, the greatest qawwâli centre in the world
6 June Sunrise at the MERINIDES QUARRY Bartabas with his horse Le Caravage, Sufi musicians Nezih Uzel and Kudsi Erguner, salute the dawn.
20h00 BAB MAKINA Sonia Mbarek, ++ Three great voices of Arab-Andalous music
7 June 16h00 BATHA MUSEUM Missa Flamenca Murciana with the Piñana Brothers and Cuban string quartet
20h00 BAB MAKINA Angélique Kidjo World-renowned singer from Benin and UNICEF ambassador
8 June 16h00 BATHA MUSEUM Vasumathi Badrinathan Karnataka Song from India
20h00 BAB MAKINA to be confirmed
9 June 16h00 BATHA MUSEUM Great voices of the the East: Waed Bouhassoun (Syria)sings Jalaludin Rumi and Nâdira Pirmatova (Uzbekistan) sings from the mystics of Central Asia
20h00 BAB MAKINA London Community Gospel Choir The magic of Gospel
Please remember that accommodation will be at a premium and so book now with Fes Riads where you not only get the biggest choice of traditional riads and dars, but you will also be helping preserve the Fez Medina. You will find Fes Riads here: Festival Accommodation.
For more detail on some of the artists please follow the link to: Festival Details
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