# Jordi Savall & Hèsperion XXI at First Congregational Church, February 20, 2015

[Cal Performances](http://calperformances.org/performances/2014-15/early-music/jordi-savall-hesperion-xxi.php) presents _Istanbul: Music from the Ottoman Empire in Dialogue with the Armenian, Greek & Sephardic Traditions_ featuring [Jordi Savall & Hèsperion XXI](http://www.alia-vox.com/)  
2015-02-20  
[First Congregational Church](http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/)  
[2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA  ](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2345+Channing+Way,+Berkeley,+CA++&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Friday, February 20, 2015

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## Set One

[8:05 PM lights down, applause at entrance, tuning]

01. [8:08 PM] (kanun solo) >>
02. [8:08 PM] _Der makām-ı “Uzzâl uşūleş Darb-i feth”_ Dervis Mehmed, from Dimitrie Cantemir's _Kitab-i ilm-i musiki_ (the Book of the Science of Music), ca. 1700, (Mss. 209)
03. [8:12 PM] (DEM oud solo) >>
04. [8:13 PM] _La rosa enflorece — Maciço de rosas_ Sephardic (I. Levy I.59, III.41)
05. [8:17 PM] (duduk solo) >>
06. [8:17 PM] _Alagyeaz & Khnki tsar_ traditional, collected by the musicologist Nigoghos Tahmizian, published in 1982 as _Voskeporik_ (Thesaurus of Armenian Melodies) in Yerevan, Armenia.
07. [8:21 PM] (OYT oud solo) >>
08. [8:23 PM] _Der makām-ı Hüseynī Semâ’î_ (Mss. 268)  
[segment ends 8:29 PM; pause for tuning]

09. [8:31 PM] (OYT oud solo) >>
10. [8:35 PM] _Hisar Ağir Semai_ Ottoman lament
11. [8:m PM] _Ta xyla_ (Greek) / _Çeçem kizi_ (Turkish) -- skipped in the absence of DP?
12. [8:38 PM] _Ene Sarére_ Armenian lament
13. [8:44 PM] _Der makām-ı Uzzäl Sakîl “Turna” Semâ’î_ (Mss. 324)  
[set ends 8:50 PM]

## Set Two

[9:07 PM lights down, tuning]

01. [9:08 PM] _Paxarico tu te llamas_ Sephardic (Sarajevo)
02. [9:11 PM] _Al aylukhs_ Armenian song and dance
03. [9:15 PM] _Der makām-ı Räst “Murass’a” uşūleş Düyek_ (Mss. 214)
04. [9:16 PM] _Hermoza muchachica_ Sephardic traditional
05. [9:21 PM] Taksim  
[segment ends 9:25 PM; pause for tuning]

06. [9:26 PM] _Hov arek_ Armenian lament
07. [9:30 PM] _Koniali_ Turkish-Greek song and dance
08. [9:36 PM] _Una pastora_ Sephardic traditional
09. [9:40 PM] Taksim
10. [9:42 PM] _Der makām-ı Hüseynī Sakīl-i Ağa Rıżā_ (Mss. 89)  
[set ends 9:46 PM; applause for band members, introduced one-by-one by JS; all bow up front]  
   
**Encore**
11. [9:50 PM] ? (same melody, performed in three styles: Greek, Sephardic, Turkish)  
[show ends 9:56 PM]


## Performers

* [Driss El Maloumi](http://drisselmaloumi.org/) (Morocco): oud;
* Hakan Güngör (Turkey): kanun;
* [David Mayoral](https://es-es.facebook.com/david.mayoral.73) (Spain): percussion;
* scratched due to illness -- Dimitri Psonis (Greece): santur;
* Haïg Sarikouyoumdjian (Armenia): ney, duduk;
* [Jordi Savall](http://www.alia-vox.com/) (Spain): vièle à archet, lyre, musical director;
* [Osman Yurdal Tokcan](https://www.facebook.com/people/Osman-Yurdal-Tokcan/100008645708235) (Turkey): oud.

## Notes

Two great sets to get started tonight, though my cold is giving me fits, and at times, it's hard to decide if this is torture or fun! In any case, it's a good challenge to the listener to try and follow the audio action and match it up to the printed program.

Overall, Savall delivered another magnificent program to us tonight, in this case doing a fine job illustrating the musical connections between Istanbul and the greater Mediterranean community. I'm glad to have seen him on this go round, and I look forward to seeing him again on the next!

Neils Swinkels posted a nice [article](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/Cal-Performances/Hesp-rion-XXI-Splendor-from-Istanbul) about the show for SFCV.

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