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Saturday, April 19, 2008
Sami Abu Shumays of Zikrayat: Film Music of Egypt
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Um Kulthum in the 1947 film Fatmah.
Zikrayat is a New York ensemble that draws its repertoire from the golden age of the Egyptian film musical, circa 1940s-1960s.
On this show, Sami takes us on a very well-informed musical journey through the heyday of Egyptian musical film.
Zikrayat will be performing their take on this music - with accompanying clips from the films - in a free concert at CUNY's Elebash Recital Hall,
365 Fifth Ave in midtown Manhattan, Thursday May 15 at 7:30pm.
Info:
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Music/events/CoW2008SeriesFlyerR022008.pdf.
Info on these and future Zikrayat shows at the band’s home page
http://www.zikrayatmusic.com
or myspace page http://myspace.com/zikrayatmusic.
You can also get Zikrayat's cd "Live at Lotus" here:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/zikrayat.
Where to find the music (and films):
An excellent (and longstanding - since 1934!) source for buying cds of and subtitled DVDs from Egypt's golden age of film - and Middle Eastern music in general - is Rashid Sales:
http://www.rashid.com/. Or visit their shop at 155 Court Street in Brooklyn, NY.
The Arabic Channel - channel 507 on Time Warner Manhattan cable - often shows classic Egyptian films. And you can find some of the films via mainstream DVD renters such as Netflix or even some in circulation at branches of the New York Public Library.
This Week's Playlist:
Mohammed Abdel Wahab: Gafnouhou
Um Kulthum: Lughat-iz-zuhuur
Mohammed Abdel Wahab: Amana ya leil
Mohammed Abdel Wahab: Ya msafir wahdak
Mohammed Abdel Wahab: Fein Tari'ak Fein
Um Kulthum: Wu Haqqak Auta Il-Muna
Um Kulthum: Ya 'ein ya 'ein
Um Kulthum: Nami ya maliki
Um Kulthum: Ghannili shwayya
Um Kulthum: Ghannili shwayya (concert version excerpt)
Um Kulthum: Fakkaruni
Farid El-Atrache: Eshta tillak
Asmahan: Ya Habibi Ta'ala
Asmahan: Alayk Salat Allah
Faiza Ahmed: Yama-el-amar
Leila Murad: Itmakhtari Ya leil
Sabah: Zay il`asal
Abdel Aziz Mahmoud: Mandil il-hilu
Hurriyya Hassan: Ya Buta'iyya
Artist unknown (at present): Ish Showq Mihayyarni
Sami Abu Shumays: Live demonstration
Abdel Halim Hafez: 'U'baalak Yowm Miladak
Farid El-Atrache: Gamil Gamal
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