Special offer. Ittai Shapira: Midnight Journeys
Ittai Shapira
Violinist Ittai Shapira turned to composing as a way of healing. A colourful storyteller, his concertos draw on Sephardic Jewish history, Indian folk music and gypsy tradition.
Special offer. Ittai Shapira: Midnight Journeys
Ittai Shapira
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Violinist Ittai Shapira turned to composing as a way of healing. A colourful storyteller, his concertos draw on Sephardic Jewish history, Indian folk music and gypsy tradition.
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An album of double concertos by composer-violinist Ittai Shapira, composed as part of his recovery and in an attempt to regain and connect fragments of his memories after a terrible act of violence inflicted on him a decade ago. Shapira will use selected sequences from these compositions to work with patients, refugees, women recovering from violence and abuse, veterans with PTSD, and as an educational tool for societal healing.
Contents and tracklist
Work length26:03
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Prayers and Rituals
Track length11:23
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Work length32:26
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- Ittai Shapira, Salman Rushdie, Robert Plane
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Rumon Gamba
I. Kashmir / Methwald
Track length10:04
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II. Pakistan / Jamila Singer
Track length12:03
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III. Anything You Want to Be, You Can Be
Track length10:19
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May 2019
Violinist Ittai Shapira turned to composing as a way of healing. A colourful storyteller, his concertos draw on Sephardic Jewish history, Indian folk music and gypsy tradition.
