Jaipur to Cairo
Cuatro Puntos
Jaipur to Cairo
Cuatro Puntos
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About
Cuatro Puntos is a multi faceted organization based in Hartford, Connecticut, USA dedicated to intercultural dialogue and universal access through the performance, writing, and teaching of music. Cuatro Puntos oversees a resident chamber music ensemble, a concert series, arts-integration workshops in local schools, the Music Moves Hartford program for those facing homelessness, and a partnership with the Müzikhane Social Music School in Southeastern Turkey. Its recent album Rosegarden of Light on Toccata has been widely praised and the ensemble has performed extensively in many parts of the world. This album is a musical journey beginning in India, with a work based on traditional raag, through pieces by Iranian composer Reza Vali, to Afghanistan for another piece by Bishop and the area around Syria for a work by Sadie Harrison whose connection with Arabic traditional music goes back many years, through Israel to Egypt for chamber works by Cohen and Farag. As well as being extremely entertaining the album also demonstrates the universality of music in all its different guises as the true universal language.
Contents and tracklist
- Aaron Packard (violin), Annie Trépanier (violin), Kevin Bishop (viola), Allan Ballinger (cello)
- Mohamed Shams (piano), Annie Trépanier (violin), Steve Larson (viola), Allan Ballinger (cello)
- Kevin Bishop (zerbaghali), Aaron Packard (violin), Annie Trépanier (violin), Steve Larson (viola), Allan Ballinger (cello)
- Aaron Packard (violin), Annie Trépanier (violin), Kevin Bishop (viola), Allan Ballinger (cello), Andrew O'Connor (double bass)
- Kevin Bishop (viola), Steve Larson (viola)
- Charles Huang (oboe), Mohamed Shams (piano), Aaron Packard (violin), Annie Trépanier (violin), Kevin Bishop (viola), Allan Ballinger (cello)
- Mohamed Shams (piano), Aaron Packard (violin), Kevin Bishop (viola), Steve Larson (viola), Allan Ballinger (cello)