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Ana Silvera x Saied Silbak – Songs We Carry + Balladeste [double bill]

Doors 7:45pm, music 8.30pm

 

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Ana Silvera x Saied Silbak – Songs We Carry

Vocals, keys, guitar, electronics – Ana Silvera
Vocals, oud – Saied Silbak

Acclaimed British singer-songwriter Ana Silvera and Palestinian composer, oud virtuoso and singer Saied Silbak join forces in ‘Songs We Carry’, a new collaboration exploring the common ground between their heritages – the emotive melancholy of Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) music and the rich Maqams and intricate melodies of Arabic song.

 

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Balladeste

Violin – Preetha Narayanan
Cello – Tara Franks

Balladeste is a collaboration between violinist Preetha Narayanan and cellist Tara Franks, a genre-crossing duo drawing on influences from classical minimalism, modal improvisation, Indian classical to global folk.

Balladeste have developed a unique way of writing, weaving in and out of each other’s voices as performer-composers. Exploring the versatility and sound potential of just two string instruments, they create a musical narrative that is both ancient yet contemporary, devotional whilst pastoral, writing original compositions that are vibrant, experimental, melodic and contemplative in quality – Songs without words with contemporary alt-folk twist.

Their upcoming album – to be released June 2023 – is a fully improvised body of work, recorded live at a residency at Snape Maltings supported by Britten Pears Arts.

 4**** Songlines
Absolutely stunning” BBC Radio 4  – Anita Rani (Woman’s Hour)
defies easy definition…very very special indeed” BBC Radio 3 In Tune – Katie Derham

 

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