NAGHASH: SONGS OF EXILE 1

HODIAN, JOHN

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Composed In Exile
On Behalf Of Ghareebs
Lamentations For Those Who Die In A Foreign Land
Prelude To Lamentations For The Dead
Lamentations For The Dead

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Released as hardback book in A5 format.

Based on texts by the medieval Armenian poet and priest, Mkrtich Nagash and set to new music by John Hodian, “Songs from Exile” is a profound meditation on man's relationship to God from the perspective of a monk forced to live in exile for many years.
East meets West and antiquity meets modernity in this hauntingly beautiful collection of ruminations, lamentations and incantations. The sound is earthy yet classical, identifiably Armenian but other-worldly. The texts while philosophical, were addressed to the common man of Nagash's time and are as relevant today as they were in the 1400's.
With five female vocalists along with some of Armenia’s finest instrumentalists on Duduk, Oud and Dhol, accompanied by a string quartet the ensemble creates music that is part folk, part classical and profoundly moving.

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