Letters from Iraq: Oud & String Quintet

Letters from Iraq: Oud & String Quintet
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Letters from Iraq expresses the love and pain of lives lived by the people of war-torn Iraq. Actual mailed letters and their stories are transposed into eight gripping programmatic compositions by Iraqi-American composer and oud player, Rahim AlHaj with string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass) and percussion. He says, â€œMusic can make us laugh, make us cry, make us march into war. I want to make music to make us realize peace.â€ These recordings are of deep emotion and great beauty, melding mastery of Iraqi and Western classical genres alike to form something entirely new. 70 minutes, 40-page booklet with bilingual notes in English and Arabic.
Country USA
Brand Smithsonian Folkways
Manufacturer SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 48681030
Model 48681030
ReleaseDate 2017-04-07
UnitCount 1
UPCs 093074057728
EANs 0093074057728