The music of Rumi
The Music of Rumi:
- music in the poetry
- music as metaphor in the poetry
- music as metaphor for the ritual experience of the text, and Rumi as saint
- music of the performed text
- music as metaphor for the harmonious machinery of the cosmos
Proposed form:
Blackout....Swirling nay emerges, followed by deep-toned bendir/tar which fades in; recitation of Rumi's Masnavi in Persian (2 lines) followed by English, on the nay...tar fades out..
Trio (Regula, Vinod, Michael) accompanies more recitation...then move to
Geha's dance recitations, with musical accompaniment
Whirling dervishes projected onto screen (run throughout, but sound down), with transition to
Indian ensemble
Recitation with nay and tar, with transition to
Arab ensemble (containing Persian ensemble subgroup)
---intermission--- (let video run with sound up)
Geha's dance recitations (with musical accompaniment) opens second half, Recitation (focus on ecstatic dance) with nay and tar, transition to
Kreisha's performance
Recitation with nay and tar, transition to
African ensemble
Final poem --- concludes the program.