Suhail Khoury
- Bass Shwai
Bass Shwai
is the first children's CD from the Edward
Said National Conservatory of Music (ESNCM),
where four children, ages 9 to 11 (1 boy
and three girls) sing 12 songs composed
by Suhail Khoury using lyrics written by
various Palestinian poets and writers.
Each song
deals with a theme relating to children
such as obedience, family, friends and so
on, performed by the best music teachers
in the ESNCM: Suhail Khoury on Nay and Clarinet,
Ahmad Al-Khatib on Oud and Buzuq, Ibrahim
Atari on Qanoun and Youssef Hbeish on Percussion
and with guest artist Peter Herbert on the
Contrabass.
Using traditional
instruments, new oriental yet original tunes
are produced, to some of which one can even
dance the Palestinian dabkeh.
Click
here for sample tracks
Related
Links:
The
Edward Said National Conservatory of Music
Suhail
Khoury A Quiet Man of Major Accomplishments
NPR:
Palestinians Embrace Musical Allegory (audio) |
