About this concert
A meeting of Egyptian and French musicians under Michel Piquemal and Nayer Nagui. At its centre was Alain Huteau’s Deux Poèmes, settings from the Song of Songs for choir, soprano, cello, piano and both classical and oriental percussion, performed with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra, an Arabic percussion ensemble and Ensemble Symblema from France.
Programme
- Work
- Alain Huteau, Deux Poèmes (Song of Songs) for choir, soprano, cello, piano, classical and oriental percussion
About the music
Alain Huteau, Deux Poèmes
- Settings from the Song of Songs by the French composer and percussionist Alain Huteau.
- Written for choir, soprano, cello, piano and both classical and oriental percussion, blending classical and traditional sounds with room for instrumental improvisation.
- Heard in Egypt at the end of 2010 with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra and an Arabic percussion ensemble under Michel Piquemal.
Source (opens in a new tab) Photographs
Photography: Miriam Benyamein
