About this concert
The choir represented Egypt at the Belt and Road Festival in Beijing with Aghani bel Arabi, in the year that marked a hundred years since the death of Sayed Darwish, whose songs are at the heart of that programme.
Programme
- Work
- Aghani bel Arabi, Sayed Darwish arr. Nagui
About the music
Sayed Darwish (1892–1923)
- Born in Alexandria in 1892, he died there in 1923, aged 31, and is called the father of Egyptian popular music.
- In barely a decade he wrote some 260 songs and 26 operettas.
- He set “Biladi, Biladi, Biladi”, now Egypt’s national anthem; his songs include “Salma Ya Salama”, “Ahu Da Illi Sar” and “El Helwa Di”.
Source (opens in a new tab) Photographs
Photos: the choir's Drive and Facebook page
