Between The Earth And Nothingness: Classical Music, Jazz And The Poetry Of Persia (CD)

Release Date: 07/02/21

The poetry of great poets such as Rumi and Hafis

Mulo Francel, saxophonist of the acclaimed world music band Quadro Nuevo, improvises on the icons of European music: Handel, Bach, Schubert, Caccini, Satie. Together with the sensitive pianist Nicole Heartseeker, the melodies will be atmospherically juxtaposed with Persian poetry. This creates a sensual access to the flowery-mystical language of Persian poetry and its powerful images.
Here, styles are mixed, millennia are overcome, cultures are united, old masters are rejuvenated and new sound images are conjured up - beyond conventional patterns and classical pigeonholing, floating in space and time.
The selected texts are by the early Iranian poets Hafis (1317-1390) and Rumi
(1207-1273), but also by artists of our time such as Sohrab Sepehri (1928-1980), Ahmad Shamlou 'Bamdad' (1925-2000) and Huschang Ebtehadsch 'Sayeh' (b. 1928), who now lives in Cologne.
Olivia Williams is a British actress who has appeared in British and American films and television. After studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years followed by three years at the Royal Shakespeare Company, her first significant role was as Jane Fairfax in the British television film Emma, based on Jane Austen's novel. She made her film debut in The Postman, followed by Rushmore and The Sixth Sense. Williams then appeared in several British films, including Lucky Break, The Heart of Me and An Education. She won acclaim for her performance as Ruth Lang in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer. She has played Emily Silk(s), on the television series Counterpart.