Fasil
2008
FASIL is about love, suffering, happiness, and Aisha’s evolution from teenage beauty to Muhammad’s confidante and finally to political leader. Julia Hülsmann’s songs, which seem idiosyncratically familiar and yet immensely independent, together with instrumental improvisations create a music of great tenderness and intensity, beyond the narrow boundaries of genres and cultures. The improvisations are based on fragments of traditional and mystical Koranic recitations by spiritual singers, which Marc Sinan studied during numerous trips to Turkey. Thus, three years of fruitful collaboration have formed melodies “as heavy-smelling as cumin and as sweet as apricots.”
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Julia Hülsmann Composition Marc Schiffer Libretto MARC SINAN COMPANY Marc Sinan Guitar Jelena Kuljić Solo voice Lena Thies Viola Julia Hülsmann Piano Marc Muellbauer Double bass Heinrich Köbberling Percussion World premiere on March 2, 2008 at Villa Elisabeth, Berlin Released on February 27, 2009 as an album on ECM Records
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