Mon 12/19 @ 7:30PM
Cleveland-based chamber orchestra Les Delices conceived its virtual series SalonEra during the pandemic. Since then it’s continued the one-hour program, giving more people access to the ensemble’s music and offered more background into what they do, with a mix of live and recorded performances, and commentary and background by performers and experts. The programs run on alternative Monday evenings.
This Monday they’ll be rebroadcasting an older show, Ottoman Influence, featuring baroque multi-instrumentalist Daphna Mor, who has a strong interest in music of the Ottoman empire which occupied much of the Middle East from the 14th-early 20th centuries. She guest curated this episode in which she’ll share how the empire’s pinnacle in the 17th and 18thcenturies created enthusiasm for Ottoman art and music in Europe and how European musicians working in the Ottoman empire composed new works and transcribed the music into western notation.
Also sharing music and insights are oud player Kane Mathis and Turkish violinist/multi-instrumentalist Ceren Türkmenoğlu, who music crosses over between European and Turkish traditions. The program will feature music by Ali Ufki (1610-1675) and Dimitrie Cantemir (1673-1723).
It’s a $10 suggested donation; register to listen to the program here.