On the way to Egypt | Fatma Said at Konzerthaus Berlin

“I am delighted to be able to work with musicians from a wide variety of backgrounds and to sing music by composers from all over the world. Music connects us all; it is our common denominator. I love that we can find a moment of peace with one another find when we experience music together.” Fatma Said

For the 2022/23 season, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin welcomed Cairo-born Fatma Said, a multi-award-winning soprano of international renown, as its artist in residence. Said is known for the impressive diversity of her voice and repertoire: whether classical, jazz or traditional music, the young artist is well at home in many worlds. Her role as an intermediary between the musical cultures around the Mediterranean is particularly evident in the concert entitled “On the Way to Egypt”. The multi-faceted program, conducted by Alondra de la Parra, begins by looking from Egypt to the European compositional tradition and then from Western Europe to North Africa and Arabia.

On the way to Egypt

Fatma Said, soprano
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Alondra de la Parra, musical direction

Ravel
Vocalise – version for voice and orchestra 3′
Cinques Chansons Grecques – voice and orchestra 8′
Daphnis et Chloè – General Dance 5′

Bizet (arr. Neuffer)
Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe (with orchestra & Ney) 6′

Mohie El Din
Three Egyptian Songs (cycle) – with orchestra 10′

De Falla
El sombrero de tres picos – 1st Suite 10′
from “El sombrero de tres picos”: 2nd Suite 13’

Whitbourn
Zahr Al Khayal 8′ +++ world premiere +++

Villoldo (arr. Neuffer)
Ad Ay Saab (El Choclo) 3’ with Bandoneon

Farid El Atrash (arr. Neuffer)
Ya zahratan fi khayali 4’ with Bandoneon

Abdel Wahab (arr. Whitbourn)
Kan Agmal Youm 4’
La mosh Analabki 4’
Nashid El Qassam 5’

Shnouda (arr. Neuffer)
Bahlam maak