| Radwan, Nizar / Haifa |
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| Album: | Haifa | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Radwan, Nizar | Added: | Sep 2011 | |
| Label: | Magda Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-10-02 | Pull Date: | 2011-12-04 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Dec 4 | Nov 20 | Nov 6 | Oct 30 | Oct 23 | Oct 16 | Oct 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 25, 2019: | Cafe Nakhil Takasim (Improvisation) On Violin And Sama'i Farahfaza, Zikrayat (Memories) | 4. | Jan 05, 2012: | Mediterraneans Haifa | |
| 2. | Feb 13, 2013: | Mediterraneans Haifa | 5. | Dec 08, 2011: | Mediterraneans Improvisation On Hal-Asmar Al-Loun (The Dark Colored) | |
| 3. | May 22, 2012: | Mediterraneans Folkloric Songs | 6. | Dec 01, 2011: | Hi, Keefak, Ca Va? Haifa |
| Album Review |
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| Abu Ramses Reviewed 2011-09-17 | ||
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Nizar Radwan, “Haifa” (Magda Music, 2008) Reviewed by Abu Ramses – ALL TRACKS FCC CLEAN Nizar Radwan, conductor of the Arab Orchestra of Nazareth, offers a “personal” CD dedicated to his home town of Haifa, where he still lives in the house built by his grandfather. Modern-classical instrumental pieces feature Radwan on the violin & oud. Tracks 1, 2, 3 composed by Nizar Radwan; Michael Sajrawi: electric guitar & bass. Hagit Rosemarine: flute. Ramzi Besharat: Oriental percussion. Nabegh Abu Nicholas: bongos & ocean drum. Sama‘i: a stately Turco-Arabic musical form with 2-3 sections (hanas) & refrain in 10/ 8 time; faster finale in ¾ time; then back to refrain Hijaz Kar & Farahfaza: modes (maqams) in Middle Eastern music with different arrangements of ¼ tones. Taqsim (plural, taqasim): an improvisation Try All are excellent. 1, 3, 4, 7 my faves. Tracks 1. Haifa – Waves of sea & violin solo intro; then up beat ensemble - 5:09 2. Nissan (April) – mid-tempo ensemble, guitar solo - 5:29 3. Oud Improvisation and Sama‘i Hijaz Kar – Slow improv; then sama‘i - 7:04 4. Zikrayat (Memories) – mid-tempo ensemble & slow violin intros, then oud & violin rounds and variations of this mid-20th century piece by Egyptian Riyad al-Sunbati, the Arab equivalent of a blues-man. - 4:40 5. Taqasim on Violin and Sama‘i Farahfaza – Improvisations; then sama‘i by Turkish born Muhyi al-Din Haydar (1892-1964) who was invited to Iraq by King Faisal in 1930s & taught the great Iraqi oudists Jamil & Munir Bashir - 7:47 6. Improvisation on Ha l-Asmar al-loun (The Dark Colored, a Syrian folk tune) – slow oud improv with ocean drum accompaniment, then percussion solo & violin improv - 8:51 7. Folk Songs - Ya Loor (Addressing A Girl Named Loor); Ya Mayilah; (Addressing A Dancer); Abn'a Safi (My Classmates) – first 2 songs composed by the Lebanese Rahbani brothers; 3rd by his father, Suhayl Radwan, is often sung at school events and graduations – mid-tempo, melodic, bongo drums, guitar solos - 6:58 | ||
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