Murat Aydemir & Christos Barbas at the Alhambra: Ferahfeza Peşrev - Zeki Mehmet Ağa

Last May we were invited with Murat Aydemir, leading Tanbur player from Turkey, to perform in Granada at the Festival of Musica Antigua. We could not resist the beauty of the 13th century Alhambra and recorded a piece by one the most important composers of Ottoman Classical music Zeki Mehmet Ağa (1776-1846). His Ferahfeza Son Peşrev is probably one of the most known songs in this repertory; his Peşrev is less known but equally splendid. In this rendition we combine the two pieces enchanted by the beauty of the scenery...
Camera: Pepe Zapata
Recording and Video Editing: Christos Barbas

[@noshinos]

fevkalade

[@slmn4148]

a delicious ney and the lovely Murat Aydemir hoca's tanbur. Bir fani daha ne ister 😌

[@hahuya]

Christos i am a huge fan of yours and Periklis'. Could you help me with the tuning of Lavta and when it is played with ney? I appreciate for your help. Love and regards from Turkey

[@ChristosBarbas]

Thank you @Hahuya! You mean the composition named "Periklis" in the album "Such a Moon" right? Well the Lavta has the normal tuning D-A-D-A and the i used in the recordins is Bolahenk.

[@hahuya]

@@ChristosBarbas no sir i meant Periklis Papapetropoulos and you. I loved your concert videos. Thank your for you help. Could you also tell me the difference between Greek songs and Turkish songs? For example if i want to play Sinamou, should i assume La is A or La is E like bolahenk?

[@ChristosBarbas]

@@hahuya oh i see! It depends really on the voice. ‘E’ would be more a tuning for men singing

[@hahuya]

@@ChristosBarbas epharisto poli