Early music meets world music:
In Dream of the Orient, Concerto Köln joins forces with Sarband. The two groups have assembled a programme that features both Turkish-influenced Western music by Mozart, Kraus, Gluck and Süssmayr, and traditional Turkish music – such as janissary marches and sacred songs, as well as music performed in the seraglios.
The result is a unique fusion of Western & Turkish sounds.
Concerto Köln have earned an international reputation for their inspired programmes and "brilliant,
emotionally charged" performances.
The innovative orchestra has already created quite a stir with its musical explorations,
but this program goes a step beyond.
Even for Concerto Köln it represents a strikingly unusual music adventure and totally new experience.
„Many fascinating aspects, but most of all the immensely sensitive team-work of the two ensembles.“
Roland Spiegel, Abendzeitung, 27.10.2000
„ … gratifyingly productive two-way relationship between the groups“ Shirley Apthorp, Andante.com, 07.05.2002
„… remarkable co-operation.“ Michael Tegethoff, WZ, 10.6.2003
„When Sufi Dervishes whirl under the cross in the cupola of St. Irene in Istanbul, accompanied by a Cologne classical orchestra, Sarband have again succeeded in building cultural bridges between cultures …“ Susanne Güsten, Qantara.de, 23.6.2005
„Concerto Köln and Sarband fascinated with Turkish treasures, and the dance of the Dervishes completed an evening
that came up to expectations. An inspiring night of fusion …
The performance profited mostly from the five members of Sarband.
Masters on their percussion and string instruments, … they played the key role in the realization
of the Dream of the Orient in Vladimir Ivanoff’s programme concept and arrangements.”
César López Rosell, El Periódico (Spain), 12.03.2008
