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
