Rafik Fersan: Bashraf Shedd Araban (17 Strings)

Abdul-Wahab Kayyali (oud) and Tariq Harb (guitar) who together make up '17 Strings' perform the beautiful early 20th century composition by Rafik Fersan titled "Bashraf Shedd Araban". This is an arrangement for oud and guitar by Abdul-Wahab Kayyali.
'17 Strings' brings together two childhood friends who have taken divergent paths but found homes in Montreal. Tariq Harb is an award-winning classical guitar and violin performer who has written and published on arrangements for the classical guitar. Abdul-Wahab Kayyali is an accomplished oud player who has experience in polyphonic arrangement of Middle Eastern modal music. Harb and Kayyali attended the same conservatory as children learning music in Amman, Jordan - the National Music Conservatory (NMC), Harb playing the violin and Kayyali playing the oud. They have recently reconnected in Montreal and seek to reinvent their friendship and discover the musical possibilities of collaborating on their instruments. This would be the first project that brings them together to discover their shared artistic potential. Their anticipated album "Reinventions" -- music of Bach and Middle Eastern music -- seeks to challenge the frontiers of each instrument and genre, and in the process develop a repertoire that can help transcend listening borders in Canada and the world.
Refik Şemseddin Fersan (1893 - 1965) was a Turkish classical music composer, tanbur player and songwriter. He started his education at Galatasaray High School in Turkey. But when the school burned down in 1905, he continued his education at Robert College. When Galatasaray High School was repaired in 1908, he attended it again and graduated in 1909.
He started taking tanbur lessons from Tanburi Cemil Bey from an early age. Heworked in many fields such as the presidential music conductor and drum teacher, participated in the first recordings of the Istanbul Radio. He worked at Istanbul Radio until 1937, transferring to Ankara Radio in 1938. Later he entered the performing ensemble of the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory and served as head of the "Scholarly Committee." He released his first record in 1927, and later gave concerts in many countries in the region. He composed pieces from all areas of Turkish classical music that do not only include religious motifs. He composed nearly four hundred works.
This video is made possible with the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA).
It is recorded at Paroisse saint-Hughes church in Sarsfield, Ontario, Canada. Audio and video production and editing by Drew Henderson.
This is our last video from this recording session and we invite you to listen to our previously released videos which are all compiled in a playlist on this channel: • 17 Strings
As mentioned briefly above, we are also planning on recording a full album this year so please stay tuned for that. Thank you for watching!
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[@Zazulastudios]

Beautiful! This was amazing. I could listen to both of you all day. Thank you for recording this wonderful piece!

[@doublezero5925]

Soul stirring....amazing❤

[@TeeHarb]

Thank you! 😊

[@gloriaeller1604]

It’s been enlightening and delightful! I hope another recording session is planned.❤ Drew did an amazing job with the video , sound and editing.

[@lidiagonzaga3263]

Spetacular!!❤❤❤❤

[@MartinPlaysGuitars]

Nice work guys, thanks for sharing

[@uneedtherapy42]

When in the mood for some Oud 😎

[@TeeHarb]

Nice! 🙏

[@joelpenazzo7248]

Wow ❤ bravo

[@TeeHarb]

Thanks 🙏

[@skidz12341]

great music, love the sound of these two instruments together. beautiful playing Tariq and Abdul-Wahab ! cool project 😎

[@TeeHarb]

Thanks a lot, Steve! Glad you dig this :)

[@ohmproduct]

❤

[@user-dd7qw5lr3u]

Absolutely magic 🪄

[@TeeHarb]

Thank you 🙏