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Tarab Sacred Music Ensemble Set for 2/12 at St. Bart's
By: Kelsey Denette Jan. 26, 2012
Tarab Sacred Music Ensemble will play Sufi music from Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. Tarab comprises five musicians who sing and play acoustic instruments (nay, oud, buzuq, frame drums and riq) from the Middle East, as well as a whirling dervish who dances along to the music.
Tarab is a term used by musicians to describe the feeling that comes along with the enjoyment of music, roughly translated as the "ecstacy of music." Tarab is the gate through which the Sufis cross into the world of true being, where they experience God as a whole. Music is used by many mystical traditions as a medium to experience the divine. The communal practice of music through repetitive chanting, rhythmic cycles and dance movements transports the devout into a state of trance where the laws of physics and reason, as we perceive them, are suspended. Sufi music is played on Muslim holy days, such as Mawwlad al-Nabawi, Laylat al-Qadr and throughout the month of Ramadan.Tariq Abbushi, Buzuq and Vocals
George Ziadeh, Oud and Vocals
Ramze Edelbe, Tabla, Framdrum and Dancer
Taufiq ben Amur, Framdrum and Vocals
Zafer Tawil, Nay, Qanun and VocalsTickets at $25 with a $15 rate for students/seniors can be purchased at stbarts.org or with a credit card by calling (212) 378-0248, and will be available at the concert desk at St. Bart's Central daily from 9 am - 6 pm and will be available at the door on the afternoon of the concert.
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