BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_YorkBEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:873@earlymusicamerica.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260215T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260215T163000 DTSTAMP:20251002T163808Z URL:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/events/constantinople-bach-khayyam/ SUMMARY:Constantinople: Bach &\; Khayyam DESCRIPTION:Constantinople: Kiya Tabassian\, setar/director\; Didem Başar\ , Kanun\; Patrick Graham\, percussion\; Tanya Laperrière\, baroque violin &\; viola d’amore\nGuest artists: Hana Blažíková\, soprano\; Neva Özgen\, kemençe\; Michael Angers\, theorbo &\; baroque guitar\; Joha nna Rose\, viola da gamba\; Tineke Steenbrink\, organ\nEven if more than 6 00 years separates the life of John-Sebastien Bach (1685 -1750) and Omar K hayyam (1048 -1131)\, these two genius were made to meet each other.  The ir visions of the world\, as a perfect match of mathematics mastery and a super high level of spirituality\, bring these two men in a delightful dia logue and traces a clear path to the sublime. In this program Constantino ple brings these two artists into a dialogue\, where the sacred and spir ituality transcend borders. For this new creation Constantinople propose s arrangements of some of the most beautiful spiritual songs and arias of JS Bach in dialogue with poems of Omar Khayyam sung in Persian and respon ding to Bach’s songs.    ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/wp-content/upl oads/2025/10/CRITIQUE-concert-Constantinople-Bach_Khayyam-photo-1536x1022- 1.jpeg CATEGORIES:Concerts,Festivals LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\, 1119 8th Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United S tates GEO:47.609078;-122.329817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1119 8th Ave\, Seattle\, WA \, 98101\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Town Hall Seattle:geo: 47.609078,-122.329817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR