{"id":68207,"date":"2025-12-16T15:22:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=68207"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:34:41","slug":"constantinople","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/constantinople\/","title":{"rendered":"Constantinople"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"72435:0\"><strong>Constantinople<\/strong>: Kiya Tabassian, setar\/director; Didem Ba\u015far, Kanun; Patrick Graham, percussion; Tanya Laperri\u00e8re, baroque violin &amp; viola d\u2019amore<\/p>\n<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"72435:0\"><strong>Guest artists<\/strong>: Hana Bla\u017e\u00edkov\u00e1, soprano; Neva \u00d6zgen, kemen\u00e7e; Michael Angers, theorbo &amp; baroque guitar; Johanna Rose, viola da gamba; Tineke Steenbrink, organ<\/p>\n<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"72435:0\">Even if more than 600 years separates the life of John-Sebastien Bach (1685 -1750) and Omar Khayyam (1048 -1131), these two genius were made to meet each other.\u00a0Their 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 dialogue and traces a clear path to the sublime.\u00a0In this program Constantinople brings these two artists into a\u00a0dialogue, where the sacred and\u00a0spirituality\u00a0transcend borders.\u00a0For this new creation Constantinople proposes arrangements of some of the most beautiful\u00a0spiritual songs and arias of JS Bach in dialogue with poems of Omar Khayyam sung in Persian and responding to Bach\u2019s songs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"72435:0\"><em><span class=\"notion-enable-hover\" data-token-index=\"0\">Events are offered for informational, entertainment, and educational purposes only. 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