An
afternoon of talks and performances by leading figures in
Sufi music. An opportunity to explore the music from this
sacred tradition and its place in modern life. Presenters
include:
•
Novelist,
journalist and broadcaster
Jameela Siddiqi, who
won a Sony Gold award for her BBC World Service series
"Songs of the Sufi Mystics" and is a regular contributor
and reviewer for Songlines
magazine
•
Turkish
singer, composer and scholar
Latif Bolat,
co-author of Quarrelling
With God: Mystic Rebel Poems of the Dervishes of
Turkey
•
With
guest appearances by Sheikh Ahmad Dede and his Whirling
Dervishes
In
collaboration with Darbar | Arts Culture Heritage and
Pakistan Cultural Society
2-5pm,
St George’s Church, Kemptown
Tickets: Angel £15 (concs £12), Standard £12 (concs
£9)
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