Hespèrion XXI EMS: 4 May

[doversoul1]

Folk tunes, popular epics and early Christian church music from Armenia, performed by Hespèrion XXI, directed by Jordi Savall, at a concert given in February at the Marquès de Comilles Hall, Royal Shipyards, Barcelona.
Introduced by Lucie Skeaping

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b042bh2q

[DracoM]

Riveting!
Real breath of other-worlds.

[Pegleg]

Quite agree. A fascinating glimpse of the musical heart and soul of Armenia.

You might to like to watch/hear this concert which took place in Bucharest shortly after the death of Montserrat Figueras with musicians from Turkey, Armenia and Bulgaria :

ESTAMBUL. Dimitrie Cantemir: «El libro de la ciencia de la música» y las tradiciones musicales sefardíes y armenias - Concierto de Jordi Savall.

http://youtu.be/jCq5GiqvMhU