Fes Festival of Sacred Music 2008


The 14th annual Fes Festival of World Sacred Music will take place between 6 to 14 June 2008. The latest updated program is below.

Friday 6 June Opening Night

Bab Makina 20:30

Jessye Norman (USA), with the Regional Lyric Orchestra Avignon Provence (France). Conducting: Rachael Worby (USA)

Saturday 7 June

Batha Museum 16:30

Ghada Shbéïr (Lebanon) Songs of the Eastern Christian Churches

Bab Makina 20:30

Night of Sacred African American and Sufi Songs Night

Spiritual/Hymns/Qawwali/Gospel

Faiz Ali Faiz (Pakistan) ensemble with and Bernice Johnson Reagon and the Sacred Sound Ensemble (USA)

Sunday 8 June

Batha Museum 16:30

Mari Boine (Norway) Sacred Songs of Scandinavian Far North

Bab Makina 20:30

Al Kindi ensemble with Sheikh Hamza Shakour, the Munshid of the Great Umayyad Mosque and the Choir of Greece - Dir. JJ Weiss (Syria/Greece/France)

Stabat Mater Dolorosa - Christian and Muslim Homage to Mary

Monday 9 June

Batha Museum 16:30

Thanh Huong (Vietnam) Traditional and sacred songs

Bab Makina 20:30

Belen Maya Company (Spain) Dibujo Flamenco dance


Tuesday 10 June

Batha Museum 16:30

Tartit Women's Ensemble (Mali) Folk and sacred songs of the Tuareg

Bab Makina 20:30

Panti Pusaka Budaya Ensemble Sacred Traditional Dances of Bali / Indonesia


Wednesday 11 June

Batha Museum 16:30

Ysaÿe Quartet (France) The Seven Last Words of Christ (J. Haydn) Text: Michel Serres – Narrator: Michael Lonsdale


Thursday 12 June

Batha Museum 16:30

The Roza Enflorese (Belgium) Sephardic sacred and traditional songs

Bab Makina 20:30

Abdelwahab Doukali (Morocco)


Friday 13 June

Batha Museum 16:30

Cantus Colln (Germany) Around JS Bach/Spiritual Paths (Buxtehude - J. Rosenmüller - JS Bach) Director: Konrad Junghanel

Bab Makina 20:30

Mohamed Abdou (Saudi Arabia)


Saturday 14 June

Batha Museum 16:30

Madhup Mudghal (India) Bakhti devotional songs

Bab Makina 20:30

Ismael Lô (Senegal) with the Brotherhood Hamadcha of Fez (Morocco) From Dakar to Fez: from heart to soul


ADDITIONAL EVENTS

Photographic Exhibition: The Earthen Mosques of Mali – Christian Schuytiser
Film: Latcho Drom by Tony Gatliff (on gypsies from Rajasthan to Andalusia – premiered at the Cannes Festival)

A reminder: A ticket collection service is suggested if you are arriving from outside Morocco. Find out here: Ticket Collection Service


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