Qais Essar | Live at Newport Folk Festival 2016

with Robin Ryczek (Cello) and Amit Kavthekar (Tabla)
Cello amplified using the CloseUp® Mic System- yourheaven.net/

[@fereydounamini3287]

زیبا ودلنشین.

[@abubakarsaddique5596]

beyond words

[@haseebtubing]

Lovely and quality work Qais Jan.❤ And wth is wrong with that one hater downvoting. Oh people...

[@QaisEssar]

oh people...

[@sanankhan9436]

Excellent.. The naghma at the start was played by hamayun sakhi fjrst i think so

[@joshuahill8456]

So good :)

[@khanji6824]

beautiful qais

[@QaisEssar]

khan ji manena

[@khanji6824]

Which one song ?

[@hoormusic860]

Ba Mazaar was the best

[@LarsRosager]

Nice work! This tune, or at least a part of the melody, was sung by Oum Kalthoum, right?

[@QaisEssar]

Thank you! I have never heard of that, but please do send it my way if you run across it :)

[@LarsRosager]

On the album Anthologie de la Musique Arabe, Vol. VI, by Oum Kalthoum, the first track is called "Yalli Techki Melhawa." At 00:04:58 of this track, a melody begins that is identical to the melody you guys introduce at 00:00:48 of the video above. From this point on in your performance, the melody serves as the main theme. The notation would be hard to reproduce in a KZbin comment, but maybe you will understand it. Pa Sa' Re Ga_ Re Sa Re Sa Ni, Sa This is the best I can describe it for now! And sorry I can't give you a link to the Oum Kalthoum, but I can't the audio online anywhere. Maybe you could find it on Spotify or something. Is that melodic passage typical of this particular raga or something like that? If so, that could definitely explain its presence in both pieces.

[@hamid4500]

+Lars Rosager That's a pashto tune called "halak narai chinar de" after 0:48.

[@LarsRosager]

Oh, nice. Thanks for that information! It seems it has some sort of Arabic or Egyptian equivalent, given it appears in Oum Kalthoum as well. Maybe it was transmitted from the Afghanis. This would make for some interesting research! Cheers.