Traditional Oud | Boulder Bach Festival Solace Sessions #5

Brandon Acker, a remarkable musician who plays a multitude of historical plucked instruments, offers an intimate rendition of a couple traditional songs for the oud.
Performing at home, Brandon provides an informal music meditation during a turbulent time.
Stay safe and healthy.

[@BoulderMamacita]

This is AWESOME! I have an unalloyed passion for both Bach and Middle Eastern music, particularly the oud!!!!! There is an expression "Only in Boulder"--here is a wonderful example of that!! Incorporating this magnificent instrument and repertoire into the Bach Festival! Proud of my home town and will always consider it HOME even though I live elsewhere because of career.

[@msumungo]

I play a real Oud. All religious aspects aside, this is so beautiful and dreamy instrument. Fretless neck instruments were there, played at resting places for fun, played at desert Inns for money, 2000 BC along at Silk Road. 2000 or 3000 years before our current prevailing religions. Music has been around. Music has always been around.

[@typrus6377]

The People's Republic of Boulder sure is an interesting place. I personally enjoy the area around Ned quite a bit.

[@sanguyer6683]

As a (mostly) Turkish guy, (very) amateur guitarist, admitted fan of Brandon... he just killed it.

[@Conan2403]

I feel that with an Oud you hear the wood. The tone is very natural and responsive. Beautiful Instrument and you played it well!

[@zel3252]

Actually Oud means wooden stick and it can also mean wood.

[@BoulderMamacita]

The oud is, absolutely, one of my favorite instruments on the planet. Ditto with the kanoun!!

[@BanditLom]

Thank you Boulder Bach Fest for sharing so much wonderful music when we really need it.

[@BoulderBachFestival]

Thanks for listening-please subscribe to hear and see more. Stay well.

[@sulaimandarwish2198]

@@BoulderBachFestival its nice to see a person outside of the middle east practicing oud but if you really would like to hear the true power of this instrument search عود and a lot of results will come up my favorite is كل من حولي ابتعد عود

[@hamsterhamstermann1907]

I'm so thankful that this exist

[@myca.]

Straight up one of the most beautiful (and somehow coolest) things I've ever heard

[@dharmadhikariatharva]

Brandon! What an improv man!!

[@wimw292]

Not everyone can appreciate this magical instrument

[@ritariverafox9754]

Thank you...rare sound and yet so delightful .....inspiring solace and ease.

[@JeffW77]

Wonderful...thank you. There is a fellow here who sings, plays accordion and plays out. Wonderful musician. Thank you for your oud music.

[@khaledaboshady6386]

hope to see you play more on Oud

[@faizzannn]

You played Uskudara Gider Iken really beautifully ✨

[@roboravitz5572]

Got interested into starting to teach myself this instrument after watching Shakiras Mongoose tour 2003 DVD and loving her song.Ojos Asi eyes like yours

[@DingoAteMeBaby]

that bend was rad

[@BanglaKomic]

do longer plz

[@roys.1889]

So this is the instrument they used for the Egypt theme in Age of Mythology. Cool.

[@user-ub4pq9ci2r]

yup

[@mehdimaalej7082]

Chapter 3 is a Tunisian song

[@larrys9497]

I love Anouar Brahem

[@hanenatti9388]

waaaw, inspired by the tunisian artist Lotfi Bouchnek, the ssong ritek manaaref win,

[@jisoo473]

He is brandon acker Some even don't know him lol

[@mahinali4508]

Askhik by Younus Emre ..... Is played

[@rainbenkennaz6173]

Huh? Its üsküdara gideriken

[@ghaithhani6652]

Where is the original video?

[@umangupasham9589]

Which is the second song that he plays?

[@1Rot]

halfaouine

[@sadelmo8640]

What are the names of these two songs? I love them!

[@HamadaHamada-bi6hs]

First one is uskudar

[@yeumyang8738]

"Üsküdara gider iken"

[@musdoc]

What is the difference between the Arabic tuning and the Turkish tuning?

[@FM-bt5lz]

The Turkish starts from the Re tone and ends with it, and the Arabic is two types, the first starts from the Do tone and ends with it, and the second starts from the Fa tone and ends with it

[@stephanusmarkovich]

Does anyone know the name of the first song ?

[@cemakkaya8995]

Üsküdar'a gider iken (Katibim)

[@stephanusmarkovich]

@@cemakkaya8995 Thank you very much.

[@rabiihlioui9315]

1:08 lotfi bouchnak - ritek manaaref win

[@aggabus]

Uskudara

[@JimehC11]

Does anyone know the name of the first piece?

[@Hdgevdhxuf]

I believe it's a Turkish folk song called "Üsküdar'a Gider İken"

[@Abdullah_Khan578]

Turkish uskudara giderriken

[@robabnawaz]

Üsküdara gider iken was written by Bach?????????

[@BoulderBachFestival]

Haha, very funny 😊 In fact we present 500 years of music across time and across cultures, navigating the waters of music history with JS Bach’s music as a compass-sometimes a point of departure or arrival. It isn’t uncommon for a Bach festival to present other music, from jazz to various world/folk traditions. This year, in addition to Bach we’re presenting new music by Icelandic composers, including a long time collaborator with Sigur Rós, an amazing composer named Maria Sigfusdottir. And going the opposite direction in time, to pre-Bach, we’re hoping Brandon Acker will come out to Boulder next season for some ancient music on various plucked instruments.

[@IoannisZ]

For those who support that all these musical instruments come from Persia and Turkey, just to inform you that Oud, Guitar (Kithara) and many other musical instruments are not from Turkey or Persia! Specifically the Oud it comes from ancient Greece. The Oud's ancestor was Tambouras. It was founded on Hellenic islands and then travelled to the East. It has had the main role in Eleusinian Mysteries together with Visoukio (bouzouki today). I have original Historic books with big Bibliography and sources about them. Thank you! EYHARISTO.

[@joseph2832]

Thank you!

[@leonidaskokkoros4306]

Bouzouki is a pretty young instrument my friend, I am a greek myself you shouldn't make such bold statements. Offcourse original greek music was "oriental" long before the turks existence. Our ancient ancestors had their stringed instruments but kithara was not a guitar in the same way saz is not a guitar your comment is absurd. Offcourse the oud is as greek as it is arabic, we share fragments of our culture with all of our eastern Mediterranean and anatolian brothers.

[@leonidaskokkoros4306]

Βυζουκιε 😛

[@leonidaskokkoros4306]

We should understand that the east is not our enemy we always had strong connections with its people through antiquity. Its the "europian" philelines who stole our identity in order to frame their culture as a continuation of ancient Greece making us ashamed for everything oriental about our culture in the name of ottoman corruption. And offcourse we should blame ourselves for allowing it to this day. Καλή συνέχεια Ιωάννη δεν είναι προσωπικό.

[@ihebazaiez4430]

Original music kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHOrc6eshcmgla8

[@omeryuksek2248]

not original music

[@Music-xp5wg]

The oud is based on Egyptian instrument and improved upon my the Persians but sure let's call it Arabic.

[@yazeed911s]

no it was not based on egyptian instrument and it has nothing to do with persians .. stop crying