Join The Esoterics for RU'IA:
Sacred visions inspired by Islam
With RU’IA, The Esoterics will present breathtaking music inspired by Islam while making an important venue change and a leap in production value. In considering their second performance of founding director Eric Banks’ Twelve Qur’anic visions, the group decided to make an important venue change so as to explore the Muslim faith in a secular venue. The upcoming Seattle performance on October 20th will occur at the newly constructed Olympic Sculpture Park Pavilion, providing a gorgeous backdrop of water and mountains for the vivid imagery of the featured Qur’anic texts.
In addition to Twelve Qur’anic visions, the concert will include three other works inspired by Islamic scripture and poetry. Mombasa matatu meditation by Vancouver composer Hussein Janmohamed portrays an African cityscape by interweaving the Muslim call to prayer with some non-traditional, choral sound effects. Bern Herbolsheimer's Kader kiç [The night of destiny] sets a story by Gabdulla Tukai about divine intervention in which angels descend to earth and hear the prayers of the suffering. Tukai is the national poet of Tatarstan and The Esoterics will sing the piece entirely in Tatar. Rounding out the repertoire will be the Islamic-inspired Pričre by the Dutch composer Ton de Leeuw, performed in French.
RU’IA will certainly not be the first concert by The Esoterics that features almost no English text, but the concert series will be the first to feature super-titles for all the pieces in the concert series and at all the venues. In addition, The Esoterics has partnered with HATE FREE ZONE, making their concert series a benefit for the organization.
Please join The Esoterics for this memorable, ground-breaking concert.
ATTENTION: The Olympic Sculpture Park Pavilion has limited seating.
Season subscribers should RSVP for this Seattle concert (206.935.7779),
and all audience members are encouraged to arrive early on October 20th concert for best seating.
The Esoterics’ RU’IA performance dates and locations are as follows:
Saturday • 13 October • 8 pm • Tacoma
Trinity Lutheran Church • 12115 Park Ave S
Sunday • 14 October • 3 pm • Medina
St Thomas Episcopal Church • 8398 NE 12th St
Saturday • 20 October • 8 pm • Seattle (NEW VENUE)
Olympic Sculpture Park Pavilion • 2901 Western Ave
Sunday • 21 October • 3 pm • West Seattle
Holy Rosary Catholic Church • 4139 42nd Ave SW
Tickets are $20 at the door, $18 in advance, $15 for students,
seniors, the un(der)employed, and the differently-abled. Discounts
are available for groups of five or more at $12 per person.
Active singers of any choral group may attend for only $10.
Advance tickets are available online at www.TheEsoterics.org
(through PayPal.com), or reserved by phone at 206.935.7779.
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