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Kardeş Türküler
In Concert (Kalan)
$24.99
A DVD of a performance by Kardes Turkuler, one of the essential modern folk ensembles of Turkey.
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With 12 songs recorded live, two of them with choreography, and three videoclips, two of them including scenes from the "Vizontele" movies, the DVD gives a good idea of a spectacular Kardes Türküler concert, a mixture of rigorous recreation and modern interpretation. There's also a TV program, recorded live in the auditorium of Bilgi University in Istanbul, featuring extremely interesting and well balanced thoughts on the subjects of how to perform folk music, and the vexed question of politics and music. The program is subtitled in English and features live performances as well as unique video materials, like extracts of a concert by the famous ancient walls of Diyarbakir. I could do without some of the obvious transition effects, some of these things that everybody seems to use because they are available in their software, but sometimes the alternation of long and close shots is very effective in capturing the intense concentration, the energy and the joy of these songs. Particularly memorable is the percussion player Diler Özer, a diminutive girl who proves herself a true powerhouse on stage, leading the whole section alternating on a variety of frame drums, darbuka, snares and toms (she's a sharp, no-nonsense spokesperson for the group in the TV interview); the powerful zurna player, cheered by the crowd; and the vocals by the two main singers, Vedat Yildirim, and one female voice, both percussion players as well, whose renditions of traditional songs in several languages are supported by intricate, exciting rhythmic and vocal polyphonies.
This DVD won't give you the same unforgettable experience of being there - in the Open Air Theatre, with Istanbul's night in the background, dizzy from the beauty of the evening, the buzz of the great town and the emotive participation of thousands of people - but will give you another reason to visit and sample directly the rich world of today's Turkish music, giving the persistent difficulty to find Kalan's vast catalogue outside of Turkey. - Francesco Martinelli (read the complete review) |
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