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Nev​-​Eser Pe​ş​rev "Muhabbet"

from P​î​rî Reis by Kairos Collective / Michiel van der Meulen

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NEV-ESER PEŞREV
Muhabbet

This piece represented somewhat of a challenge. I like makam Nev-Eser a lot as a built-in modulation of makam Nihâvend, but creating an entire composition in it was not easy. Tanbur player and educator Murat Aydemir wrote: “The makam Nev-eser can be considered an unproductive makam for which there are few compositions. It is difficult to create the expected feeling of conclusion when performing this makam” (Turkish Makam Guide, Istanbul: Pan Yayıncılık, 2010). I will not go in the details of how this relates to tonal structure, just think of the makam as chili pepper: delicious in a dish, but challenging as a main ingredient. When I finished it, I liked it but feared that is was maybe a bit too weird. However, when I first tried it with Ross Daly, he said that he wouldn’t change a thing. When I included it in the material for this album, I expected the musicians to maybe not like it, and considered it reserve material. However, it turned out to be Giorgos Papaioannou’s favourite piece, and when we were listening to its recording Yorgos Mavromanolakis said: “Michiel! You did it!”

This is my first peşrev, one of the larger forms in Ottoman art music. Large refers particularly to the usul (rhythmic cycle) of choice: devr-i kebir. It may first seem to come across as a standard 4/4 metre, but when you’ll listen to the frame drum closely you hear that the cycle spans the individual lines of the piece.

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from P​î​rî Reis, released February 10, 2017
Musicians: Harris Lambrakis (ney), Giorgos Papaioannou (violin), Manolis Kanakakis (kanun), Yorgos Mavromanolakis (oud), Marijia Katsouna (bendir) | Composition: Michiel van der Meulen | Makam: Nev-Eser | Usul: Devr-i kebîr (28/4, 6-4-4-6-4-4)

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Kairos Collective Utrecht, Netherlands

Kairos Collective is the occasional ensemble that Michiel van der Meulen assembles to record or perform his contemporary modal music. Kairos is the personification of the right moment, the time to act or an opportunity to be seized, perfectly encapsulating the spirit and atmosphere of the collective's sessions. ... more

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