Songs
ancient Armenian love song
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- country:Armenia
- style(s):Armenian, Classical Music
- label:Ilda Simonian/ Audiomaze
- type:Solo, Quartet
- gender:female
- instrumentation:vocal, string, woodwind
- artist posted by:Ilda Simonian
Line up
- Artashes Melikyan (1 viool)
- Ilda Simonian (Vocal)
- Narek Sahakyan (2 viool)
- Norayr Gapoyan (Duduk)
- Vahe Barkhudaryan (Altviool)
- Vahe Danielyan (Cello)
Links
Heritage
In Heritage I have recorded 12 armenian works, remaining faithful to their origin, compiled by Soghomon Soghomonyan (1869-1936), known as Bishop Gomidas (also spelled Komitas), with string quartet as well as the duduk -an ancient Armenian double reed woodwind instrument made of apricot wood.
I am grateful to Gomidas, born in Kutahya, for his contributions to Armenian music to reach out to my roots today in its pure form and for being a bridge for me to reach out to my roots by leaving this legacy.
I made my own songbook consisting of Armenian songs named “My Armenian Songs” in my first album Hedker -namely Traces. In my second album called Heritage I have recorded 12 works with various contents compiled by Bishop Gomidas, delving into them more profoundly and working on them with a great care.
This album covers themes that I can’t do without such as love, longing for beloved and unfulfilled love, living in places away from where one was born, immigration and homesickness, village life, and songs of nature.