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Kinan Azmeh - "Sahra be Wyckoff", for violin

from This Is America - An Anthology 2020​-​2021 (ICR023) by Johnny Gandelsman

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I moved to NewYork City in 2001, and shortly after I found myself surrounded by some incredibly creative minds who became dear friends and collaborators over the years. Sahra is the arabic word for party, and Wyckoff is a street in Brooklyn where few of these friends lived in a beautiful and slightly bohemian loft and used to host gatherings on a semi-regular basis to have a drink, discuss life and most importantly, jam together. The musical landscape of these jam sessions included whatever instruments are present at a given moment. Violinists, clarinetists, cellists, singers, rappers, pianists, dancers, visual artists, film makers and electronic music producers. It was in these gatherings where I have witnessed the birth and growth of many projects that I ended up being closely associated with: Brooklyn Rider, the Knights Orchestra, Silkroad Ensemble and many others. Johnny was one of these wonderful hosts, and he and I continue to refer to these early creative years in the city as The Wyckoff Years!

This piece is an homage to a place of gathering, and to the spirit of that collective that continues to live on. The lyrics at the end of the piece are:

ة ب واف
A party at Wyckoff for all

This piece is dedicated to Johnny Gandelsman, a wonderful violinist, producer, collaborator, human, and a dear friend. - Kinan Azmeh

"Sahra be Wyckoff" was generously commissioned by Matthew Van Besien and Rosie Jowitt, in partnership with the University Musical Society (Ann Arbor, MI)

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from This Is America - An Anthology 2020​-​2021 (ICR023), released July 1, 2022
Johnny Gandelsman, violin

Wyckoff Forever Chorus

Golnar Adili, Kinan Azmeh, Susan Bloom, Charlton Boyd, Christina Courtin, Jean Davidson, Colin Jacobsen, Eddie Jacobsen, Daniel Kunzli, Mathias Kunzli, David Mehr, Justin Messina, Andrew Nofsinger, Bellamy Nofsinger, Chuck Nofsinger, Dean Nofsinger, Rosa Nofsinger, Maile
Okamura, Guillaume Pirard, Julien Quentin, Jonathan Rizzo, Kyle Sanna, Jenny Scheinman, Amber Star, Kojiro Umezaki

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