Calefax meets one of Iran’s most famous singers: Mohammad Motamedi. Together, the musicians perform a mix of traditional Iranian songs with instrumental classical music.
Century-old Persian poetry is an inexhaustible source for Iranian songs. Motamedi’s speciality is to adorn these verses with enchanting melodies. Song of the Reed is about the yearning for one’s home. The famous poem Song of the Reed by the 13th-century mystical poet Rumi describes the pain of those who are cut off from their home, like a reed cut loose from its reed bed.
Traditional Persian music
Claude Debussy Syrinx
Duke Ellington Isfahan
Heinrich Isaac/J.S. Bach/Johannes Brahms Innsbruck ich muss’ dich lassen
Calefax en Mohammad Motamedi will be accompanied by Pouriya Jaberi (percussion).
| Fri 8 Nov | 20.15 | Song of the Reed | Beauforthuis (try-out) | Austerlitz / NL | Tickets | |
| Thu 14 Nov | 20.15 | Song of the Reed | Stadsgehoorzaal (premiere) | Leiden / NL | Tickets | |
| Fri 15 Nov | 20.00 | Song of the Reed | De Phil | Haarlem / NL | Tickets | |
| Sat 16 Nov | 20.00 | Song of the Reed | Nieuwe Kerk | Den Haag / NL | Tickets | |
| Wed 20 Nov | 20.00 | Song of the Reed | Concertzaal | Tilburg / NL | ||
| Thu 21 Nov | 20.15 | Song of the Reed | Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ | Amsterdam / NL | Tickets |
| Tue 13 Apr '21 | 20.15 | Song of the Reed | Cancelled - Phlharmonie (try-out) | Haarlem / NL | ||
| Fri 16 Apr '21 | 20.15 | Song of the Reed | Cancelled - De Doelen (première) | Rotterdam / NL | ||
| Sat 17 Apr '21 | 20.30 | Song of the Reed | Cancelled - Theaters Tilburg | Tilburg / NL | ||
| Wed 21 Apr '21 | 20.30 | Song of the Reed | Cancelled - Theater aan het Vrijthof | Maastricht / NL | ||
| Sat 1 May '21 | 20.15 | Song of the Reed | Cancelled - Muziekgebouw | Eindhoven / NL | ||
| Fri 7 May '21 | 20.15 | Song of the Reed | Cancelled - Stadsgehoorzaal | Leiden / NL | ||
| Fri 21 May '21 | 20.00 | Song of the Reed | Cancelled - Musis | Arnhem / NL | ||
| Wed 2 Jun '21 | 20.15 | Song of the Reed | Cancelled - Theater de Veste | Delft / NL | ||
| Sat 5 Jun '21 | 20.45 | Song of the Reed | Cancelled - Paradiso | Amsterdam / NL | ||
| Thu 24 Jun '21 | 20.00 | Song of the Reed | Stream via YouTube & Facebook | Recorded at Paradiso, Amsterdam / NL |