Comments on: Steve’s click picks #12

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:30:43 +0000

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By: Hamida Verlinden

Hamida Verlinden — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:05:32 +0000

Surprised to see all these messages. Yes, Hidayat Inayat-Khan composed the Royal Legend Symphonic Poem 2 years ago. The premiere of this symphony will be in Zorneding (5th of May 2007, 19.00 hrs) and in Ebersberg (6th of May 2007, 19.00 hrs). Boths towns are close to München, Germany, 24 and 36 kilometers away respectively.
And then 26 October 2007 it will be played again in Vancouver, Canada. In both occasions Andreas Pascal Heinzmann will be the Conductor.
For information you can look at the Petama website, the Sound of Light website, or you can email me.
Hamida Verlinden

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:38:07 +0000

Thanks for that, Gary. And I see that you’re not only in contact with Hidayat, but have been studying with him as well. Not only that but your “Sound of Light” website is a veritable treasure-trove of music (even interviews!) of Hidayat Inayat-Khan:

http://www.wildelementsart.com/SOL/catalog.asp

By: Jelaluddin Gary Sill

Jelaluddin Gary Sill — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:52:46 +0000

I was interested to see your post on Hidayat Inayat-Khan. Hidayat is very much still with us. His most recent work, ‘The Royal Legend Symphonic Poem’ is to be premiered in Munich, Germany May 5 and 6.

There will be a concert in Vancouver, Canada October 26, that is presenting an evening of his music. The works for orchestra will include ‘Concert for Strings’, ‘Poeme En Fa’ and ‘The Royal Legend Symphonic Poem’.

As for his father being the ‘greatest’ musician in India, well he certainly was ‘great’; top dog in the Nizam of Hydrabad’s court and a chest full of medals from from other parts of the country but is anyone really ever ‘the greatest’?

Hidayat’s music is certainly influenced by his father’s. Not in any obvious way since hos orchestra is Western European but the harmonic material is certainly informed by Eastern conventions

Jelaluddin Gary

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:42:26 +0000

I had the same reservations, and put it down to an over-eager admirer of the family. Which is one reason I’m quoting; I like the slightly breathless and proudly askewed flavor of the note. Most of us should have learned by now to never take “first”s or “greatest”s at face value, anyway.

By: david claman

david claman — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:58:15 +0000

I do not know anything about this composer. His music sounds interesting and I plan to check it out. But the bio seems to contain some questionable statements about his father:

“Born in 1882, Professor Inayat Khan, father of Hidayat Inayat-Khan, was the greatest classical musician in India in his time. He wrote several books, among them ‘Minca-I-Musicar’, the first treatise on Indian music.”

I would question whether Inayat Khan was the greatest classical musician in India in his time. I have some background in this area and never heard this before. Then, as now, there were many great classical musicians in India whose styles and strengths varied. As for treatises, there were several very famous treatises written centuries ago, for example, the Sangita-Ratnakara of the 13th century, among many others.

David