Rahim AlHaj - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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  • KEXP.ORG presents Rahim AlHaj performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded March 17, 2017.
    Rachel Pearson (violin)
    Victoria Parker (violin)
    Heather Bentley (viola)
    Rajan Krishnaswami (cello)
    Stephen Schermer (bass)
    Issa Malluf (percussion)
    Songs:
    Letter 5. Going Home
    Letter 6. Unspoken Word
    Letter 4. The Last Time We Will Fly Birds
    Host: Darek Mazzone
    Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
    Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Alaia D'Alessandro & Justin Wilmore
    Editor: Jim Beckmann
    kexp.org
    www.rahimalhaj.com
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Komentáře • 776

  • @zeinm.7391
    @zeinm.7391 Před 4 lety +411

    The last time we will fly birds made me cry... as a Syrian 24 years old girl who had dreams, home and stability.. now all I have is the memories.. away from my home and my brotheres..
    I didn't choose to live in this war but war has chosen me.....

    • @drMuaz-qw7co
      @drMuaz-qw7co Před 3 lety +26

      we can feel you , hear you . all of us are your brothers and sisters .

    • @fooo2241
      @fooo2241 Před 3 lety +17

      May you and your family be blessed with safety and good health, and may Syria soon find peace.

    • @maxlimbo007
      @maxlimbo007 Před 3 lety +7

      Stay 💪❤️🌹 🙌 Salaam.

    • @vickychristopoulos8614
      @vickychristopoulos8614 Před 3 lety +10

      I feel your pain, courage dear

    • @stepricoc
      @stepricoc Před 3 lety +6

      Send you love Zein

  • @TheScarletSpeedster1
    @TheScarletSpeedster1 Před 5 lety +492

    The content is of course amazing but as an audio engineer, I have to acknowledge the incredible audio quality of every single KEXP video I watch. Huge props to your engineers!

  • @77gregorymoey
    @77gregorymoey Před 7 lety +1121

    KEXP, you provide me salvation from the idiocy of VEVO. Amen

  • @mehranzand2873
    @mehranzand2873 Před 3 lety +116

    from iran with love to all of my friends in iraq and syria, i wish peace and friendship in near future.

    • @PB-lo6xu
      @PB-lo6xu Před 3 lety +3

      🤜✨🤛❤️

    • @PB-lo6xu
      @PB-lo6xu Před 3 lety +3

      🤜❤️🤛

    • @rakingrachid8748
      @rakingrachid8748 Před 3 lety +13

      As far as we stay away from politics everyone is welcome , friendship is between real simple people, we are tired of wars and politicians, greetings from an Algerian, art is beautiful war and blood are ugly

    • @arwaa.m.r4714
      @arwaa.m.r4714 Před 3 lety +2

      Amen

    • @HA-vy9ow
      @HA-vy9ow Před rokem

      Amen

  • @VelvetProductions
    @VelvetProductions Před 6 lety +300

    I was a refugee who have lived in the refugee camp for about 10 years and of course it's horrible! I was a young kid then and it was the hardest life I can remembered. Music was all I had and I a broken acoustic guitar that gave me a sense of comfort. War is destruction and the chain reaction and pain it causes is unimaginable! Just like what he said, everybody lost!

    • @veranikarouse5666
      @veranikarouse5666 Před 5 lety +4

      I am so sorry !
      With love from Belarus .

    • @DScott-pc7rd
      @DScott-pc7rd Před 4 lety +3

      BELARUUUUS!!!

    • @CHRISTChrysalisInManhaim
      @CHRISTChrysalisInManhaim Před 4 lety +9

      God bless you brother...I pray your heart sheds every bit of hurt it has recieved..and is healed by truth and true love. Be well..and never stop shining your light. Shalom

    • @willowtree6966
      @willowtree6966 Před 4 lety +1

      Hi there, I'm curious as to where you lived and what concentration camp.

    • @LeenaStark
      @LeenaStark Před 4 lety +11

      I hope you are in a much better place in life today. 🙏 All _wars_ being orchestrated after WW2 are based on *GREED* by the major CORPORATIONS who truly rule + control the world. We are no longer a league of _Nations_ in which _leaders_ ( _such as Prime Ministers & Presidents_ ) preside over the people through the power of _voting_ --- we are now a global *CORPORATOCRACY* + people are nothing more than _currency_ to be "traded" between these *Corporate Slave Masters* who truly control us & the world. Im sorry you had to suffer + endure the *horrors* of this world at such a young age. During times of _war_ the only victims are the innocent children.
      _"War does not determine WHO is right --- only WHO is left!"_
      --- Bertrand Russell

  • @irubf
    @irubf Před 4 lety +86

    0:27 Going Home
    9:22 Unspoken Word
    16:14 The Last Time We Will Fly Birds

    • @davidtamezm
      @davidtamezm Před 4 lety +2

      Unspoken Word is incredible. I love it!

  • @iagovalle3579
    @iagovalle3579 Před 3 lety +28

    In my opinion this is the most emotional performance on KEXP live, so beautiful so real and so authentic!

  • @TigerPrawn_
    @TigerPrawn_ Před 3 lety +10

    "The opposite of war is not peace, it's creation" Johnathan Larsson ♥

  • @gQuaresma07
    @gQuaresma07 Před 7 lety +358

    For anyone who is interested, first song is on the middle eastern scale of Kurd (on D) and the second song, unspoken words, is on the scale of Hijaz (on D)

    • @gQuaresma07
      @gQuaresma07 Před 7 lety +15

      The third song ( On 17th minute) is on the scale of Saba

    • @annacsillag7247
      @annacsillag7247 Před 7 lety +2

      Abdul Gemayyel I'd love to know more about what you've described!

    • @gQuaresma07
      @gQuaresma07 Před 7 lety +116

      well, in western music, you have the major and minor scale.
      lets take the note C
      C major: C D E F G A B C
      C minor: C D Eflat F G Aflat B C
      C Kurd: C Dflat Eflat F G Aflat Bflat C
      C Hijaz: C Dflat E F G Aflat Bflat C
      C Saba (has micro tonal): C D-half-flat Eflat Fflat G Aflat Bflat C

    • @FinalCurve
      @FinalCurve Před 6 lety +1

      thanks!

    • @gQuaresma07
      @gQuaresma07 Před 6 lety +5

      Most welcome

  • @GuyLame130
    @GuyLame130 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Unspoken Word just about made me break my office chair. The hauntingly beautiful rhythms are causing involuntary body movements.
    And the melancholy and emotion of the following piece...Wow.

  • @samwarner9418
    @samwarner9418 Před 3 lety +12

    14:25 - 15:46 watching them enjoy violinist Victoria Parker's solo is such a pleasure! And Rahim AlHaj thanking them after the song is over! My god! "Oh God that's good. That's wonderful, Tori! Thank you. You know my heart, Jesus Christ."

  • @DScott-pc7rd
    @DScott-pc7rd Před 6 lety +206

    " War is quite frankly, destruction. You kill. it's easy. But making beauty is hard." I have never heard of this man before, but thanks to KEXP, I have now. I am dumbfounded that there are veterans who fought in war in the middle east, who now have children who are fighting in the same "war", that they once (and some more than once) have. Let that sink in. We all live on Earth. Not in different countries, but on one planet. That's it. Thank you KEXP for giving me the opportunity to hear this mans voice. PEACE

    • @walterdewald267
      @walterdewald267 Před 5 lety +8

      Yes, we are all one - we need to act as such and ignore politicians and their hidden masters, reach out in peace and together create harmony on this planet.

    • @ihabhassan2476
      @ihabhassan2476 Před 5 lety +9

      I have alway been saying, "if there is a life somewhere else, I would say I am from Earth". Therefore, I feel that not only saying it, I am from allover the world, but "the group of interest" has been dividing us and living on the conflict that we have been its "firewood". Thanks D. Scott for your beautiful comment!

    • @ramonvelasquez8431
      @ramonvelasquez8431 Před 5 lety +1

      You say it as if someone had something against people from the Middle east. I think war has nothing to do with music and culture, especially a war that is not a unique countrie's fault. Let us just enjoy the music without mentioning war.

    • @DScott-pc7rd
      @DScott-pc7rd Před 5 lety +5

      Papa Ainz, if you listen to the entire recording, it is Rahim himself that mentions war, not I.

    • @norberttietjen6506
      @norberttietjen6506 Před 5 lety +1

      D. Scott ,👍

  • @islandgroovies1444
    @islandgroovies1444 Před 7 lety +235

    25:20 can you see how emotional he gets by his music? seriously, this man is amazing. The interview was touching and the music was great. Thank you, KEXP and thank you Rahim.

  • @MomentMosaic
    @MomentMosaic Před 3 lety +13

    From Iran with lots of love to Iraqis and Syrians.This music talks to our souls the shared experience that we all went through.war, migration, always being homesick and rage is what i feel while I listen to this beautiful emotional music.love it.listened to it many time.Thanks Rahim Alhaj!

  • @TockaMea
    @TockaMea Před 2 lety +6

    If i only came into this world with the desire to hear this... i made a wise decision.

  • @abdonabdo
    @abdonabdo Před 5 lety +65

    Arabic and Islamic culture have a great music heritage. Aoud, Quanon, Arabic flute (nai) directly speak to the heart... And capable Arabic musicians like him can go for hours leading a group of musicians, the same in concherto in orchestra. Proud to be descendent of this once great civilization

    • @dickstryker
      @dickstryker Před 4 lety +3

      Still great. Just in a rough patch.

    • @BuddhistJihad
      @BuddhistJihad Před 4 lety

      Trying to search for that second instrument just brought me Q-Anon conspiracy results lol

    • @brightworld7550
      @brightworld7550 Před 4 lety

      @@BuddhistJihad
      الة القانون
      There you go :)

    • @BuddhistJihad
      @BuddhistJihad Před 4 lety

      @@brightworld7550 Oh brilliant, thanks!

    • @cyjuan6705
      @cyjuan6705 Před 4 lety +2

      Do not forget the older and great civilization the Arabs inherited a lot from, the Persians. This man definitely has the looks and the kind nature of a Persian.

  • @alisa_nikolenko_
    @alisa_nikolenko_ Před rokem +2

    I’m from Ukraine, and this performance expressed me at 2016, when I lost my first home because of russian aggression. And now this them is relevant again. Because now we have a big war in our country, and I lost my home at second time…
    this music helps to live difficult feelings

  • @AncientOfDays
    @AncientOfDays Před 6 lety +20

    25:20 My God... my dear God...
    Sublime, beyond everything material, everything of this world.

  • @pacoshuman7642
    @pacoshuman7642 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for waking my soul! How beautiful. I wish Americans would realize what they have allowed to happen...how much pain has been inflicted on a people they don't even know, cannot even imagine. They don't know the pain and they don't the beauty!

  • @SuperElmoDelmo
    @SuperElmoDelmo Před 7 lety +157

    I love you KEXP!

  • @marius5982
    @marius5982 Před rokem +2

    I thank God, The Most Mighty and Most Merciful, for the beautiful talent of music he has given each performer. May He be pleased with how they use this gift to glorify Him.

  • @peternorthe1912
    @peternorthe1912 Před 2 lety +4

    This is very special music. It's like a very emotional group therapy session with people who happen to be accomplished musicians.

  • @moomidi
    @moomidi Před 4 lety +20

    No words can express how I feel. A flawless masterpiece can be seen as tragedy, and soul in every single note. It can be clearly seen that every musician understands this music and knows what they are playing.
    Infinite love, from Iran.

  • @trnobles
    @trnobles Před 7 lety +135

    Great arrangements! Props especially to the lead violinist for really getting those microtones right, a lot of western classical musicians miss that when playing middle eastern music

    • @lifeisclimbing
      @lifeisclimbing Před 6 lety +6

      What are microtones, pardon my ignorance?

    • @CynicsGuideTV
      @CynicsGuideTV Před 6 lety +26

      Blame the piano. I do. ;-)
      Smaller pitch intervals than the half step, but can be defined as any tuning system that's outside the Western 12 tone equal temperament system. So many unfrettered subtleties with microtones. Imagine blues guitar playing without string bending - no, don't do that.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtonal_music

  • @ksalanpang
    @ksalanpang Před 5 lety +18

    KEXP's studio is actually pretty damn good, even string instruments can sound this good recorded. Never thought there's so much humanity and stories there could be from a musician.

  • @felix4093
    @felix4093 Před 7 lety +68

    great to hear acoustic music around here

    • @user-rt1et3zw1d
      @user-rt1et3zw1d Před 6 lety

      True.

    • @diem7492
      @diem7492 Před 6 lety +1

      Oud is very powerful tool , that sound i hear in my whole body, it's really amazing instrument, of course with violin get more akcent entirety.

  • @priteshyadvendu802
    @priteshyadvendu802 Před 3 lety +9

    The amount of respect each artist gives to each other in this performance is amazing. My hope is one day our politicians learn this trait.

  • @H4mmerofD4wn
    @H4mmerofD4wn Před 5 lety +12

    I have never seen such a REAL performance in my life; he sobs -- SOBS! -- at one point! It's not real BECAUSE he sobbed but that he felt the need to express his emotions through sobbing, and he did so. There is so much emotion wrapped up in this worthwhile session -- well worth half an hour! Thank you, Rahim AlHaj.

  • @blueyedream
    @blueyedream Před 2 lety +7

    Powerful. Hauntingly beautiful. One of the more extraordinary performances in this wonderful series. The music captures so much that can't be spoken fully in words.

  • @littlejack2233
    @littlejack2233 Před 7 lety +62

    This performance is just sublime. I love the setting - it looks almost like they're playing under the stars. Rahim speaks so passionately at the end. You can tell the radio presenter is just blown away. I can't stop listening to this album. 'Any women I hear about that don't have rights, I will fight for. Any children I hear about that don't have rights, I will fight for.'

  • @pamirbadakhshan9934
    @pamirbadakhshan9934 Před 6 lety +39

    I’m gonna get high-speed internet and share/spend these long lonely miles over the road with great music and songs. Thank you KEXP, great platform! Discovered many good unique musicians and artists here.
    ASalam-u Aleykum and Respect from a truck driver.
    Tajikistan Afghanistan Iran.

  • @threehundredwords
    @threehundredwords Před 6 lety +44

    Don't often get to see a musician who is so obviously in charge, zero self-doubt in his architecture. Incredible ensemble. Incredible station, thank you again KEXP.

  • @isabellaciocca1985
    @isabellaciocca1985 Před 3 lety +19

    very beautiful music and performance
    17:17 to 18:10 reminded me "Gracias a la Vida" by Violeta Parra
    Saludos desde Chile!

  • @mariorivera2537
    @mariorivera2537 Před 4 lety +24

    World class musicians, high quality sound, incredible stories that are expressed through music, Just thanks for sharing this!

  • @alanmonteiro2707
    @alanmonteiro2707 Před 7 lety +6

    I really need to hug this man

  • @dagonline
    @dagonline Před 4 lety +7

    Damn, I never thought that music could make me cry...

  • @adamkunzun
    @adamkunzun Před 6 lety

    SOME DAY MUSIC WILL UNITE HUMANITY NOT WAR/ RELIGION/RACE & NATIONALISM.THANKS FOR KEXP.ORG.♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

  • @IrsidaSheshi
    @IrsidaSheshi Před 4 lety +7

    Wow, this was seriously beautiful!!! Thank you KEXP for giving us access to such gorgeous music from all around the world. Truly grateful!

  • @protitikhan3861
    @protitikhan3861 Před rokem

    Composed with the voice of every instrument in mind to say what the human voice cannot. The sounds of many hearts crying out at once in such agony and then the resolve of pushing through and keeping on. The voices of struggle and fight. Then the voices of light and hope. The voice of God at the speed of sound. What a master of emotion and poetic resonance! It was like listening to a prayer for humanity.

  • @sranpopovic9413
    @sranpopovic9413 Před 3 lety +4

    "Unspoken Word" was my favourite.Emotion,dynamics and perfect collaboration of lute and violins.10/10 for the whole performance.

  • @muthanakareem5826
    @muthanakareem5826 Před 6 lety +4

    رحيم الحاج ابن الثوره البار دامت أناملك أمتعتنا بمعزوفاتك السماويه وروحك النقيه اتمنى ان تقدم لنا معزوفاتك هنا في ڤينا حيث اتابع ،، مجهود اكثر من رائع للحاج وفرقته ، كل التحيات والمحبه

  • @EsatBazaar
    @EsatBazaar Před 6 lety +25

    العبق القديم من بغداد التاريخ.....الذكريات

  • @syedhashemi9787
    @syedhashemi9787 Před 7 lety +43

    Soul touching

  • @jufajardini
    @jufajardini Před 3 lety

    This is one of the most beautiful and touching performances I've ever watched. Listening to this in 2021 makes me want to cry even more than before. Thanks from the bottom of my heart and soul for this...

  • @marcosramoscelis7565
    @marcosramoscelis7565 Před 3 lety +6

    La puesta en escena, es impecable. Demuestra que las bellas artes son la mejor expresión de la humanidad.

    • @LuisBel02
      @LuisBel02 Před 3 lety

      Impecable, cosa que no importo mucho al presentador, metido en su teléfono. Plop!

  • @mahyar564
    @mahyar564 Před 5 lety +7

    Thank you so much Rahim Alhaji and other musicians
    and KEXP, from IRAN!

  • @user-vv2yl2yk3x
    @user-vv2yl2yk3x Před 2 lety +1

    لقاء وموسيقى جميلة، هنا الكثير من المعنى والكثير من الجمال

  • @stevenbriggs784
    @stevenbriggs784 Před 3 lety +2

    this broke my heart and i don't know what to do about it .....I'm truly hurt, and i want nothing more than to help SOMEONE'S situation, and help stop your situation from happening to someone else.....and now, more than ever i really feel the inspiration to act.....thankyou Rahim ALHaj

    • @also6741
      @also6741 Před 3 lety

      It`s what came to me as I red your comment:
      Mt 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
      God bless you

  • @janwera
    @janwera Před 3 lety +3

    This music is exquisite. I am moved to tears putting this in the context of what his country has been through in recent years ... so emotive

  • @tiefblau94
    @tiefblau94 Před 7 lety +10

    Thank you KEXP, thank you Rahim Al Haj & fellow musicians.

  • @samirabakli6096
    @samirabakli6096 Před 3 lety +1

    I’ve been displaced from my home in Baghdad on 2006. I remember when I saw the front door of my house for the first time after displacement was at the end of 2009 that was a real pain to my soul😢.
    The last time we fly birds is mine💔

    • @PB-lo6xu
      @PB-lo6xu Před 3 lety +2

      ✨✨✨
      Behind the headlines , destinies are broken, children are crying, mothers are begging god, men are kiling, hope is dieing.
      We all should think about it.
      So sad.

  • @shadedandjaded7948
    @shadedandjaded7948 Před 5 lety +2

    I love the cello. Everything is a miracle. Praise The Almighty.

  • @juanjogonzalez418
    @juanjogonzalez418 Před 4 lety +5

    Amazing music. AMAZING SOUND. Loving it from Spain.

  • @ggglat
    @ggglat Před 6 lety +2

    I've never not taken my eyes and ears off the screen for this long in a while

  • @smilingvolunteersprojectsv3343

    This is why KEXP is the best radio of the whole world!

  • @johnrieth6906
    @johnrieth6906 Před 7 lety +30

    It seems every time I stumble onto great music, KEXP has something to do with it... I am so happy to experience music like this!! Thank You, thank you, thank you!!

    • @wsharnoff1953
      @wsharnoff1953 Před 6 lety

      At Last I found a place that has The Eclectic music that I so much Missed

  • @user-bp3qe3rp2g
    @user-bp3qe3rp2g Před 3 lety +2

    عااش خاالو رحيم

  • @also6741
    @also6741 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you all so much! God bless you Rahim AlHaj... God bless us all

  • @R2omusic
    @R2omusic Před 2 lety

    One of the best thing i watched... Merci ! Merci !

  • @nurrealsupertramp8617
    @nurrealsupertramp8617 Před 4 lety +2

    Music is the reason why I still experience beauty

  • @hazylady
    @hazylady Před 7 lety

    Every time I click on a new video by KEXP, I'm surely not disappointed by the different types of music they showcase. Great job!

  • @AshrafEzzat
    @AshrafEzzat Před 6 lety +4

    Absolutely amazing music and orchestration. A wonderful musician from Iraq. "The last time we will fly birds" and "Unspoken words" almost made me cry.

  • @janarmentrout1743
    @janarmentrout1743 Před 7 lety +141

    Beauty comes from the heart....war is hatred

    • @JohnDoe-bm5lp
      @JohnDoe-bm5lp Před 6 lety +6

      Let's get religious, let's get politica, that's way more important than appreciating this beautifull music

    • @lucastimmm
      @lucastimmm Před 6 lety +2

      "what is done for (divine) love always occurs beyond (earthly concepts of) good and evil." nietzsche Mashallah!! No name, the words you said have no wisdon nor truth

    • @sabotage6301
      @sabotage6301 Před 6 lety

      no name : you are islam

    • @Snowbound2643
      @Snowbound2643 Před 6 lety

      S A B O T A G E I fuck Allah in the ass

    • @heitorvasconcelos1706
      @heitorvasconcelos1706 Před 6 lety

      Geezlouise!!! I´d fuck and shot every muthafucka who had guts to say the opposite!!! God bless America!!

  • @balsamkhalaf5498
    @balsamkhalaf5498 Před 4 lety +3

    The first note of The Last Time We Fly Birds had my tears streaming down my face.
    I forgot how it felt to listen to such an emotional piece...

  • @sacredgeometrymusic3290
    @sacredgeometrymusic3290 Před 4 lety +4

    this man is beautiful, so strong in its vulnerability

    • @kerime.7861
      @kerime.7861 Před 4 lety +1

      "its" ?

    • @sacredgeometrymusic3290
      @sacredgeometrymusic3290 Před 4 lety

      @@kerime.7861 "its" is a possessive adjective. it means the vulnerability of "it" which is the subject ( the man)

  • @vivienlit1
    @vivienlit1 Před 6 lety +8

    Música de beleza profunda e tocante. Somente coisas assim ultrapassam as fronteiras do tempo e do espaço. Música que eleva a nossa espécie, lembrando-nos de que somos capazes de transcender a barbárie que nos caracteriza em tantos momentos da história humana!

  • @ElPejerto
    @ElPejerto Před 3 lety +2

    I think it was the best concert i've ever heard from this channel.

  • @EvelineNow
    @EvelineNow Před 2 lety

    People too often forget where
    It all began. I am enchanted by what I have experienced so far

  • @victormorales7408
    @victormorales7408 Před 6 lety +1

    Absolutely stunning, I have no words to explain the intensity of feeling that awake inside of me. Thanks for share your art Rahim AlHaj, Thanks KEXP.

  • @maxlimbo007
    @maxlimbo007 Před 4 lety +1

    Hauntingly beautiful music. Superb musicianship. The story of the pigeons broke my ❤️. Made me cry. Thank you.

  • @melinavdw342
    @melinavdw342 Před 3 lety +1

    Love from Greece

    • @PB-lo6xu
      @PB-lo6xu Před 3 lety

      🤜❤️🤛🇬🇷

  • @MimikBanka
    @MimikBanka Před 7 lety +67

    I want to see more chamber music on kexp!

  • @HiltonFernandes
    @HiltonFernandes Před rokem

    Dear KEXP people, if you ever get a dislike for this great content, please understand that somebody hit the wrong button, as it's so close to the like button.

  • @staninjapan07
    @staninjapan07 Před 4 lety +2

    I revisited this video today.
    Funnily enough, the music is as beautiful as it was the first time!
    Thank you.

  • @pdidi1
    @pdidi1 Před 4 lety +7

    What an incredible performance, "Last time we will fly birds" just blew me away, exceptional musicians and at min.23:28 with Rahim crying...powerfull message.

  • @lil0296
    @lil0296 Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing! Jameel!

  • @DScott-pc7rd
    @DScott-pc7rd Před 6 lety +1

    "Nice!, Tory". Victoria was definitely playing from the heart. Just a phenomenal performance by all. Thank you for listing all musicians. I truly admire the violins voice in middle eastern music. Paired with the Cello, Bass & of course the Oud, glorious. War is Hatred!

  • @AlohaMichaelDaly
    @AlohaMichaelDaly Před 7 lety +1

    beautiful - and globally important

  • @taejun9017
    @taejun9017 Před 5 lety +6

    heart-wrenchingly beautiful, it all sounds like absolute yearning for something...

  • @albinobeach
    @albinobeach Před 7 lety +12

    Masterful, The Last Time We Will Fly Birds is just spectacular, thank you.

  • @mouman
    @mouman Před 7 lety +8

    The sounds of this music are beautiful

  • @EmilyGames
    @EmilyGames Před 3 lety

    Thank you very much.

  • @NazarethSandoArt
    @NazarethSandoArt Před 4 lety +3

    This is wonderful. I loved when they dropped the bass.

  • @Klazyo
    @Klazyo Před 7 lety +15

    ما اجمل الفن العربي احساس و روح

    • @yesmadaoudi3111
      @yesmadaoudi3111 Před 5 lety +1

      أنه الأكثر تعبيرا ،أنه يحاكي الروح

  • @yousefmoe3233
    @yousefmoe3233 Před 2 lety +1

    This is one of the most beautiful music I hear so far!!

  • @leeyan9049
    @leeyan9049 Před 7 lety +11

    Okay, guys, this is a gorgeous perfomance we have over here. Moreover the interview is very strong too.

  • @uwehirayama9544
    @uwehirayama9544 Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you so much especially for this. I hope Mr Rahim AlHaj's music and wise words may find a very very very huge lot of open ears and minds!

  • @geesloueese2330
    @geesloueese2330 Před 4 lety +8

    How is he thanking the violinist in between the pieces? Ive never seen that. Amazing. So friendly and close to each other, even during the sesson.

    • @ucielsola
      @ucielsola Před 3 lety

      It happened to me sometimes. When you play someone else's music, the usually feel very gratefull. As a session musician, you have to give a lot of yourself when playing other people's music, opening your head (excuse my bad english here) to their music ideas, and what they want to say with their music.
      So... the string players in this performance are outstandingly good. No wonder he is thankfull with them! It isn't easy at all to play eastern music for western musicians.

    • @ucielsola
      @ucielsola Před 3 lety

      In fact!!! They've just rehearsed one time!! They are trully amazing

  • @awafy97
    @awafy97 Před 7 lety +8

    I love listening to this Arabic musical instrument called Oud

  • @hectormoy4978
    @hectormoy4978 Před 6 lety +1

    Brings joy to my heart, compassion to my soul and tears to my eyes

  • @manumercado1127
    @manumercado1127 Před 7 lety +8

    that instrument that sound at 7:00 its peruvian, the cajon peruano. first time i hear it in such beautiful music like this one.

  • @mzohairk
    @mzohairk Před 3 lety

    That feeling of loss and melancholy that The Last Time We Will Fly Birds conveys, I'm blown away.

  • @catalindanila2377
    @catalindanila2377 Před rokem

    The first song make me cry.Beautiful.

  • @quezlark7875
    @quezlark7875 Před 4 lety

    I hope more than anything in the future we can all be exposed to all types of music and it helps us realise we are all humans in this together. Music knows no race or borders. Middle eastern and african music get no shine and its a shame. Thanks kexp for a little light.

  • @kavmaz
    @kavmaz Před 4 lety +1

    Thankyou for your message and music Rahim and your fellow musicians ...it's so sad ..."making war is easy making beauty is hard"

  • @ivandubinsky1857
    @ivandubinsky1857 Před 6 lety +1

    Incredible music!! KEXP needs to be congratulated for consistently bringing in amazing talent from all over the world!!

  • @gr19771
    @gr19771 Před rokem

    This music, the narrative , the letters are beyond profound and an emblem of hope

  • @jethroff
    @jethroff Před 5 lety +1

    16:10 - The last time we fly birds. Has completely touched my sensitivity. thank you.

  • @locksh
    @locksh Před rokem

    Absolutely amazing and emotional performance, but also gotta give it up for the thoughtful, elegant host - one that truly gives his guests their much deserved respect.

  • @siavash1523
    @siavash1523 Před 3 lety

    What a great and soulful performance... WOW
    Thank You Rahim Alhaj.
    Beautiful Songs. Beautiful Performance.