Excerpts

Le voyage d’Ibn Battuta

Hespèrion XXI - Jordi Savall

Recorded the February 11, 2016 (Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique)

Program

Sélection des textes : Manuel Forcano

Conception du programme : Jordi Savall

1ère partie / 45 mn

entracte 20 mn

2ème partie / 55 mn

Inspired by the story of Arab writer Ibn Batouta, who, in 1325, set off on a thirty-year journey that would take him from his native Morocco to the heart of China and black Africa, Jordi Savall has recreated the music of this spectacular itinerary, with special attention to the Arab and Western repertories the traveller heard in the courts and palaces.

51 min