Devotion 2

Vache Sharafyan (Վաչե Շարաֆյան): Devotion No. 2 (1999) for Tar, Kemanche, Dhol, Tam-Tam, Piano and string quartet.

Tar, Kemanche, Dhol are musical instruments adopted by various middle eastern cultures like Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia to the Indian subcontinent. Click the names to read details from wikipedia.

Morning scent of the acacia’s song

Vache Sharafyan: Morning scent of the acacia’s song for duduk & string quartet (2001), commissioned by Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project Inc. publisher G. SCHIRMER/ (excerpt)
performers: Gevorg Dabaghyan, Shirly Laub, Colin Jacobsen, Daniel Heim, Jeroen den Herder, Brussels philharmonic hall rehearsal – 2002

The duduk is a traditional woodwind instrument with double reed, popular in Caucasus. Extension goes from the F# on first space to the A over the staff in treble G clef.