This weekend, Tafelmusik presents Alison Mackay’s latest multimedia project: an exploration of coffeehouse culture in Leipzig and Damascus in the 18th century. As Mackay writes in the program notes, “the development of the coffeehouses in the cities of the Middle East and Europe offered citizens the opportunity to experience fine music-making and coffee drinking at the same time...though separated by 3,000 kilometres, the two cities had a number of fascinating characteristics in common.” As always, the world-class players of Tafelmusik will perform on period instruments—though this time, by memory, and joined onstage by Demetri Petsalakis (oud), Naghmeh Farahmand (percussion), and two of Toronto’s most engaging stage personalities, Maryem Tollar and Alon Nashman.
For a chance to win tickets to the Friday performance (which is almost sold out), fill out your information below and answer the following:
In David Perlman’s interview with Alison Mackay in our May issue, they take a trip down memory lane and revisit her other Tafelmusik projects from years past. What is the name of one of MacKay’s earliest Tafelmusik creations, dating from 2004?
(Hint: Read the interview here: http://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/newsroom/feature-stories/26047-alison-mackay-s-coffee-house-creation)
Contest deadline: 4pm on Wednesday, May 18. For details on the show, visit http://www.tafelmusik.org/concert-calendar/concert/tales-two-cities-leipzig-damascus-coffee-house.