Message #20311

[Gauk]

For an example of Arabic music successfully integrated into a symphonic work, I suggest the works of the Lebanese composer Walid Gholmieh. His first symphony "Al Qadissiya" (Faith) is a huge four-movement work, almost 68 minutes in length. This Mahlerian-length work is anything but Mahlerian in character. If anything, I would describe the style as a fusion of Hovhaness and Berlioz! It's a skillfully-wrought work and deserves a hearing.