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Song of peace
To professor Zaven Yadigarians , father
& lord of SOL ensemble |
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We
watch darkness with open eyes; a leaden sky.
People are searching for peace in all open and
slightly open windows. At the same time, devil
is searching the convulsion and imposes the
culture of anarchy, but we still talk about
harmony …
The existence has been put on fire but the
humanity still sings the song of peace. It’s
difficult to believe, but the great culture of
love doesn’t teach other than friendship &
peace, just like the song of angles in
Mendelssohn’s music which isn’t but the
celestial sound of freedom, tranquility & peace.
We are seeking happy days and joy. We are
finding happiness in the pure laughter of the
innocent.
It has been a long time since loyal friends have
gone. Some of them, far and some not so far, but
not so close either. They are reviewing their
life to find, maybe, an excuse for being &
passing time.
In the midst of these different trips, suddenly
we are faced with the eternal trip of an old
wise devotee of music. Since my childhood, he
has been one of the messengers who invited all
to wisdom, meaning & self-knowing. He taught
everyone the song of peace in the divine feast
of music. He was the master of love. He knew
love like his fathers. He preached only love and
wanted to create empathy & brotherhood amongst
the mankind. Realizing his death annoys me &
gradually creates an overwhelming emptiness in
my life that can hardly be expressed; a sad and
suffocating feeling.
He is gone and sleeps in eternal peace but
there’s no rest to our journey; music. So, we
dedicate “song of peace” to our friends, though
we are aware of our human shortcomings. Music is
neither the old false belief that the strangers
have presented, nor a tool to escape from
thinking. Music is a deep way of thinking. Music
is a word full of symbols. In each note lies a
meaning and in each sentence a secret of
existence. A peace of mind to think and a solid
will for edification of beneficence, purity &
peace. No doubt that to reach this goal we need
asceticism and practice. Followers are calm and
they humbly accept difficulties and hope that
the earth hears their song of peace. Music
reveals all faults of our thought and invites us
to reflect, and while it is celebrating all
benefices, it prohibits us from evil and turns
us back to our roots.
So, culture remains & music shines because it
drinks from the best spring source. Let’s wish
we search eternity in immortal sounds &
attitudes of great men before it’s too late.
Ten years of efforts in SOL MUSIC ENSEMBLE,
resulting in ten albums, various concerts &
different trips for music, sometimes may look
exhausting but when there is passion & support,
tiredness has no meaning.
Ten years of passing through the ocean of music
literature with loyal friends of SOL, means that
we are members of one family loving each other.
So, today we thank all who think, understand &
increase their patience to find the meaning of
the existence and like this, they help the human
being to come back to his roots, being the
paradise .
We humbly present the results of our suffering &
joy in order that no sound remains unheard.
Bahman Mehabadi , January 2009 |