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Sheherezade
Once upon a time, long ago, there was a brave, smart and charming young woman. She was the daughter of the King’s Prime Minister, and her name was Sheherezade. She possessed the most enchanting voice. People would come from afar to listen to her tell the most captivating stories. 

The Arab King at the time was a mad ruler. He would choose a young woman to marry every night, and at the end of each night, he would send his new wife to be beheaded. Eventually, 3,000 women were killed by the hands of the Arab King. “No woman should ever be trusted,” he would say.

Sheherezade heard about what the King was doing, and one day decided, she would spend a night with the King. Her father objected, but she insisted. She believed that she could put a stop to the killings and wanted to save the rest of the women. She spent the whole night telling the King a story. The King was so enchanted, he asked to hear the ending, but it was the end of the night. Sheherezade told him he will need to wait until the next night to hear the ending. Excitingly, Sheherezade was able to escape the King’s intent to kill her. 

The next night, she finished the story and began a new one, stopping again at the break of dawn. She told the King again, he would need to wait until the next night to hear the ending. Night after night, Sheherezade repeated this storytelling until 1001 nights had passed. She had told him 1001 stories from Aladdin, to Ali Babba, to Sinbad. 

On the 1002 night, Sheherezade ran out of stories to tell to distract the King from wanting to kill her. But the King had changed over this time with Sheherezade. He fell in love with her, and listening to her stories allowed him to grow wiser, more patient, and more kind. The King married Sheherezade and they had three children.

The great composer, Rimsky Korsakov, in his famous ballet, “Sheherezad”, used the violin to portray the voice of Sheherezade and horns to portray the voice of the King. He told the Sheherezade story with music in a wildly imaginative way using many interesting instrumental and orchestral techniques.

This is my own original musical piece and my own interpretation of Sheherezade! I’ve always loved the Sheherezade story and was also inspired by the incredible work of Korsakov. In this piece, I used improvisation as a tool to portray Sheherezade’s voice, mimicking the long suspenseful narrations of the stories she would tell. I also used traditional Middle Eastern instruments, rhythms, and scales, to tell the story in my own way that I’ve always imagined.

Do you hear Sherehezade’s voice?

Do you hear the voice of the mad King at first threatening to kill her, and then being seduced by her stories?

Do you hear the voice of Sheherezade’s maid helping her to plan and weave the tales she would tell the King?

Can you hear and identify the time period and environment this music depicts?
Listen and let Sheherezade enchant and take you with her!

composed by : Yazan al hajari 
Vocals: Marta Garrett
Trombone: Chris Ott
Cello: Joe Zeitlin 
violin  : MAias Alyamani
Kanon: Youssef Nassif-
Nai: Mohamad Fityan

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