Documentarians Frank Scheffer and Günter Wallbrecht co-helmed this documentary, set at the 2009 Morgenland Festival Osnabrück – an event that fused eastern and western musical traditions on a level virtually unseen until that time. The program cross-cuts between rehearsal clips, concert recordings and performance interviews. Musicians appearing in the film include The Yulduz Turdieva Ensemble, The Morgenland Chamber Orchestra, Nader Mashayekhi and Ibrahim Keivo.
In this colourful documentary East meets West at the Morgenland Festival Osnabruck 2009 Musicians from the Middle East encounter the Western tradition of music and showcase their own beautiful musical traditions, in a programme that interweaves concert recordings and rehearsal footage with in-depth interviews with the performers. “World music” in the truest sense of the word.
This Blu-ray release include a native 5.1 surround mix, especially mixed for this disc by renowned sound Designer Mark Glynne.”