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Asha ~ The Missa Greca

Asha Elijah (aka Asha & Asher Quinn)
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Asha (aka Asher Quinn & Asha Elijah) sings the 'Missa Greca' from "Mystic Heart." Download/CD available here ~ http://www.ashaquinn.com/mysticheart.htm The inspiration for the piece came when I heard my spiritual teacher at the time, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan of the Sufi tradition, play the Slavonic liturgies sung by a Bulgarian male voice choir. I had also spent two summers with friends near Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, near to the holy Mount Athos. I had the feeling to link a Kyrie Eleison to the melancholy major/minor chord structures found in the sacred music of the eastern orthodox church. I also had a strong urge to underpin the whole swirling, incense-filled Mass with a sensual rhythm, to bring spirit into the body. Emöke Labancz's thoughtfully researched and compiled film brings the story alive in a compelling new way, using poetic texts and scenes from Zeffirelli's "Jesus of Nazareth," amongst her chosen footages. The 'Missa Greca'  …...more
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Asha ~ The Missa Greca
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2011Apr 14
Asha (aka Asher Quinn & Asha Elijah) sings the 'Missa Greca' from "Mystic Heart." Download/CD available here ~ http://www.ashaquinn.com/mysticheart.htm The inspiration for the piece came when I heard my spiritual teacher at the time, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan of the Sufi tradition, play the Slavonic liturgies sung by a Bulgarian male voice choir. I had also spent two summers with friends near Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, near to the holy Mount Athos. I had the feeling to link a Kyrie Eleison to the melancholy major/minor chord structures found in the sacred music of the eastern orthodox church. I also had a strong urge to underpin the whole swirling, incense-filled Mass with a sensual rhythm, to bring spirit into the body. Emöke Labancz's thoughtfully researched and compiled film brings the story alive in a compelling new way, using poetic texts and scenes from Zeffirelli's "Jesus of Nazareth," amongst her chosen footages. The 'Missa Greca' was composed and recorded in 1989 and was a track on the album "Mystic Heart" (I was Denis Quinn at the time) for New World Music. It is now available through Singing Stone Music. Featured musicians apart from myself on keyboards and vocals, are Anthony Phillips (ex-Genesis) on charango, Phil Thornton on guitar, Tristan Maillot on percussion, Greek-born Sufi scholar Aziz Dikeulias singing the Greek Orthodox chant, and Sharon Sage as the female vocalist.

Asha Elijah (aka Asha & Asher Quinn)

8.84K subscribers