The Early Music Show - Kudsi Erguner: Islamic Mystics and Mevlevi Sufi

The music of the Sufi tradition in the Ottoman empire is vastly different to Western Classical music with no sense of either harmony or counterpoint. Catherine Bott talks with master of the Ney flute and of traditional Mevlevi Sufi, Kudsi Erguner about this striking musical world. PLAYLIST: SEMAI FERAHFEZA: Taksim Kudsi Erguner (ney flute) UNESCO D8204 Track 3 MAKAM MAHUR: Ney Taksim by Aka Gündüz Kutbay; Pesrev (Gazi Giray Han) Ensemble Ulvi Erguner Enderun. Al Sur ALCD 108 Tracks 4; 1 TRADITIONAL: Ey bulbul-I seydâ (Oh Crying Nightingale from the poems of Niyazi'I Misrî) Fevri Misir & the Kudsi Erguner Ensemble TIMES SQUARE TSQCD9057 Track 5 TRADITIONAL: Taksim Performers not listed (Kudsi Erguner CD) PLAYASOUND PS65120 Track 5 MAKAM SEGAH: Taksim Kudsi Erguner UNESCO D8204 Track 11 TRADITIONAL: Allah Ya Daim (Eternal God) Performers not listed (Kudsi Erguner CD) PLAYASOUND PS65120 Track 7 KUDSI ERGUNER: Voyager Kudsi Erguner (Ney) Suleyman Erguner (Ney) CMP CD2101 Track 8.