The Day (El Youm): lockdown release
- Date
- 20 August 2020
- Venue
- Online
- With
- Nayer Nagui (lyrics, music and conductor); Steven Simon (arranger, bass guitar); Dina Iskander (soprano), Jolie Faizy (mezzo-soprano), Rehab Metawi (Arabic singer); the Ayoub Sisters (violin and cello); Diaa Badr (percussion), Ramadan Mansour (tabla), Nashaat Labib (riq); Veronica Bievz (piano)
- In collaboration with
- the Ayoub Sisters
About this concert
During the pandemic lockdown, for its 20th anniversary, the choir recorded Nayer Nagui’s song The Day (El Youm), lyrics and music by Nayer Nagui and arranged by Steven Simon, each singer apart on a mobile phone: 152 tracks mixed into one performance at Dream Studio. The guests were the soprano Dina Iskander, the mezzo-soprano Jolie Faizy, the Arabic singer Rehab Metawi, the Ayoub Sisters on violin and cello, Diaa Badr, Ramadan Mansour and Nashaat Labib on percussion and Veronica Bievz on piano. It was released online on 20 August 2020.
Programme
- Work
- Nayer Nagui, The Day (El Youm), arranged by Steven Simon