Theater

You hear the water dripping gently from the plants.
A cricket sounds in the distance.
The hour is blue.
The time between day and night when everyone is still asleep but also almost awake.
The moon has just left, the sun is not yet up.
What happens in the hour blue?
Who is already secretly awake?
Who is waiting for the arrival of the sun?
Who prefers to stay hidden in the darkness?

Dauw is a cosy family concert where the magic of the hour blue and Andalusian and Arabic music transport you into a dream world. The Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra tells the story you can hear from the music. Its ancient instruments, the ud, the ney and the rabab showcase a rich repertoire from Granada to Baghdad. Theatrical elements, humour & playfulness make this visual listening experience accessible to everyone from 6 to 106 years old. In Oorkaan's theatrical concerts, musicians play the music from the head and from the heart. Their playing style is physical, a language every child can identify with. And "Language no Problem," because the only language there is is the music.

Music
For the performance Dauw, a musical repertoire has been chosen from the various musical traditions that the Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra holds. The compositions refer to 'dew' in the sense of early morning, sunrise and also in the meaning of the Moroccan word 'daw', which means light.

Music repertoire
Nuba Al- Ushshaq (12e eeuw), Crescent Moon (Omar Faruk), Daldalan Barı (Turkije), Tahmilla Bayati ( Mohamed El Hefnawy), Hov arek sarer jan (Armenië), Morena me llaman (Sephardisch)