WARSAW SESSIONS (2025)
The "Warsaw Sessions" is an innovative digital concert and accompanying interview by countertenor Cameron Shahbazi and pianist Sophia Muñoz filmed in the historical Sale Redutowe of the Polish National Opera House. The program reinterprets the familiar and unfamiliar, showcasing the strength in cross-cultural collaborations and community, inviting audiences worldwide to experience the duo’s personal soundtrack in an intimate, unfiltered manner.
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0:00 Nani, nani: Canción de Cuna
from Cuatro Canciones Sefardies, no.3
by Joaquin Rodrigo
3:35 Dar Emtedad-e Shab (Throughout the Night)
from Parviz Sayyad's 1978 motion picture "Along the Night"
music by Mojtaba Mirzadeh arranged by Sophia Muñoz
originally performed by and typically attributed to Googoosh
5:55 Bavar Kon (Believe It)
arranged by Hooman Khalatbari (transcribed and rearranged by Sophia Muñoz)
originally performed and typically attributed to Googoosh
9:35 Shanehayat (Your Shoulders)
arranged by Sophia Muñoz
originally performed by Hayedeh
16:43 About Cameron and Sophia
18:50 Music for a While | Henri Purcell
arranged by Cameron Shahbazi & Sophia Muñoz
inspired by an original introduction & arrangement by Golfam Khayam
23:03 First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Ewan MacColl
arranged by James Blake, inspired by Robert Flack’s 1969 interpretation
27:10 Black is the Colour of my True Love’s Hair | Traditional
arranged by Cameron Shahbazi and Sophia Muñoz
inspired by Nina Simone’s 1959 version
31:00 What a Wonderful World
original music by Bob Thiele (George Douglas) and George David Weiss
typically attributed to Louis Armstrong, rearranged by Jon Batiste
36:50 Parting Message
