Songs We Carry with Sinfonia Cymru

Songs We Carry with Sinfonia Cymru is a London concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields, in which the Ladino and Arabic song project of Ana Silvera and Saied Silbak is rescored for an expanded group of performers.

Songs We Carry is a collaborative project between Ana Silvera, a British singer active since 2007, and the oud player Saied Silbak. Its material draws on the melancholy of Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) song and on the maqams and intricate melodies of Arabic music. Ana Silvera's debut album, The Aviary, was released in 2012.

For this expanded performance with Sinfonia Cymru, the Welsh musician Patrick Rimes has rescored the project for Ana Silvera, Saied Silbak, himself and four Sinfonia Cymru musicians. The set also adds complementary Welsh songs, so the programme moves between Ladino, Arabic and Welsh repertoire.

The concert takes place at St Martin-in-the-Fields, a London venue that hosts concerts and shows. It suits listeners interested in cross-cultural song, where several song traditions are brought together in a single evening.