Persian Song - Gurdjieff & Thomas de Hartman

My playing at Persian Song - Gurdjieff & Thomas de Hartman
The music of Gurdjieff evokes the atmosphere of the peoples of the Near East and Central Asia, particularly of Gurdjieff's own Armenian and Greek ancestry. The musical folklore of these ethnic groups, among which he lived and traveled as a young man, was primary influence on his tonal language.
The music may indeed be an accurate recollection or echo of certain regional melodies Gurdjieff heard on his journeys, which either quoted directly or recreated in the idiom of the locale. In other instances the titles would seem to reflect a personal impression of a place, a people, or an ancient culture, translated into Gurdjieff's own musical language.