Re: Zrihan Boston concert offer

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

If this concert is not sold out, it is a real shame--the more so, because I 
would love it if Zrihan returned and returned and returned for frequent 
concerts here.

He is such a spectacular, wonderful singer, and the music (Andalusian-style 
cantorial music) is something that is rarely heard in Boston. We'll certainly 
be there, and I hope anyone in the Boston area who can free themselves of other 
commitments tomorrow night will also be there. 

ari

At 04:21 PM 4/24/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Would someone please go for me?
>
><G>
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>Joel
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>>From: Info <info (at) worldmusic(dot)org>
>>To: "'info (at) worldmusic(dot)org'" <info (at) worldmusic(dot)org>
>>Subject: World Music Special Ticket Offer
>>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:06:49 -0400
>>
>> > WORLD MUSIC/CRASHarts SPECIAL OFFER <
>>April 24, 2002
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>> >>> EMIL ZRIHAN SPECIAL OFFER
>>
>>Please read the Chicago Tribune rave review below.
>>
>>Its not too late to see Emil Zrihan in concert on Thursday night at the
>>Somerville Theatre!  We are offering a special rate to our email
>>subscribers.  Buy two tickets for the price of one! The concert takes place
>>Thursday, April 25, 7:30pm at the Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square,
>>Somerville. Regular ticket prices are: $30 & $25. Offer is good until
>>Thursday, April 25 at 11am.  To get your discounted tickets, call World
>>Music (617) 876-4275 and mention the special Zrihan e-mail offer. Don't
>>miss this opportunity!!
>>
>>REVIEW:
>>Chicago Tribune
>>Music review, cantor Emil Zrihan at the Chicago Cultural Center
>>By Howard Reich
>>During the past few years, the Chicago Cultural Center has emerged as a
>>focal point for exotic, world-music concerts.
>>But it could be a while before the grand old edifice on East Washington
>>Street presents an event as unusual and compelling as Monday night's show.
>>Playing before a capacity crowd that hung on his every purling note,
>>Israel-based cantor Emil Zrihan proved himself more than just a virtuoso of
>>Judeo-Moroccan liturgical music.  With a voice that could penetrate granite
>>and a technique that defied belief, Zrihan stood as one of the world's
>>towering vocalists regardless of genre.
>>Though technically considered a countertenor, Zrihan owns an instrument
>>that transcends the limitations of that term.  Certainly the sheer power of
>>his voice in even its stratospheric range dwarfed that of the typical
>>operatic countertenor.
>>But there was more to Zrihan's achievement than power. The sound he
>>produced was so charismatic, the tone so lustrous and the technique so
>>fluid that one quickly understood why he has been compared more often to
>>birds than to other vocalists: The man's voice simply has no parallel among
>>man or woman.
>>Like a great jazz improviser, Zrihan unleashed glorious strands of unbroken
>>melody, with one musical idea practically tumbling onto the next. Whether
>>singing sacred or secular fare from his native Morocco, Zrihan unfurled
>>phenomenally intricate, sinuously melismatic lines. That he bent pitches as
>>adroitly as a fine blues artist yet articulated them as nimbly as a scat
>>singer only added to the allure.
>>Though Zrihan was accompanied by an instrumental quartet, some of his most
>>effective singing came in a cappella passages. Perhaps that's because a
>>voice as supple, expressive and rhythmically alert as his needs no
>>accompaniment Zrihan's fleet figurations and delicate melodic ornaments are
>>worth savoring without instrumental distraction.
>>And though it's a fair bet that most listeners were not able to decipher
>>the Middle Eastern texts that Zrihan sang, the words ultimately seemed
>>beside the point. It was the music-making that mattered, with Zrihan
>>eliciting noisy ovations whenever he surged toward a dramatic climax or
>>lingered on a single note for what seemed like an eternity.
>>For those unlucky enough to have missed this show, Zrihan's art has been
>>documented on an exceptional CD, "Emil Zrihan: Ashkelon," (on Piranha
>>Records).
>>Granted, Zrihan's vocal feats on this disc may seem unreal, as if they had
>>been cooked up in the recording studio.
>>Rest assured, however, that in live performance the man achieves vocal
>>effects more remarkable than anything he has committed to disc.
>>Copyright 2002 Tribune Interactive
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