Re: Zrihan Boston concert offer

[Judy Pinnolis <pinnolis...>]

Joel:
You missed am amazing concert. Sorry you couldn't make it. He's so much
better live than the recordings even.
 
Talk about breath control....

Judy

Joel Bresler wrote:
> 
> Would someone please go for me?
> 
> <G>
> 
> Joel
> 
> >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
> >=======================================================
> > >>> 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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