Re: Zrihan Boston concert offer

[Joel Bresler <joel.br...>]

Tell us more!

Thanks,

Joel

At 11:06 AM 4/29/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>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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> > Joel Bresler
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Joel Bresler
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