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Neha Mahajan '02 sang a vocal solo called "Chatur Bhuja Joolata Shama Hindore," a semi-classical song in the Hindustani tradition. And 13 cast members performed "Jaago Mohan Preetam," a group song with keyboard, guitar and drum...
...Neha Mahajan '02 sang a vocal solo called "Chatur Bhuja Joolata Shama Hindore," a semi-classical song in the Hindustani tradition. And 13 cast members performed "Jaago Mohan Preetam," a group song with keyboard, guitar and drum...
Performing in Boston on their One Earth Tour, Kodo is a percussion group dedicated to preserving and invigorating the taiko, the traditional Japanese drum. But with Kodo, the word "percussion" must be qualified. In Symphony Hall the stage is set with drums of massive proportions-one type, the miya-daiko, carved from a single tree, is four feet across and weighs 800 pounds. Other huge drums dot the stage, soon to be attacked with mallets the size of baseball bats...
...does not just play drums this enormous-to approach them is a discipline. Kodo is formed by a community of artists living on Sado Island in the Sea of Japan. While their perfect synchrony and physically rigorous technique approaches the martial arts, the group expresses an infectious playfulness and joy. Kodo reveal a childlike approach to drumming in the Japanese characters of their name, which can mean either "children of the drum" or "heartbeat," the original rhythm of the mother's heartbeat as first heard in the womb...
Much of Kodo's performance is visual; beauty of style and sound meld in "Yae-No-Furyu" and "Yamauta." In the latter, one performer approaches a drum measuring eight feet across, elevated on a platform strung with lanterns. Accompanied only by a mournful flute and finger cymbals, the drummer slams his mallets into this colossal drum, invoking not only the sounds, but the surging rage...