Word: fiddler
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...amalgam of jazz and ethnic music. Last week in Manhattan's cavernous Village Gate, the Herbie Mann Septet was serving up one of its typical jazz potpourris: gently infectious bossa nova, thumping Afro-Cuban, variations on a North African tribal chant, a Middle Eastern treatment of the theme from Fiddler on the Roof, a brooding interpretation of a classical piano piece written in 1888 by French composer Erik Satie ... Mann's flute is a sparrow in the treetops, lightly flitting and chirping above a heavy, sensuous beat laid down by the rhythm section ... Mann plays with eyes closed, standing disjointedly...
...health of its greatest assets. But even by its galactic standards, Verbier's lineup for its 10th anniversary is extraordinary. There will be no fewer than 45 stars on show, including top conductors James Levine (who heads the festival's resident youth orchestra) and Esa-Pekka Salonen, gypsy fiddler Roby Lakatos, consummate pianist Emanuel Ax and legendary soprano Elisabeth Söderström. Music lovers who have gathered in the village can't believe their luck. "It's so exciting to see all these stars here," enthuses 20-year-old New Zealander Paul Rah, as he waits patiently...
...long time, it’s been surmised that without its traditions, Harvard heavyweight crew would be as unsteady as a fiddler on the roof. This year, the Crimson will have to face the music...
...really sore throat before playing during Fiddler on the Roof, so I ran to C’est Bon and bought a gallon of water. I drank the entire gallon in twenty-five minutes, forgetting exactly how long the first act of Fiddler on the Roof is. I had to actually jump out of the pit during the show to go to the bathroom and barely made it back in time to play...
...Fiddler on the Roof. See story. Friday, Jan. 10 at 1 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m.. Tickets $9, $7 students/seniors, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone (617) 496-2222. At the Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard...