Word: instrumentalized
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...most intriguing in the exhibition. One set of hanging scrolls shows six of the 12 Portraits of the Yongzheng Emperor Enjoying Himself Throughout the Twelve Months. In all of them, Yongzheng is portrayed as a Chinese scholar participating in such traditional activities as playing a qin, a classical stringed instrument, and in such celebrations as the Lunar New Year festival, where one of his sons sets off a firecracker. A set of paintings from a small album for private viewing depicts the Emperor in 13 different guises, from a Taoist sage to a Mongolian noble to a Westerner...
Friday, Nov. 18Wu Man and Ensemble. Wu Man, a virtuoso pipe player, performs Chen Yi’s spellbinding opus “Ancient Dances” with his lute-like instrument accompanied by percussionists. Images of ancient Chinese calligraphy will be projected in the background, creating a multimedia event. Sanders Theatre. 8 p.m. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. $38/28/23/20. (KAF)Scissorfight. Boston-based punk rockers Scissorfight, whose vocalist, Ironlung, once dislocated his shoulder in the middle of a show and spent the remainder of said show attempting to punch it back into place, team...
...wouldn’t be out of place in a Baptist church on Sunday morning. Sadly, Oldham and company’s amazing performances are a little less compelling than they might be because of “Summer”’s threadbare production values. Unintended instrument distortion, a persistent hiss, and echoing vocals all evidence that these recordings were made in hole-in-the-wall clubs with lousy sound systems. Some will say that this “dirty” production is an integral part of the Oldham experience: it accurately represents...
SJE’s final piece, “Manteca,” began with an interesting, introduction by THUD. SJE crept into the piece slowly, instrument by instrument, and the performance then rather suddenly crescendoed and swung into an upbeat, rhythmically fast-paced piece. The unexpected upswing thrillingly caught audiences off guard. After this performance was met with wild applause, there was a brief intermission to allow THUD...
...directors Danielle R. Lehle ’07 and Sonali Palchaudhuri ’07. Palchaudhuri initiated the THUD performance in the same way, she said, that all THUD performances begin—by having the audience perform. Dividing up and assigning each audience section an instrument, Palchaudhuri led each one in playing various rhythms before having the whole audience synthesize their performances. With the audience’s rhythms in the background, the THUD performers filed onto stage, completing the interactive musical piece with their own parts. The THUD interaction with the audience not only engaged it but also...