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Friday, Nov. 18. Wu Man and Ensemble. Organized around Chen Yi’s mesmerizing “Ancient Dances,” Wu Man brings her prodigal skill on the pipa, an ancient instrument similar to the lute, in a gripping multimedia performance. 8:00 p.m. Sanders Theatre. $23-38. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office...
...Christian rapper, he dreams of secular peace in Sudan, of a day "When my people will plant seed in their land/ When my people will be free in the land." That message resonated with Abdel Gadir Salim, a 58-year-old traditional Arab singer and oud (a type of lute) player from northern Sudan whose own fight for freedom - that of musical expression under Shari'a law - has also been bloody: he was injured by a knife-wielding Islamic militant in 1994. Salim invited Jal to collaborate with him on Ceasefire - 10 songs that reach across their religious, cultural...
...very classy quartettakes on one of Bollywood composer R.D. Burman's trashiest melodies, and the musicians are wise enough to keep the meticulousness of their playing from overwhelming the main attraction--the exuberant juxtaposition of Indian tabla, Chinese lute and rock rhythm...
They first performed together in the 1946 production of Lute Song. Critics praised Mary Martin but took little note of a young actress named Nancy Davis. Last week Nancy D. Reagan returned to the Broadway stage to pay tribute, along with Robert Preston, Lillian Gish, Carol Channing and Helen Hayes, to Martin, and the response this time was thunderous applause. The First Lady instantly won over the capacity audience by announcing, "I'm a little out of my element. I really don't go around the White House singing." Then, her clear alto voice quavering a bit, she began...
Frank encountered all the coaching legends—Hall of Famers Boeheim, Temple coach John Chaney, Arizona coach Lute Olsen—but was one of only a couple of players on the team who didn’t get a look. He drew interest from Susquehanna and Slippery Rock, he says, and Haverford and Swarthmore, “but I just decided I’d rather come here...