Final MENAME concert: Thursday, March 26, 2009

Note that there will be a dress rehearsal on Wednesday, March 25, 6:30 pm in Convocation Hall (Old Arts Building), where the concert will also be held.

East to West: a musical journey (click to browse the map)

Probable program (in roughly this order)

Lebanon:

• Bilafrah Hijaz G (3 min)
• taqsim Hijaz G to Nahawand C
• Dulab Nahawand C
• taqsim Nahawand C
• Sa'altak ya habibi Nahawand C. Mona and Tony (5 min)

Iraq:

• Dulab Rast C
• Taqsim Rast C
• La Khabar Rast C. Amal & ? (5 min)

Iran:

• Chang-e Rudaki G minor. Kioumars. (5 min)
• Bidad Zaman D minor. Elaheh. (5 min)
• Ali Hooshiar et al (5 min)
• al-Uzubiyya/Shaneh (5 min)

Saudi Arabia:

• Ahabbek law tekun hader Mona and Samira (4 min)

about 45 minutes to here

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- intermission - 15 minutes

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Egypt:

• Dulab Rast
• Ya Shadi al-Alhan Rana and Tony (4 min)
• Longa Riyad (subgroup) (4 min)
• il Hilwa Di (4 min)

Turkey:

• Leylim Ley Samira, Rana & Elaheh (5 min)

Algeria:

• Wahrane all ?? (5 min)
• A vava inouva all (5 min)

Morocco:

• Allah ya Moulana Samira leads (5 min)

Dance suite:

• Dulab Huzam, with final slowdown (3 min)
• Raqs al-Hawanem (7 min, with dancing featuring Pam and Cari, with audience participation)

~3:00( Dulab Huzam)

Raks al-Hawanim:
~2:42 Song melody 1x: (ensemble, Pam solo dance onstage)
~1:25 Takaseem instrumental (oud, Pam solo dance onstage)
1:00 Drum solo (percussion, Pam solo dance onstage)
~2:42 Song melody 1x (ensemble, Pam, Cari take the dancing to the aisle with veils and zills, audience participation)

• Oudak Rannan all (7 min with dancing, Nizar leads dabke through the aisles...)

about 45 minutes

Encores:

• Ya Banat Iskandariyya (5 min)* Ah ya Zayn (5)

Total time: 108 min. + 10 min transitions + 15 min intermission = 133 min