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.

PLEASE focus on these pieces for Saturday's rehearsal:

• La Khabar
• Sa'altak Habibi
• Leylim Ley
• Wahrane
• Avava inouva
• Allah ya moulana
• Ya shadi al-alhan

We'll also quickly review some of the others.

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A musical journey (click to browse the map)

Probable program (in roughly this order)

Lebanon:

• Bilafrah Hijaz G (3 min). Play entire form once only.
• taqsim Hijaz G to Nahawand C (org)
• Dulab Nahawand C (percussion solo in middle)
• taqsim Nahawand C. Nadir.
• Sa'altak habibi Mona and Tony (5 min) Nahawand C

Iraq:

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

Iran:

• Bidad Zaman D minor. Elaheh solo. (5 min)
• Chang-e Rudaki G minor. Kioumars and Yuliya solo. (5 min)
• Ali Hooshiar and Raman Yazdani, avaz (7 min)
• al-Uzubiyya/Shaneh Ensemble. (5 min)

Saudi Arabia:

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

Dance suite:

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

Raqs al-Hawanim details:

1. Play form all the way through (ensemble, Pam solo dance onstage)
   
2. Taqsim oud with drone; no drumming (Pam solo dance onstage)
   
3. Add instrumental ciftetelli ostinato, continue taqsim
   
4. Add instrumental maqsum ostinato, drum solo begins
5. Drum solo continues; instruments move with the rhythm, stopping when meter stops. (Cari take the dancing to the aisle with veils and zills, audience participation)
   
6. Drum returns to Masmudi
7. Perform Raqs al-Hawanem to the first repeat mark, and end there.

about 50 minutes to here

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- intermission - 15 minutes

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Egypt:

• Dulab Rast (once through only)
• Ya Shadi al-Alhan Rana and Tony (4 min)
• Longa Riyad (subgroup) (4 min). Nahawand G.
• il Hilwa Di, featuring Amr Eid, Ashraf and Samira (4 min)

Turkey:

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

Algeria:

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

Morocco:

• Allah ya Moulana all (antiphonal choirs); Samira leads (5 min)

• Oudak Rannan Rana (7 min with dancing, Nizar leads dabke through the aisles...musicians continue to cycle until signalled to end)

about 45 minutes

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Possible encores:

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

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