It has a very interesting range of sounds, Peter. As a classical musician you
might (or might not) appreciate it, but the player, Andrew Cronshaw, was very
versatile: he played the electric zither to great effect as well.
Chris
On 13 Aug 14, at 05:53, Peter Klein <pklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That's fascinating. I'd never seen or heard of a fujara before. Looked it up,
> it's kind of a contrabass recorder.
>
> The Verdi was a challenge, but also a lot of fun, and it was great to play
> with some good and nice people.
>
> --Peter
>
> > It's good to see a happy group.
> >
> > At WOMAD we watched a performance by SANS. One of the performers, a chap
> > called Andrew Cronshaw, had a massive flute or bassoon called a fujara.
> > It's
> > the long wooden instrument in this shots:
> >
> > http://images.threeshoes.biz/Travel/WOMAD-2014/i-KS8wHj5/A
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > On 9 Aug 14, at 22:48, Peter Klein <pklein [at] threshinc.com> wrote:
> >
> > > ...and the people who play them, including me (third from left in both
> > > pictures). This is why you didn't see much of me in May and June.
> > > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/14684142849/>
> > > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/14867712651/>
> > >
> > > Somebody else's cellphone pics. Enjoy!
>
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