- Mehr & Sher Ali and Musicians
"Qawwali Music of Pakistan" - Friday, May 2, 2008 at 8 pm
- $36 / $29
- (Children under 17 and students with ID save $4 off top two ticket prices.)
"Soaring, vibrant music fueled by its own jubilation." —New York Times
Listen to clips: Mahi Bahj Kali An, Maro Nara Haideri Ya Ali,
Mera E Charkha Naulakha Kure
Strong, soaring voices and explosively rhythmic hand-clapping characterize Qawwali, devotional music and song based
on the mystic poetry of Sufi masters. An ensemble of nine musicians, led by brothers and master
qawwals Mehr and Sher Ali, perform heart-rending, percussive, and deeply
spiritual music that transcends cultural boundaries, issuing
a universal invitation to share in powerful emotions of
pure love, the pain of separation, and the joy of union.
The brothers Ali are students of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
and family, venerated as the greatest of all Qawwali artists.
"Qawwali Music of Pakistan" Pre-Performance Discussion :
Friday, May 2 at 6:30 pm; Amy E. Tarrant Gallery at the Flynn Center; FREE!
Adam Nayyar, director of Research at the National Institute
of Folk and Traditional Heritage and a professor of
anthropology at the Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad,
Pakistan, will explain the poetic and philosophical
concepts symbolically illustrated in qawwali music.
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