Recently I have attended the Choral Concert by the Penang State Symphony Chorus on the 3rd of July. It was held in the Senate Room of Wawasan Open University. It was a lovely concert although both me and hubby were having McD in the car before attending it. My uncle Johnny is also singing in the choir, therefore my aunt and uncle including us did enjoy ourselves very much.
Hooray! I have waited for this day to come! Well, this is the second time that the World Music Festival event organised here. I went there quite early and have spotted a good place and manage to sit in between the two big stage.
Here's my hubby and the rest of the music lovers.......
This group is the the first to kick off on last Sunday 5th May Music Festival,
This band is from the USA, they are the Balfa Toujours. They played the fiddle sticks and did lots of jazz dance music which stirs the crowds up. People start dancing and swaying!
This group is from Denmark, go by the name Afenginn. They played very interesting music too, love the sax! The crowds gone wild by now!
This is my favourite group, Lo Cor De La Plana; I bought their CD which cost me RM90! The most expensive CD among all.... how come? They all sang vocals with some help of little instruments that's why! Love their music, it was fantastic!
This is Kenge Kenge from Kenya. They are the keepers of their tribe traditional music. They have performers and dancers too. Love their lively music and vibrant dance!
Here you can see that the crowds gone wild at the end! Everyone is enjoying themselves!
Hooray!! It didn't rain this year! I went to the Music fest yesterday and it was fun! I enjoyed the whole session. Lots of people and it is more organised than last year! The sound system was fantastic and it really impress the whole crowd! People dancing and swaying away the whole nite! So, this is a sneak preview of one of my favourite band in the Music Fest, the band is called "Lo Cor De La Plana" from France.
Well attended the world music festival at Quarry Gardens, (Taman Kuari) Pg. It was real fun although it rains like cats and dogs! Phew........ guess it takes a muscle or two to really be persistent in supporting the local event! Why they choose to organise it during the rainy season?!?
ENSEMBLE KABOUL - Group from Afghanistan, Its music is made up from different cultural sources – the Pashtuns and the Tajiks, the Uzbek, Hazara, and more. There are even Indian influences especially in the rhythms and percussion. Music was banned during the Taliban regime, but now the ban has been lifted, the music are once again being performed. But there are still problems of some instruments that no one know how to play. Well, get a glimpse at the live show here....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F89VTfieJs8
AFRICAN PERCUSSION - Group from Africa, they were singing and dancing, music were so lively that you can dance with them too. One of their most well known instrument – their percussion on tama (the talking drum), djembes and baras. The group has indeed made the crowd become lively and people start to dance with their beat.
Another highlight: INKA MARKA - from South America, a band of five young men whose music alternates between slow sweet and hauntingly nostalgic songs as well as lively folk dance music. They blow the panpipes as well while playing the string instruments. They are some among the incas, who still values their music, as they now resides in Australia.
Most Favourite band of the night, the Throat singers from Tuva, Russia; HUUN HUUR TU / MALERIJA. This will be a fusion of ultimate traditional culture with 21st century dance pulsations. The contrast is electrifying and mind blowing – both visually as well as aurally. I would shout out a big WOW..... and thumbs up for this group of people. They really made the crowd go wild! I thought I want to leave the concert earlier but in the end, we call for an encore and the band impress us all with the perfected and the most incredible vocal technique where they can produce 2 or 3 different layers of sound at any one time by one person.
