Have yourself a merry multiculture

Have yourself a merry multiculture

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norman lebrecht

December 14, 2010

This may be something you want to keep under wraps and not open until Saturday week in the privacy of your living room.

I can’t resist sharing a retrieved video of the great Lebanese singer Fairouz, still in her 20s, taking one of the season’s favourites in cultivated microtones.

The title is Leilet Eid – you may know it by another name – and I’d be surprised if you ask for your money back, even if the opening wouldn’t quite make it into Mahler’s fourth symphony.
and here’s the artist in her youth.

Comments

  • Marie Lamb says:

    No, Norman, I’m not asking for one penny of my money back. That was charming, and a refreshing change from the pop Christmas fluff we’re bombarded with on commercial radio and in the shopping malls here in the U.S. Bless you for striking a blow against some pop-tart with the latest (per)version of “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.” Thank you!

  • Michael P Scott says:

    Ah, Norman, I LOVE your sense of humor.
    M

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