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Azilut – concert

The concert was fantastic!! Before I went to the concert, I was stressed out about the piles of school work I had for the night. I was only planning to take a study break, and I told myself to leave during intermission so that I can go back to do work. I’m glad they did not have an intermission. Even if they did, I would have stayed behind because they music was absolutely astonishing!! Actually, the one thing that I missed was DANCE. A lot of their music was joyful and vivacious, which was very inviting to dance. I agree with Brook, it was hard to remain calmly in the seat while listening to their music. I also found myself stepping and beating my hands against my legs as I tried to follow the group in their rhythm.

Besides the music, the performance was also spectacular. I could definitely tell that those musicians were really passionate about their music. During the concert, the violinist and one of the drummers could not stay in their seats, they had to get up and move with the music. After the concert, I had the opportunity to meet and to talk with some of the musicians. The violinst was surprisingly shy and quiet.. I couldn't believe he was the same person I saw on stage.

While I was talking to the drummer, I joked about how they should have had some sort of dance to accompany their music. He told me that since they couldn’t see the audience, they didn’t know if the audience was really “into their music”. He said that if he would have been closer to the audience, he would have grabbed some people from the audience and taught them some steps. We were obviously joking, but wouldn’t it be neat to learn? 

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ps: I was curious about the meaning of the group's name ‘Azilut’. I found the following website: http://www.yashanet.com/studies/revstudy/rev6a.htm

Among many other things, azilut means “World of Unity, as it is apart from the dimensions of time and space that exist in the lower worlds” – suits the group perfectly.

Posted by luc at March 3, 2005 10:40 AM