Conference of the Birds

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William Parker's "In Order to Survive;" Houria Aïchi performs sacred music from Algeria; fado music from Carlos and Lucilia do Carmo; cross-cultural music from Lebannon by Ghazi Abdel-Baki; Sory Babma relates a tale of cultural clashing from the region of Mopti (in Mali); B. F. Shelton relates a different sort of tale; recent music from Ornette Coleman; the COnvergence Quartet live in Oxford; much more...