Originating from the furthest reaches of Upper Egypt, the Musicians of the Nile have been journeying across Europe for the past 30 years. Performing on an array of traditional instruments including the rababeh (an instrument with strings of horsehair and a soundbox made of coconut shells and fish skin), mizmar (an oboe-like cornet), arghul (an Egyptian double clarinet) and tals (a huge drum held around the neck), they beat out entrancing cross-rhythms and dense waves of spontaneous sound, waving sticks in the air and dancing wildly to galvanising beats.

Queen Elizabeth Hall
16 July 2005 7.45pm
All tickets £17.50