| The seasons are come to a stagnant stop, the trees blench and wither, the wagons role in the mica ruts with slithering harplike thuds. |
| Its most important instrument is the kora, a harplike instrument made from a dried and hollowed-out gourd. |
| After a harplike flourish and a drum fill, gliding magical strings and a subdued 16 th-note hi-hat rhythm appear. |
| Chromatic, harplike swirls, fluid chordal figures and alluring bent notes showed the koto's more familiar character. |
| Ms. Brewer's accompanist, Craig Rutenberg, contributed superb playing to this recital, notably in the Strauss Wiegenlied, with its perpetual motion of harplike arpeggiation. |
