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At first it was hard to tell if it had begun, and what exactly it was. So Percussion had quietly positioned themselves in one corner of the stage and the lights had dimmed, and when the Museum of Fine Art's sold-out Remis Auditorium had hushed itself we began to hear a net of beads rubbing around a gourd-shaped object in front of a microphone. This gentle clacking was joined by some barely-perceptible fuzz and a few lonely notes from a xylophone or a glockenspiel. Maybe twelve minutes later, one of the percussionists asked the audience if we were awake. Those of us who didn't answer in the affirmative definitely regained consciousness with the next piece: the first movement of Steve Reich's "Drumming" was an intricate four-bongo affair that So Percussion pulled off with energy and astounding precision, as much an athletic feat as a musical performance.