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Symphony Space Live: A Celtic Celebration

Series: Symphony Space Live
From: Murray Street Productions
Length: 00:57:57

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Piece Description

SYMPHONY SPACE LIVE: A CELTIC CELEBRATION -- It's not just for St. Patrick's Day. From Brittany to Gallicia, Scotland to Arcadia, The Isle of Man to Ireland, Celtic musicians do extraordinary things with their fiddles, their pipes and their bows. From the stages of Symphony Space, Grammy nominated Blue Note recording aritst STEFON HARRIS hosts a festival of Celtic music featuring the ensemble FLOOK, fiddlers KEVIN BURKE, CHRISTIAN LEMAITRE & ANDRE BRUNET, and singer KARAN CASEY. We also pay tribute to the late Scottish fiddler Johnny Cunningham and hear excerts from his Symphony Space perormance.

Transcript

A CELTIC CELEBRATION:
MUSIC FOR MORE THAN JUST ST. PATRICK
V 1.9 12/21/06 post produced

1) Music: CD 2 Celtic Fiddle Festival: Include count in: One two three

Stefon:
YOU KNOW, MUSICIANS CAN LEARN A LOT ABOUT MUSIC FROM FOOD MAVENS.
THE FOODIES USE THE TERM ?Terr Wahr?. (TERROIR). IT'S A SIMPLE IDEA, REALLY: GREAT FOOD COMES FROM SPECIAL PLACES, WITH SPECIAL EARTH SUN AND RAIN.
SOME MUSICIANS, AND MANY CELTIC {Kel- tic} MUSIC FANS HAVE KNOWN ABOUT TERR-wahr FOR FOR YEARS. FROM BRITTANY TO GALLICIA , SCOTLAND TO ARCADIA {ar-Kay-Dee-ya}, THE ISLE OF MAN TO, WELL, IRELAND ? THE PARTICULAR SUN, EARTH, AIR, AND NOT A LITTLE RAIN OF THESE DIFFERENT TERROIRS HAVE INSPIRED PLAYERS TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS WITH THEIR FIDDLES, THEIR PIPES, AND THEIR BOWS.
NOW THE CELTS MAY SPEAK IN DIFFERENT TONGUES; THEIR ACCENTS MAY FALL ON VARIOUS SYLLABLES BUT...
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Timing and Cues

self contained program in three segments

segment 1 25:32
in "One, two three..." (& Music)
out: "...Space Live. I'm Stefon Harris."

segment 2 - :60 music fill for station ID (no speech)

segment 3: 31:26
in: The writer, GK Chesterton
out: "...for listening." music & applause fades

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
The Mouse Jigs Flook live onstage. 00:00
Three Reels from Quebec Burke, LeMaitre & Brunet live onstage. 00:00
Love is Pleasing Karan Casey live onstage. 00:00
Ed Reevey's Reel, Culfada & The Graf Spay Burke, LeMaitre & Brunet live onstage. 00:00
The Curra Road Karan Casey live onstage. 00:00
House of Little Lights // Souter Creek Flook live onstage. 00:00
This Time Will Pass Karan Casey live onstage. 00:00
Leaving Brittany // The Pernod Waltz Burke, LeMaitre & Brunet live onstage. 00:00

Related Website

http://www.murraystreet.com/symphonyspace