| Description |
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby 2.0 stereo., Dolby 5.1 surround, DTS 5.1 surround; dual layer. |
| Performer |
Bowfire: Lenny Solomon, George Gau, Jon Pilatzke, Bogdan Djukic, Raymond Legere, Shane Cook, Kelli Trottier, Yi-Jia Susanne Hou, Stéphane Allard, Stephanie Cadman, violins ; with accompanying musicians. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Normand Chasse ; editor, George Roulston ; script, Heather Jenkins. |
| Event |
Recorded live at Centre in the Square, Kitchener, Ontario, May 17, 2007. |
| Summary |
In their first television special, Bowfire, a group of string musicians employing instruments from the traditional fiddle and violin to the electric violin and Chinese erhu, perform music spanning jazz, classical, bluegrass, Celtic, rock, and world styles. |
| Contents |
Fiddler in the hood -- Father fugue -- Mystic moon -- Zigeunerweisen -- Blue moon, I want to be happy -- Lazy Ray, pts. I and II -- Sally Goodin medley: Cottonwoods jig -- The reel -- Mist covered mountains -- Growling old woman ; Clumsy lover -- Canty fiddle medley: Canty Jenny Munroe ; Lexie Smith ; Eugene Stratton ; Isle of Skye ; Saratoga hornpipe -- Kashmir -- Suns and moons -- Djtango -- Galloping horses -- Caravan -- The line -- Orange blossom special -- Klezmer medley -- Aire -- Fiddle medley: Wooden whale ; Liz Carol -- Fiddler in the hood. |
| Note |
Bonus material: Bowfire, behind the scenes; biographies; interviews. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Violin music.
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Fiddle tunes.
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Popular instrumental music -- 2001-2010.
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| Added Author |
Solomon, Lenny.
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Brescia, Nat.
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Arima, Stafford.
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O'Brien, Shelagh.
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WLIW (Television station : Long Island, N.Y.)
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Bowfire Productions.
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| ISBN |
0979379415 |
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9780979379413 |
| Standard No. |
895834001022 |
| Music No. |
AN-01022 Bowfire Productions |
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