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Tune
List
1
Another Wild Place Lost Forever (4:43)
2 Castles Aaaa and Bbbb (3:24)
3 Ruth's Waltz (5:22)
4 In The Cracks (3:29)
5 Full Fathom Five/Crooked Path/On the Firebreak/Spy
Rock (5:33)
6 Judy's Jubilation (2:47)
7 Before the Bloom/Drunkard's Walk/C Sharp Minor (6:19)
8 After the Flood (2:45)
9 Scherzo in C minor (5:26)
10 Un Abrazo Sin Fin (3:36)
11 The Silver Shadow (3:22)
12 Julie MacRae's Waltz (4:01)
13 The Warfield Berry Jam/Drunkard's Walk/New Robinson
Bridge(3:59)
14 Piper on the Hill(3:28)
15 Selva Negra (3:05)
16 My Love She is a Nut Brown Ale/Slingshort/Spinnaker
(4:03)
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An
original symphonic suite for folk ensemble, drawing on elements
of Celtic and English dance traditions
Pianist Dave Wiesler's debut recording is a musical journey
through the space where traditional Celtic and English dance
forms meet classical forms of composition and arrangement.
Featuring entirely original compositions, Cracks and Shadows
combines the intricacy of composed pieces with the unpredictable
exhuberance of improvised music. Dave is accompanied here
by a star ensemble made up of Andrea Hoag and Earl Gaddis
on fiddles, Susan Brandt on silver flute, Ralph Gordon on
'cello and bass, Karen Ashbrook on hammered dulcimer and whistles,
and Paul Oorts on various plucked strings.
Dave
has been a much sought-after pianist for folk dancing for
nearly a decade. He is a master of many different styles ranging
from Scottish, Irish, and English folk music to ragtime, swing,
blues, popular and classical music. In addition to being a
prolific composer and talented arranger, he is a consummate
ensemble musician. His versatility has made him a popular
choice for dance and music camps, concerts, performance tours,
and music workshops across the country, in Canada, and in
Scotland and as a supporting musician on a number of other
recordings. Says one dancer "You turn dancing from a pleasure
into a joy and from a joy into an art form."
Liner Notes
MUSICIANS
| Dave
Wiesler |
piano |
| Earl
Gaddis |
fiddle,
viola |
| Andrea
Hoag |
fiddle |
| Susan
Brandt |
silver flute |
| Ralph
Gordon |
bass,
violincello |
| Karen
Ashbrook |
hammered dulcimer, whistle |
| Paul
Oorts |
steel
& nylon stringed guitars, bouzouki, mandolin |
Produced
by Dave Wiesler
All music composed by Dave Wiesler (BMI).
Listeners
have been telling me for years how hard it is to categotize
my music. Much of it lies outside the usual confines of folk,
classical, or contemporary music -- somewhere in the cracks
between traditional and modern and in the shadows between
the pure folk genres of Scottish or English or American music.
This recording is a glimpse into those cracks and shadows.
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