RECORDINGS

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NEW! Released November 2009

Suites for the Holidays - Over an hour of acoustic instrumental music for the Christmas and winter seasons. Hammered dulcimer is the featured instrument throughout, with acoustic guitar accompaniment and bowed psaltery accents on some selections. The 21 tracks are grouped into four suites, featuring:

The Nutcracker Suite - All eight movements of P.I. Tchaikovsky's perennial holiday favorite arranged for hammered dulcimer(s), with acoustic guitar accompaniment on four of the movements.
Mostly Carols Suite - Traditional carol tunes and medleys from England, Ireland, France, Germany, Catalonia, and the Shetland Islands, plus one original composition.
Mostly Anthems Suite - Instrumental arrangements of Pietro Yon's Gesu Bambino, the familiar Lo How A Rose, and a baroque organ piece based on a French noel.
Suite for Winter - A tribute to the stark beauty of the season, including Antonio Vivaldi's Largo from The Four Seasons - Winter, an original composition entitled After the Ice Storm, and In The Bleak Midwinter.

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Inventio - A collaborative project of hammered dulcimer duets with Martha Giles of Virginia Beach, featuring all 15 of J.S. Bach's Two-Part Inventions and G.F. Handel's The Harmonious Blacksmith. Additional tracks include baroque works by Scarlotti and Telemann and romantic era pieces by Taregga and Saint-Saens. Released in 2008.

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Suites for the Holidays is for sale at the following retail stores in the Richmond area:

Book People (Granite Ave. near Patterson)
Plan 9 (various locations - please call store nearest you to check availability)
Serendipity Art & Consignment (Bon Air Center)

Inventio is available at:

Book People (Granite Ave. near Patterson)