Magda's is absolutely Fair & Lucky! We've scored again! Direct from Nova Scotia, Canada, acoustic and live, one public performance only: Chris Norman – traditional & early flutes, Scottish smallpipes, voice; David Greenberg – baroque violin, Cape Breton style fiddle, octave violin.
[In listening to Chris and David I can finally believe the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin - their music is just exquisite ... and you don't have to follow them out of town to keep listening. Their concert is brought to you by Magda's, Sarah Wade and Boxwood Festival Society, Nova Scotia.]
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Listen to this, baroque at its quintessential best - you wouldn't want to miss this! (Telemann's Vivace from Duo in E.)
Concert Special: Show your Trybooking pre-paid ticket to Keng (aka Kathy) at Spicy I'm Thai (100m from BrisWest), and receive a 10% discount on a wonderful, pre-concert meal. Eat in and on the night of the concert only.... A great way to start a fabulous evening.
Chris and David are two of the most imaginative and dynamic performers in traditional and early music join forces to present a program that runs the gamut of musical expression, including baroque, traditional and original music incorporating flutes, violins, pipes, and voice. Hailing from Nova Scotia, Canada, these two extraordinary performers have played together as sparring partners for more than 20 years on the concert stage and in the recording studio. And the clarity and mosaic of tones!
In this program, Chris and David play music of 18th-century European stalwarts like Bach and Telemann, as well as wilder music of Scottish derived traditions. The special quality of their collaboration lies in their exuberant musical conversation played in consummate fluency of Baroque and Celtic genres. Their use of period instruments, which have a wider and more flexible palate of sounds, expands their expressive possibilities to a magical degree. Listeners are treated to the wild & driving sound of Cape Breton strathspeys & reels, the mystery of ancient Scottish airs, the intricate & mesmerizing journey of the border pipe repertoire, the lyrical & tender beauty of the baroque, humorous and tender ballads, soaring songs of the sea, and everything in between. Woven throughout all of it is the joy that lies at the heart of their long friendship and the music they play.
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REVIEWS
* "These two well-traveled musicians are convincing, entertaining ambassadors for the wide-ranging facets of early music, music of the Canadian Maritimes, and traditional Scottish music they played. . . [Their] Telemann was sheerest pleasure, with its effortless tunefulness and sparely, brilliantly sketched harmonic framework. . . David Greenberg’s agile partnering of Chris Norman and his various sizes of flute left listeners with the impression of two lithely vocal lines with sweetly complimentary harmonics and interlocking, subtle fundamentals. This was magical, in fact. . . I enjoyed every minute of it, and was particularly impressed by the seamless transitions among the various styles included in the concert. The evening was brilliantly programmed and executed by the duo." - - Boston Musical Intelligencer
* Chris and David are the consummate entertainment package with virtuosic skill and engaging charisma. . . Their love for their music is enticing and one is easily caught up and hooked into their passion. . . . A memorable concert. - - Bay Chronicle, New Zealand
* This remarkable recording, Let Me In This Ae Night, signals a new breakthrough in drawing various genres of music onto one canvas. Scottish and baroque music are the main root elements. Much more than a ‘cross-over’ recording, this project embodies the ideals of rhetoric and rhythm that are rarely heard in today’s scene, regardless of the genre. The complete absence of other accompaniment heightens the intensity of the musical conversation taking place, and these two artists are taking chances and playing with an abandon that is quite stunning. . . it is a recording that every flute or fiddle player should own, enjoy and learn from. - - Flute: Journal of the British Flute Society
* “one of the most impassioned folk-fiddlers you’ll ever hear”. - - Chronicle Herald Halifax
* "In the spotlight on several numbers was flutist/bagpiper Chris Norman. Norman is a commanding, expressive player. He sails through dances with endless energy, giving the sort of continuous circular motion to his phrases that makes it tough to just sit still and listen. These pieces demand actual dancing. Norman plays with the expressive freedom of a singer and the improvisational freedom of a jazz player. He manages colorful, controlled sounds and accurate pitch even from instruments as unwieldy as the bellows-operated bagpipes or as cantankerous as a keyless Renaissance flute." -- Milwaukee Sentinel
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