A Celtic Celebration: The Bookends with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra

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1.	The Bookends with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra - Greystones 05:42	info	buy track
2.	Waving to Muireann 06:18	info	buy track
3.	Dinny Donegal 03:16	info	buy track
4.	Stratford Symphony Orchestra - Braveheart [end credits] 09:04	info	buy track
5.	The Bookends with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra - The Allenvale Medley 07:05	info	buy track
6.	The Millhouse 03:02	info	buy track
7.	Wild Atlantic 05:17	info	buy track
8.	The Bookends with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra - The Old Grove 03:23	info	buy track
9.	The Bookends with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra - Salvation Contradiction 05:23	info	buy track

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Recorded LIVE in Stratford ON on June 10 & 11, 2022 at The Avondale.

Every year, the Stratford Symphony Orchestra embraces Celtic culture by inviting talented artists to collaborate with the orchestra in an evening of musical celebration. In June 2022, The Bookends capped off the SSO’s 17th Season sharing their positive musical energy in a sold-out show that lifted spirits when it was most needed, resulting in this memorable recording that brings together the Celtic and Symphonic musical traditions.

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released January 25, 2023

The Bookends: Errol Fischer (fiddle/banjo), Miriam Fischer (piano/accordion), Cait Watson (whistle), Pete Watson (guitars)

Special Guest: Roman Di Nillo (bodhran)

The Stratford Symphony Orchestra: Bill Rowson (Principal Conductor and Music Director)

Mixed, Edited & Produced by Pete Watson, TrewStudio (Stratford)
Recorded by Jeff Wolpert, Desert Fish Studios (Toronto)
Mastered by Rob Nation, EMAC Recording Studios (London)
Live Sound by John Hazen, assisted by Ethan McCarroll

Package design by Punch & Judy Inc.
Cover: The Dancing Stevedores (c.1900), Jack B. Yeats (Bridgeman Images)
The Bookends photo by Aidan Shipley. Concert photo by Ballinran Entertainment

SSO Administrative Director: Chris Sharpe
SSO Stage Manager: David Spence

Live Video for StageView TV by Ballinran Entertainment
Venue Lighting by Stephen Degenstein

TRACK INFO:

GREYSTONES
Composed by Cait Watson
Arranged by Cait & Pete Watson
Arranged for orchestra by Ben Bolt-Martin
Performed by The Bookends & Stratford Symphony Orchestra

WAVING TO MUIREANN
Humours of Trim (trad.) / Muireann’s Jig (N.Vallely)
Arranged by The Bookends
Performed by The Bookends

DINNY DONEGAL
Dinny Delaney’s Jig (D. Delaney - trad.) / Donegal Lasses (B. Finnegan)
Arranged by Errol Fischer & Pete Watson
Performed by The Bookends

BRAVEHEART (end credits)
Composed by James Horner
Arranged by Christopher Meyer
Performed by Stratford Symphony Orchestra

THE ALLENVALE MEDLEY
The Rosebud of Allenvale (J. Scott Skinner - trad.) / The Deil’s Lockie (James MacIntosh - trad.) / Angus Ronald Beaton’s Strathspey (Donald Angus Beaton) / Brenda Stubbert's Reel (Jerry Holland) / New Bob Reel (trad.)
Arranged for orchestra by Scott MacMillan
Performed by The Bookends & Stratford Symphony Orchestra

THE MILLHOUSE
Composed by John Martin
Arranged by The Bookends
Performed by The Bookends

WILD ATLANTIC
The Mist Covered Mountains (trad.) / The Rolling Waves (trad.)
Arranged by The Bookends
Performed by The Bookends

THE OLD GROVE
Composed by Errol Fischer
Arranged by The Bookends
Arranged for orchestra by Ben Bolt-Martin
Performed by The Bookends & Stratford Symphony Orchestra

SALVATION CONTRADICTION
The Salvation Reel (Simon Bradley) / The Contradiction Reel (trad.)
Arranged by The Bookends
Arranged for orchestra by Ben Bolt-Martin
Performed by The Bookends & Stratford Symphony Orchestra

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The Bookends are Celtic instrumentalists who keep audiences of all ages spellbound and fast-footed with their masterful arrangements. Building on a library of traditional Irish and Scottish gems, they draw on rock & roll, classical, world, and folk music to hone their own sound and pen their own compositions – with arrangements that compel even the hardest of metalheads to dance jigs. ... more

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