Ola Gjeilo has pulled from his Norwegian heritage and used the lovely Solrenning Sæle tune to set a new text by Charles Anthony Silvestri. The text speaks of winter as a time of reset - a breath before the rebirth of spring. An excellent secular work for your winter concert. / SSAATTBB
SKU: GI.WW1916
UPC: 785147040965. English or Norwegian. Text by Charles Anthony Silvestri.
Wintertide is an arrangement of one of Ola's favorite Norwegian folk songs, Solrenning Sæle. We have included both Charles Anthony Silvestri’s new, winter-themed lyrics in English and the traditional Norwegian Matias Skard hymn text from 1915.
SKU: MB.95552
ISBN 9780786605828. UPC: 796279026826. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
Master guitarist Al Petteway ventures into new territory with 15 Celtic-inspired, traditional, and New Age fingerstyle compositions in standard and alternate tunings. Derived from Alâ??s award-winning solo recording of the same title, each piece bears the inimitable Petteway signature of profoundly graceful, inspired innovation. Written in standard notation and tab with several pieces in alternate tunings. Al began his professional music career at the age of 11. He played guitar, drums, and string bass with a variety of rock and folk acts in the Washington D.C. area during the 60â??s, becoming a local legend by the time he went to college to study music composition in 1970. In 1977, Al took a job with The National Geographic Society. His work as Supervisor of Picture Editing for the societyâ??s Image Collection, gave him the artistic freedom to develop his own acoustic guitar style. While long recognized as one of the countryâ??s foremost bluegrass and folk sidemen, Celtic music specialty label Maggieâ??s Music signed Al in 1993 and released Whispering Stones following by The Waters and the Wild-exposing his solo acoustic guitar work to an international audience for the first time. Al left the National Geographic to become a full-time musician in the spring of 1995, just before the release of Midsummer Moon.
SKU: GI.G-CD-W113
Winter Songs is Ola Gjeilo's latest album on the Decca Classics label. These winter and Christmas-inspired works include music for choir, piano, and strings with performances by the Choir of Royal Holloway, 12 Ensemble, and Ola Gjeilo. Track Listing: The Rose Ecce Novum The First Nowell Days of Beauty Home Across The Vast, Eternal Sky Ave Generosa First Snow The Holly & The Ivy Away in a Manger Dawn Coventry Carol Silent Night Wintertide The Rose II.
