On 2-Oct-2009, MajorOz wrote:

Agreed. Probably the best of what he does. Ashoken Farewell, written
for his Civil War series, is, far and away, the most requested piece
at any gathering of fiddle players (don't know about violinists).

All in all, however, I find this National Park series to be a bit too
fawning and saccharine. Yes, it is lovely.........but, hey, enough.

cheers

oz, who has been to most of them, but finds The Blackfoot Reservation,
near Glacier, to be better than any.


On 2-Oct-2009, MajorOz wrote:

Agreed. Probably the best of what he does. Ashoken Farewell, written
for his Civil War series, is, far and away, the most requested piece
at any gathering of fiddle players (don't know about violinists).

All in all, however, I find this National Park series to be a bit too
fawning and saccharine. Yes, it is lovely.........but, hey, enough.

cheers

oz, who has been to most of them, but finds The Blackfoot Reservation,
near Glacier, to be better than any.

In The soundtrack for the sries Ashokan Farewell is written by and
performed by Jay Ungar - altho is origins may lie elsewhere-
Jay Ungar & his wife Molly Mason are great - check out Lover's waltz!
( I will send it to you if you want )

BTW Fiddles and violins sre the same - for me - I pay bluegrass and some
classical- I tend to call bluegrass, swing and jazz violins as- fiddles
Classical violins are the same - Violin is in the fiddle family of horsehair
bowed string insstruments - I interchange the names


All in all, however, I find this National Park series to be a bit too
fawning and saccharine. Yes, it is lovely.........but, hey, enough.

cheers

oz, who has been to most of them, but finds The Blackfoot Reservation,
near Glacier, to be better than any.

I cocur w both of these astute .observations

Thanks
Fred