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"...effective,
spontaneous and sometimes surprising arrangements..." - PBFS
Strings Magazine
"...
a delightful recording indeed" - Irish
Music Magazine
"...
great arrangements by Saskia and Steáfán"
- Folkworld
Magazine
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Wind on the Shore / The Trundle Wheel / Colty's Corners
- Saskia - Violin; Steáfán - Bodhran, percussion,
mandolin, guitar; Sam - Double bass. "Wind" is the
first tune that Anne wrote; Colty's Corners was the site of
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Snowy Evening Waltz / The Severwright Waltz - Saskia
- Violin, viola, nyckelharpa; Anne - Mandolin; Steáfán
- Guitar; Sam - Double bass; Oisin - Bodhran. These waltzes
were first played at the Peterborough Celtic Jam.
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03 |
The Loon's Call / A Walk in the West Wind / Over the Iron
Gate - Saskia - Violin, viola, keyboard; Steáfán
- Guitar, bass, keyboard, accordeon, cymbalon, snare drum;
Oisin - Bodhram. The phrases in "The Loon's Call"
are intended to emulate the four types of calls made by loons
- tremolo, wail, hoot and yodel.
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Three Pecuniary Polkas: Pinching Pennies / Smash the Piggybank
/ Holey Pockets - Saskia - Violin; Steáfán
- Guitar, accordeon, bodhran; Sam - Double bass. These polkas
sound cheerful, but the titles tell a sad story.
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Between Secrets / Silver Street Stride - Saskia -
Violin; Steáfán - Guitar, mandolin, percussion;
Sam - Double bass. "Silver Street" was the first
of several of Anne's tunes to be performed by the Mandolin
Society of Peterborough orchestra.
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06 |
The Unionville Hornpipe / The Cardinal Jig / A Quart
of Ale - Saskia - Violin; Steáfán -
Guitar, double bass, drums; Sam - Double bass.
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Stack Overflow / The Comfy Corner / Periwinkle -
Saskia - Violin; Steáfán - Guitar, bouzouki,
border pipes, scottish small pipes, uilleann pipes, Scottish
marching percussion. Stéafán has created his
own personal pipe band.....
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Walking the Ridgepole / Spruce Needle Tea / Oakwood and Vaughan
- Saskia - Violin, viola, nyckelharpa; Steáfán
- Guitar, tin whistle; Sam - Double bass; Oisin - bodhran.
The first two tunes are old-timey; the third is named for
the area of Toronto where Anne was born.
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Almond Icing / Cinnamon Stick / Two by Two Step -
Saskia - Violin; Steáfán - Guitar, mandolin;
Sam - Double bass; Oisin - Daff. A combination of tunes from
three very different genres.
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With Folded Hands / The Welkin Walk / Granite Ridge
- Saskia - Violin; Steáfán - Guitar, 5-string
banjo (first tune), mandolin, triangle; Sam - Double bass,
jaw harp, 5-string banjo (second and third tunes). This set
starts off gently and gains steam as it goes. "Granite
Ridge", a bluegrassy tune, features an instrument not
generally heard in that genre!
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A Last Golden Hour / Right Turn Lane / The Overturned Turtle
- Saskia - Violin; Steáfán - Guitar, percussion,
bass, keyboard, Spanish guitar, mandolin. Anne's admiration
of the tunes of guitarist Larry Unger led her to compose "A
Last Golden Hour" for the Mandolin Society orchestra.
The following tunes are livelier, and the last is a recent
composition.
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Mist in the Night Air / Carefree on a Sunny Saturday / Red
Currant Rag - Saskia - Violin; Steáfán
- Guitar, bass, drums, whistle, keyboard, Spanish guitar,
bouzouki. The first two tunes have been performed by the Mandolin
Society of Peterborough orchestra; the third is a recent composition.
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The Merry Merchants of Markham / Fifty Steps / The Boundary
Road Reel - Saskia - Violin; Steáfán
- Guitar, border pipes, Scottish marching percussion, bouzouki,
double bass. "The Merry Merchants" refers to Anne's
own family; the Fifty Steps can be found in Hastings, Ontario,
leading from the lower to the upper village. |
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