Date/Time:
Friday, May 8, 2015
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location:
St. John’s United Church
THE OCEANS OF THE WORLD IN SONG
William Pint and Felicia Dale have boundless enthusiasm for creating music and sharing it with their audience. Critics have delighted in their recordings and crowds have listened, laughed, shed a tear and sung along with them wherever they have played.
With guitar, hurdy-gurdy, mandolin, violin, whistles, harmony, joy and pure energy Pint and Dale entertain and perhaps enlighten as well, giving listeners an insight into another age. There is hu…mor and drama on a great scale.
The hurdy-gurdy or vielle-à-roue (a rarely seen and heard musical instrument dating from the 12th century) features a keyboard and a cranked wheel. It produces sounds similar to a bagpipe with drones, melody and rhythmic percussion. Traditionally used in French dance tunes, it is capable of a wide range of musical expression.
William and Felicia record on Waterbug, one of America’s most respected independent labels. At this time they have recorded eight critically acclaimed albums: Port of Dreams, Hearts of Gold, Round the Corner, When I See Winter Return, Hartwell Horn, White Horses, Seven Seas, The Set of the Sail and Blue Divide. Seven of these albums are devoted to music of the sea, primarily traditional songs from the great Age of Sail.
A concert performance will include traditional and contemporary songs and tunes gathered from their many travels, songs and music from the rich heritage of the sea, and, of course, the inevitable hands-on hurdy-gurdy demonstration to a group of fascinated onlookers.