We are on tour in the US now before returning to Canada for a few shows. We started off in Stroudsburg, PA and then last night in Philadelphia, PA and tonight in Wilmington Delaware. We are so encouraged by the wonderful reactions from audiences (cheers and standing O’s every night!) Touring is a wonderful experience for us, especially as we are going over so well. I know that we’ll be firing on all guns for our much anticipated first time performance in my hometown of Toronto, next Friday!
Those of you who’ve seen BOWFIRE before know that we bring some of the best violinists and fiddlers in the world together from all musical genres… and our cast is all Canadian! We’ll be playing tunes from our just released CD Holiday Heart Strings – like the album, the show will be chock full of holiday nuggets that are a different take on well known Holiday material…we have created string arrangements of seasonal classics, old and new. There are even mashups, ranging from the classic favourites (Let it Snow / Ding Dong Merrily on High / Jingle Bells) to electric violin rock (Kashmir / Do You Hear what I Hear?).
As the Artistic Director, it’s my job to bring it all together. I wanted to get the whole flavour of the season, spiritual, secular and cultural, while showcasing the talents of my virtuoso cast. So we even have a sung “Feliz Navidad” bumping up against my own traditionally inspired “Dreydl Song Fantasy”. Overall, I am thrilled with this program and hope you are too!
Lenny Solomon is a musician and founding member of Bowfire – You can see them perform live Bowfire: Holiday Heart Strings at Roy Thomson Hall on December 17, 2010 CONTINUE READING >
