A truly wonderful concert. After a week of exhausting work preparing our station's holiday programming and stepping up the holiday music on air, I stopped everything to simply listen to the Helicon concert as we played it. This group plays some beautiful music in this concert, combining poetry and music from around the world into a broadcast that literally flies by. Helicon's musicians are virtuosos and once you think you've heard it all, they pick up another instrument and introduce something else into their mix. Highly recommended.
The holidays always seems to bring out the traditionalists in us all. Helicon - a Hammered Dulcimer, Wooden Flute, and Guitar trio - performs traditional holiday music from a variety of countries and cultures exceptionally well. The traditional Christmas pieces we all grew up with seem particularly warm and nostalgic when played in a simple "old world" musical setting. There is also a good selection of non-tradtitional holiday songs which provide the variety necessary to keep this concert from being just another "Christmas special".
Started to listen to the one hour version and within 10 minutes switched to the two hour version as I wanted to hear as much of this music as possible.
This is the perfect cure for the typical insanity of the holiday merchandising fevers. The musicians, through skill, knowledge, and their obvious pleasure in sharing their musical journeys connect the listener with the best of the human spirit (as expressed in music) gathered from around the world.
Program is excellent in varying the sound between sets.
One image that kept occurring: wouldn't it be neat to hear this on a Sunday afternoon, and invite a few of my best friends to join me in a seasonal decorating party.
Comments for A Winter Solstice with Helicon (One Hour or Two Hours)
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Mik Davis
Posted on December 23, 2004 at 07:59 PM | Permalink
Review of A Winter Solstice with Helicon (One Hour or Two Hours)
A truly wonderful concert. After a week of exhausting work preparing our station's holiday programming and stepping up the holiday music on air, I stopped everything to simply listen to the Helicon concert as we played it. This group plays some beautiful music in this concert, combining poetry and music from around the world into a broadcast that literally flies by. Helicon's musicians are virtuosos and once you think you've heard it all, they pick up another instrument and introduce something else into their mix. Highly recommended.
W. Robert Newberry, IV
Posted on November 09, 2004 at 08:54 AM | Permalink
Review of A Winter Solstice with Helicon (One Hour or Two Hours)
The holidays always seems to bring out the traditionalists in us all. Helicon - a Hammered Dulcimer, Wooden Flute, and Guitar trio - performs traditional holiday music from a variety of countries and cultures exceptionally well. The traditional Christmas pieces we all grew up with seem particularly warm and nostalgic when played in a simple "old world" musical setting. There is also a good selection of non-tradtitional holiday songs which provide the variety necessary to keep this concert from being just another "Christmas special".
Michael White
Posted on November 08, 2004 at 10:36 AM | Permalink
Review of A Winter Solstice with Helicon (One Hour or Two Hours)
Started to listen to the one hour version and within 10 minutes switched to the two hour version as I wanted to hear as much of this music as possible.
This is the perfect cure for the typical insanity of the holiday merchandising fevers. The musicians, through skill, knowledge, and their obvious pleasure in sharing their musical journeys connect the listener with the best of the human spirit (as expressed in music) gathered from around the world.
Program is excellent in varying the sound between sets.
One image that kept occurring: wouldn't it be neat to hear this on a Sunday afternoon, and invite a few of my best friends to join me in a seasonal decorating party.