New CD Releases from Maggie's Music

The independent label Maggie's Music has just released two new titles: Scottish fiddler Bonnie Rideout's "Scottish Reflections" and Ensemble Galilei's "A Winter's Night: Christmas in the Great Hall."

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 21, 2002

CONTACT:
Maggie's Music
PO Box 490
Shady Side, MD
(410) 867-0642
maggie@maggiesmusic.com
www.maggiesmusic.com

Maggie's Music announces two new releases for September and the Holiday Season

Scottish Reflections
Bonnie Rideout (no. MM226)
Scottish Music featuring Bonnie Rideout on Scottish fiddle & viola
"One of the world's leading Scottish fiddlers." -- NPR Morning Edition

Scottish instrumental music featuring Bonnie Rideout & Maggie's Music artists includes
music from over 10 years of musical collaboration with top artists on the Maggie's Music label. It's musicians sharing their talents within a close Celtic community that is as small as your living room and as large as the world.

Includes: MacDonald of the Isles March to Harlaw (march), Source of the Spey (Strathspey), and The Periwig Reel performed with Hesperus early music ensemble on pennywhistle, bass viol and Gothic "bray" harp; Minstrel of MacDonald's, which showcases Bonnie's use of intricate variations and ornamentations; Dunblane, an original composition with members of the world champion City of Washington Pipe Band; Lochaber No More and Seal Songs, haunting melodies from the Patrick MacDonald Collection (1784) with four-time National Scottish Harp Champion Sue Richards.

Bonnie Rideout's other albums include Soft May Morn, Celtic Circles, Kindred Spirits, Gi'Me Elbow Room, Scottish Fire, Scottish Rant, and A Scottish Christmas.

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New for the Holiday Season:
A Winter's Night: Christmas in the Great Hall
Ensemble Galilei (no. MM226)

Celebrate the joyous spirit of the holiday season, Celtic traditions and all of the best things about Christmas performed with crackling energy and brilliant performances on fiddles, Celtic harp, oboe, whistles, recorders, Scottish small pipes, Uilleann pipes, and the treble and bass viols.

Includes: traditional Christmas favorites (Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, What Child Is This, The First Nowell, In Dulci Jubilo, I Saw Three Ships, Danse Arabe (from The Nutcracker Suite); Celtic carols from Galicia, Ireland and Scotland; medieval and Renaissance dance tunes, 17th century English carols and original compositions to mark the winter solstice.

ENSEMBLE GALILEI is: Liz Knowles, fiddle, viola; Deborah Nuse, Scottish small pipes, fiddle; Sue Richards, Celtic Harp; Carolyn Anderson Surrick, viols; Sarah Weiner, oboe, tinwhistle, recorder; and with special guest Kieran O'Hare, Uilleann Pipes, flutes, low whistles & tinwhistles.

The music from this CD has been chosen by National Public Radio for a holiday special hosted by Bonnie Grice from Washington, DC. It was aired on 110 stations across the USA last year and will be featured again this year.

Other Maggie's Music recordings that feature Ensemble Galilei are: (MM108) Ancient Noels and (MM107) Music in the Great Hall: Instrumental music from the ancient Celtic lands.

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Maggie's Music, an independent record label, celebrates 15 years and more than 40 albums distributed worldwide. The label is known for its elegance, quality and a broad-ranging appeal in many musical genres. Also featured in its mail order catalog: music books, gift items and special collections suitable for music therapy, education and the healing arts. Presenting some of the finest musicians performing today, Maggie's Music brings a new vitality to traditional music without compromising the essence and spirit of its source -- a "new" music from the deep well of our ancient folk traditions.

"Gaelic traditions are alive and well... Maggie's Music has been a driving force behind the popularity of Celtic 'chamber folk,' which combines the intricate harmonies of classical music with the energy and spirit of folk music." --- Washington Post

"Maggie's Music is a label that has pushed the definitions of traditional Irish music with New Age-flavored recordings. The Celtic Invasion is Here!" --- Billboard magazine

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For review copies of these and other Maggie's Music recordings, information about and interviews with the artists, photos and press kits, contact Maggie's Music.

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Maggie's Music
PO Box 490
Shady Side, MD
(410) 867-0642
maggie@maggiesmusic.com
www.maggiesmusic.com