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Mandolin Orange with The Winston-Salem Symphony at The Blue Ridge Music Center
The sensational NC-based folk and bluegrass duo lighting a "Wildfire" at MerleFest, Telluride, Newport, and on Austin City Limits joins Winston-Salem Symphony members for a special concert evening in the beautiful outdoor amphitheater at The Blue Ridge Music Center.
This special BRMC concert will feature members of the Winston-Salem Symphony alongside Chapel Hills Mandolin Orange. The evening will start with Symphony musicians performing Aaron Copelands Appalachian Spring in its original setting for 13 instruments an iconic, instantly-recognizable piece audience members are sure to enjoy. Afterwards, Mandolin Orange takes the stage to play some of their most well-known tunes. To round out the evening, Symphony musicians will join Mandolin Orange onstage for some of the bands favorite songs, featuring orchestral arrangements by renowned composer and guitar guru, D. J. Sparr.
MANDOLIN ORANGE
Mandolin Oranges music radiates a mysterious warmth their songs feel like whispered secrets, one hand cupped to your ear. The North Carolina duo have built a steady and growing fanbase with this kind of intimacy, and on "Tides of A Teardrop," due out February 1, it is more potent than ever. By all accounts, it is the duos fullest, richest, and most personal effort. You can hear the air between themthe taut space of shared understanding, as palpable as a magnetic field, that makes their music sound like two halves of an endlessly completing thought. Singer-songwriter Andrew Marlin and multi-instrumentalist Emily Frantz have honed this lamp glow intimacy for years.
On "Tides of A Teardrop," Marlin wrote the songs, as he usually does, in a sort of stream of consciousness, allowing words and phrases to pour out of him as he hunted for the chords and melodies. Then, as he went back to sharpen what he found, he found something troubling and profound. Intimations of loss have always haunted the edges of their music, their lyrics hinting at impermanence and passing of time. But "Tides of A Teardrop" confronts a defining loss head-on: Marlin's mother, who died of complications from surgery when he was 18.
These songs, as well as their sentiments, remain simple and quiet, like all of their music. But beneath the hushed surface, they are staggeringly straightforward. Ive been holding on to the grief for a long time. In some ways I associated the grief and the loss with remembering my mom. I feel like Ive mourned long enough. Im ready to bring forth some happier memories now, to just remember her as a living being."
For this album, Marlin and Frantz enlisted their touring band, who they also worked with on their last album "Blindfaller." Having recorded all previous albums live in the studio, they approached the recording process in a different way this time. We went and did what most people do, which weve never done beforewe just holed up somewhere and worked the tunes out together, Frantz says. There is a telepathy and warmth in the interplay on Tides of A Teardrop that brings a new dynamic to the foregroundthat holy silence between notes, the air that charges the album with such profound intimacy. This record is a little more cosmic, almost in a spiritual waythe space between the notes was there to suggest all those empty spaces the record touches on, acknowledges Marlin. There are many powerful ways of acknowledging loss; sometimes the most powerful one is saying nothing at all.
"Tides of a Teardrop" is the latest release from Mandolin Orange and builds on the acclaim of previous releases including: 2016's "Blindfaller," the band's 2013 breakthrough debut "This Side of Jordan," and its follow-up, 2017's "Such Jubilee."
http://www.mandolinorange.com
WINSTON-SALEM SYMPHONY
The Winston-Salem Symphony was established in 1946, originally as a civic orchestra on the campus of Salem College. The Symphony incorporated in 1952 and hired its first full-time conductor in 1955. Four permanent music directors have led the WSS since its inception: Maestro James Lerch (1946-1949), Maestro John Iuele (1952-1978), Maestro Peter Perret (1979-2004) and Maestro Robert Moody (2005-2018).
Over the years the WSS has offered a wide range of repertoires including classical orchestral and choral concert music; opera, oratorio, and ballet; and popular music. Education and community engagement performances have represented another core component of the Symphonys offerings, along with partnerships with other area arts, educational, and social services organizations.
ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS. NO EXCHANGES.
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LocationThe Blue Ridge Music Center (View)
700 Foothills Road (Mile Marker 213 - Blue Ridge Parkway)
Galax, VA 24333
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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No. Seating is general admission, first come, first serve. Our season pass holders and sponsors are admitted 15 minutes before individual ticket holders. More info, "What to Know if you are coming to our show" is posted on the right margin of the concert page(s) on our website. http://blueridgemusiccenter.org/concerts.htm |
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