tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68387806274946349812024-03-14T03:11:21.072-04:00Stones UnturnedPhotos, links, and news about the traditional music of Christopher Layer and Martha Waldvogel Warren. Concert information.Christopher Layerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552330563941873905noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838780627494634981.post-7055208076972461812008-10-24T23:18:00.005-04:002008-10-30T14:53:52.208-04:00Stones Unturned "Returns" for Midwest Concerts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJC_avgMO7rMdY-cIu8YnX_EBLlDL_FhkGxoMB1JQ6A00evRk_vEiym-go2YVHhTu33TK3BYlyZ80z3IdH8f7VpVvzce66UQVeA5cALvq5KFIaiEl9OhS6xKq_E4Mfhl96luV3Qo1DM-M/s1600-h/IMGP0219.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJC_avgMO7rMdY-cIu8YnX_EBLlDL_FhkGxoMB1JQ6A00evRk_vEiym-go2YVHhTu33TK3BYlyZ80z3IdH8f7VpVvzce66UQVeA5cALvq5KFIaiEl9OhS6xKq_E4Mfhl96luV3Qo1DM-M/s320/IMGP0219.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260929182531442450" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Celtic Duo “Stones Unturned” featuring Martha Waldvogel-Warren and Christopher Layer to perform acoustic concerts in Grand Rapids and Holland, Michigan and Lafayette, Indiana.</span><br /><br />“When we first met in music school, we had no idea that we would be collaborating on three CD’s and countless concerts in Europe and North America!” Said <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Uilleann</span> Piper/Irish Flute virtuoso,<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story.php?storyId=5285522"> </a><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5285522">Christopher Layer</a>. After 25 years of musical partnership, Harpist Martha <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Waldvogel</span>-Warren and Christopher Layer will be bringing their amazing renditions of Celtic Dance tunes and love songs to stages here in Michigan this November.<br />The duo, who call themselves “Stones Unturned” formed in the 1990’s to “present traditional music in a new light” The duo recorded three of their CD’s in the Swiss "Unterland" in the town of Winterthur. “We wanted to create live music: acoustic, no overdubs, so we recorded live to 2 microphones….Something that sounded like we were playing in your living room.” Said Layer. Concert reviews in Switzerland have called their performances, “Enchanting” and “Filled with the authentic sounds of Ireland and Scotland”.<br />The duo will give concerts in Holland, Grand Rapids, and Lafayette, Indiana this Fall with several more performances to come next spring in greater Michigan. “Well, after Martha and her husband <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Urs</span> moved to Michigan to raise their two young children, Benji and Ellie-Rose, we knew we would have to find some new places to share our music with the public. As it turns out, folks in Michigan love trad music and we have had an amazing reception in Michigan so far!” Said Layer.<br />“Folks can expect to hear Scots and Irish tunes, fast and furious, as well as some really sweet ballads and American folk tunes that are timeless. Both of us play traditional music, but both of us love how trad tunes influenced Baroque composers like Bach or Telemann too, so we usually feature one piece of theirs as well. Neither one of us believes that "classical music” should wear a powdered wig and high collar, so we are pretty "free" with our interpretations. We are looking for things like <span style="font-style: italic;">improvisation</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">groove</span> in Baroque music: two things that were abandoned for a long time during the 20<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">th</span> century when folks interpreted that early music.<br />Layer, is the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Uilleann</span> Pipe soloist of the Trinity Irish Dance Company, flautist for <a href="http://www.earlymusicny.org/">Early Music New York</a>, Artist In Residence for the <a href="http://www.moabmusicfest.org/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Moab</span> Music Festival</a>, and is frequently featured as a soloist with major symphonies in the U.S. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Waldvogel</span>-Warren’s talents were honed at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and is considered one of the great masters of Trad-Classical crossover music.<br /><br />Dates and times:<br />Thursday, November 13<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">th</span>, 7pm, <a href="http://www.trcholland.org/">Third Reformed Church</a>, 111 w. 13th st., Holland, Michigan<br />Friday, November 14<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">th</span>, 8pm, <a href="http://www.grcmc.org/theater/directions.php">Wealthy Theater</a>, Grand Rapids, Michigan<br />Sunday, November 16<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">th</span>, 3:30pm, <a href="http://www.loebhouseinn.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Loeb</span> House Inn</a>, Lafayette, IndianaChristopher Layerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552330563941873905noreply@blogger.com2