Red Rock Rondo - Zion Canyon Song Cycle
Films • 57m
FEATURING: Charlotte Bell - oboe, English horn, Phillip Bimstein - vocals, guitar, composer, Hal Cannon - vocals, mandolin, mandocello, banjo, harmonica, accordion, jaw harp, Harold Carr - upright bass, spoken word, Flavia Cerviño-Wood - violin, Kate MacLeod - vocals, violin, guitar.
This song cycle spans 150 years beginning with the settlement of the Virgin River Valley by Mormon pioneers in the 19th century, to the founding of Zion National Park in the 20th century, to modern times when artists and urban refugees come to find their own piece of paradise. Performed on a lively assortment of folk and classical instruments, ten new songs are interwoven with the words of local residents whose stories inspired Phillip Bimstein to compose Red Rock Rondo.
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PLAYLIST
"Marvelous Flood"
"Moving Waters"
"When President Harding Came to Zion"
"Rocks on Fire"
"Hay-Colored Leaves"
"Driving Back to Hurricane"
"When the Rooster Crows (Company's Coming)"
"Back and Forth (A Ghost Story)"
"Edgewalker"
"The Don Falvey Waltz"
And Extras: "My Little Town," "Nicholas Plays the Moonlight Sonata" and the "Making" of Red Rock Rondo"
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A Film by Hal Cannon & Taki Telonidis
Presented by the Western Folklife Center
In cooperation with KUED TV
Major Funding for Red Rock Rondo was provided by O.C. Tanner Company, The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, and the Simmons Family Foundation.
Brought to you by the Western Folklife Center, using story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.
www.westernfolklife.org
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