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Here's a Great Holiday Gift!
Check out Snopek's terrific holiday CD "Christmas". This musical collection brings together traditional,
modern and original holiday songs as conceived and performed by Sigmund Snopek III. Combining classics like "Silent
Night", Carol of the Bells" and "Little Drummer Boy" with new holiday standards like "Christmas
Cookies" and "Christmas Lights", the "Christmas" CD is sure to be a family favorite this
year and for many years to come.
You can order this CD, and
the rest of the Sigmund Snopek catalog in the "Buy" section
of this web page or at many Milwaukee area music retailers (including Rush-Mor Records, Barnes & Noble and
the Exclusive Company).
The Christmas CD includes:
Christmas Cookies
- original song - music & lyrics by Sigmund Snopek III
Up tempo catalog of everyone's favorite holiday sweets; you'll find yourself humming this one
Little Drummer Boy - arranged & performed by Sigmund Snopek III; percussion by
John Seydewitz
Instrumental version of modern classic, full of new rhythms and attitude
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - arranged & performed by Sigmund Snopek III
Piano solo
Pumpkin Pie Polka - original song - music & lyrics by Sigmund Snopek III
Rousing celebration of the holiday season from Thanksgiving to Christmas; great way to dance off a few holiday
calories
Carol of the Bells - arranged & performed by Sigmund Snopek III
Sparkling instrumental rendition of a long-time favorite
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - arranged & performed by Sigmund Snopek III
Kurt Weill meets Tom Waits in this new take on a traditional tune
I'll Be Home for Christmas - arranged & performed by Sigmund Snopek III
Piano solo
Turk the Turkey - original song - music by Sigmund Snopek III, lyrics by Snopek
& Beulah Peters
Quirky holiday tale about a very lucky Thanksgiving turkey who may not survive Christmas dinner; sung by Sigmund
Snopek and daughter Beulah Peters
Coventry Carol - arranged & performed by Sigmund Snopek III
Instrumental in the British medieval tradition
Christmas Lights - original song - music by Sigmund Snopek III, lyrics by Cynthia
d'Este
Haunting melody and thoughtful lyrics celebrate our fascination with Christmas as the "festival of lights"
The Christmas Song - arranged & performed by Sigmund Snopek III
Piano solo
Greensleeves
(What Child is This?) - arranged & performed by Sigmund Snopek III
Instrumental; medieval music meets modern technology in an exciting new arrangement of this well-loved melody
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies - arranged & performed by Sigmund Snopek III
Magical instrumental from Tchiakovsky's "Nutcracker Suite"
Bring a Torch,
Jeanette Isabelle - arranged & performed by Sigmund Snopek III; flute solos by Sigmund Snopek III
Instrumental version of traditional French carol
Silent Night
- arranged & performed by Sigmund Snopek III; violin solos by Eric Segnitz
Instrumental; evocative rhythms and a soaring violin give this best-loved carol a 21st century appeal
TIME TO START YOUR CLASSICAL SNOPEK COLLECTION!
 Many
of you are already proud owners of one or more of Snopek's many rock recordings. With the release of "Miasma
Fragments — New Music for Pipe Organ", you can now own the very first commercial release by classical composer
Sigmund Snopek. "Miasma Fragments" is a collection of 15 original post-modern pieces written during the
1990's. Using the highly evocative range of the pipe organ, this CD offers a wide range of musical experiences:
sometimes whimsical, sometimes disturbing, but always powerful. Several of the elements you may already identify
with Snopek music — strong melodies, unexpected rhythms and rock music overtones — are also present in "Miasma
Fragments".
"Miasma Fragments" is performed by long-time
Snopek friend and collaborator David Bohn. The CD is now available from Spiritone Records, a Wisconsin-based label
specializing in original instrumental music. You can order this CD on this web page, or pick up a copy at the Exclusive
Company or Barnes & Noble record stores in the Milwaukee area.
ATTENTION PROG ROCK FANS
When is the last time you heard music from classic
Snopek recordings like "Trinity Seas Seize Sees", "Virginia Woolf" and "Roy Rogers Meets
Albert Einstein" performed live? Lucky progressive rock fans will get their opportunity at this year's ProgDay
festival in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Snopek has assembled a group of Milwaukee's best musicians (and maybe
a surprise or two?) to open this year's ProgDay festival at 1 pm on Saturday, September 1st.
Snopek's performance will include favorite songs
from his many popular prog recordings from the last 30 years as well as new music that will be included on several
new recording projects. Check out www.progday.com for details.
MORE MUSIC FROM MUSEA
Following on the success of "Trinity Seas
Seize Sees" in 2000, Musea Records (Metz, France) will be releasing two more Snopek prog rock classics. "First
Band on the Moon" was last album released by the four-piece Snopek band in the late 1970's. The award-winning
"Roy Rogers Meets Albert Einstein" took the 70's Snopek sound to new levels, merging classical, jazz
and rock music on a grand scale. For years, fans have been asking for CD versions of these formative works. Look
for these two special recordings to be available from Musea in late 2001 or early 2002.
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