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| The Real Von Trapp Family Meets Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata In Stowe Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata, whose upcoming album 'The Hills Are Alive' (Canal Records, 3/8) boldly re-imagines Rodgers & Hammerstein's beloved score to 'The Sound of Music, ' will come face to face with the inspiration behind their project on December 28th, when they play the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe, Vermont. Stowe is the location of the von Trapp Family Lodge, a resort run by Johannes von Trapp, the youngest of the original 10 children of 'The Sound of Music's' Captain von Trapp and Maria von Trapp. For BRO, who have spent countless hours rearranging and playing songs such as "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" and "Edelweiss" using indigenous American music forms like rock, bebop, gospel, R&B, and country (with unprecedented approval from Rodgers & Hammerstein), meeting Maria von Trapp's descendants "will be a real thrill and slightly surreal, " says group founder Kiesewalter. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Jazz News :: home page |