"Cedar 1" genre: Strings
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	Marc Sinclair, a professional vocalist, bassist & songwriter for many years is striking by his inspiring energy for being truly alive. His passion and imagination are unavoidably apparent throughout his musical career. This work embodies his primitive thrill with the sound of the string quartet. This Live performance is led by the infectiously enthusiastic Jan from within the Bedfordshire based Kaznowski String Quartet.
	CD: Cedar   Label: Germaine Systems Credits: The Musicians were: Jan Kaznowski - Violin, Caroline Waters - Violin, John Shayler - Viola and David Knight - 'Cello. Recorded at Langford Lower School in March 1995 Engineered by John Verity, mastered by Henry Smithson at Sounds Good, Theale. Sleeve notes by Lorna Chapman, Design by Marc Sinclair.
	Story Behind the Song I wrote the String Quartet, "CEDAR" in late 1994 while living in Biggleswade in Bedfordshire. The first movement took several weeks to complete, with the help of Lorna Chapman who supplied a key section when I was totally stuck. John Verity, who lived nearby, thought that I should talk to Jan Kaznowski for help, He was at that time, leader of the Bedford Symphonia and worked for the local school music service. Later I learned that Jan had arranged the strings for the Benny Hill number one, "Ernie", which impressed me more, Hehe :-) I went round to Jan's home in Bedford with my score and was delighted when Jan and his dinner guests produced instruments and gave an impromptu first performance. I knew then that I wanted to complete the project. I called a few days later and arranged to record the piece. Jan had suggested a hall with a wooden floor for the best acoustic, and I found a local school hall that was perfect. The recording took place on a cold Saturday in March, which meant we had to turn the central heating on in between takes, so that we didn't freeze! Jan, Caroline, John and David were great, John Verity and Karen recorded the session from a stereo pair of mics directly to DAT (how about that for DDD!) Lyrics This is an instrumental - string Quartet

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