CD/DVD
SALE! Week
of Thanks - Nov. 16-26
Cyberfan-only
Holiday savings start November 16th!
Don't forget,
this holiday season you can buy copies of your favorite DHC CDs
and DVDs for your friends and family (and yourself!), and get a
REALLY GREAT deal!
SALE
DETAILS: 30% off select CDs & DVDs when you
buy 10 or more (15% off for smaller orders) and
FREE SHIPPING on all U.S. orders over $75!
DEADLINE:
Sale ends Nov. 26th while supplies last - so do
your Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Christmas shopping now!
HOW
TO ORDER:
1. Learn
about the sale
details
2. visit
the online order page
and order before the sale is over
3. and
enter the discount code -- "Week of Thanks"
-- in the "Special Requests Box"
And Deborah's
home for the holidays, so you can get your copies signed with no
delay (and no extra cost)!
AND
DON'T FORGET YOUR HOLIDAY "INVENTION"!
This holiday season, families with a non-football contingent have
an inspiring new way to spend family Tube-time. Hip Harpist Deborah
Henson-Conant's all-original PBS Special "Invention & Alchemy"
on interactive DVD takes viewers into the inventive, quirky mind
of a harp-slinging composer and the 80-piece orchestra who inhabit
her unique imagination. Learn more below!
SEE
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING about "Invention & Alchemy"
- For more reviews click here.
"...the
kind of lush production that was made to sell
60-inch plasma screens and Blu-ray disc players"
Film
& Video / StudioDaily.com
"What
a joy to see and hear such a creative orchestral performance on
film!
The collaboration, talent and ingenuity is both amazing and engaging!"
Melody
Chartier, Music Educator
Above:
Scenes from "Invention & Alchemy" on DVD
LEARN
MORE! "Invention &
Alchemy" on DVD & CD
Since it appeared
on PBS earlier this year, “Invention & Alchemy”
has won awards, including a Grammy Nomination, and appeared on TV
stations across the U.S. The DVD version goes far beyond the 60-minute
TV Special, combining education, entertainment and interactivity
— a combination that doesn’t just cross-generations,
but connects them.
Henson-Conant,
a dynamic composer/performer, looks as unusual as she sounds. Her
long hair streaming with ribbons, she slings on her electric blue
harp, sings, tells stories and takes the viewer deep inside her
own imagination, and closer than the front row of the orchestra.
But this is no staid and stodgy orchestra -- these musicians meet
their imaginative soloist measure for measure with styles from Blues
to Flamenco and a show that fuses music, theater, humor and virtuosity.
The musicians
even LOOK like they’re having a blast! They dress in lab coats
for a music-science experiment, the conductor turns into a Sultan
for an Arabian tale, the timpani and harp duel in the back of the
orchestra before intermission — and for the encore, “Garbageman,"
percussionists come downstage center for a garbage can tribute to
a most unlikely muse.
The DVD includes
nearly two and a half-hours of footage, all of it shot in Hi-Definition,
"the kind of lush production that was made to sell 60-inch
plasma screens and Blu-ray disc players" according to Film
& Video / StudioDaily.com. The 11 segments of the DVD’s
feature program play like a movie, or can be viewed scene-by-scene
like a book of musical short stories. The DVD also includes over
45 minutes of special features, including interactive “White
Rabbit” icons, especially intriguing to kids, that take the
viewer backstage for casual, intimate segments, one-on-one with
the composer - segments that give insight into the process of composing
and producing the music.
"Invention
& Alchemy" is a contemporary reinvention of the kind of
entertainment that existed before the specialization of “kids”
and “adult” entertainment -- when classical greats like
Leonard Bernstein popularized orchestral music for a new generation,
the Marx Brothers mixed comedy and music, Danny Kaye brought music,
song and story to the orchestra stage and Victor Borge had stuffed-shirt
audiences laughing out of their seats. Seeing Henson-Conant in action,
it’s easy to understand why NPR’s Scott Simon described
her as “The love child of Andre Previn and Lucille Ball”
The Grammy-Nominated
companion CD was designed to play like a combination radio play
and soundtrack, and includes stories, music and even some sing-along
moments. The CD was created especially with car-trips in mind, so
for folks who have to drive to their holiday destinations, it’s
a great listen.
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