RED ROCK SERENADE
PRESS MATERIALS FOR PBS
Press Kit is available at http://www.kued.org/station/red-rock-serenade
Press Release:
RED ROCK SERENADE
A Sight and Sound Celebration of the Natural Landscape of the Southwest
From towering, wind-carved spires to graceful arches, to the thundering power of rivers carving breathtaking canyons, the unique landscape of the American Southwest explodes in a celebration of sight and sound in Red Rock Serenade.
Featuring world class, high definition photography set to a timeless soundtrack of classical music, Red Rock Serenade airs on___________ at ___________.
A compelling departure from much of television fare, Red Rock Serenade takes viewers on a meditative journey through the breathtaking scenery of the American West’s iconic red rock country, including Arches, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Grand Canyon National Parks — all set to music by some of the world's greatest classical composers including Bach, Brahms, Chopin, and Beethoven.
“We set out to make a film with world class images and world class music,” says producer John Howe. “I hope we’ve achieved that. I’m very proud of the depth and immense scale the film has.”
The program does not use narration, choosing instead to let the music guide viewers to pristine destinations they may have visited, or to enjoy an unparalleled introduction to the stark and beautiful landscape of the Colorado Plateau.
The film, which includes breathtaking aerial shots, shows the sharply divergent geological character of the area. The ancient footprints of indigenous people are captured as well through centuries-old structures in stunning locations.
"Red Rock Serenade is a treasure-trove of footage that has been gathered painstakingly over the last ten years, and transports viewers to secret, hard-to-reach locations, as well as to the grand vistas that define the West,” says co-producer Carol Dalrymple. “It's meant to take the viewer on a timeless journey."
Red Rock Serenade is produced by Salt Lake City public television station KUED, which also produced Grand Canyon Serenade, Yellowstone Serenade, and Desert Dreams.
Red Rock Serenade is funded by the Utah Office of Tourism, C. Comstock Clayton Foundation, and PBS.
Press Contact:
Mary Dickson
801 232-3471
PRODUCER BIOGRAPHIES
John Howe
John Howe is the KUED/PBS Executive Producer and one of public broadcasting’s accomplished executive producers/directors/writers. His most current projects are the national PBS project Red Rock Serenade for PBS Pledge for summer 2014 and Return of the Wolves: the Next Chapter (narrated by Peter Coyote) for national PBS in January 2014.
Five Rivers, Five Voices, about five great rivers of the American West (narrated by Peter Coyote), was nationally distributed to PBS stations and features the Salmon, Yellowstone, Rio Grande, San Juan, and Colorado Rivers. Horses of the West: America’s Love Story, narrated by actress Ali MacGraw, premiered on PBS in March 2012. Grand Canyon Serenade premiered on PBS in the summer of 2011 and features world-class images combined with music from some of the world’s most beloved classical music composers. Wilderness: The Great Debate featuring Robert Redford and narrated by actor Peter Coyote premiered recently on PBS and PBS World.
Recent projects include Wallace Stegner, a biographical film portrait of the environmental and literary icon for PBS primetime, and The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo for PBS HD about the forced march of the Navajo exiled to a barren reservation. Both are narrated by actor Peter Coyote. Desert Wars: Water and the West, airing nationally on PBS and PBS HD, explores the fight for water between rural ranchers and Las Vegas. Wild River: The Colorado (primetime PBS, PBS HD, and PBS Home Video) traces the Colorado River from its headwaters to its demise in the burning sands of Mexico. Both films are narrated by actor Joseph Campanella.
Other recent projects are the national PBS and Netflix (www.netflix.com) film, Butch Cassidy and The Outlaw Trail, narrated by actor/Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook; the PBS HD Channel's Utah: The National Parks; the PBS film Artists of the West, a portrait of Charles Russell, Frederic Remington, and Thomas Moran; and the national primetime PBS film, The Snow Wolves, about endangered wolves of the arctic and the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park. John Howe is the Executive Producer of PBS’s highest rated holiday performance series, Christmas with The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, featuring such guest artists as Natalie Cole, David McCullough, Reneé Fleming, Tom Brokaw, and Alfie Boe from Les Miserables.
Carol Dalrymple has helped to create and deliver numerous award-winning PBS documentaries and programs. She has been recognized with multiple awards as producer/director and for Individual Achievements in Craft (Editing, Graphics, and Audio) from the Emmy Awards, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Rocky Mountain Region; the Houston International Film Festival; the Society of Professional Journalists; the Utah Broadcasters Association; and by the Utah Department of Community and Culture, and the Utah Division of Indian Affairs.
She has worked with John Howe on many of his films, including Horses of the West: America’s Love Story (narrated by Ali MacGraw); The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo; Five River, Five Voices; Wilderness: The Great Debate; and Wallace Stegner (all narrated by Peter Coyote); Desert Wars: Water and the West; Wild River: The Colorado; and Utah: The National Parks (all narrated by Joseph Campanella).
Carol Dalrymple and John Howe’s 2011 co-production Grand Canyon Serenade has been seen by an estimated 200 million viewers and continues to be a source of viewer-supported programming for PBS stations across the nation.
She has contributed, in various capacities, to KUED productions that have been broadcast nationally on PBS including: Maynard Dixon: To the Desert Again and No Safe Place: Violence Against Women.
Playlist
Bryce Canyon National Park, UT Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude No. 1, BWV 846
The Well-Tempered Clavier
arr. for strings by F.R. Bernard
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Song Without Words, op. 2
Zion National Park, UT Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Orchestral Suite No. 1, op. 6
excerpt from “Aase’s Death”
Capitol Reef National Park, UT Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff
Scheherezade (Symphonic Suite), op. 35
excerpt from 2nd movement-Lento
Goblin Valley State Park, UT Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Grand Staircase-Escalante National String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, op. 11
Monument, UT excerpt from Andante Cantabile
Castle Valley, UT Frederic Chopin
Arches National Park, UT Waltz in B Minor, op. 69, No. 2
Richard Heuberger
Midnight Bells
Canyonlands National Park, UT Giacomo Puccini
excerpt from Tosca-Vissi d’Arte
arr. for strings by F.R. Bernard
Colorado River Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Nocturn, op. 10, No. 1
AZ
Shiprock NM Anton Bruckner
San Juan River Symphony No. 7
Goosenecks State Park, UT excerpt from Adagio
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park Gabriel Faure
Pavane, op. 50
arr. for strings
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, UT Giacomo Puccini
excerpt from Tosca-Vissi d’Arte
arr. for strings by F.R. Bernard
Vermilion Cliffs, AZ Franz Schubert
Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Piano Trio, op. 100, D. 829
Wilderness, AZ-UT Andante con moto
arr. for strings
Pariah River Antonin Dvorak
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Serenade for Strings
Movement 2, Tempo di Valse
Claude Debussy
Suite Bergamasque
Clair de Lune
arr. for string orchestra
Joshua Tree National Park, California Franz Schubert
excerpt from Ave Maria
Bonus Material
San Rafael Swell, UT Jules Massenet
Meditation from Thais
Grand Staircase National Monument, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
UT Requiem Mass in D Minor
arr. for strings by F.R. Bernard
Sego Canyon, UT Edward Grieg
Peer Gynt
op. 23, Anitra’s Dance
Canyon Country, UT Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Harpsichord, Strings & Continuo No. 5 in F Minor, BWV. 1056
arr. for strings by F.R. Bernard
Hovenweep National Monument, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CO-UT Eine kleine Nachtmusik
K. 525, Movement 2, Romanze
Red Cliffs, UT Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concert in A Major
K. 622, Movement 2, Adagio
arr. for strings by F.R. Bernard
Canyon Country, UT Ludwig Van Beethoven
Grand Canyon National Park, UT Symphony No. 7 in A Major, op.92