Roven's 'Runaway Bunny,' Narrated by Shields, is on New CD

A CD featuring four-time Emmy-winner Glen Rover's The Runaway Bunny, narrated by Brooke Shields (Wonderful Town, Chicago), was recently released in the UK.

The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Brown, one of the most beloved and best-selling children's books of all times, has been translated into a concert piece for violin, narrator and orchestra by Glen Roven.  The piece is the third track on the British CD, which is entitled "Paddington's First Concert," and also includes Herbert Chappell's Paddington Bear and George Kleinsinger's Tubby the Tuba.  The CD is released on the Sony/BMG label.

For the upcoming US release of the CD, The Runaway Bunny will have the lead spot. 

The Runaway Bunny "is a classical music adaptation of the book told in the style of 'Peter and the Wolf.'. A narrator tells the story as the solo violin and the orchestra take the audience through the journeys of the wayward bunny.  The piece is 20 minutes in duration and the music, while contemporary in feel, is totally accessible," according to notes on the book.

The piece was performed and recorded in London by the Royal Philharmonic Hall. The Runaway Bunny was written expressly for internationally renowned Israeli violinist Ittai Shapira, who performed the violin solo.

The Runaway Bunny has been in print for 60 years, and last year alone sold 900,000 copies. It has also been translated into 23 languages, including Japanese, Chinese and Hebrew.

Visit www.runawaybunnymusic.com, www.glenroven.com or www.ittaishapira.com for more information