On Sunday 20th November 2016 Strathspey and Surreal Society will perform again at the Scots Fiddle Festival in Edinburgh. Aidan O’Rourke, Shona Mooney, Jenn Austin and Simon Thoumire wrote four new pieces of music for Strathspey and Surreal Society and have again assembled an amazing set of 21 fiddlers to perform the music and it was conducted by Dave Milligan. You can’t beat 21 fiddles playing together!
The fiddlers are Shona Mooney, Mhairi Mackinnon, Laura Wilkie, Patsy Reid, Lori Watson, Lauren MacColl, Aidan O’Rourke, Catriona Price, Rona Wilkie, Dan Thorpe, Ross Couper, Sally Simpson, Robbie MacKenzie, Bernadette Kellermann, Madeleine Stewart, Graham Rorie, Mairi Campbell, Graham MacKenzie and Ryan Young
The music is conducted by Dave Milligan.
The four pieces are: (click on the links to see the scores)
- Disassembled by Jenn Austin
- 100 Days by Aidan O’Rourke
- For A That Variation by Shona Mooney
- Deil Amang the Fiddlers by Simon Thoumire (listen)
The Glasgow Celtic Connections concert was videoed and and you can watch the whole concert below. You can also see the photos from the rehearsal and gig here.
Thanks to Creative Scotland and Celtic Connections for funding us to make this happen.
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