{"id":8182,"date":"2016-11-07T16:48:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T16:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=8182"},"modified":"2016-11-07T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T16:54:28","slug":"strathspey-and-surreal-society-to-perform-at-scots-fiddle-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/strathspey-and-surreal-society-to-perform-at-scots-fiddle-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Strathspey and Surreal Society to perform at Scots Fiddle Festival, Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1397\" src=\"http:\/\/simonthoumire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fiddlers4698em-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"fiddlers4698em\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\">On&nbsp;Sunday 20th November&nbsp;2016 Strathspey and Surreal Society will perform again at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thequeenshall.net\/whats-on\/shows\/sff-adam-sutherland-friends-the-strathspey-and-surreal-society-2016\">Scots Fiddle Festival<\/a>&nbsp;in Edinburgh.&nbsp;Aidan O&#8217;Rourke, Shona Mooney, Jenn Austin and Simon Thoumire&nbsp;wrote&nbsp;four new pieces of music for Strathspey and Surreal Society&nbsp;and&nbsp;have again assembled an amazing set of 21 fiddlers to perform the music and it was&nbsp;conducted by Dave Milligan. You can&#8217;t beat 21 fiddles playing together!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thequeenshall.net\/whats-on\/shows\/sff-adam-sutherland-friends-the-strathspey-and-surreal-society-2016\"><b>BUY TICKETS HERE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fiddlers are&nbsp;Shona Mooney, Mhairi Mackinnon, Laura Wilkie, Patsy Reid, Lori Watson, Lauren MacColl, Aidan O\u2019Rourke, 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<\/p>\n<p>The music is conducted by Dave Milligan.<\/p>\n<p>The four pieces are: (click on the links to see the scores)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/musichub.scot\/blog\/author\/austin-jen\/\">Disassembled<\/a>&nbsp;by Jenn Austin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/musichub.scot\/musicsheets\/100-days-composed-by-aidan-orourke\/\">100 Days<\/a>&nbsp;by Aidan O&#8217;Rourke<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/musichub.scot\/musicsheets\/for-a-that-variation-composed-by-shona-mooney\/\">For A That Variation<\/a>&nbsp;by Shona Mooney<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/musichub.scot\/musicsheets\/deil-amang-the-fiddlers\/\">Deil Amang the Fiddlers<\/a>&nbsp;by Simon Thoumire (<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simonthoumire\/deil-amang-the-fiddlers\"><em>listen<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The Glasgow Celtic Connections concert was&nbsp;videoed and and you can watch the whole concert below.&nbsp;You can also see the photos from the rehearsal and gig <a href=\"http:\/\/simonthoumire.com\/strathspey-and-surreal-the-photos\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativescotland.com\">Creative Scotland<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celticconnections.com\">Celtic Connections<\/a> for funding us to make this happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On&nbsp;Sunday 20th November&nbsp;2016 Strathspey and Surreal Society will perform again at the Scots Fiddle Festival&nbsp;in Edinburgh.&nbsp;Aidan O&#8217;Rourke, Shona Mooney, Jenn Austin and Simon Thoumire&nbsp;wrote&nbsp;four new pieces of music for Strathspey and Surreal Society&nbsp;and&nbsp;have again assembled an amazing set of 21 fiddlers to perform the music and it was&nbsp;conducted by Dave Milligan. 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