Spellweaving - Ancient Music from the Highlands of Scotland
Mon, 23 May 2016 09:39:00 BST
Newly released is the CD Spellweaving – Ancient Music from the Highlands of Scotland. Highland Spellweaving have recreated bagpipe music from a Scottish manuscript of the 1790s, much of which is drawn from centuries-old traditions. The recording was made at the University of Huddersfield, which was also the venue for the first of many masterclasses and concerts for the group back in January.
The group is made up of Barnaby Brown on pipes, Bill Taylor on lyres and harp and Clare Salaman on fiddles and hurdy gurdy.
Dr Rupert Till, reader in Music, is a key member of the European Music Archaeology Project (EMAP), funded by the EU. One of his roles in EMAP is to co-ordinate a series of recordings that are issued on the widely-distributed Delphian label. Dr Till was at the studio controls when the Spellweaving trio came to Huddersfield to make their disc.
The first CD of 5, which was recorded in the University music studios and Phipps hall is out this week and has great reviews from the likes of the Sunday Times and has also been reviewed online. ‘This is a glimpse into the hypnotic sound world of the Scottish Pibroch, a complex music form cultivated since medieval times and used as the basis for variation and improvisation’, wrote the Sunday Times.
The CD has also been reviewed by Classical Modern Music as being ‘outstanding and as entertaining as it is revelatory’ and praised by Andrew Ben Wilson who says ‘The interpretations are imaginative and beautifully played’.
You can read all the reviews in full by following the links below and the CD can be purchased on both Amazon and iTunes.
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