Celebrate the music of the Scottish Harp
With the Edinburgh Branch of the Clarsach Society
In Historic Rosslyn Chapel - Venue 74
Sunday 17 August at 7.30pm
Acclaimed, award-winning clarsach player, Ailie Robertson and
a new generation of talented young Scottish performers invite you to
enjoy traditional dance tunes, beautiful songs - and a few surprises!
Sunday 24 August at 7.30pm
Vibrant young duos, Cheyenne Brown/Seylan Baxter - harp, cello, voice - and Rachel Hair/Paul Tracey - harp, guitar - blend traditional Scottish/Irish and contemporary music with fire, grace and humour.
Tickets: £10/£8 concessions from the Fringe Box Office (0131 226 0000) and from 0131 445 2022.
And also
In St Andrew's and St George's Church, George Street, Edinburgh - Venue 111
Monday 18th August at 7.30pm
Sileas: Scotland's most original harp duo. Since 1981, Mary MacMaster and Patsy Seddon have been at the forefront of the recent revival of both the clarsach and the Scottish harp. A sparkling soundscape.
Wednesday 20th August at 7.30pm
Gaelic and Scottish songs, airs, strathspeys and reels presented in an informal ceilidh atmosphere by na Clarsairean, the Scottish Harp Orchestra, Lothian Gaelic Choir, and Jim Ferguson and Isobel Mieras - fiddle, harp and voice.
Friday 22nd August at 7.30pm
Superb duo, Catriona MacKay - clarsach - and Chris Stout -Shetland
fiddle/viola - ‘a divine concoction of tradition and bold imagination,
sensual, throaty fiddle lines; harp is deliciously angular and haughty;
unimpeachable (Irish Times).
Tickets:
£10 and £8 (concessions) from the Fringe Box Office (0131 226 0000) and
on the night from St Andrew's & St George's (0131 225 3847)
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