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Celtic Connections: The GRIT Orchestra – The Declaration, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
16 January, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmGlasgow Royal Concert Hall 2 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3NYCeltic Connections: City Halls Recital Room, Glasgow
17 January, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pmCity Halls – Recital Room Candleriggs Glasgow G1 1NQCeltic Connections: The GRIT Orchestra, GRIT & Bothy Culture, The Barrowlands, Glasgow
18 January, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 11:00 pmThe Barrowland Ballroom 244 Gallowgate Glasgow G4 0TSCeltic Connections: SIAN / EBEN, City Halls, Glasgow
24 January, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmCity Halls Candleriggs Glasgow G1 1NQHaze Across The Sun
Duncan Chisholm
A Precious Place
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Islands On The Edge
Duncan Chisholm
About Duncan
Duncan Chisholm is one of Scotland’s most recognised and accomplished fiddle players and composers. Born and brought up near Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland, Duncan has spent most of his life developing his unique musical voice. Fiddle playing at its best, Duncan’s feather-light handling of dynamics and ornamentation, allied with his pure-distilled tone, lend his characteristic spine-tingling magic to his music.
Taught to play by the great Donald Riddell, few can match Duncan’s expressive feel for a Highland air. Duncan’s well-established musical career has taken him throughout the UK, Europe and the USA, both through his solo work and while playing with other musicians and bands. Duncan plays regularly with gaelic singing sensation Julie Fowlis, sets the heather on fire with his folk rock band Wolfstone and is much sought after as a composer and accompanist.
Duncan’s latest release Live at Celtic Connections, was recently awarded ‘Album of the Year’ at the Scots Trad Music Awards in December 2014. Performed at an exclusive concert as part of the world famous Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, Duncan recorded this special event where he played music from his acclaimed Strathglass Trilogy of albums, as part of a six piece traditional band who were backed by an orchestral ensemble.
The culmination of six years work, The Strathglass Trilogy – Farrar, Canaich and Affric, is Duncan’s musical representation of the ancient Chisholm Clan lands. With such a personal interest in and connection to these Highland glens, Duncan has worked hard to instil great pride and passion into three individual but very much connected musical masterpieces. This unique and inspired idea of producing a suite of fiddle music recordings, influenced by one of the most beautiful wilderness areas of Scotland, gives a solid representation of Duncan’s ability to get right to the heart of a tune, and communicate the emotion behind it, in what seems a totally natural way.
Duncan’s first solo album, Redpoint catapulted his solo career into the public eye. The Door of Saints closely followed Redpoint; a beautiful album inspired by the music of Northern Spain. Duncan then embarked on his Strathglass Trilogy, mixing traditional tunes with contemporary sounds. Having composed music for several BBC documentaries and written more than half of the tunes presented on his latest release, Duncan has been labelled “the new sound of traditional Scotland.”
“My creative world widens with each passing year and the possibilities for self-expression are limitless. Enjoy the music.” Duncan Chisholm.
Sandwood Review / Duncan Chisholm Feature
/in news /by adminTwenty years ago this summer, the first issue of Penguin Eggs surfaced on the Internet. This publication continues to be bursting with features, interviews, news and reviews from the traditional scene and the current summer special 20th Anniversary Issue (No.78) is no exception. Read Roddy Campbell’s full review of Sandwood, accessible via the publication here, as he considers Duncan “the indisputable eminent fiddle composer of his generation“.
Duncan is also the subject of an in-depth feature interview in the August 2018 issue of The Scots Magazine. ‘Sandwood – A Place Beyond Words’ by Cameron McNeish considers how Duncan captures an indefinable location through his music and how Duncan has “produced something quite exceptional” in his Sandwood album. The full feature is accessible in The Scots Magazine via this link.
Duncan Chisholm Live at Egerton
/in news /by adminDuncan has been invited to perform at the Millenium Hall, Egerton toward the end of October 2018. Known for its triennial summer music festival, Egerton continues to invite musicians to perform between festivals whilst promoting the arts in the Kent area.
Duncan will perform as part of a quartet including Conal McDonagh, Ali Hutton and Megan Henderson on Sunday 21 October 2018. Please visit our Live page for box office details.
Enjoy the music….
Duncan: Live on BBC Radio 3 Breakfast
/in news /by adminIn midsummer week, BBC Radio 3 enters one of the most potent sources of the human imagination. Into the Forest (BBC R3 daily between 630-9am, 18 – 22 June) explores the enchantment, escape and magical danger of the forest in summer, with slow radio moments featuring the sounds of the forest, allowing time out from today’s often frenetic world.
Duncan was invited to join presenter Petroc Trelawny live from the breathtaking landscape of Glen Affric. Having completed his lauded Strathglass Trilogy inspired by the majestic Glens of Strathfarrar, Canaich and Affric, Duncan was delighted to perform his music live on this programme which explores the cultural heritage of the last remnants of the original Caledonian Forest.
Listen again on the BBC iPlayer via this link.