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Duncan Chisholm - Affric

Affric [CD]

Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 1 customer rating
(1 customer review)

£9.99

Affric is the 5th studio album from Duncan Chisholm and the much-anticipated concluding part of his award winning Strathglass Trilogy.

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Affric is the 5th studio album from Duncan Chisholm and the much-anticipated concluding part of his award winning Strathglass Trilogy.

To know Glen Affric in the Highlands of Scotland, is to know a place of outstanding beauty; isolated, magnificent and majestic. Affric is an album that encapsulates all of these qualities and more. Duncan has developed his established style and sound from previous recordings and has instilled new ideas and introspection into his music. This album moves from the dynamic and charismatic sound of ‘The Flooded Meadow’ to the breathtaking beauty of ‘Rubha Nam Marbh’. From Duncan’s ‘Waltz of the Grey River’ which captures perfectly the movement and flow of the River Glass to his piece ‘Running The Cross’ which evokes the vitality and spirit of the great ‘Highland Cross’ run.

This is a 21st Century fiddle album, which is timeless in its delicacy and elegance as well powerful and potent in its vigour.

1 review for Affric [CD]

  1. Rated 5 out of 5

    Peter Fraser – July 30, 2019

    Those of us who have run the Cross can appreciate that Duncan has done it himself too – fortunately he can write brilliant music to celebrate it, and all we can do is to think up team names, such as “Aye to the Hills we Lift our Thighs”, and “Where There’s a Hill, There’s a Way”, which at best may be potential names for tunes for the next album…

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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.

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