The Celtic Lute
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Label: Sono Luminus
Cat No: DSL92225
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 10th August 2018
Contents
Works
Blind MaryCarolan's Welcome
Fanny Power (traditional)
George Brabazon
Lady Atherny
Miss Noble
Separation of the Body and Soul
The seas are deep
Tune without title no.172
The Flowers of Edinburgh
Banish misfortune (Irish)
Cliffs of Moher (Irish)
Flee over the water (Scottish)
Guzzle together (Scottish)
Hey my nanny (Scottish)
Hoop her and gird her (Scottish)
If I had a bonny lass (Scottish)
Pipe on the hob (Irish)
The Battle of Harlaw (Scottish)
The Butterfly (Irish)
The Flaggon (Scottish)
The Kid on the Mountain (Irish)
The Lone Vale (Scottish)
The Monaghan Jig (Irish)
The Stool of Repentance (Scottish)
Artists
Ronn McFarlane (lute)Works
Blind MaryCarolan's Welcome
Fanny Power (traditional)
George Brabazon
Lady Atherny
Miss Noble
Separation of the Body and Soul
The seas are deep
Tune without title no.172
The Flowers of Edinburgh
Banish misfortune (Irish)
Cliffs of Moher (Irish)
Flee over the water (Scottish)
Guzzle together (Scottish)
Hey my nanny (Scottish)
Hoop her and gird her (Scottish)
If I had a bonny lass (Scottish)
Pipe on the hob (Irish)
The Battle of Harlaw (Scottish)
The Butterfly (Irish)
The Flaggon (Scottish)
The Kid on the Mountain (Irish)
The Lone Vale (Scottish)
The Monaghan Jig (Irish)
The Stool of Repentance (Scottish)
Artists
Ronn McFarlane (lute)About
So, what is it? There’s a loose definition (or maybe tacit agreement) that Celtic Music is found in those European cultures where the Celtic tribes invaded. Aside from Ireland and Scotland, Wales qualifies, as does Brittany, the Galician part of Spain, the Isle of Man. If we focus just on the Gaelic language group and fine tune it to just Scotland and Ireland, we really know what we are hearing, right?
Do we? While there is plentiful cross-pollination between these two nations and an ancient shared heritage, they are not the same place, and their music is not a single common recipe using slightly different ingredients. Irish stew is not haggis.
There are differences grand and small, subtle and great. Distinct nations with different histories will evolve different artistic natures, and this is played out in a joyful noise in our Celtic lands. Ronn McFarlane’s heritage and lifelong interest in Scottish music allows us to walk first (as Neil Munro put it) “song-haunted over the Moors”.
Grammy-nominated lutenist, Ronn McFarlane brings the lute – the most popular instrument of the Renaissance – into today’s musical mainstream, making it accessible to a wider audience.
Since taking up the lute in 1978, Ronn has made his mark in music as the founder of Ayreheart (Ayreheart’s first CD release, One Morning, consists of all-original music by Ronn McFarlane. Ayreheart’s 2016 release, Barley Moon, blends folk music and art music from Renaissance and Medieval England, Scotland and Wales).
Ronn is a founding member of the Baltimore Consort, touring 49 of the 50 United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Netherlands, Germany and Austria, and as a guest artist with Apollo’s Fire, The Bach Sinfonia, The Catacoustic Consort, The Folger Consort, Houston Grand Opera, The Oregon Symphony, The Portland Baroque Orchestra, and The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra.
McFarlane was a faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory from 1984 to 1995, teaching lute and lute-related subjects. In 1996, Mr. McFarlane was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music from Shenandoah Conservatory for his achievements in bringing the lute and its music to the world. He has over 35 recordings on the Dorian/Sono Luminus label, including solo albums, lute duets, flute & lute duets, lute songs, the complete lute music of Vivaldi, a collection of Elizabethan lute music and poetry, and recordings with the Baltimore Consort.
Ronn has composed new music for the lute, building on the tradition of the lutenist/composers of past centuries. His original compositions are the focus of his solo CD, Indigo Road, which received a Grammy Award Nomination for Best Classical Crossover Album of 2009.
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