Award-winning classical guitarist Sean Shibe meets folk legend fiddler Aidan O’Rourke in a programme entitled Lùban – in Scottish Gaelic, ‘Loops’.
Creating a musical feast of mingled inspirations, the pair have sought the common ground within the origins of their contrasting musical heritages.
They have gone back to ancient manuscripts of traditional songs and commissioned new versions of familiar pieces such as Dowland’s ‘Flow, my Tears’ and traditional works like ‘The Queen of Ingland’s Pavan’.
They will be premiering a new arrangement by Tom of O Ecclesia. As Tom says:
O Ecclesia is an arrangement of a chant by Hildegard of Bingen. The solo violinist plays the chant, and is free to ornament and play with tempo, while the strings provide a soft halo of sound to surround the violinist’s melodic line.