| Patsy Reid - Bridging The Gap [CD] | ![Patsy Reid - Bridging The Gap [CD]](VERTCD088.jpg) | Commissioned as part of the Celtic Connections New Voices series in January 2008, Bridging The Gap received such glowing reviews that it has now been recorded and released on CD. The 50-minute piece comprises nine original melodies on one of the seven modern modes of music (Ionian, Dorion, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian). Each mode has a distinctive flavour, character and colour of its own and seamlessly bridges the gap between folk and classical music. |
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| | Patsy Reid - With Complements [CD] | ![Patsy Reid - With Complements [CD]](apmr901.jpg) | And what complements they are! Patsys own skills on fiddle, viola and piano are deservedly well to the fore, but the accompaniments played by her friends really make this a special project. Harvey Beaton from Nova Scotia plays piano - and feet - for the Cape Breton numbers; Alasdair White joins in on bouzouki and mandolin; Keith Morrison points up the piano and guitar, Declan Hegarty plays gorgeous Irish harp, and Jill Simpson tickles the ivories in slow and quick time. Pan-Celtic fiddle superbly played and accompanied; Shetland, New England, Irish, Highland, Orkney, Cape Breton... tunes from all over. |
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