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Thar Farraige (Over Sea)

With Brìghde Chaimbeul and Maxwell Quartet

Sat 8 Feb 2025
Folk

Thar Farraige (Over Sea)

With Brìghde Chaimbeul and Maxwell Quartet

Award-winning composer Linda Buckley’s ‘Thar Farraige (Over Sea)’ will be performed with Brìghde Chaimbeul and Maxwell Quartet. They explore contemporary chamber music embracing both Irish and Scottish traditional music and language, songs of love and loss, connections to place, migration, and our idea of what home means.


Commissioned by Chamber Music Scotland and supported by PRS Foundation, this work composed for small pipes, string quartet, and live electronics, draws on Scottish and Irish folk traditions, exploring the potential meeting points and new pathways of contemporary classical and folk music.

Since its debut, Thar Farraige (Over Sea) has resonated with audiences around the world including Glasgow’s Celtic Connections, Northern Ireland’s Moving On Music, Norway’s Hemsing Festival and September Me in the Netherlands.

‘This project will weave together many strands of my musical self to create a cohesive whole, an immersive experience for the listener drawing upon themes of emigration/migration, and our sense of home and how that can be carried with us’ – Linda Buckley

This event will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval.

Reviews

‘The Irish composer combines traditional séan-nos singing with an electronic soundscape, connecting past and future … It’s clear how much Buckley deeply connects her past to her present, opening up possibilities for our mutual musical futures.’ The Guardian on Linda Buckley

‘Chaimbeul has brought Scottish piping to a new audience with her captivating style, which has affinity with psychedelic drone as well as the folk traditions of the north.’ The Quietus on Brìghde Chaimbeul

‘brilliantly fresh, unexpected and exhilarating’ The Scottish Herald on Maxwell Quartet

Date:Sat 8 Feb 2025
Start time:7pm (Doors: 6.30pm)
Venue:Hall One
Price:£10.50-£21.00
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