Catriona McKay and Chris Stoutwith Cliona CassidyThursday 19th April, 8pm, Liberty Hall Dublin City Archive's Oral Histories Exhibition on the North Strand Bombing in the foyer from 6pm.
Catriona McKay and Chris Stout mark their upcoming groundbreaking collaboration with playwright Niamh Gleeson and singer Cliona Cassidy in a concert to launch the North Strand Opera Project – a new music collaboration based on the 1941 bombing of Dublin's North Strand by the German army. Having gigged, explored and sculpted their musical identities together for 15 years now, Catriona McKay (Scottish Harp) and Chris Stout (Shetland Fiddle) continue to evolve and create a sound and style “operating at a rarefied level of expertise” (The Herald). They recorded their first duo cd “Laebrack” in 2005 and have been part of many other projects together over the years as trustworthy collaborators. The crafting of their voice as a duo which blends“elemental intensity with graceful eloquence” (The Herald) has drawn them to explore new music and new ideas for this partnership of traditional instruments – “sensual, throaty fiddle lines…harp is deliciously angular and haughty” (Irish Times). Their new album White Nights was released in the summer of 2010 to rave reviews. "…a divine concoction of tradition and bold imagination...Unimpeachable." The Irish Times " Clear and strong…always a startling freshness and spontaneity at work…virtuosic and physically engaging." The Glasgow Herald “The one fact that seems to momentarily escape you throughout this musical journey, is that you are listening to just the two instruments. The harp and fiddle have so much to offer in terms of depth and range, that anything else would be an intrusion apart from the silence between the tracks. Breathtakingly beautiful stuff.” Northern Sky "This music is breathtaking" fROOTS “Sonically exquisite” The Guardian "Genius" The Scotsman See Niamh Gleeson's play "Dear Frankie" in the Gaeity Theatre 26th-31st of March! Watch out for Cliona Cassidy and Catriona McKay's debut album out this summer! Tickets € 15 Booking: Central Ticket Bureau 0818 205205
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