Witching hour more in tune with harps than harpies Scottish Harp - From Music Fyne to Ossian's Muse St Cecilia's Hall

The Scotsman | August 28, 1998| | Copyright

Curiosity value - in terms of instruments and repertoire - was the hallmark of this whirlwind history of harp music beginning in 13th- century Orkney and finishing with a contemporary drawing-room version of Kishmul's Galley.

The combination of William Taylor's wire-struck clarsach and Rob MacKillop's lute was like fairies dancing , particularly in Ex te lux oritur. Written for the wedding of Margaret, Maid of Norway, to Eric II, the filigree notes spun in gossamer alternate with a cracking dance tune.

MacKillop swapped the lute for the mandore, precursor of the mandolin, which produced a ...

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