"A Couple of Scottish Strathspeys", Hanneke Cassel Band with David Knight
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- "A Couple of Scottish Strathspeys" performed by Hanneke Cassel and her band (www.hannekecassel.com) with David Knight in concert at the Institute of Musical Traditions (www.imtfolk.org), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA on February 22, 2012.
"Exuberant and rhythmic, somehow both wild and innocent, delivered with captivating melodic clarity and an irresistible playfulness," says the Boston Globe about Hanneke Cassel's playing. Such charismatic fiddling has brought the native Oregonian many honors and awards. She is the 1997 U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion, she holds a Bachelors of Music in Violin Performance from Berklee College of Music, and she has performed and taught across North America, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and China.
Hanneke's latest release, For Reasons Unseen features an all-star cast of musicians--including Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas, Rushad Eggleston, Casey Driessen, Brittany Haas, Keith Murphy, and Aoife O'Donovan. Influences from Scotland to China, along with grooves and musical innovations from the hip Boston bluegrass/Americana scene, fuse together to create a uniquely American approach to Scottish music. She creates sounds on the cutting edge of acoustic music, while retaining the integrity and soul of the Scottish tradition.
In addition to her solo act, Hanneke tours regularly with Baroque/Celtic group Ensemble Galilei, and has performed with the Cathie Ryan Band, Cherish the Ladies, Alasdair Fraser, and Matt Glaser and the Wayfaring Strangers. She is an active member of Boston-based band Childsplay (featuring 20+ fiddles made by Bob Childs) and co-founder (with Laura Cortese and Lissa Schneckenburger) of Celtic chick band Halali. She teaches regularly at Alasdair Fraser's Valley of the Moon and Sierra Fiddle Camps, Boston Harbor Fiddle Camp, and the Club Passim School of Music. Hanneke's fiddling has graced the stages of The Boston Hatch Shell (performing with Joey McIntyre of New Kids on the Block), Boston's Symphony Hall (opening for Judy Collins), Mountain Stage, The Plaza Hotel, and the Lincoln Center.
Sound: Art Isaacs, Dave Eisner, Dave Richardson
Camera: Dick Tufts, Laura Christoplos, Emily Whiting, Ralph Lillie
Editing: Ralph Lillie
© 2012, Institute of Musical Traditions
Keith is absolutely amazing! Look at how well he improvises this. You can tell he doesn't even know what tunes are in the set. I wish there was more of his stuff on TH-cam. Hanneke, Ari, and David were great also!
A rough day. A couple of minutes - somehow I'm smiling and hopeful again. Wonderful.
Did the same to me, Arkady - after a pretty rough ride these last days. Thanks Hanneke and Dave!
This is so gorgeous... pulling at my heartstrings! Wish I still played this kind of music!
Hanneke is just awesome and she's led the group well. I love the change up in gears at the 2.50 mark - its fire and passion here, truly wonderful music!
I’m in search of what it is about Scottish music that pulls me. I grew up playing gospel and smooth jazz. I don’t know what it is yet but there is a spirit in the Scottish fiddle and bagpipes that I just love.. it calls me. Trying to answer it.
You don't have to be Scottish to like Scottish music, not all Scots are musical either
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The first strathspey is "Miss Jessie Smith" (Lowe's Collection, book 4, 1844). The second is "The Iron Man" by James Scott Skinner.
Thank you!
Wonderful to listen to - over and again; as someone else noted it´s great after a rough day, evoking lightness and an inward smile.... Love it! And I love their interaction, their "differentness"!
Performers move in their own way when playing. Both Hanneke and David
are exemplars of Scottish fiddle music, in the top rung, and the fact
that they move differently is fine for the music. Hanneke tends to keep her torso fairly still, flexing at the knees; David flexes his whole torso. I'm gobsmacked by the
way that, in the beginning particularly, David's bubbling, fluid
rhythmic energy _feeds_ Hanneke's "lumpy" [that's a good thing!] strathspey, uphill and down. When they change places and Hanneke accompanies him, it's more the usual kind of vertical strathspey second fiddle, ideally suited for Scottish country dancing. Both styles of accompaniment work wonderfully. I'm forwarding this link to my Scottish fiddle orchestra violins and violas as an example of how to accompany a strathspey.
It got even better in the middle!
Love it!
I love this!
Scottish Head banging music.... love it....
Tunes:
MIss Jessie Smith (James Stewart-Robertson)
The Iron Man (James Scott Skinner) 1:38
Brenda Stubbert's (Jerry Holland) 2:44
?? 4:26
❤❤❤❤❤ wonderful !!!! love it !!
Brilliant!
Watch Keith Murphy on guitar in the early going of the tune as he digests and formulates his entrance. The nod from Hanneke says "Go,man,Go!'! David, the fiddle player is having a typical outstanding Knight! this of course makes for a very happy Hanneke! (We'll be here all week, try the veal) Great camera and sound.
Music at this level leaves me speechless. Love it.
Glorious
Lovely playing, does David give any dance lessons? Maybe I can give him some fiddle ones... :)
hahahah!
Scottish fiddle music is great -- fast and intricate.
Scottish food (except fish & chop) is...well, pass the Scotch.
Haggis is nice. But is an adquired taste...
Yes
Gosh and Golly, but that was good. Love watching the coordination going on there.
Thanks!
Hanneke apparently had a brain cramp on getting Brenda Stubbert started, but was in the right key, and Dave got the melody going, so it was a good save, making it appear deliberate. It happens even to the best of musicians, as Hanneke certainly is one.
Obviously takes a lot to get Davey Ewan to enjoy himself. (See comment below). That was wonderful, team!
The last tune is not a strathspey, but a reel: Brenda Stubbert's.
Male and female "violinists" are usually called "fiddlers" in traditional music.
does anyone knows the name of the 4th tune please?
Great performance! Anyone know the names of the tunes?
The first one is "Jessie Smith", the second one is "The Iron Man", I have heard the third one but don't know the rest.
Andrew O'Sullivan
Thanks a lot! (
anyone know the name of the cellist? shes not credited on any of these videos..?
Greetings, she is Ari Friedman. She is credited in the opening splash and the rolling credits at the end of the video.
The second tune seems not to be iron man as said down under, anybody know the name?It is really beautiful.Thank you.Please, i would like to play taht and wpould be of great help.Grat music and wonderful musicians.
It is indeed Iron Man.
Darude sandstorm
Yup The Iron Man... ( W.M.F. McHardy )
Brenda Stubbert’s
Can someone please make a comment on the performance of the male violinist? That is the wrong way to feel the music.😂
I thought that it was extremely unusual. almost sexually suggestive. But he play great, so I won't hold it against him. (Pun unintended.)
LOL! I second this comment.
Stupid and sensual Flanders...
Bit queasy making
Why are you asking "someone" to "please" make a comment on the performance of the male violinist? Are you not capable of making a comment? What exactly is your problem? Do you play an instrument?
Mmm. Not the real deal really.
Not Scottish fiddle at all.
@@ConsairtinFergus maks me boak
Dude, everyone is trying to keep a straight face. That thrusting is just .....uncomfortable.
They don't have the faintest idea about how to bow a Strathspey. At least, in the North East style - both of the tunes are from -.
Brenda Stubbert's reel is nothing remarkable, out of the usual 1 down 3 up bowing suitable for most reels.
Regardless of what a lot of people believe, Cape Breton fiddle has not much to do with real Scottish fiddle. As simple as that.
Sorry Fergus, but you are talking nonsense.
@@docfloc Sorry, but It seems you don't know very much about Scottish fiddle.
Fergus MacValley Sorry Fergus. It seems you have a very large chip on your shoulder about something. Just enjoy the music.
@@docfloc Right, because nothing can be criticised and everything is acceptable, eh? And even more if someone knows a bit about the subject.
No, I don't enjoy the music because It's not well played.
Fergus MacValley There is a big difference between constructive criticism and your disparaging and discouraging words. You must be a nightmare to be in a session with.
does anyone knows the name of the last tune?
please?!
Brenda Stubbert's reel