Neep&Tattie
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What We Do
Concerts are too often seen as serious events where everyone must keep still and quiet. The stage is dominated by the able-bodied. Our “kitchen ceilidh” aims to be accessible to all and to bring some of the informality of the folk, both disabled and able-bodied, into the room. Our violinist considers that being blind and autistic is actually an advantage when playing this music! Having been stigmatized for most of her life, Susanna, aided by keyboardist Dorothy de Val, aims to bring awareness and inclusivity into the concert hall. Trust us to enliven your event and bring a smile to the faces of your audience!
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This is music to be danced to, Handed down over generations. Infectious and inspiring, its rhythmic drive and lilt cannot help but lift audiences out of their seats. The tunes represent a history of music that never makes it into the classroom. But indeed there is a history behind this “old popular” music, and if you want to add an educational angle to your event, we can add a presentation to illustrate or simply add commentary to our ceilidhs. We are also happy to run workshops for beginner and advanced fiddlers and keyboardists. in all styles. Our music is often welcome in hospitals, retirement homes and other care facilities.
The violin owes much to the voice and Tattie’s abilities as a classically trained vocalist transfer well to traditional song. We feel this brings variety to a concert program, and we can adjust content according to desire. With Neep as a composer and improviser on board, we bring spontaneity to our playing, and as a relatively new convert to composition, Neep is discovering her creative voice. We hope that her work, which is written to be immediately accessible to audiences, will encourage our listeners, especially women, to try being musically creative themselves.
Neep & Tattie’s Kitchen Ceilidh
PROGRAM
From Cape Breton
My Cape Breton Home. Jerry Holland
The Duchess of Hamilton - Strathspey John Bowie, 1787
West Mabou (Old Maids of Galway) Reel, trad. Irish
From Québec
Ti’ mé reel, Marcel Messervier
Dedication à Joe reel, Martin Racine
Reel St-Antoine traditional reel
Valse des jouets Michel Faubert
La Bastringue La Bolduc
Money Musk Muse Dorothy de Val
Métis tunes from the West
Caribou Reel Andy de Jarlis
Hay in the Loft Lawrence (‘Teddy Boy’) Houle
Bacon Ridge Jig Lawrence (‘Teddy Boy’) Houle
Gigue des Capuchons from the playing of Joseph Allard
Klezmer Tunes and Dances
Gypsy Hora from the repertoire of German Goldenshteyn
Sher from Kostakovsky’s International Hebrew
Wedding Music, 1916
Uncle Max’s Bulgar Sam Musiker, 1952
Tants Istanbul Dave Tarras, 1940, transc. Stein
Tunes from Ireland
Yellow Stockings, c. 1715 trad. slip jig
The Arragh Mountains Paddy O’Brien
Dever the Dancer trad. slip jig, 19thc.
Planxty Hewlett Turlough O’Carolan
Planxty Irwin (blind Irish harper, (1670-1738)
Roll out the Barrel trad. reel
The Tap Room trad. reel
Drowsy Maggie trad. reel
Joe Cooley’s Reel Joe Cooley
The Wise Maid trad. reel
Autumn Ghosts Dorothy de Val
COVID Quartet for Violin and Piano Dorothy de Val
Longing
Expectation
Promise
Hope
Òrain Gàidhlig trad., arr. Dorothy de Val
'S ioma rud a chunna mi (What I saw)
Innis dhòmhsa càil thu cadail (Where do you sleep?
Chuirinn air a’ phìob (I would play it on the pipes)
Ille Chrubaich (Crooked Fellow)
Horo mo bhobag an dram (Horo, my friend the dram)