Heroic Gaelic Tales in Modern Music: Ossianic Ballads
23 Sep, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh & online

Presenting new work reinterpreting traditional #Gaelic heroic lays / laoidhean through the collaboration of South Uist singer, Màiri Macmillan; the Edinburgh Quartet; & the composer Ned Bigham

#Scottish #literature #song #folksong #CelticStudies #Ossian

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At #Ossian's well, the #hermitage . So many people have hammered coins into tree stumps that the fairies have had to write back. I think we saw about half a dozen logs and stumps full of them. Perhaps a #friend can suggest a more sustainable and less toxic offering?

The view of the fast-flowing River Braan from inside Ossian's Hall at the Hermitage, close to the A9 in Highland Perthshire. The Hermitage is a beautiful and intriguing planned landscape that was established in the 1750s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunkeld/hermitage/index.html

#Scotland #Perthshire #Hemitage #RiverBran #Ossian #A9 #UndiscoveredScotland

Tonight's earworm.

Ossian was a Scottish trad band active from the late1970s to the mid-1980s. They didn't write this song -- that was Willie Mitchell in the mid-1950s -- but they tweaked it a bit. (For the better, I'd argue.) The singer is the late Tony Cuffe.

#ScottishTradMusic #FolkMusic #Ossian #Scotland

https://youtu.be/YMsRE0_dr7k

Sotto una pianta di fischianti foglie #Ossian #Cesarotti