We’re thrilled to have Tim Macdonald (violin) and Jeremy Ward (cello) coming back on April 12. In this concert they will be joined by Dick Hensold on Northumbrian smallpipes, reel pipes, and recorder. These three share a common love of driving Scottish traditional music and historical 18th-century interpretation that bridges the 7-hour drive between their homes in Chicago and Minnesota.
They will play music in both traditional and historical 18th-century Scottish styles, but will also include original music based on traditional and 18th-century models.
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Tim and Jeremy are a unique and eclectic duo from Chicago specializing in Scottish fiddling on period Baroque instruments – their playing has been described as everything from “cutting edge” and “metal” to “classic” and “baroque”, so you can expect a wide range of musical interpretation!
We are taking reservations for the concert via our on-line ticketing system, and seats are limited, so reserve early! The concert will take place at our home on Saint Paul’s West Side on Friday, April 12th at 8pm. More details about the concert and location will be sent when you make your reservation. The suggested donation is $20 at the door.
Here’s a sample of their playing, to give you a taste:
About the Performers
Tim Macdonald has been praised for his “athletic” and “impressive and stylistically Scottish playing”, (Dr. John Turner & Melinda Crawford), Tim Macdonald is a regular performer, scholar, composer, and teacher of Scottish-Baroque music.
Tim was the first US National Scottish Fiddling Champion to win on a Baroque violin, and his performances with Trio Settecento, Susie Petrov, Colyn Fischer, the Bach and Beethoven Ensemble, and many others have taken him from New York City’s Frick Collection to the villages of Indonesia, countless country and contra dances, Scotland’s Blair Castle, and beyond. Recent projects include helping to perform Scotland’s first opera, The Gentle Shepherd, in full for the first time in over two centuries, lecturing on applying the rhetorical ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment to modern fiddling, joining classical superstar Rachel Barton Pine for an encore of traditional tunes following her performance of Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, and serving as music and dancing master at a thoroughly-researched recreation of a 1770s American tavern. His radio appearances include WQXR classical radio (New York City), BBC Scotland’s Take the Floor, and WBOM radio (Rockford, IL).
Jeremy David Ward is a cellist whose musical inspiration and repertoire spans from Renaissance dance music to the post-tonal works of Saariaho and Dutilleux. As a performer of early bass instruments, he is a founding member of the 16th and 17th century brass and strings ensemble Rook. Rook has performed at the Boston and Madison Early Music Fringe Festivals. It was also chosen to participate in Carnegie Hall’s Professional Training Workshop with L’Arpeggiata. In 2014, the group held a weekend residency at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and released its premier album, Eleven. Jeremy has also teamed up with Scottish fiddler, Tim Macdonald, to form a historically informed Scottish fiddling duo that has toured internationally. Jeremy also enjoys musicking with other early music ensembles such as Three Notch’d Road and The Newberry Consort, where he has performed with historical performance luminaries Bruce Dickey, Paige Whitley-Bauguess and Tom Zajac. He is also a member of the Newberry Violin Band.
Dick Hensold (Oberlin Conservatory) is the leading Northumbrian smallpiper in North America, and for the past 20 years has performed and taught in England, Scotland, Japan, Canada, and across the United States. He has played the Edinburgh Folk Festival, and the Lowland and Border Piper’s Society Collogue (Peebles, Scotland). He has released numerous CDs, and his solo CD Big Music for Northumbrian Smallpipes was released in 2007. The concert will feature Dick on Northumbrian smallpipes (a quiet bagpipe from Northeast England), reel pipes (an indoor version of the Scottish Highland pipes intended for Scottish dance music), and recorders. His artistic diversity tends to show up in unusual programming.
“Dick Hensold is a master piper with an exquisite touch.” –City Pages, Minneapolis, MN
“North America’s foremost smallpiper” –fRoots
“The piping is fluent and assured… his technique is impressive and the music is delightfully interpreted” –FolkWorld CD Reviews
Read more of the performer’s bios at http://concerts.jannakysilko.com/tim-and-jeremy/ or at their own websites: Tim and Jeremy and Dick Hensold: Press Kit