Hello Ina
I hadn't realised you were related to Kenny Wilson. He was one of the
fiddlers (along with Will Taylor and others) who founded the Border
Strathspey and Reel Society at Langholm in 1973. His interpretation of
"Bonny Lass O' Bon Accord" was legendary and when I heard it for myself
in the 80s it made me realise that certain tunes could only be given
their full grandeur on a fiddle. Pipes joining in with dance and
"fiddle" tunes can add real edge and crispness but pipes, no matter how
sensitively played, in with that would have done damage - but hey we do
not want to start any more arguments a do we?
As aye
Anthony
--- On Tue, 28/4/09, Ina Gilchrist <ina.gilchr...@web.de> wrote:
From: Ina Gilchrist <ina.gilchr...@web.de>
Subject: [NSP] nsp
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesday, 28 April, 2009, 5:04 PM
More years ago than I care to remember, there was an excellent TV
documentary in which the classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin met with
an
old
Shetland fiddler (can't remember his name, sorry - big tall chap
with
receding hair and a winning smile and twinkle in his eyes - I think
he
was
in his 80s then) and they discussed the instrument and played each
others
favourite tunes etc.
Hi folks,
it was the great Dr. Tom ANderson of Eshaness. Sir Yehudi once
visited
us unexpectedly when I was an undergraduate at Queens College,
Dundee.
He gave a brilliant afternoon concert at the Student`s Union. We
asked
him to play some Scots music, when he smiled wryly and said, "I am
useless at Scots music". I cannot play the snap, you see ! It would
appear that afte r struggling with the finer points of Shetland
music,
he had gone on to meet my second cousin, Kenny Wilson - also a
brilliant Hardanger player - in the Borders just before playing at
the
Usher Hall. As my cousin told me many years later:-
"He cudna get the snap ava"
Unfortunately in those days, I was not musically active, although I
organised the student`s concerts from my wee room up in The Halls of
Residence in Airlie Place.
Cheers now
Ina
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