Rory Boyle - Catalogue
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Auld Nick's Dance Tunes Vol. 6 : Version for Violin and Piano (2001)
Programme Note available
Rory Boyle
Commissioned by Airs and Phrases (Richard Chester & Rhona Mackay) with subsidy from SAC.
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Commissioned by Airs and Phrases (Richard Chester & Rhona Mackay) with subsidy from SAC.
Work Details
Category: chamber duo
Duration: 10'
Instrumentation: Vn Pf
Duration: 10'
Instrumentation: Vn Pf
Programme Note
This collection of 4 dances was prompted by the following passage from Robert Burns' poem Tam o' Shanter in which Tam arrives at Alloway Kirk to hear the sound of mirth and dancing:
And, wow ! Tam saw an unco sight !
Warlocks and witches in a dance;
Nae cotillion, brent new frae France,
But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys and reels,
Put life and mettle in their heels.
A winnock-bunker in the east,
There sat auld Nick, in shape o?beast;
A Towzie tyke, black, grim, and large,
To gie them music was his charge:
On the grounds that the devil must have had several collections of hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels for this ghoulish party which must have gone on for most of the night, I have merely attempted to suggest the music in one collection with just one of each dance represented, although, as far as I am aware, I have yet to write the first five volumes, at least, not when sober. The order of the dances is the same as in the poem.
This collection of 4 dances was prompted by the following passage from Robert Burns' poem Tam o' Shanter in which Tam arrives at Alloway Kirk to hear the sound of mirth and dancing:
And, wow ! Tam saw an unco sight !
Warlocks and witches in a dance;
Nae cotillion, brent new frae France,
But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys and reels,
Put life and mettle in their heels.
A winnock-bunker in the east,
There sat auld Nick, in shape o?beast;
A Towzie tyke, black, grim, and large,
To gie them music was his charge:
On the grounds that the devil must have had several collections of hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels for this ghoulish party which must have gone on for most of the night, I have merely attempted to suggest the music in one collection with just one of each dance represented, although, as far as I am aware, I have yet to write the first five volumes, at least, not when sober. The order of the dances is the same as in the poem.
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Publisher: unpublished
Location: ref library
Format: score
Location: ref library
Format: score