photo by Kris Kesiak
photo and album design by Kris Kesiak
SEAVAIGERS: Chris Stout | Catriona McKay | Scottish Ensemble | Sally Beamish
The story of Sally Beamish's 'Seavaigers' featuring fiddler Chris Stout, harper Catriona McKay and the Scottish Ensemble.
The double concerto for Shetland fiddle and Scottish harp tells the story of a vivid sea journey from Dundee to Shetland and atmospherically depicts the birds, dolphins, fears and adventures of a spectacular North Sea voyage.
Upcoming performances:
Nov 26th Nov Gala Concert with the Moscow City Symphony – Russian Philharmonic
Catriona was awarded Intrumentalist of the Year 2007 & 2014 at the Scots Trad Music Awards.
Short clip from ‘Isflak’ (composed by Catriona McKay & Chris Stout) with the Moscow City Symphony – Russian Philharmonic and Boris Berezovsky. Moscow, November 2014
photo by Kris Kesiak
HARPONIUM (2014)
“a triumph of brilliant musicality, joyous expression, daring harmonic shifts and moving melodicism” Glasgow Herald, Jan 2014
BEGLEY MCKAY STOUT (2014) 'This is music of the moment: bristling with the excitement of newly minted camaraderie and bolting towards the door for the wide open spaces it craves. And yet, there’s a finesse to the collection’. Irish Times 2014
Catriona was invited to record music written by top Irish fiddler and composer Liz Carroll along with Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (piano), Liz Knowles (fiddle) & Kieran O'Hare (Irish pipes) for a forthcoming exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. The cd will be available to buy from the on-site shop during the exhibition.
Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690–1840
Tuesday, March 17, 2015–Sunday, June 7, 2015
Regenstein Hall,
Art Institute of Chicago
