Dick Hensold, the leading performer on the Northumbrian smallpipes in North America, will play this sweet-sounding, quiet bagpipe from the Northeast of England as well as the reel pipes (an indoor version of the Scottish Highland pipes intended for Scottish dance music), seljefløyte (Norwegian willow-flute), säckpipa (Swedish bagpipes), pibgorn (Welsh hornpipe), and several other instruments. The music will be in several traditional and historical styles, with particular emphasis on Cape Breton, early Scottish, and Northumbrian, but also including Scandinavian, medieval, Irish, and original music.
This concert is produced by The Celtic Company and sponsored by The W. B. Yeats Foundation.