Russian musicians playing Irish music for Russian set-dancers is not something you see every day! We wanted to tell you our story, so the album features a painstakingly-designed 40-page illustrated booklet, revealing how Polca an Rí came to be, where the journey of playing for the sets has brought us, how we got all these wonderful tunes, and what Irish-Russian musical connections we've forged along the way. It comes in hard cover with fantastical art by Sophie Petkevich.
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Sophie Petkevich – keyboards
Anton Zille – tinwhistle & fiddle
Alexander Shimchyuk – flute
Evgeny Kazenkov – bouzouki
Every band playing Irish music seems to be facing a choice whether to enter a relationship with Turlough O’Carolan’s tunes, and in our case we’ve been shamelessly using them as dance music for the waltzes. While we have no regrets about our crimes against baroque (-era music), this particular set was in fact born at an innocent home tune once upon a time in St. Petersburg. Sophie played the first air on the keyboards, while Tony knew it on the whistle, and we found the combination to be quite sweet. Carolan wrote the first tune to honour his principal patron family, while Hiúlit or Hewlett remains a mystery gentleman, but he has sort of become the more famous of the two thanks to the recordings of The Chieftains and Planxty.
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from From Sliabh Moscó to Cathair Pheadair,
released July 4, 2021
Henry Macdermott Roe and Planxty Hewlett were composed by the blind travelling harper Turlough O’Carolan (1670–1738), born in Newton, County Westmeath and apprenticed by Mrs. MacDermott Roe in Ballyfarnon, County Roscommon. Arranged by Polca an Rí.
A beautiful duo of our flute player Tatyana Vasilyeva and a long-time friend of Polca an Rí, harp player Katerina Merkulova. Featuring Celtic harp, hammered dulcimer, flutes and whistles galore. Polca an Rí
Sliabh Luachra's finest - and star guests inspired by music of the area - are featured in this recording promoting a festival in Scully's, Newmarket, Co. Cork, home to a legendary 40-year-old session! Polca an Rí
Featuring some rarely-recorded Sliabh Luachra musicians, this album contains local legends that you've only seen in tune names! For more recent recordings be sure to visit sliabhluachra.bandcamp.com Polca an Rí
supported by 16 fans who also own “Henry Macdermott Roe / Planxty Hewlett (Carolan)”
I love the whole album and it’s so carefully curated! Thank you for adding the origins of the tunes. I absolutely loved the slow air,An Raibh Tu an an gCarraig and now I’m going to have to get the Star an over the Garter! I am glad to be able to listen to music from that era. My Grandaddy was a fiddle player from Donegal and though we spent every summer there I can’t remember what he played. I’m learning to play the fiddle at the age of 60 which is the hardest thing I’ve done in my li carmelg
supported by 15 fans who also own “Henry Macdermott Roe / Planxty Hewlett (Carolan)”
Masterful box playing. Has some very appealing, unusual quality to it - hard to put into words... might be the Sliabh Luachra style peeping through. musicstillspeaks