Rolling in the Ryegrass / Foxhunter​’​s (Reels)

from From Sliabh Moscó to Cathair Pheadair by Polca an Rí

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Reels: ROLLING IN THE RYEGRASS / FOXHUNTER’S

Alexander Shimchyuk – flute
Anton Zille – fiddle
Sophie Petkevich – keyboards
Evgeny Kazenkov – bouzouki

This set of reels is the culmination of the night at our céilís as we usually play it for Clare Lancers Fig. 5 – a popular figure in a set much-beloved by many Russian dancers. The highlight of the dance is the ladies and the gents forming two lines, which would often be linked up between the adjacent sets, turning the separate quadrille islands into one common space of people holding hands – a unifying scene that would remind some of a Russian khorovod or a Breton chain! The tunes we’ve picked for this set have interesting versions in Kerry and Clare that anyone should seek out (as for fiddle players, it’s a must). Denis Murphy played his own distinct version of Rolling in the Ryegrass, while Foxhunter’s often comes up in reference to Patrick Kelly from Cree. Patrick is one of the few recorded Irish fiddle players to have used a cross-tuning – a trick he apparently learned from his father Tim, who in turn was influenced by a travelling fiddle master from Kerry. While he retuned the fiddle for that particular reel, GDGD or AEAE suit many others too – a good start for those who dare go down the experimental road!

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from From Sliabh Moscó to Cathair Pheadair, released July 4, 2021
Traditional reels arranged by Polca an Rí.

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