Standard £25 // Solidarity £32.50 // Under 30 £10
Advance booking required
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Book a ticket for Córas Trio / Brìghde Chaimbeul and RÓIS / Milkweed (Wed 26 Nov) and receive 10% discount*
*applies to standard/solidarity ticket prices only. Discount applied automatically at basket.
Doors: 7.15pm // Stage time: 7:45pm
Córas Trio:
Kevin McCullagh fiddle / electronics
Paddy McKeown guitar / electronics
Conor McAuley drums
Brìghde Chaimbeul smallpipes / voice
Seeking to forge a new language – one that honours cultural identity while embracing the evolving traditions of the 21st century – Córas Trio‘s music is rooted in the jigs and reels of the Irish traditional seisiún scene, deconstructing and reimagining familiar melodies which become a springboard for free improvisation, exploration, and dialogue.
At the heart of their work is a commitment to freedom: spontaneity, fluidity, and open expression are central to everything they create. They strive to capture the raw, unpredictable energy of the seisiún and apply it to the very structure of the genre itself – stretching and compressing time, distilling melodies to their atomic essence, venturing into chromatic detours, and above all, engaging in a three-way, fully improvised musical conversation.
‘imaginative…quick witted…boldly investigating 21st century Irish identity’ – The Wire
‘Explosive!’ – Soweto Kinch, BBC Radio 3
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, Brìghde Chaimbeul is a leading purveyor of Celtic experimentalism and a master of the Scottish smallpipes. A native Gaelic speaker, Chaimbeul roots her music in her language and culture, drawing inspiration from the world of interconnected piping together with influences from ambient, avant garde and electronic music.
“This record follows the embrace of wintertime; the closing in of darkness, the cold, the pull to turn inward. But also, the customs of the season, and gathering for the ceilidh: songs and stories told round the fire; where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur.”
Thus, Chaimbeul introduces her third album Sunwise (tak:til/Glitterbeat), a remarkable record steeped in folklore and tradition but also embracing minimalism, experimentation and the eternal presence of the drone. Appearing at hcmf// for the first time – performing material from Sunwise alongside repertoire from her two previous albums, released to widespread acclaim – Chaimbeul’s love for this music, these traditions and shared stories, shines through everything she does: “It’s a music and language that has survived so much and for so long – it’s the music of people. It’s music of the land. And I think it’s extremely relevant to hold on to that and learn from that in current times.”
“Mythic and experimental … Chaimbeul brings a seriousness to her music, her smallpipes conjuring a range of intense drones and hypnotic ululations” – UNCUT
“… completely compelling” – The Guardian
“Brìghde Chaimbeul has transformed from a promising young piper known only in folk circles to a worldwide phenomenon making bagpipes cool” – Bandcamp Daily (Album of the Day)
Produced by hcmf// as part of Music Traditions in a Contemporary Context; supported by Culture Ireland; also supported by Hinrichsen Foundation and Vaughan Williams Foundation
Photo: Brìghde Chaimbeul © Jonny Ashworth // Córas Trio © Aaron Cunningham
Getting There
Venue: Huddersfield Town Hall
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Address: Corporation Street, England, HD1 2TA, United Kingdom.