1. Innes Watson
2. Rachel Cross
3. Carly Blain
4. Shona Mooney
You will hear that the musicians veer off the score especially in in the improvised sections. They were sight-reading the piece and I didn't give them very much instruction, I wanted to see what they would make of it.
I actually envisaged that they would stick to the same pulse and make it more of a traditional jig sound but I think the idea of an experimental piece and the instructions to improvise pushed the musicians to perform not as themselves. It was interesting that in a subsequent take the musicians wanted to pick another fiddle player to play as - they made it into role play. I really wanted them to be themselves...
This practice run has given me a clearer idea of how I will approach the piece, what information needs to be provided and how it might be received by traditional musicians.
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