Gráinne Hambly & William Jackson - Digital Concert
Gráinne Hambly and William Jackson will be performing a livestream concert from their home in County Mayo, hosted by Keep Music Live Project. They will play a selection of Irish and Scottish tunes on 2 harps, bouzouki, tin whistle and concertina (including 17th- and 18th-century harpers' tunes, airs, traditional dance tunes and recent compositions). As a seasonal special, they will also be including some traditional Irish and Scottish Christmas tunes, as well as extracts from William's latest composition celebrating the connections between Ireland and Scotland.
Gráinne Hambly from Mayo and William Jackson, originally from Glasgow, are two internationally recognised exponents of the harp, who also play a variety of other instruments. As well as working solo and with other musicians, they have been performing and touring as a duo for the past 15 years and have released a CD 'Music from Ireland and Scotland'. They have toured extensively throughout Europe and the USA as well as performing in Brazil and Columbia. Some recent performances include Edinburgh International Harp Festival, Farmleigh House and Doneraile Court concert series (2019), as well as an online performance for Culture Ireland 'Ireland Performs' series.
Free to view, with ticket donations optional