Stainsby Festival

Recorded June / July 2020 for that year’s on-line festival

Tune written by Turlough O’Carolan 1670-1738

When Covid prevented the festival from running for the first time since it began in 1968, we invited some of our players to contribute to a communal song from a distance. We chose Si Bheag Si Mhor.

We couldn’t meet to record it of course, so a solo version was sent around as a guide track.

No one heard anyone else’s contribution while recording.

So what you hear is the product of players listening individually to the heart of the song.

Tuning in, even though at a distance…