The Celtic Lute

Description

Ronn McFarlane is considered one of the most talented lutenists in the world and is also the founder of the Baltimore Consort and the trio Ayreheart. He performs worldwide and is currently the best-selling artist on the Sono Luminus label. Nominated for Grammy Awards, Ronn McFarlane brings the lute, the most popular instrument of the Renaissance, to contemporary popular music, making it accessible to a wider audience. "It was by hearing groups like the Chieftains or the Bothy Band that, since the seventies, I discovered a passion for Celtic music. I was very happy to find Scottish compositions in 17th-century lute manuscripts, but unfortunately, there is no lute repertoire in Irish music. However, there is an obvious affinity between the music of Ireland and Scotland, so I set out to make arrangements of certain Irish and Scottish works that had never made it into the lute repertoire." Ronn McFarlane