Category: Music
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The Green Meadows and The Humours of Lissadell from the album Humours of Highgate
Two reels from the album Humours of Highgate, with Lamond Gillespie on violin and John Blake on piano. Review of the Humors of Highgate.
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Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano “Kreutzer” No.9 in A Major Op.47 – excerpt
Havilland Willshire and Lamond Gillespie performing excerpt fom Beethoven’s Sonata for Violin and Piano “Kreutzer” No.9 in A Major Op.47.
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Review of album “TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC FROM LONDON”
The following review was published on Celtic Groves Homestead website: http://celticgrooves.homestead.com/cg_blake_gillespie.html JOHN BLAKE, LAMOND GILLESPIE, MICK LEAHY: TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC FROM LONDON John Blake: flute, guitar, piano Lamond Gillespie: fiddle, viola Brian Rooney: fiddle Tommy Maree: accordion Mick Leahy: bouzouki A wonderful new release featuring the talented John Blake, who is not only one of…
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Testimonial from Euan Cummins
Euan Cummins is a former student of mine at RSAMD (now Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). Mr Gillespie was a great violin teacher for me because of his creative method of teaching and his encouraging attitude towards the violin. The way Mr Gillespie approaches the methods which music can be created and the way he optimizes…
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Testimonial from the parents of a Euan Cummins
This is what the parents to one of my students said: Our son Euan was taught at the RCS (formerly the RSAMD) by Mr Gillespie for 4 years. He obtained grade 5 violin with distinction, enjoyed performing in a variety of orchestral and solo performances and was working towards his grade 7 violin before we…
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Review of the album “Humours of Highgate” in the Scotsman
This review was published in the Scotsman 5/12/2008 JOHN BLAKE, LAMOND GILLESPIE AND MICK LEAHY Humours Of Highgate **** ARC 0002, £12.99 Recorded in Limerick and London, on fiddle, flute and piano, with occasional guest accordion, this is the Irish music that generations of exiles played in the pubs and dance halls off the Holloway…
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Review of “The Trip to Carrick” album, in the Scotsman
This review of the album was published in the Scotsman on the 12/2/2012. Lamond Gillespie, Cormac Cannon and John Blake The Trip To Carrick LCB001, from.custysmusic.com **** Hard to find, indeed rare of this quality, this is a modest yet powerful gem of instrumental prowess, uniting a fiddler, piper and piano player in their shared…
