A’ Charaidean, Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the premier of Dol Fodha Na Grèine (Gaelic for Sunset), a piece of music I brought together to celebrate 30 years of Aly Bain’s monumental album Follow The Moonstone. My name is Simon Thoumire and I always loved that album and when I[…]
We would like to thank Vaughan Williams Foundation for their support of our Dol Fodha Na Grèine project which will receive it’s first performance on Sunday 26th January at Celtic Connections festival. In difficult times for the arts we are really appreciative of the foundation’s support of our new piece[…]
I’m excited to introduce “Dol fodha na grèine” (Gaelic for Sunset), a musical suite blending centuries-old Scottish tunes with new compositions. This project is created as a companion piece to Aly Bain’s groundbreaking “Follow the Moonstone,” celebrating its 30th anniversary. It’s a crowdfunder to raise £5000 to help with rehearsal[…]
https://www.youtube.com/v/10JZams02A4?version=3 Simon Thoumire, Dave Milligan and Alana MacInnes will be performing at Celtic Connections festival 2025 with their new piece of music Dol Fodha Na Grèine (Going Under the Sun). It was written as a companion piece to Aly Bain’s Follow the Moonstone which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this[…]
https://www.youtube.com/v/UbhpcwRe_ck?version=3 Anatomy of an Ending – 4 different endings for the jig Garster’s Dream. For more nonsense please support my Patreon http://www.patreon.com/simonthoumire
