Duncan Chisholm unveils his latest album Black Cuillin live to his 'home' crowd
Duncan Chisholm has announced he will bring a performance of his new album Black Cuillin to Eden Court on Friday, November 3.
The music of the album – which draws inspiration from the mountains on the Isle of Skye – was written to represent the high mountains.
Speaking just before the album premiered at the start of the year, Duncan revealed how the music had been composed and developed into the aalbum.
"I have been into the Black Cuillin a few times in my life, but the first time I climbed there was in 2019. The first lockdown came in March 2020 and it meant that the inspirational process was changed from me visiting Skye and taking photographs and film to working from my memory and from books at home.
"I worked with Ross Ainslie and Hamish Napier over Zoom to create the first initial tunes and pencil sketches for Black Cuillin. Once we were in lockdown we resolved to create music that celebrated the sense of freedom we all were all yearning for at that time. Black Cuillin needed truly to be the music of the high mountains.
"Keeping true to that resolve drove us forward in the right direction and over the next 18 months the album gradually formed piece by piece."
Duncan Chisholm is one of Scotland’s most recognised and accomplished fiddle players and composers.
For the evening of music Duncan will be joined on stage by eight of Scotland’s finest traditional and classical musicians.
The album was premiered at Celtic Connections back in February at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall. Since then Duncan has added concerts at Aberdeen Music Hall and Perth Concert Hall, and now Eden Court.
Ticket info: eden-court.co.uk/event/duncan-chisholm
