For Máiréad - on tour again...

Hi Máiréad,

here is Peter from Germany (Hamburg) and now my first WHOW to you!Last year in March at the very late night I zapped on TV (Norddeutsches Fernsehen N3) and spot to someone fiddling and moving around a stage between some singers. On TV-guide it was described with THE CELTIC WOMAN - A NEW JOURNEY...

Whow, who was that artist I think to myself and further on I had investigated in world wide web. Now today I know it and in the meantime I've all DVD's and CD's. Last week I read all the guestbook entries on your web presence and it's unbelievable: The people around the world are at one!

First let me say: Thank you for the wonderful project CW and the fantastic style to interpret compositions and arrangements you, David and the team have done or adapted. The actual tour Isle of Hope in USA should get the same success like the shows before. And it's truly a masterpiece of work behind the scenes and truly a masterpiece of logistics, it's unbelievable!

Traditional the first and the last act on stage but without a bunch of flowers. Oh dear, what a pity! But I think backstage you'll will get some when the near 300 years old fiddle is dismounted (lol - beloved audio engineering)?

Yes Máiréad, I've not managed it yet to see you and CW live on stage, not in Ireland, Switzerland, US or in Germany. Oh dear...

So the only one is to see you now on the tv screen with DVD or perhaps read and see about something in world wide web. An actual report on mlive.com written by Sue Merrell on 16th (Grand Rapids) find all of the sudden some criticial words. But I think it stands more now for the very high and grown expectations of the listener/viewer since this project becomes to a very high level (pressure to succeed).

When I saw your visual performance on Granuaile's Dance in Slane I thought to myself that "the space on stage couldn't be big enough for fantastic Máiréad! She was great and had realy her own style to interpret and dancing the score! Yipiieehh!"

The next I thought about was that "it must be a great fun to compose/arrange one instrumental title for Máiréad as an mixture of interpretation by styles/compositions (classical / traditional irish) over the centuries", with an Gaillarde (leaping dance, 14 Century, French/Italian) up to a piece from J.S.Bach like the Italian Concerto BWV 971, 3rd Movement. In up tempo!

All in one arrangement for fiddle versus orchestra it will be a challenging and good experience for you and David in doing this and last but not least: Not a problem for our Máiréad. Moving around, dancing barefoot (it's classical!), a cosmic playing and what ever. By every trick in the book. Showing the people what's the difference between styles (classic / traditional) and playing technique and show them who's got the hammer - who is the boss around here...

A great fun, and words will fail to Sue Merrell (hahaha).

Now a days I could imagine that J.S.Bach would be look and hear instinctly to the irish artists and their performances because many figures reflects to his compositions and are nearly similar or be strucked to his compositions. Not so in that mathematic way more in a improvisational way and rather in a kindred spirit way.

Yes, this CW project is a great luck for everyone, in anyway. It comes right in time and perhaps in near future when you (CW) will climbing up higher on the ladder of success we will hear about "CELTIC WOMAN - THE MOVIE".

A time travel through the culture and music of Ireland, influences and effects from the outside (today Europe) - performed and illustrated on original places with the artists of CW. That's it!

Ok, so far and good luck for your actual and further projects, for the Isle Of Hope Tour- best wishes for all in team, hearty greatings to the main singers, the fantastic musicians and the choir, to you and David. God bless you all!

I'll keep my fingers crossed...

The next stage for Video and DVD production should be gigantic, "our Máiréad needs it" (smile)! Hope that it will be happen to me that I could see you some day live on stage, perhaps in Hamburg or Ireland? We have big stages here and in 2 years the very new futuristic concert hall in the central harbour-city (see the picture on my blog)...

Best wishes from Hamburg (Germany)

Peter