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Talk/Performance - Seinn Spioradail: Sacred Sounds of the Hebrides

  • Crown Court Church of Scotland Russell Street London WC2B 5EZ United Kingdom (map)

Scotland is home to an incredible wealth and variety of sacred song traditions with unique and varied histories, providing soundtracks to peoples’ daily lives for generations. In this combined talk and performance, ethnomusicologist Frances Wilkins, together with Gaelic singer Kristine Kennedy, explores some of these traditions including Gaelic psalmody, hymnody and bàrdachd.

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