Sunday morning music

 

Let's have a change of pace.  Susana Seivane is a traditional musician from Galicia in north-western Spain, near Portugal.  Galicia combines Spanish and Portuguese culture and music in its own unique synthesis, including the gaita or traditional bagpipe of the region.  Susana plays this instrument and popularizes traditional Galician music across Europe, and has also performed here in the USA.  It's certainly got a swing and a beat to it that traditional Celtic bagpipes usually lack.

Here are four of Susana's pieces to whet your appetite.  Let's start with one of her earlier performances, at the age of 21.

Here she "gets down" with other Celtic instruments to celebrate the Iberian tradition of their music.

In more reflective solo mode:

And finally, another ensemble performance.

Not your average Highland bagpipes, but very energetic and refreshing.

Peter