Running time: 04.10
"There's something about people feeling connected to the areas they’re from that these tunes can bring very strongly, both to the players and the audience members"
Alastair Savage
Alastair Savage
3 November 2022
In this fourth episode of our series of documentaries from the Scottish Creations we travel to Shetland and focus on the folk sessions in the tour.
It’s the first time that violinist Alastair Savage, who curated the traditional music in the programme, has visited Shetland and he talks about the significance of that for him and about the music he has programmed.
This series of documentaries is taken from our May 2022 tour, Scottish Creations. Scottish Creations was a celebration of the nations stories – personal, local, folklore and more. Storytelling was not only conveyed through music, both classical and traditional, but also through the visual arts – with the concert touring with an accompanying exhibition, with work from amateur artists and crafters from across Scotland, again all connected with stories.
Credits
Stories from Scottish Creations: Shetland
The Folk Sessions
Violinist and programme curator: Alastair Savage
For Scottish Ensemble:
Producer: Stuart Burns
Chief Executive: Jenny Jamison
Artistic Director: Jonathan Morton
For Creative Lives:
Touring Exhibition curator: Kelly Donaldson
For Daysix:
Producer and Director: Gavin Bryce
Cinematography: Lewis Roseweir
Editor: Nicholas Ward
Filmed on location at Mareel, Lerwick, Shetland.
With thanks to NorthLink Ferries
