Ashokan Farewell
NavyCanDo (great name!): here is a link to a performance by the Author of “Ashokan Farewell” , Jay Ungar, recorded in a castle in Scotland on the BBC series “The Original Transatlantic Sessions”.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN_ZKB_Hdbo
Jay describes a little how the tune came about and they then play what is arguably the most heart rending version one could find with a final scene of the Scottish hills outside. Jay wrote the tune in 1982 in reaction to the closing day of an annual Fiddle & Dance Camp that Jay and his wife ran in NY- and what he described as a deep sense of loss. It is a song that is new and yet seems to be ancient.
It features, on fiddles Jay Ungar, Aly Bain (Boys of the Lough), Mark O’Connor(child prodigy and virtuoso), Charlie McKerron, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh and Martyn Bennett, on bass Molly Mason. On guitar Russ Barenberg, with Cathal McConnell on flute and Phil Cunningham on piano accordion.
Just beautiful.
Deo Vindice.
That is sweet