Irish Traditional Music on Harp and Accordion

The Celtic Harp has been part of the Irish culture for more than 1000 years, and has become now its national symbol.
In the middle of the 20th century, a new instrument called the accordion appears, while thanks to the revival of the Gaëlic culture, the harp comes back to light and takes root in the popular tradition. If the expensive and fragile harp has long been associated with a noble and romantic music, the accordion is often considered as the perfect working-class instrument.

Benedicte Riou and Jean-Paul Moreau force those bias out,
and combine both instruments in a unique art that is traditional Irish music.
'The Three-Hand Reel' is the unusual but intuitive encounter of two instruments, far from any cliché, in a soft musical exchange
full of complementary sounds.

 
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