“World Music – Celtic” presents material from the Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish and Breton traditions. It makes no great technical demands on the players, but Tourish points out that notation of this music is often “skeletal”, hence it is important to gain a knowledge of the individual traditions in question and, naturally, he offers plenty of information on performance practice.

The collection spans three centuries, from the blind bardic harpists of the 18th century to the international performers of the present day. Tourish accepts that this volume can only scratch the surface of a multi-faceted genre but hopes you will see it as a stepping stone to delve deeper into recordings, festivals and the very communities whence this music comes.

“World Music – Celtic” is available in eight formats, each with complete recordings and backing tracks on CD: as solo versions for violin, violoncello, flute, clarinet, saxophone, recorder or trumpet (with piano) and in an ensemble version for two melodic instruments (C, Bb or Eb), piano, guitar, bass and bodhrán.

• Arranger: Martin Tourish
• Table of contents:
  Trad. Cornish: De-Sul Vyttyn
  Trad. Scottish: The New Rigged Ship
  Trad. Welsh: Beth yw'r Haf i Mi?
  Trad. Irish: Tabhair dom do Lamh
  Trad. Breton: Danse Macabre
  Trad. Scottish: The Athol Highlanders
  Trad. Welsh: Merch Megan
  Trad. Irish: The Forgotten Highland