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Ravel Tzigane — excerpt
Lamond Gillespie playing Ravel: Tzigane — excerpt.
Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano “Kreutzer” No.9 in A Major Op.47 – excerpt
Havilland Willshire and Lamond Gillespie performing excerpt fom Beethoven’s Sonata for Violin and Piano “Kreutzer” No.9 in A Major Op.47.
Review of album “TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC FROM LONDON”
The following review was published on Celtic Groves Homestead website:
JOHN BLAKE, LAMOND GILLESPIE, MICK LEAHY: TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC FROM LONDON
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Testimonial from Euan Cummins
Euan Cummins is a former student of mine at RSAMD (now Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).
Mr Gillespie was a great violin teacher for me because of his creative method of teaching and his encouraging attitude towards the violin. The way Mr Gillespie approaches the methods which music can be created and the way he optimizes his students abilities, means I can honestly say that he was the most inspiring teacher i have had the pleasure to work with.
Testimonial from the parents of a Euan Cummins
This is what the parents to one of my students said:
Our son Euan was taught at the RCS (formerly the RSAMD) by Mr Gillespie for 4 years. He obtained grade 5 violin with distinction, enjoyed performing in a variety of orchestral and solo performances and was working towards his grade 7 violin before we had to move to Brighton for work purposes. Euan benefited greatly from Mr Gillespie’s style of teaching which he enjoyed throughly and he looked forward to every lesson. Under Lamonds tutelage Euan has developed significantly as a player both musically and technically and has remarkable tone and technique for someone so young. We would recommend Lamond Gillespie to anyone seeking a inspirational and gifted violin teacher for their child.
Review of the album “Humours of Highgate” in the Scotsman
This review was published in the Scotsman 5/12/2008
JOHN BLAKE, LAMOND GILLESPIE AND MICK LEAHY
Humours Of Highgate **** ARC 0002, £12.99
Recorded in Limerick and London, on fiddle, flute and piano, with occasional guest accordion, this is the Irish music that generations of exiles played in the pubs and dance halls off the Holloway Road and Kilburn in the Fifties and Sixties – before show business discovered ‘celtic’ music. Although these tracks were put down recently, they have the authenticity of feel, phrasing, pace, style and an understated dignity that is rare in the Pogues and Riverdance generation. It’s a pity there isn’t a slow air, though.
Download this: Up Sligo/Shoemaker’s Fancy
Review of “The Trip to Carrick” album, in the Scotsman
This review of the album was published in the Scotsman on the 12/2/2012.
Lamond Gillespie, Cormac Cannon and John Blake
The Trip To Carrick
Hard to find, indeed rare of this quality, this is a modest yet powerful gem of instrumental prowess, uniting a fiddler, piper and piano player in their shared love of the “old style†of traditional Irish music-making. Taking their model from the early 20th-century recordings, the monumental solidity of the phrasing with the intricate, expressive interwoven decoration of rolls, cuts and crans is a huge delight over the 15 tracks, recorded “live†over three weekends in a Donegal cottage. Each set of reels, jigs, hornpipes, laments or waltzes is accompanied by well-informed notes.
LCB001, from.custysmusic.com
****On the sleeve notes, Irish fiddle legend Tommy Peoples has the final word: “Their music lives joyously in the honour and respect of a cherished and treasured heritage.â€
Norman Chalmers