Aberdaron from Magu Hiraeth by Richard Fay

Aberdaron, the small village at the western tip of the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales, is both a place of childhood holidays and of more recent visits with Jacqueline when we stayed in the hotel overlooking the beach, with the waves a background to our sleeping, and to the beach the venue for our pre-breakfast striding out. This simple tune arose from these moments of solace with the sea, with the harp expressing the ins and outs of the waves, and the piano hinting at the sea breeze and the gull cries.

(previously released on from Helix: Music for Hard Times (2020).

Manchester-based Richard Fay is a composer, ethno-musicologist, arranger, performer, and a producer (of shows including Amid the Mirk Over the Irk: When Klezmer Meets Irish). His works have been described as ‘ethno-classical’, a label capturing his melding of classical and traditional musical elements. He plays a variety of brass instruments and button accordion.

richardfay.co.uk