Dick Hensold

A duo featuring Dick Hensold, Highland Reel Pipes, Northumbrian smallpipes, and whistles, with Victor Zupanc, composer, music director for the Children’s Theater company, and fantastic keyboardist. The music will be centered around Dick’s extensive study into Cape Breton piping, but will also feature other Celtic music, on his other bagpipes. (Cape Breton is at the Eastern end of Nova Scotia, settled 200 years ago by many thousands of Gaelic-speaking Scots, who preserve a very old style of playing said to come from Scotland’s Hebrides Islands.) Free, donations accepted.

Bassoonist Rosalind Buda and Northumbrian smallpiper Dick Hensold perform a rollicking blend of traditional Celtic tunes and other music–all delivered with technical flair and joyful ease. Enjoy duets for smallpipes, songs with whistles, dance tunes on Scottish Border pipes and bombard, and the wonderful pairing of pipes and bassoon! Listen to some samples here: https://dickhensold.com/hensold-buda-samples

What could be more fun than bagpipes and bassoon? Adding more instruments and vocals! Northumbrian smallpiper Dick Hensold and bassoonist Rosalind Buda perform a rollicking blend of traditional Celtic tunes, early music, and original pieces, lushly arranged in an innovative and musical style—and all delivered with technical flair, joyful ease, and a variety of instruments. Both musicians have spent years playing the traditional music of Scotland, Ireland, Northumberland, and Brittany, and were highly-trained classical musicians before that, so the performance is informed by a deep study of the music's history, and infused with a sensitive musicality. The series is free to the public, thanks to funding from the New York State Council on the Arts - Folk Arts Program.

What could be more fun than bagpipes and bassoon? Adding more instruments and vocals! Northumbrian smallpiper Dick Hensold and bassoonist Rosalind Buda perform a rollicking blend of traditional Celtic tunes, early music, and original pieces, lushly arranged in an innovative and musical style—and all delivered with technical flair, joyful ease, and a variety of instruments. Both musicians have spent years playing the traditional music of Scotland, Ireland, Northumberland, and Brittany, and were highly-trained classical musicians before that, so the performance is informed by a deep study of the music's history, and infused with a sensitive musicality. The series is free to the public, thanks to funding from the New York State Council on the Arts - Folk Arts Program.