Sunday 6 November 2016

a slow air




















A Slow Air

Thomas A Clark
Diane Howse

Harewood, 2016                £12 plus postage


In fiddle music, the slow air is usually intended for listening rather than dancing. Principally a means of expression rather than virtuosity (although with frequent virtuosic embellishment) it situates the individual within the tradition. Slow airs may be laments or pastorals.