Daily Archives: October 26, 2020

Neil Martin – WARM BLUE SKY – programme note

WARM BLUE SKY This is a paean to Cruit Island, a small island off the north-west corner of Ireland that I believe to be my spiritual home. I first visited west county Donegal as a child on family holidays in the 1960s, and then specifically Cruit Island with my own family for the last three…

Neil Martin – dall’ombra – programme note

My eldest daughter, Maebh, studied at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and must have left a fair impression, as the Director of Music, Michael Downes, asked me to write something for herself and orchestra to mark the opening there of The Laidlaw Music Centre. The premiere was scheduled for the autumn of 2020.…