Rachael Lavelle and Peter Broderick

Is cumadóir agus taibheoir Éireannach í Rachael Lavelle agus bíonn stíleanna éagsúla ceoil le sonrú ar a saothar, ón phop Barócach, go saothar cheoldráma agus córúil. Is ceoltóir agus léiritheoir é Peter Broderick de bhunadh Oregon a thugann aghaidh ar an cheol agus ar an chomhoibriú go hoscailte. Cé nár casadh ar a chéile riamh iad beirt, tá an nasc ceolmhar idir Rachael agus Peter le sonrú go láidir insan eagrán seo de Cumasc: Seisiúin sa Black Gate. Tá meascán de scannán ceolchoirme, cleachtaidh taifeadta agus agallaimh mar chuid den chlár. Tugann na h-agallaimh léargas ar a mbunús ceoil; bíonn Rachael meallta ag féidearthachtaí drámatúla an chumadóra amhrán agus Peter meallta ag ceol a mhuintir. Feiceann muid go bhfuil cur chuige il-leibhéil ar amhrán traidisiúnta insan léiriú comhoibríoch deireanach seo.

Rachael Lavelle is an Irish composer and performer whose sound moves from ambient and baroque pop to operatic and choral. Peter Broderick is a musician and producer from Oregon who approaches music and collaboration with a sense of openness and wonder.

Despite never having met before, the musical connection between Rachael and Peter is instantaneous in this episode. Their interviews give insight into their musical origins; Rachael enticed by the dramatic possibilities of the songwriter, and Peter by the musicality of his family upbringing. Their final collaborative performance sees a multilayered interpretation of an old traditional folk standard.