festival retrospective

Celtic Connections 99 - Putting instruments in small hands

13th January – 31st January 1999

1999 was an important year for the festival as education, learning and passing on the tradition were all put to the top of our priority list. Education Officer Nancy Nicolson joined the team and thanks to lottery funding new activities at the festival included:

• Four schools concerts in the Main Auditorium


• A series of Come and Try workshops for in 42 different schools across Glasgow


• Music Development Day


• A series of “Tradition Bearer” concerts in The Piping Centre.


• Concerts outside of The Concert Hall in Castlemilk, Drumchapel, Govan, The Gorbals and Maryhill.

Artists appearing at the festival in 1999 included:

Carlos Nunez with Bagad Kemper
Ceolas
Capercaillie
Ricky Ross and Friends
Marie Brennan Band
John Cale Trio
The Pearlfishers and Great Big Sea
Arlo Guthrie with James Grant
Kepa Junkera with the Bumblebees
Ivor Cutler
Eileen Ivers Band with The Wrigley Sisters
Kavanagh, McNeill, Lupari and Lynch
The Oysterband with Lush Rollers
Alasdair Fraser was the festival’s “Artist in Residence”

What the critics said...

First and Last

L’Epopée Celtique

The opening concert of Celtic Connections 1999 underlined the close ties the festival has with the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany and the Celtic Colours festival in Canada. Eddie McGuire was commissioned to write L’Epopée Celtique by the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany and this performance marked the UK premiere

Last

There were several great concerts going on across the city on the final night in 1999. Festival goers in 1999 could have taken their pick from Capercaillie with Alain Genty, The Oysterband with The Lush Rollers and La Bottine Sourainte with Sandy Silvva.

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