Welcher has created a wholly-Celtic masterpiece in ""Minstrels of the Kells."" Citing a goodly number of Irish classics, he covers the duality of the music - the soul-searing angst and mournfulness, andthe toe-tapping reels and jigs that we know and love. The whole is a marvelous concert piece, the result of a commission by the Big Twelve Band Directors Assocation. (An interesting option - Welcherprovides a spot in the second movement for addition of a ""pub band"" [Irish folk band] and a three-minute vamp!)
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