Harry Bradley & Michael Clarkson

The Pleasures of Hope: Flute music from Belfast and Beyond.

Two celebrated Belfast fluters explore the stylistic components which result in the distinctive Belfast flute playing style. Bradley and Clarkson revel in the music of Sligo, Roscommon, Leitrim, Fermanagh, Clare, Donegal and Scotland on this spirited celebration of Northern flute playing.

"Technically, they are capable of just about anything, but the music is never empty flamboyance. It's immediate, funny, witty, droll, and deep, not without its moments of tenderness. It's necessary playing, honed by the understanding that the music plays them as much as they play it." Ciaran Carson