Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer's Winter Warmer
Folk at the Pavilion presents…
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer effortlessly blend traditional material with contemporary sounds. Their performances showcase new interpretations of old songs alongside original self penned tunes and new contemporary songs that are entirely at home in the tradition. They have developed a sound that is both familiar and fresh. Strong believers in letting the music tradition live and breathe through sensitive interpretation, their music crosses temporal and geographical boundaries.
Their Christmas show blends traditional and contemporary winter songs and stories with joyous Christmas carols and toe tapping dance tunes.
Be entranced by the haunting nyckelharpa, amazed at the cow horn (one of the world's earliest communication devices) and meet some of the bagpipes that didn't come from Scotland. Suitable for all ages, their evenings are packed with toe tapping tunes and songs of love, death, trains and dressing up (not always at the same time) all presented with sparkling gentle humour, lots of smiles and skilful musicianship.
Away from the concert stage, Vicki and Jonny are regularly involved in recording for film, TV and games sound tracks. They also regularly play for dance - specialising in 15th to 19th period dance as well as ceilidh and contra. Vicki runs an online music school for all the weird and wonderful instruments that she plays while Jonny writes and records soundtracks for plays and sound installations.
Vicki Swan (Swedish nyckelharpas, Bagpipes of various sorts, vocals and flute)
Vicki studied at the Royal College of Music on the double bass. She also plays the various types of bagpipes, flute, recorder, piano and nyckelharpa (Swedish keyed-fiddle). On leaving music college Vicki started down the long path of folk music and was only seen on rare glimpses back in classical orchestras. You’ll find Vicki now inhabiting the troll ridden forests playing her Swedish bagpipes, bagging tunes for new books. Vicki holds the Zorn Bronze Award for the traditional playing of Swedish bagpipes and runs workshops and teaches the nyckelharpa around the UK.
Jonny Dyer (Vocals, Guitars, Accordion)
Composer and competition-winning guitar player; Jonny's outstanding technical ability, coupled with a wide-ranging musical taste has made him a tireless and forceful musical innovator. Jonny has been singing choral music and playing soul, jazz and folk for as long as he can remember.
6.30pm - Doors open
7.30pm - John & Lynne Ward
8.30pm - Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer’s Winter Warmer