Ian The Fiddler
Composed 1967
Duration 1 hour
Instrumentation Scored for piano accompaniment with an obligato violin part to be played off stage.
There is also solo singing for 3 characters.
A chorus of wedding guests reappear as contemporary teenagers in scene 4.
A 2nd chorus of Brownies is played by younger children, some of whom have speaking parts.
Comments

This is a musical play based on a traditional folk story about a fiddler who is abducted by fairies for 50 years into their fairy hillock, and then returns to the present day thinking he's been asleep for 5 minutes!.

This work was written for Fortrose Academy Primary Pupils.
Performances

Fortrose Academy, 1967

Fortrose Academy, 1971