Concert View: Hanneke Cassel & Mike Block

Rockport Music's Concert View series features phenomenal Boston-based Celtic duo Hanneke Cassel (fiddle) & Mike Block (cello), two of the most beloved and acclaimed artists in the folk world. They are performing a spirited, genre-hopping set ranging from traditional Irish jigs to Cape Breton reels to traditional folk songs to Bach to Bob Dylan, as well a sprinkling of original compositions.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
0:12 "The Whistler from Rosley" (Irish tune)
Jigs and Cape Breton Strathspey & Reels
9:05 J.S. Bach: Suite for Solo Cello, Gigue
14:02 "Don't that Road Look Rough and Rocky" (American folk ballad)
19:56 Bob Dylan: "Lay Down Your Weary Tune"
Mike Block & Hanneke Cassel Original Compositions
26:04 The Important Thing Is
Tigda
30:18 Antti Järvelä: Nopeggios Waltz
35:05 "You've Been Gone for a Long Time & I Miss You" (Shetland tune)
Mike Block: The Moose Escapin'

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ABOUT HANNEKE CASSEL & MIKE BLOCK
Boston-based fiddler Hanneke Cassel is a performer, teacher and composer whose career spans over two decades. Her style fuses influences from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton Island with Americana grooves and musical innovations, creating a cutting-edge acoustic sound that retains the integrity and spirit of the Scottish tradition. Mike Block is a pioneering multi-style cellist, singer, composer, and educator. Hailed by Yo-Yo Ma as the "ideal musician of the 21st-Century," Mike is part of the Grammy-award winning Silk Road Ensemble, a graduate of the Juilliard School, and an Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music. Mike is also an active recording artist of original material, folk music, and cross-cultural collaborations.

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