Hello and welcome to Bittersweet Symphony, a podcast where classical musicians share the bitter, the sweet and the bittersweet of life when the concert halls shut their doors and the audiences vanished.
I’m Cliodhna Ryan and I'm a violinist. In this episode of the podcast, I’m talking with Scottish born violinist Liz McLaren, sub-principal Second Violin with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland since 2000.
She has enjoyed a varied musical life in Ireland, including performing with the Orchestra of St Cecilia as Principal Second Violin, playing all of Bach's Cantatas, and almost all of Haydn's 107 symphonies.
She has also recorded for cabaret artist Camille O'Sullivan, the Irish Film Orchestra and artist Jaki Irvine, at IMMA.
Brought up in a house ringing with the sound of bagpipes, accordions and fiddles, McLaren continues to play Scottish traditional music with her mum.
This interview was recorded in August 2021.
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CREDITS
Thumbnail Art || Colm MacAthlaoith
Song || Bittersweet Symphony
Writers || Mick Jagger, Richard Ashcroft, Keith Richards
Violin || Cliodhna Ryan
Production || Cliodhna Ryan
Mastering || Sean Mac Erlaine
