I saw her 25 years ago in Detroit the first time Riverdance came here! She was outstanding even back then!! Have loved watching her over all these years!!
That is astounding. Not just for one person to play such a long very active piece, alone, but to have two people playing it as a duet and not getting a note wrong, and then dance all around the stage. I am huffing and puffing and my heart rate is up, and all that plus then admiring the personal shape and fitness of them both. I may need to call an 🚑
Dude to balance on those high heels is hard enough. To play the fiddle like that. While jumping and dancing on those high heels. And smiling too all the time. I can't begin to imagine how much practice went to this act.
I gotta say they are excellent but the audio has the audience going crazy as if they are jumping up and down. When we see the front row of the audience, they are not even clapping along. And when they finished, the applause we witness is not as enthusiastic as the audio lets on. Just saying. Also repeating that they are both great.
Mairead is an excellent fiddler but nobody mentioned Cora Smyth. She is nothing short of brilliant and her and her sister Breda are two of the best musicians I have ever seen. Its not all about throwing the hair all the time.
To all that are saying this is fake and that no one can dance and jump around like these two ladies and play that accurately, I have new for you: yes they can. It just takes practice...A LOT of practice and die hard dedication to do something as unorthodox as this. If you don't believe me, look up a sport called marathon juggling--yes, it's a real thing--and see if that's "fake" as well.
You just need to see beyonkey and rhianna trying to sing and stomp about the stage can't, because they always run out of puff.....I reckon these two can dance about, play and do it for real, plus they entertain...
I m a fiddler I can tell they r playing they r letting their mind do the work your thinking would work differently if it was set up I don't even think they notice the ppl watching they r on fire ready to eat the stage
I wish I could have heard the fiddles more, Instead I heard a lot of accordion! But when I saw this show, the two young ladies in this video weren't there, but the two young ladies that did were fantastic.
Some very negative comments....A lot of people talking waffle...they have a good sound they look well... sit back and enjoy....enough from the critics....all the best players on the side line
There are soooo many things happening here at the same time. Michael Flatley did something like this in his production, River Dance.....Remember that? Truly spectacular..... Absolutely magnificent performance here by these beautiful women..............
Not sure if they are actually playing or not, but it can be done. I watched Kellie Trotier of Canada play a super fast set of jigs and step dance to herself at the same time. Really difficult, but very doable with a of practice and rehearsal. This looks like it might be the same. Show stopper, with a huge amount of effort, practice, and rehearsal behind it.
So much lip sync performers nowadays, that when someone performs for real, many doesn't believe it. Go to the concert and you can hear the music from the violin, not from the speakers.
I don't know why it is classed as 'dueling'. If anything they are perfectly 'accompanying' each other. :-) Love this so much it give me chill every time I watch it and the original Lord of the dance.
Kaos Although they are accompanying each other, this style of music is considered "dueling" because they're both increasing in intensity with their solos, as if they're trying to outdo each other, when they really are dueting.
To those who doubt these ladies are actually doing this, I've seen Celtic Woman live and she is undoubtedly one of the best going period. She is doing it and it amazing when she does.
I love that these two are dancing and playing flawlessly at the same time...but look. They're both wearing _heels._ I could never dream of doing something so energetic with heels like that. Especially Mairead's. How the hell.
Great effort is made, by me, to live one day at a time. That day being Saint Patrick's Day. Listening to Celtic music always, with out fail, restores my spirits. Thank you for the upload.
This is DEFINITELY REAL!! I've seen Celtic Woman in concert and Marid Nesbit (The One with the Green Violin) is AWESOME!!! See dances around stage as she's playing. I've never seen anyone as good as her! Google her name of you still don't believe! 👀👍👏👏👏💯
I haven't seen her yet but I have seen the Harp Twins, they live about 300 miles from me and come to my area of Illinois once a year for a free concert, they will spends hours at a meet and greet after their shows.
at the very end the strings were still vibrating which made it look staged. Its the same effect u get after strumming a guitar, the chord rings on even though the player isn't actually altering the strings.
Jump to 1:16, play with the 0.75 speed, you will find the fingering and music are completely out of sync. 3:37 Even though the violinist has stopped, the background music is still playing.
Still now, thank you! Absolutely 💯 amazing ladies! Thank you for your passion and talent 🙏 💞! Even though I can never messure up, you make me proud to be a woman, a mother, a grandchild/"child" to an amazing Oma who was a musician 🥰😇
One of the best with or without celtic woman you guys rock way to go to mairead nesbitt one of the best and favorite vocalists ever much love and respect and appreciation job well done you should be amazed and proud keep on playing stay safe and warm out there way to go very impressed love you guys thanks !!! Joe 😅😅😊
Mairead nesbitt you should be proud of yourself way to go best wishes to you and everyone at celtic woman really enjoyed and appreciate your style thanks stay warm and dry out there ! Joe
Joyous performance by two brilliant musicians. It's quite made my day watching it. Everything was good. Tech, choreography, costume all worked. Also the ladies seemed to be enjoying what the were doing so much that it made me feel good to watch them. Thanks everyone.
Beautiful violin, beutiful and flawless music, and need I say it, beautiful women! Thank you for posting! These kind of tunes,....why I love the part of my country called the Maritimes!
@@macaelatice-loma1048 I like the music, but I was just realizing there was no accordion player and they were not playing live. I’d pay to go to a live show, but not a pre-recorded one.
It's great to look away from the video and just listen. They look like they are dueling but, to just my ear, they have fantastic oneness and harmony. Great performance.
FELICE GIORNO... OGGI UNA BALLATA CELTICA...elfi,steghe maghi,folletti...e magia siano noi..mani sul cuore e LUCE DENTRO... buona giornata Daniela Marcante mara niente Vincenza Cottone Valeria Alzetta Lore M liz bet Penelope Parigi ***** Pasqui mor Laura Sartori Ester Paparo Lubello Giuliana Adriana Saksida anna maria Coniglio ....buona giornata)))
La mia musica amata.....ciao chiu buona... buona giornata....se vedi min salutalo...ora seguo la luce...giornate bellissime luminose autunno bellissimo....estate no bello grigio brutto...
Music that is influenced by the good ol' Brits who ruled Ireland for 800 years.............Irish wankers are incapable of doing anything on their own (except being drunk), they don't even have their own air force
@@johnmacpherson9629 Reels are Scottish and the Jig is Irish. Not to mention the Scottish are descendant from the Irish tribe the Scotti who brought Gaelic tradition and culture to Scotland. And that is how Scotland got its name
This really epitomizes Irish Culture in general: Loud, proud, boisterous, joyous, and even if you may not like the instrument/person making all that noise -- (some people I know can't stand bagpipes, even when they're played well) -- you can't help but be infected by the sheer energy they throw off.
Yet there’s a whole other strain of Irish traditional music that is contemplative, mysterious, restrained, even when playing ‘faster’ tunes likes reels and jigs. It’s worth looking up historic players like Paddy Canny, Bobby Casey, Patrick Kelly… it can require an adjustment of the ear to a slightly different intonation (they do not play simply ‘out of tune’) but it is well worth the journey to find the incredible emotion and musicality of their playing, requiring no on-stage histrionics.
I love how there are people cheering wildly the entire time in the audio and yet whenever the camera pans over the audience it's like 50% people over the age of like 70 sitting there just enjoying it and the rest are various ages...and they're all not cheering wildly.
