Invitation

We once came across a chapter in a book where, in 1674, the English journalist Richard Head, describes his first experience of Irish traditional music. He writes: "In every field a fiddle, and the lasses footing it, till they are all of a foam". Festive and happy, the melody here flings its way through the rhythmically driven arrangement, inviting the listener to be "footing it". This Norwegian-inspired tune continues to foam through a joyful metamorphosis and ends in an energetic jig finale. Bjørn Ole Rasch co-arranged Invitation, adding bright new colours and unleashing its innate energy.