Peter Knight is a virtuoso  violin player. He is so underrated. This is stunning, as is most of his work!

What a lovely gift Peter! Thank you, Si Fu, for your teaching and for your music. xxx

My favourite Gigspanner piece, and my hasnt it developed nicely! Thank you!

Lovely!  Happy New Year to you all - looking forward to seeing the GBB in 2023.

Absolutely beautiful! ❤️ Thank you 🙏 All good wishes for 2023! Much love xx

An absolutely stunning piece of playing Peter. Happy New Year 🎻🎶

Thank you, Peter. This is so beautiful. Happy New Year.

I lvoe this but am puzzled about the time signature? There seem to be bars of variable length.

A composition by Peter Knight, originally featured on his album 'An Ancient Cause' (1991). It features areas of open improvisation, and is played here with his trio Gigspanner.

Eb English by Peter Knight (Live) Gigspanner

"Peter Knight's Gigspanner were amazing. I can only think of a handful of folk musicians world-wide that have the kind of relationship with their instrument that Peter Knight has: Martin Hayes, Enda Scahill, Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, Martin Simpson.
Many people as they trickled out into the night said that this was one of the best gigs they'd ever been to. I'd agree with that. If you get a quarter of a chance to see them, go - there were people there last night who had travelled many miles to be there. It was well worth every mile" 
Mike Harding: Broadcaster/Musician/Writer
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In the wake of his departure from Steeleye Span, fiddle player Peter Knight has turned his full attention to his trio Gigspanner, and in the process has established their reputation as a genuinely ground-breaking force on the British folk scene, described by Folk Radio UK as one of the “most quietly brilliant sets of musicians in the folk world and beyond”.
“Unhindered by the limits of technical ability” (Spiral Earth), they take self-penned material along with music rooted in the British Isles and with the flick of a bow, a finely chosen chord or slip of a beat, produce richly atmospheric arrangements layered in a wealth of subliminal musical influences “with notes seemingly plucked from the stars and rhythms from the equator”  
What makes Gigspanner unique is the variety of musical colours on their palette. What makes them brilliant is how they blend them without ever muddying the landscape ~ Spiral Earth

The captivating nature of their set stems not only from their creative ability and vision, but the eclectic nature of the material chosen. There are eddies and undercurrents drawn from a whole palette of influences which engage and enthral audiences to the closing notes. 

2016 was a vintage year for the trio, with Peter receiving Fatea Magazine's 'Instrumentalist of the Year' Award and ‘Best Musician’ in the inaugural folking. com Awards as voted for by the concert going public. Their album 'Layers of Ages' was included in many of the end of year 'Best of ' lists, including The Telegraph, which gave the album a rare five stars.  
The advent of Gigspanner has introduced a whole new audience to the extraordinary musicianship of Peter Knight, a violinist whom many consider to be in a league of his own. The late author Sir Terry Pratchett in praising Peter's great gift wrote with typical lyricism "Peter Knight can spin the world on his Bow"
Peter is joined by Roger Flack on Guitar and Sacha Trochet on Percussion, both powerful and intelligent musicians in their own right.

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