Becky plays ''Beltane'' by Ailie Robertson
This is a more well rehearsed version with a video I made featuring mum’s little dog ‘Edie’.
From May 1st, 2025 -
For May Day this year, I learnt a beautiful tune composed by harpist Ailie Robertson called 'Beltane'.
I only started learning it 2 days before Najiba filmed me playing, so it wasn't perfect yet, but I love this music!
I'd hoped to make a little video in time for May Day but lost courage thinking it wasn't good enough and millions of other reasons. Thank you to my lovely friend Najiba for 'making' me do it when she popped round for a visit earlier that evening. I was a bit nervous!
On her website, Ailie Robertson says "I wrote this tune to celebrate the Celtic Festival of Beltane. Beltane (Là Bealltainn) is the Gaelic May Day festival. Most commonly it is held on 1 May, or about halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice. It is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals—along with Samhain, Imbolc and Lughnasadh."
You can find out more about harpist Ailie Robertson here -