Celtic Connections: Cloud Chamber

Cloud Chamber is a chamber duo of cellist Caroline Dale and pianist Gavin Greenaway, presented in Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections. The pair have spent their careers as studio musicians in London and now write and perform music under their own name.

Caroline Dale and Gavin Greenaway are both among London's most in-demand studio musicians, with decades of work in film music behind them. Cloud Chamber is the project in which they write and perform their own material, and their debut album, Skylines, has brought that work to a wider audience. Their compositions are built on narrative and atmosphere, with soaring melodies, rich harmonies and delicate textures, and the dialogue between cello and piano carries the music.

Gavin Greenaway is an English composer, arranger, performer and producer and an Emmy award winner. He has conducted more than 200 film scores, including Gladiator, How to Train Your Dragon, Wicked and Interstellar, and from 2018 to 2024 was conductor of the arena show The World of Hans Zimmer. He also composed the soundtrack for Illuminations: Reflections of Earth at Disney's Epcot park, released the album Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams in 2004, and has written songs with Bryan Adams.

The Glad Cafe is a Glasgow venue that hosts concerts and shows. The programme suits listeners interested in cinematic, melodic chamber music, and in the work of two performers whose careers have centred on film scores and orchestral recordings.