ComhaltasLive #372 (Full Programme)



ComhaltasLive Programme #372, featuring musicians on the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain 2012.

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00:00 A selection of reels from the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain 2012 (25th of February to 3rd of March). The group consists of 26 musicians, singers and dancers including Fear and Tí Dic Béimis. The concert was co-produced by Siobhán Ní Chonnaráín and Maura Walsh, and the tour manager was Eddie Murphy. The reels in this selection are “The Controversial Reel” (by Billy McComiskey), “The Black-Haired Lass”, “The Green Garters” and “The Merry Harriers”. Dancers in this selection are Niamh Ní Chonaill (Dublin) and Alan Walsh (Sligo).
03:39 A selection of reels - “Brian Quinn’s” (by Ed Reavy) and “The White Horses” (by Paddy O’Brien) played by concertina player Mairéad Corridan from Templeglantine Comhaltas in West Limerick in February 2012.
06:25 Dublin harpist (and concertina player) Aoife Ní Argáin plays a jig on the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain 2012. Recorded at the farewell concert at Comhaltas headquarters, Cultúrlann na hÉireann, in Monkstown, Co. Dublin on the 19th of February 2012.
07:51 From the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain 2012, a selection of hornpipes: “Plane of the Plank” (by Liz Carroll), danced by Alan Walsh from Co. Sligo, and “Our Last Night Together” (by Seán Ryan).
11:31 Co. Sligo fiddle player Jason McGuiness plays a selection of reels at the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain 2012. The reels are “The Flowers of Readhill” and “The New Steamboat”.
13:30 From the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain 2012, a reel lilted by Sligo fiddle player Caoimhe Kearns.
14:13 Concert flute player Matthew Dean from Newcastle upon Tyne plays a selection of reels - “Phyllis’ Birthday” (by Josephine Marsh) and “Ormond Sound” (by Paddy O’Brien) - on the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain - 25th of February to 3rd of March 2012. Bodhrán accompaniment is by Kieran Leonard from Co. Fermanagh. They are joined in the second reel by banjo player Jamie McKeogh from Co. Offaly and by Sligo fiddle player Caoimhe Kearns.
16:29 From the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain 2012, Co. Fermanagh accordion player Christopher Maguire plays a selection of reels - an unusual setting of “The Maid Behind the Bar” (in C) and “Miss McCleod’s” (in F). Harp accompaniment is by Aoife Ní Argáin, Dublin.
19:35 A duet song sung in Irish by Bairbre Uí Theighneáin, Co. Laois and Mícheál O’Shea, Co Kerry on the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain 2012. The song is called “Amhrán an Tae” and banjo accompaniment is by Jamie McKeogh from Co. Offaly.
22:59 From the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain 2012, a full group selection of reels commenced bu Ciara (fiddle) and Jamie (banjo) McKeogh from Co. Offaly and Matthew Dean (flute), Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The tunes are “Lady on the Island”, “Duke of Leinster”, Devanney’s Goat” and “Larkin’s Beehive” (by Paddy O’Brien).

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Date
8 March 2012
Created By
Willie Fogarty
Source
ComhaltasLive
Performers/Subjects Instruments
Niamh Ní Chonaill Dance
Alan Walsh Dance
Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain 2012 Group
Mairéad Corridan Concertina
Aoife Ní Argáin Harp
Jason McGuinness Fiddle
Caoimhe Kearns Lilting
Matthew Dean Flute
Kieran Leonard Bodhrán
Jamie McKeogh Banjo
Caoimhe Kearns Fiddle
Christopher Maguire Accordion
Bairbre Uí Theighneáin Song
Mícheál O’Shea Song
Ciara McKeogh Fiddle

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