comhaltasLive #465: Full Programme



465.01 (to 2.38) 18-4-15 Accordion player Darren Breslin from Co. Fermanagh plays two Reels “Charlie Lennon’s” and “Finbar O’ Dwyer’s” at Cavan NYAH Festival 2015. Mark McCrystal from Co. Tyrone is on pian

465.02 (to 4.12) 19-4-15 In Senior Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2014 in Sligo, Claire Anne Kearns, CCÉ, Killeigh, Co. Offaly plays a reel - an East Galway setting of “The Pidgeon on the gate”.

465.03 (to 5.53) 20-04-15 Musicians from the Comhaltas Tour of Ireland 2014 play slip jigs - “Lough Key” and “Gift from the fairies”, joined by Dancer Cliona Creedon from CCÉ, Glenflesk, Co. Kerry. Musicians are L/R : Audrey Murphy (flute), Tara Howley (concertina), Hannah Collins (accordion), Conor Mallon (pipes), Natasha Sheehy (banjo), Daithí Gormley (accordion), Alannah Thornburgh (harp), Sorcha Costello (fiddle), and Éadaoin Ní Mhaicín (fiddle).

465.04 (to 7.47) 21-04-15 Musicians on the Comhaltas Tour of Ireland in October 2014, play a selection of polkas led off by Cliona Creedon on fiddle. The other musicians are L/R : Audrey Murphy (flute), Tara Howley (pipes), Hannah Collins (piano), Conor Mallon (pipes), Natasha Sheehy (accordion), Daithí Gormley (accordion), Alannah Thornburgh (harp), Sorcha Costello (fiddle), and Éadaoin Ní Mhaicín (fiddle).

465.05 (to 10.47) 22-04-15 All-Ireland Champions 2014, Knockmore Céilí Band from Co. Fermanagh, play a selection of “Denis Murphy Polkas”. Recorded in Lisnaskea in their native Co. Fermanagh on 29th October 2014, banjo player Tomás Quinn was unavoidably absent. The victorious Band members were - Maria Connolly, Maggie Maguire and Michael Kerr on fiddles; Lorena Maguire and Aisling McPhillips on flutes; Christopher Maguire on accordion; Ciarán Hanna on concertina; Tomás Quinn on banjo; Ronan Warnock on piano and Kieran Leonard on drums.

465.06 (to 13.39) 23-04-15 Comhaltas Concert Tour of Ireland 2014 play a selection of jigs by Charlie Lennon - “Smiling Bride” and “Handsome Maidens”, led off by Natasha Sheehy on banjo. The other musicians are - Audrey Murphy (flute), Tara Howley (concertina), Hannah Collins (accordion), Conor Mallon (pipes), Daithí Gormley (accordion), Alannah Thornburgh (harp), Sorcha Costello (fiddle), and Éadaoin Ní Mhaicín (fiddle).

465.07 (to 16.13) 24-04-15 All-Ireland U-12 Harp champion 2014, Emer Ní Scolaí, Drumcondra, Dublin plays a slow air “ An Bínsín Luachra”, recorded in Clasac Theatre, Dublin on 2nd October 2014. Emer’s grandfather is Seamus MacMathúna well-known Comhaltas stalwart and of course concert flute player and sean-nós singer.

465.08 (to 18.48) 25-04-15 Kyle Burghout from CCÉ, Ottawa, Canada, plays a 3-part jig - “The Caves of Kiltanan” in Senior Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2014 in Sligo.

465.09 (to 22.05) 26-04-15 Taking 1st place at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2014, the Abbey Knockmoy set dancers from Galway dance the 1st part of the Cavan Reel in Ladies U-18 Full Set competition.

465.10 (to 24.48) 27-04-15 Fiddle player Éamon McGivney plays 2 reels “The Bank of Ireland” and “Thady Casey’s”, at Cavan NYAH Festival 2015. Originally from Co. Longford, Éamon is, for many years, one of the organisers of the annual Willie Clancy Summer School in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.

465.11 (to 27.17) 28-04-15 All-Ireland accordion champion 2008 Darren Breslin from Lisnaskeagh, Co. Fermanagh, plays a hornpipe - “Fly by night”, with piano accompaniment by current All-Ireland Champion Mark McCrystal, CCÉ, Clogher Valley, Co. Tyrone. Recorded at NYAH Festival Cavan 2015.

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