Programme: ComhaltasLive Programme #265
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- ComhaltasLive #265 (Full Programme)
ComhaltasLive Programme #265 features music by Bronwyn de Paor and Sorcha Costelloe on fiddle, Darrach MacMathúna on uilleann pipes, Gerard Coughlan on harp and Seán Mulvihill on button accordion.
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- ComhaltasLive #265-6: Seán Mulvihill on Button Accordion
All-Ireland Under-15 button accordion champion Seán Mulvihill from Glin, Co. Limerick plays two reels, commencing with “Devanney’s Goat”. The second reel was popularised during the 1970s by the great Joe Burke.
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- ComhaltasLive #265-5: Sorcha Costelloe on Fiddle
From Tulla, Co. Clare, fiddle player Sorcha Costelloe, accompanied by her brother Pádraig on piano, plays two jigs, ending with “The Cliffs of Moher”. Sorcha is current All-Ireland Under-12 champion on fiddle.
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- ComhaltasLive #265-4: Gerard Coughlan (harp) and Darrach MacMathúna (pipes)
Harper Gerard Coughlan from Tulla, Co. Clare and uilleann piper Darrach MacMathúna from Comhaltas Cill Dhéagláin, Co. Meath team up for the old four-part tune, “The Monaghan Jig”, which is our tutorial this week.
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- The Monaghan Jig
A three-part version of the Monaghan Jig. A four-part version is played in ComhaltasLive Programme #265.
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- ComhaltasLive #265-3: Gerard Coughlan on Harp
Harper Gerard Coughlan plays the air “Táimse Im Chodladh”, followed by the jig “Langstrom’s Pony”. Gerard is a grandson of the late legendary fiddle player Paddy Canny.
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- ComhaltasLive #265-2: Uilleann piper Darrach MacMathúna
Uilleann piper Darrach MacMathúna from Co. Meath plays a set of reels, commencing with a lovely setting of “The Boys of the Lough”. Darrach is current All-Ireland Under-18 champion.
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- ComhaltasLive #265-1: Fiddle player Bronwyn de Paor at Fleadh Nua
From the Aos Óg Concert at Fleadh Nua 2008 in Ennis, Co. Clare, a set of jigs by fiddle player Bronwyn de Paor from Ennis. She plays: “Don’t Touch that Green Linnet” and “Dooish”, both composed by Tommy Peoples.
Bronwyn was runner-up in the U-18 fiddle at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2007 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.