Special Events
Music associated with particular events, such as Fleadhanna.
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- ComhaltasLive #208: Full Programme
- 13 May 2007
Music and lilting from the West London branch of Comhaltas, celebrating its 50th Anniversary in Hammersmith and Fulham from 27th to 29th April 2007.
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- ComhaltasLive #208 - 7: Séan O’Shea
- 13 May 2007
Séan O’Shea, whose father was from Co. Kerry and mother from Co. Monaghan, plays a lovely setting and interpretation of the jig “Cherish the Ladies.”
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- ComhaltasLive #208 - 6: Tim Dowd
- 12 May 2007
Concert flute player Tim Dowd is also a very competent Uilleann Piper as evidenced by this selection of reels ending with “The Magpie’s Nest.”
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- ComhaltasLive #208 - 5: Michael Gaughan
- 11 May 2007
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- ComhaltasLive #208 - 4: Aidan Burke
- 10 May 2007
Displaying great command of the instrument and influenced by many different styles, Aidan Burke plays hornpipes followed by two reels, “Toss the Feathers” and “The Star of Munster”.
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- ComhaltasLive #208 - 3: Séamus Brogan
- 9 May 2007
Séamus Brogan lilts a lovely setting of a old hornpipe which he learned many decades ago from Jimmy Sinnott from Kilmore, Co. Wexford, who called the tune “Honan’s Hornpipe”.
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- ComhaltasLive #208 - 2: John Burke
- 8 May 2007
At the 50th Anniversary of West London Comhaltas, John Burke, joined by his wife Carmel on button accordion, plays this selection of slides, “Mickey O’Callaghan’s” and “If I Had a Wife.”
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- ComhaltasLive #208 - 1: Michael O’Connell
- 7 May 2007
Button accordionist Michael O’Connell was one of the many artists who delighted the large audience at the concert in the Irish Centre in Hammersmith on Friday 27th April.