Comhaltas: ComhaltasLive #231: Music from Fleadh 2007 (Full Programme)

ComhaltasLive #231: Music from Fleadh 2007 (Full Programme)

This week we present more music from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2007 in Tullamore.

Time	Segment
00:00	Two selections of reels from an impromptu street session at Fleadh Cheoil ha hÉireann 2007 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. The musicians are sisters Gretta (on concertina) and Catherine (on concert flute) Curtin and Ann Marie Fitzgerald from Brozna, Co. Kerry. The first selection has accompaniment in Irish traditional music.
04:02	In the Senior Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil 2007, Ruairí Mc Gorman from CCÉ Cill Dhéagláin, Co. Meath plays “The Golden Eagle” hornpipe which is this week’s tutorial. He continues with the jig “The rose in the heather”.
06:52	Reel played by Enda Mc Greevy from CCE, Ail Finn Co. Roscommon in the Senior Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2007. Enda continues with “Mc Intyrés Hornpipe”, also known as “The Western”.
10:23	This reel was played by Catherine Carey from CCÉ Niall Ó Cathasaigh, Ballincollig, Co. Cork in the Senior Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, 2007.
11:50	Continuing with the Senior Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil ha hÉireann 2007, this slow air was played by Johnny Canning from CCÉ Irish Minstrels Branch, Glasgow, Scotland. Johnny continues with a jig composed by Paddy O’Brien: a three-part piece called “The fly in the Porter”.
18:03	Also from Irish Minstrels CCÉ, Glasgow, Scotland, Katie Boyle played this reel in the Senior Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2007.