ComhaltasLive #254: Music from the 2007 Mullahoran Concert (Full Programme)
The Annual Mullahoran Concert was held in Co. Cavan on the 1st of April 2007. Organised every year by fiddle player Antón MacGabhann, the concert has been running since 1969.
| Time | Segment |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | Fiddle player MacDarra Ó Raghallaigh from Co. Weath plays a set of reels, commencing with “The Maids of Mount Cisco”. The music was recorded at the annual Mullahoran Concert, Co. Cavan on 1st April 2007. |
| 05:26 | A selection of barn dances played by Antón Mac Gabhann, the organiser of the annual Mullahoran concert, Co. Cavan on fiddle, together with his family: Caitlín on concertina, Bernadette on fiddle and Seán on button accordion. The first tune, “The New Broom”, was composed by East Galway flute player Vincent Broderíck, who has been living in Dublin for many years where he is a member of the Cumann na bPíobairí Uileann branch of Comhaltas. The tune is also this week’s tutorial. The second tune is called “If There Weren’t Any Women in the World”. Both tunes are included in Foinn Seisiún Book 3, which is a compilation of 108 session tunes put together into sets by fiddle payer Brian Prior and published by Comhaltas in 2007. Books 1, 2 and 3 are available from Comhaltas at http://comhaltas.ie/shop, and CDs are now available to accompany books 1 & 2. The CD to accompany Book 3 is underway, and will be released at Fleadh Nua in Ennis in May, 2008. |
| 08:24 | Concertina player Caítlin Ní Gabhann is joined by Anne Marie Grogan on concert flute and Ailish Carolan on fiddle for a set of reels: the “Providence” and “The Hare’s Paw”. The music was recorded at the annual Mullahoran Concert, Co. Cavan on 1st April 2007. |
| 11:37 | Next we present another set from MacDarra Ó Raghallaigh on fiddle. He plays two hornpipes: a version of “An Sean Bhean Bhocht” and “The Cameronian Highlander”. The music was recorded at the annual Mullahoran Concert, Co. Cavan on 1st April 2007. |
| 16:06 | Concluding the programme, we see three concertinas played by the sisters Fionnuala, Blathnaid and Ailbhe Mac Cába, joined by Amy Farrell Courtney on bodhrán. They play two jigs: “Jimmy O’Brien’s” and “The Boys of the Town”. The music was recorded at the annual Mullahoran Concert, Co. Cavan on 1st April 2007. |
- Date
- 12 May, 2008
- Created By
- Willie Fogarty
- Source
- ComhaltasLive
| Performers/Subjects | Instruments |
|---|---|
| MacDarra Ó Raghallaigh | Fiddle |
| Antón Mac Gabhann | Fiddle |
| Bernadette Ní Gabhann | Fiddle |
| Caitlín Ní Gabhann | Concertina |
| Seán Mac Gabhann | Button Accordion |
| Anne Marie Grogan | Flute |
| Ailish Carolan | Fiddle |
| Fionnuala, Blathnaid and Ailbhe Mac Cába | Concertina |
| Amy Farrell Courtney | Bodhrán |
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Programme: ComhaltasLive #254: Music from the 2007 Mullahoran Concert
- ComhaltasLive #254 - 5: Jigs from the Mac Cába sisters on Concertina
- ComhaltasLive #254 - 4: Hornpipes from fiddle player MacDarra Ó Raghallaigh
- ComhaltasLive #254 - 3: Mullahoran Concert Trio
- ComhaltasLive #254 - 2: Barn dances played by the Mac Gabhann family
- ComhaltasLive #254 - 1: Reels from fiddle player MacDarra Ó Raghallaigh
