Programme: ComhaltasLive #209: Music from Britain and North America
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- ComhaltasLive #209: Music from Britain and North America (Full Programme)
This week we present music from Britain and North America, with footage from the 50th Anniversary of Comhaltas in Britain and the 2007 North America Comhaltas Convention held in Atlanta, Georgia.
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- ComhaltasLive #209 - 6: Duet from Atlanta
A fiddle and flute duet by John Reynolds and Marjie Mulvihill Reynolds from Pearl River, New York. They play a selection of reels commencing with “Palmer’s Gate”, composed by Joe Liddy, and “The Laurel Tree”.
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- ComhaltasLive #209 - 5: Music from Atlanta
Moving now to the North America Comhaltas Convention held in Atlanta, Georgia, this is an informal selection of jigs played by Margie Mulvihill Reynolds and John Reynolds from Pearl River, New York on flute and fiddle, and Paul Wells from Tennessee.
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- ComhaltasLive #209 - 4: John and Carmel Burke
Button accordion and fiddle players Carmel and John Burke play a selection of tunes commencing with “O’Kane’s Hornpipe” and continue with a selection of reels which ends with “The Killavil Fancy”.
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- ComhaltasLive #209 - 3: Michael Gaughan
From West London Comhaltas, Michael Gaughan, who is the current All-Ireland Senior Champion on banjo, plays a selection of reels.
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- ComhaltasLive #209 - 2: Katie Crean
Katie Crean, now Comhaltas Youth Officer for the London Region, plays the very old air “The Gentle Maiden” on harp.
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- ComhaltasLive #209 - 1: Orla McAuliffe
Current All-Ireland Under-15 Champion on concert flute Orla McAuliffe from East London Comhaltas plays a selection of reels commencing with a lovely interpretation of “The Moving Cloud.”
