Programme: ComhaltasLive #213: Music from Scoil Éigse
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- ComhaltasLive #213: Music from Scoil Éigse (Full Programme)
This week we present music from the Scoil Éigse Tutors of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006. Scoil Éigse is a week-long residential summer school featuring some of the best teachers in Irish traditional music, and attended by hundreds of students from around the world.
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- ComhaltasLive #213 - 6: Eoghan and Oisín Conway
A duet from brothers Eoghan and Oisín Conway from Boston, USA on flute and fiddle. They play “The Boys of the Lough” and “Morning Dew”.
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- ComhaltasLive #213 - 5: Hornpipe from St. Cecilia’s Céilí Band
Members of St. Cecilia’s Céilí Band from New York attended Scoil Éigse, and now play a hornpipe. Their teacher is Anne Marie Acosta, also an Éigse Tutor.
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- ComhaltasLive #213 - 4: Scoil Éigse Trio
Now a selection of jigs, “The Scotsman Over the Border” and “The Tenpenny Bit”, which is this week’s Tutorial, played by Fintar McGreevy (on flute) from Co. Roscommon, Fiona Doherty (on fiddle) from Co. Sligo and Fiona Lavin (on fiddle) from Co. Mayo. Fintar and both Fionas were tutors at Scoil Éigse 2006.
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- ComhaltasLive #213 - 3: Aine O’Connor and Colin McGill
A flute and piano accordion duet by Dublin-based musicians Aine O’Connor and Colin McGill. They play two reels, the first one being “The Torn Petticoat” composed by fiddle player Connie O’Connell. Aine and Colin were tutors at Scoil Éigse 2006.
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- ComhaltasLive #213 - 2: Micheál Ó hAlmhain and Janet Harbison
Micheál plays a slow air on whistle, then both play “The Belfast Hornpipe”. Micheál and Janet were tutors at Scoil Éigse 2006.
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- ComhaltasLive #213 - 1: Ciarán MacFeidmhlimidh on uilleann pipes
Donegal uilleann piper and fiddler Ciarán MacFeidmhlimidh plays a selection of three reels on uilleann pipes: “The Boys of the Lough”, “The Green Fields of America” and “Sunny Banks”. Ciarán was a tutor at Scoil Éigse 2006.
