Programme: ComhaltasLive #226: More from Scoil Éigse 2007
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- ComhaltasLive #226: More from Scoil Éigse 2007 (Full Programme)
This week, we bring you more music from the Scoil Éigse Master Tutors’ concert at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2007 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
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- ComhaltasLive #226 - 6: Scoil Éigse Sextet
We conclude this week’s programme with a selection of highlands associated with Co. Donegal played by Gary Lynch (fiddle), Mairéad McManus (flute), Peter Staunton (button accordion), Katie Jordan (piano accordion), Colin McGill (piano accordion) and Anne Marie Acosta (piano). The tunes are called “The Highland Man” and “Casey’s Pig”.
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- ComhaltasLive #226 - 5: Maria Ging, Sara Jane and Emma Woods and Sharen Carroll
Four master tutors, Maria Ging (fiddle), Sara Jane Woods (flute), Sharen Carroll (concertina) and Emma Woods (fiddle) play two jigs: “Tommy Mulhaire’s”, which is this week’s tutorial, and “Eddie Kelly’s”.
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- ComhaltasLive #226 - 4: Oisín and Máire Mac Diarmada with Louise Mulcahy
A selection of reels, “I Wish I Never Saw You” and “McGettrick’s” (called after Sligo whistle player Timmy McGettrick), played by Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle), his sister Máire (flute) and Louise Mulcahy (flute). They were recorded at the 2007 Scoil Éigse tutors’ concert in Tullamore.
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- ComhaltasLive #226 - 3: Janet Harbison and Micheál Ó hAlmhain
Janet Harbison (harp) and Micheál Ó hAlmhain (whistle) play an old air, “Conlach Ghlas an Fhomhair” followed by a new tune composed by Janet to celebrate the peace movement in Northern Ireland, called “A Bright New Morning”.
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- ComhaltasLive #226 - 2: Five Tutors - reels
A group of five Scoil Éigse Tutors play a selection of reels: “Touch me If You Dare” and “The Hut In the Bog”. Anne-Marie Acosta is on piano, Aoife Granville on flute, Jarlath Brennan on banjo, Maura Walsh on concertina and Edel McLoughlin on piano accordion.
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- ComhaltasLive #226 - 1: Finbar McGreevey and Fiona Doherty
Two of the Scoil Éigse 2007 tutors, Finbar McGreevey (flute) and Fiona Doherty (fiddle) play three jigs: “Contentment is Wealth”, “The Man in the Bog” and “The Westering Home.”
