Programme: ComhaltasLive #231: Fleadh Cheoil 2007
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- ComhaltasLive #231: Music from Fleadh 2007 (Full Programme)
This week we present more music from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2007 in Tullamore.
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- ComhaltasLive #231-6: Katie Boyle in the Senior Fiddle
Also from Irish Minstrels CCÉ, Glasgow, Scotland, Katie Boyle played this reel in the Senior Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2007.
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- ComhaltasLive #231 - 5: Johnny Canning in the Senior Fiddle
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”.
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- ComhaltasLive #231 - 4: Catherine Carey in the Senior Fiddle
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.
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- ComhaltasLive #231 - 3: Enda Mc Greevy in the Senior Fiddle
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”.
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- ComhaltasLive #231 - 2: Ruairí Mc Gorman in the Senior Fiddle competition
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”.
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- ComhaltasLive #231 - 1: Curtin sisters and Friends
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 Brosna, Co. Kerry. The first selection has accompaniment on spoons while the second does not. Any views on the use of spoons for accompaniment in Irish traditional music?
