Folk music--Ireland]]> Violin music--Ireland]]> Violin and piano music--Ireland]]> Airs]]> Lawrie, Margaret]]> Burnham, Michael (violin)]]> Lawrie, Margaret (piano) (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk music--Ireland]]> Penny whistle music]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Airs]]> Edmonds, Phil]]> To The Dance Floor, released in 2006 by a Rhode Island-based group called The Gnomes. Among its members is Phil Edmonds, the composer of this beautiful tune. Phil and I went to the same school in Killaloe, where we learned to play the tinwhistle, and Phil's father, Eddie Edmonds, was one of my secondary school teachers. The words below are taken from the notes to their CD:

'The Celtic Tiger is the term referring to the system of economics and way of life in Ireland for the past several years. While it has resulted in much wealth for many people (not all), the Celtic Tiger is devouring Irish Culture. Wherever money and material possessions become a priority, the quality of life decreases. Phil wrote this air, "The Celtic Lamb", hoping that Ireland, and all of us, will move towards a more sustainable and gentler lifestyle.'

It gives me great pleasure to have another Killaloe man associated with this collection. Thanks, Phil, for the tune, and thanks to the rest of the band for their participation in this project.]]>
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Folk music--Ireland]]> Folk songs, Irish--Ireland]]> Celtic harp music--Ireland]]> Penny whistle music]]> Airs]]> 1000 Years of Irish Poetry.]]> Caesar, Pádraigín (harp, vocals)]]> Caesar, Siobhán (whistle)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk music--Ireland]]> Uilleann pipe music--Ireland]]> Airs]]> McConnell, Cathal 65520190]]> Cathal's Reel).

I gave the recording to my good friend Jerry O'Sullivan, who plays the tune on this track, but with his very own arrangement and interpretation. The phrasing, as one will see, is different from that of the written transcription of Cathal's playing. Fascinating, really, when one thinks of how music can be changed to suit the performer and the instrument. Thanks to both these fine exponents for their contrasting versions.]]>
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Folk music--Ireland]]> Violin music--Ireland]]> Violin and piano music--Ireland]]> Airs]]> Walter, Chrysandra]]> elsewhere in this collection played by yours truly.

I know that Sandy would be proud of this tune, 'The Golden Flower' (a translation of her full name, 'Chrysandra'), which Bill composed after she left us to go to her eternal reward. As soon as I heard it, I knew that I wanted it to be the first tune in this collection. I was moved to tears by Bill's gift.

The other gift associated with Bill's composition is this hauntingly beautiful performance of 'The Golden Flower' by our special friends Hilary and Duncan Cumming on violin and piano. Hilary and Duncan played at our wedding at Saint Anne's Church in Lowell, Massachusetts. I somehow feel that their playing of Bill Black's gift has eased Sandy's journey to the Land of Peace where she will have pain no more. She is watching over all of us. Thank you Bill, Hilary, and Duncan.]]>
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Folk music--Ireland]]> Violin music--Ireland]]> Viola music--Ireland]]> Cello music--Ireland]]> Airs]]> Connolly, Lena]]> Brown, Bonnie Bewick (violin)]]> Lee, Julianne (viola) 316003328]]> Katz, Mickey (cello) 63719871]]> Connolly, Séamus (composer) 33682623]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Airs]]> Rowsome, Leo 92519391]]> Redican, Larry]]> Notes From My Mind. The pipes that Liam used on that recording were made by Mr. Rowsome. The air is soulfully played here by fiddle player John Daly from County Cork. More of John's own music and compositions may be heard on his CD entitled John Daly.]]> Daly, John (fiddle)]]> Brehony, Kevin (piano)]]> Redican, Larry (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk music--Ireland]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Airs]]> Traditional Irish Music on Flute and Tinwhistle, on the Shanachie label.]]> Nugent, Larry (flute)]]> Nugent, Sean (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Airs]]> McDonnell-Garvey, Máire 4192187]]> Keegan, Josephine (fiddle) (composer) 72741909]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk music--Ireland]]> Violin music--Ireland]]> Viola music--Ireland]]> Cello music--Ireland]]> Airs]]> Walter, Chrysandra]]>
Anyway, as I drove home that night, many tears flowed like a river and the pain hurt, but the beginning notes of this tune came to me. As I sat in her hospital room for the next few days I worked on the air, writing it on the corners of the local paper 'The Boston Globe'. The end result is what you have on this track. It is played by my friend Bonnie Bewick Brown, a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Bonnie also arranged 'Miss Chrysandra Walter' for cello and viola and invited her friends to perform it, and they did so beautifully. I am forever grateful to Bonnie for this wonderful arrangement and for all the help she gave to me on this project. I know Sandy would be very proud of this tune and how it was played. My dear wife and friend Chrysandra will be forever remembered by me, and through this tune her memory will live on!]]>
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Waltzes--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Airs]]> Hébert, Donna 21838369]]> Cohen, Max]]> In Full Bloom. Donna writes:

'My father passed away in early March 2008 while our band was visiting the Grand Canyon. We were stalked by ravens all day until, at sunset, one landed among us. It looked straight at me and gestured, croaking; after a few minutes it flew off. Within moments, the call came through that my father had passed. Max and I wrote the tune and only then did I discover that my father's bomber unit in World War II was called The Ravens... When I heard the last mix from Canada, I wept with joy. Mark Busic (engineer) had captured the feel of the day, the canyon, the wonder, perfectly. Max's guitar is the raven's wings. My violin and viola are the spirit breaking free...'


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A more complete version of the tune is heard on this track, with my good friends the late John McGann playing guitar and Gabriel Donohue on keyboard. John was very involved with the transcription of the tunes for this project but, alas, he left us too soon. So in John's memory, perhaps 'Remembering Curly Remembering John McGann' might be a perfect title for this tune. Thanks, John, for all the music, stories, laughs, and friendship.]]>
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Folk music--Ireland]]> Violin music--Ireland]]> Violin and piano music--Ireland]]> Airs]]> Bygone Days. I am delighted to have the tune included in this collection.]]> Burnham, Michael (violin)]]> Lawrie, Margaret (piano) (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
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