Just listening to some music on this Friday morning. Check out this from the Comhaltas website.
http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_285_full_programme/
I particularly enjoyed the playing of Orlaith McAuliffe and Edel Fox. Great stuff all of it.
she’s a very talented, skilled, player, full of chops, no doubt. but ultimately boring, in my view.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the link!
Orlaith McAuliffe is a very good flute player.
Notice she has a powerful and stable Low D, as well as using almost perfect ornamentation.
She is just incredible, and has a beautiful feminine flute playing style.
(And she is veeery cute by the way hehe 
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I’m with you Diego … 
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Also the ‘feminine’ touch…that could be worth a seperate discussion in itself..
Is there such a thing ??..I reckon there is…
Shannon Heaton,Nuala Kennedy are two that spring to mind..
Cheers for that Weedie
Thanks for sharing the video.
I feel that she plays a little “too perfect”. Almost feels classical.
But of course, I would be happy if I could play a tenth as good as her in the future.
I’m with you Diego … ..
Also the ‘feminine’ touch…that could be worth a seperate discussion in itself..
Is there such a thing ??..I reckon there is…
Shannon Heaton,Nuala Kennedy are two that spring to mind..
“feminine touch”? Are you suggesting that female and male musicians typically have stylistic differences that reflect, in addition to the expression of the individual and the environment in which one learned one’s music, the gender of the performer? Can you name some specific musical characteristics that you associate with one gender over the other? you mention Shannon Heaton and Nuala Kennedy sharing similar qualities in their playing as Orlaith. Obviously, these musicians have very different playing styles from each other; so what motivates you to group these individuals together other than possibly the fact that they are all female, which has here been equated with being feminine? This makes for an interesting discussion, but is it not a slippery slope to start lumping musicians of one gender together and branding them as being unique from the other?
oh Shirley, you’ve noticed the eyelashes on the triplets!
Jeez Owen…I feel as though I’ve been ‘clubbed over the head’ by your academic response to my wonderings…
"Are you suggesting that female and male musicians typically have stylistic differences "…
Nope,I was’nt ‘suggesting’ anything
“you mention Shannon Heaton and Nuala Kennedy sharing similar qualities in their playing as Orlaith.”..
Nope,I dont recall mentioning that at all…
In fact,IMHO Nuala Kenndedy is quite an agressive player…In some musical circles here in OZ,there is a saying,which is actually a compliment…“She plays like a bloke” ..if you can dig that..
And…"so what motivates you to group these individuals together "..and..“lumping musicians of one gender together and branding them as being unique from the other?” ..Yer puttin’ words into me mouth again mate…
What I was refering to in my wonderings was femininity…Girls have a girly way about them ( )…They way they walk,think,fiddle with their hair,the way take your arm when we go out together,the way they dress,decorate a room,sooth a cranky bloke,look at themselves in a mirror,come up with something reasonable when a bloke is being UNreasonable,sit and talk with other girls about girly things,their luck in being able to cry without feeling any shame… etc…
In short…just being girls…
So with all this in mind,I wondered if this ‘girliness’ comes out in the music ?..
On the CD Wooden Flute Obsession #3,Shannon Heaton plays a most lovely set of O’Connor Don’s/The Morning Thrush…It was these two tunes that first popped the idea of a ‘feminine touch’ into my head…I dont know why my brain went that way ,but it did …The playing is delicate and beautiful…
Thats not to say that a bloke cant play with delicacy and beauty,its obvious that we can…I just wondered if things came out differently with a girl at the helm…
That is… a feminine touch …
I really have to get in touch with my feminine side!
Arbo
well do take it off line, this is a family forum 
perhaps a closet 
oh, Shirley… 
in your Aussie dreams maybe 
PS. Can’t wait til Deirdre Havlin reads that one
Speaking of Dee Havlin:
Deanta Reunion
(Blas Ceoil Series 2 Episode 2 Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EwWk7aFm6o
w/Mary Dillon:
(Blas Ceoil Series 2 Episode 2 Part 3 about 4:28 in)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH9IbHB-FnI
w/Mary Dillon:
(Blas Ceoil Series 2 Episode 2 Part 4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1PaSzfKdzU&NR=1
And BTW, this is one of the stupidest threads.
Kevin Krell
Stupidest ..now there’s an interesting word …
I’d like to know why you think that the thread is so stupid ??
It’s that I don’t hear gender when I listen to flute music. And it wasn’t a factor when including female players in the Wooden Flute Obsession volumes.
“It’s that I don’t hear gender when I listen to flute music”…
I dont know if I do either Kevin.The phrase ‘Feminine touch’…is applied to a whole lot of things.I just wondered whether it could apply to music…and…
"And it wasn’t a factor when including female players in the Wooden Flute Obsession volumes "…
Nor should it be…I’d imagine the criteria for selection would be that the person was a good Fluteplayer…
And then there’s Louise Mulcahy. Any more muscular and she could lift Conal O’Grada with her long F key tied behind her back. And to round out my tug-o-war team I’ll take Catherine McEvoy, Joanie Madden, & Peg McGrath. 
I agree this is one of those discussions, but then again, the whole female thing is something I can’t help but pay at least a little attention to – you know, being a girl and all. And I do think I hear at least a slight difference in most women’s playing. I don’t know if it’s all a “feminine approach” or style preference, though; I think a lot of it’s just a result of our physical relationship with the flute. Our hands, wrists, and arms are often smaller, our forearms aren’t as strong, our fingers are often narrower, our lips are often fuller, all making for a grip that can DRAMATICALLY change how fingering response works – so I think most of us are forced to find alternative ways to play the thing, often based on how we have to hold and balance it. IMO a lot of the stylistic differences result from that – like any male flute player, we’re doing what we think is best with what we’ve got, but we’ve got a bit of a different physical setup, and that’s that.
it’s a contender, innit
I like pie…
But as to the original post, I think she is very good. I think someone said too good 
My wish is to be that good and then choose not to be. I want to be able to pull off perfect rolls, intonation, and tone like that and then grind it into a messy and passionate lump 'o music straight from my soul.
Oh, and I want to play like a girl!