Silly me – I have his CD, but didn’t realize all three waltzes were on one track there. For some reason, I thought Sourgrass and Granite was missing. The waltzes also show up on the Schryer/Byrne duo album, Nicholas Williams’ solo flute album, and Patrick Ourceau’s Live at Mona’s.
Hey, Bloom, yours seem to be quite in line with my favorites right now. Dr. O Neill is a classic that I never get tired of…We always play Down the Broom with The Gatehouse Maid (great tune!).
My other favorites right now would be Ormond Sound, Teampaill an Gleanntain, The Long Drop, An Buachaill Dreoite (jig) and a wacky slip jig called Farewell to Whalley Range (a.k.a. The Flying Pig), which I learned over the summer and which turns out to be a Michael McGoldrick composition.
Right now I am working on: Gerry Crommane’s (from Joe Ryan), The Glen Road to Carrick, Jenny’s Welcome to Charlie, and I want to learn Sean Sa Ceo but haven’t yet. Any good recordings of Sean Sa Ceo out there?
note that this is a piano/harpsichord score with baroque ornamentation. Just play the top line, preferably along with a record to get an idea of how the baroque decorations sound: some of them use the same notation as celtic ornaments, but are played very differently. Or, try using Celtic ornaments to hear it the way Johann Sebastian’s Irish cousin Sean O’Bach might have played it…
Yes, I play Down the Broom into Gatehouse Maid (which is nice, but not as interesting a tune as DtB). I learned DtB off Peter Laban who had another reel after it that I’ve been meaning to pick up, but haven’t.
My favorites right now are The Banshee (love that one, and I play it quite well, that always helps ), Tripping up the Stairs, Si Bheag, Si Mhor, The Bucks of Oranmore, and The Fools Jig…When I looked at your posting, Phil O, I read judas priest instead of musical priest…anyone care to try to play Judas Priest on their Irish instrument
Christmas Eve
The Merry Harriers
The Morning Dew
The Torn Jacket
The Battering Ram
That’s interesting,I could have gone on listing reel after reel after reel,but I had to think to come up with one jig.I didn’t know I was so biased.I’m sure I like jigs,really! Oh,here’s another one I like to play these days:
Sally Gardens (Joanie Madden’s version on “Song of the Irish Whistle” is fantastic, which is more than likely why I’m enamored with this one as of late) Rolling in the Rye Grass The Foggy Dew Boolavogue The Eagle’s Whistle The Bonny,Bonny Broom
That’s just a few…they happen to be the one’s I am working on as of late
right now i seem to be playing cooley’s reel, johnny henry’s and sweet flowers of milltown a lot.
my wife’s favorite is my whistle transcription of John Cage’s 4’33".
Try to get hold of Vinnie Kilduff’s recording of the tune. It’s a blast. If faster and more accurate playing has ever been recorded, I’d like to hear it.