Item BBR-18712/1/258879 - Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 321 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Clancy, Willie, Clare, pipes solo A1, 3, 5, 7, 13;
speech in English A2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12;
whistle solo A9, 11;
O'Donnell, Michael, speech in English A2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

Running Order:
1. Reels: The Connacht Heifers / The Connacht Heifer, Jenny Picking Cockles
2. Speech with Music: Untitled [Willie Clancy's background in music; mother played concertina; began playing the whistle at the age of five; was over 20 when he began to play the pipes; got first set of pipes from Felix Doran; the Moloney brothers, pipemakers in Co Clare; Garrett Barry used to send to a place called Toin an Bhothair, in Co Clare, to get reeds made; Clancy was helped in learning the pipes by a local musician, Hugh Curtin; the components of a practice set; fingering technique on the chanter versus that on the whistle; is it an advantage in learning the pipes to have played the whistle?; the difficulty of unlearning bad habits; demonstration of the range of the chanter – two full octaves; adapting tunes to suit the pipes
3. Jigs: Untitled [The Gander in the Pratie Hole], Untitled [Bimid ag Ol is ag Pogadh na mBan]
4. Speech: Untitled [The reason for the strong music tradition in Clare; Clancy's opinion of musicians in Sligo; young people in Clare taking an interest in traditional music; the accordion: a problem instrument; the difficulty of acquiring and maintaining the pipes and of learning to play them; Clancy's advice to learners on the pipes; it is best to learn when young; the slow air is the cream of the music]
5. Air: An Binsin Luachra
6. Speech: Untitled [Dance tunes possibly being derived from slow airs; for example, the reel 'The Green Fields of America' is possibly derived from the air 'Pretty Molly Brannigan']
7. Air, Reel: Pretty Molly Brannigan, The Green Fields of America
8. Speech: Untitled [The first tune that Clancy played on the whistle, the jig 'Father O'Flynn']
9. Jig: Father O'Flynn
10. Speech: Untitled [The first reel that Clancy played on the whistle, which is the first tune in the next selection]
11. Reels: Untitled [The Ladies Pantalettes], Untitled [The Crooked Road to Dublin], Untitled [The Ravelled Hank of Yarn]
12. Speech: Untitled [Sean O Riada, whose funeral had just taken place; Clancy's acquaintance and musical rapport with O Riada; the lament 'The Bright Lady', which Clancy played at O Riada's funeral]
13. Air: The Bright Lady