Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 321 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 13
- BBR-18712/1/258879/13
- Part
- 17-Oct-71
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Air: The Bright Lady
Clancy, Willie, Clare
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Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 321 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 13
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Air: The Bright Lady
Clancy, Willie, Clare
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 321 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 12
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
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]
Clancy, Willie
O'Donnell, Michael
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 321 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 11
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Reels: Untitled [The Ladies Pantalettes], Untitled [The Crooked Road to Dublin], Untitled [The Ravelled Hank of Yarn]
Clancy, Willie
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 321 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 10
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Speech: Untitled [The first reel that Clancy played on the whistle, which is the first tune in the next selection]
Clancy, Willie
O'Donnell, Michael
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 321 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 1
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Reels: The Connacht Heifers / The Connacht Heifer, Jenny Picking Cockles
Clancy, Willie, Clare - pipes solo
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 321 [sound recording] / [various performers]
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
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
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 320 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 9
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Reel: Untitled [The Steampacket]
Clancy, Willie, Clare[?]
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 320 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 8
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Speech: Untitled [Garrett Barry and the legend of the changeling; Barry regarded as a fine singer both in English and in Irish; Barry's republicanism; quotes words of republican song sung by Barry]
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Dublin
Talty, Tom ('Tom Charlie'), Clare
Unidentified performer - speech in English
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 320 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 7
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Speech, Jig: Untitled [Introduction to story; story about Garrett Barry wanting to turn water into wine on the feast of the Epiphany; Barry playing slow tunes like 'The Gold Ring' and 'A Chailleach do Mhairis Me'], Untitled [The Gold Ring]
Clancy, Willie - speech in English
Clancy, Willie, Clare[?]
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Dublin
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 320 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 6
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Speech, Jig: [Further reminiscences of Garrett Barry; Barry's fondness for whiskey], Untitled (incomplete)
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Dublin
McGough, Michael, Clare - speech in English
Talty, Tom ('Tom Charlie') - concertina solo
Talty, Tom ('Tom Charlie'), Clare