656297012112

Tuile Is Trá/the Flowing Tide

Micheál Ó hAlmhain

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Format: CD

Cat No: CEFCD211

Release Date:  17 March 2017

Label:  Gael Linn

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  656297012112

Genres:  Folk  

  • Description

    A rich seam of tunes played by consummate flute player Micheál Ó hAlmhain. Growing up in Dublin at a time when the city teemed with pipers and pipers' clubs, sessions and musical characters, as a teenager, Micheál joined Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and became a key architect in shaping its future.

    On this album, from the elegant Murtach Mac Cana and Lady Maxwell composed by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) to Eibhlín Gheal Chiúin, an exquisite air collected by Edward Bunting, Micheál shows the extent of his research on rare historical sources. His choice of music for the album is a delight and runs the full gamut of Irish dance tunes, from hop, slip and double jigs, to slides, polkas, reels and hornpipes.

    'A master flute player and piper, Ó hAlmhain has been at the epicentre of Irish traditional music for half a century. The music on this CD is a musical jewel from a true master of his art.' - Prof Gearóid Ó hAlmhuráin.

    At Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2016 in Ennis, Co. Clare, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann awarded Micheal Ó hAlmhain its highest honour, that of Ard-Ollamh.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Micheál Ó hAlmhain
      • 2. Micheál Ó hAlmhain
      • 3. Micheál Ó hAlmhain
      • 4. Micheál Ó hAlmhain
      • 5. Micheál Ó hAlmhain
      • 6. Micheál Ó hAlmhain
      • 7. Micheál Ó hAlmhain
      • 8. Micheál Ó hAlmhain
      • 9. Micheál Ó hAlmhain
      • 10. Micheál Ó hAlmhain
      • 11. Micheál Ó hAlmhain
      • 12. Micheál Ó hAlmhain