ITMA is delighted to join with Harp Ireland / Cruit Éireann to celebrate all things harp and harping in Ireland in the two-day celebration. ITMA Archivist Maeve Gebruers & Brian Doyle ITMA Field Recording Officer have collated a selection of harping highlights from its recent field recording collections. We are indebted to all the performers for generous permission to share their music.
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1. Michael Rooney, Achill International Harp Festival, Dooagh, Achill, Co. Mayo, 28 October 2018
Idir eatarthu = Between worlds, hornpipe [comp. Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin] / Michael Rooney, harp
2. Inishowen Harp Ensemble, Inishowen Traditional Music Project present: Recollections a concert celebrating the life and Music of Honoria Galwey, Moville, Co. Donegal, 2 November 2018
A selection of melodies from the Honoria Galwey Collection [airs] / Inishowen Harp Ensemble = Joleen Mc Laughlin, harp ; Kerri Mullan, harp ; Aoibhín Mc Ivor, harp ; Kieva McGonagle, harp ; Niamh Duffy, harp ; Cáit Ní Cheallaigh, harp
3. Lauren O’Neill & Dr. Peadar Mac Gabhann, Gradam Ceoil TG4 2020 Fringe Event, Sunflower Public House, Belfast, 20 February 2020
A contemporary re-imagination of harp music as accompaniment to the recitation of Tánag adhaigh go hEas gCaoille (T.D. Ó hUiginn) [poetry & music] / Lauren O’Neill, harp ; Peadar Mac Gabhann, speech in Irish
4. Elaine Hogan, Conal O’Kane & James Duddy, Achill International Harp Festival, Dooagh, Achill, Co. Mayo, 26 October 2019
Eugene’s waltz [comp. Elaine Hogan] ; Rachael’s jig [comp. Elaine Hogan] / Elaine Hogan, harp, Conal O’Kane, guitar ; James Duddy, bodhrán
5. Cormac de Barra, Jonathan Swift Festival: Turlough Carolan and the 18th century harpers, ITMA, Dublin, 29 November 2018
Mrs McDermott [comp. Carolan] [air] ; Lady Gethin [comp. Carolan] [air] / Cormac de Barra, harp
6. Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin & Helen Davies, Cairde na Cruite Summer Sessions, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, 22 July 2005
A bhean údaí thall, song / Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, singing in Irish ; Helen Davies, harp
7. Music Generation Laois, International Festival for Irish Harp, Gala Concert, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth, 3 July 2019
The blue chair jig [comp. Siobhán Buckley] / Laois Music Generation Harp Ensemble
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