ROBBIE HANNAN: TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC PLAYED ON THE UILLEANN PIPES
Robbie Hannan: uilleann pipes
A remarkable album of uilleann piping by one of the acknowledged contemporary masters of the instrument. From Co. Down, Hannan has developed an amazing command of the intricate "tight" (staccato) style of piping, which he puts to use here on a variety of tunes, many coming from the Donegal tradition of which he is fond. Hannan performs on a set of pipes pitched in B and made c. 1800 by one of the Kennas. Unaccompanied throughout.
Rating: ****
Price: $21.99 Recommended
Contents:
1. Reels: The Flood on the Holm & Miss Monahan
2. Air & Jig: Amhrán an Tae (The Song of the Tea) / Liz King's Jig
3. Reels: Stay Another While / The College Groves
4. Hornpipe: The Derry Hornpipe
5. Jigs: Do You Want Any More? / The Gallowglass
6. Reels: The Rainy Day / The Shaskeen
7. Air: Bean Dubh an Ghleanna (The Dark Woman of the Glen)
8. Jigs: The Boys of Tanderagee / Jackson's Morning Brush
9. Reels: Jenny Picking Cockles / My Love is in America
10. Jigs: Darby Gallagher's / An Buachaillín Buí (The Little Fair-haired Boy)
11. Reels: The Salamanca / Jenny's Welcome to Charlie
12. Air: Dark Lochnagar
13. Jigs: The Rambles of Kitty / When Sick is it Tea You Want?
14. Reels: The Curragh Races / Trim the Velvet
15. Hornpipes: Chief O'Neill's / The Plains of Boyle
16. Jigs: The Pipe on the Hob / An Ghaoth Aniar Aneas (The South-west Wind)
17. Reels: Gorman's / Bonnie Kate / The Merry Blacksmith
