The Fox Chase.

[raiffelsdad]

I absolutely love this version, Liam is awsome in the true sense of the word

[0kill0omegajackal0]

I suggest that if u like this virsion find the david powers virsion...very harmonic

[clarebannerman]

@0kill0omegajackal0 That is the popular version. Seamus Ennis played the definitive version.

[kaiserliam]

Interview is quite, waffley :/ but the tune s good, even better in Darby O'Gill and the Little People xD

[manormaid]

the terracotta pot at 4:57, I desperately want to draw a happy face on it =)

[PrivatePiper]

wow !

[Moondancer007]

Fiach An Mhada Rua agus Liam Óg Ó Flionn a bheith ag seinm - ar fheabhas!!

[9aspengold5]

No similarity to the Fox Chase I remember from the Disney movie "Darby O"gill and

the little peoplle".  Sorry, but I prefer the Disney version.

[Legertymusic]

@9aspengold5, The "tune" used in the Disney film is a fake "Irish" style tune written for that scene. If you have listened to any traditional Irish music for any length of time, you will be able to tell that it is not the real thing, either in the style played (by a classical orchestra) or the tune (which doesn't follow anything like traditional structure). It is an example of a stereotypical Irish culture that never existed, and which cannot compete with the beauty of something like this!

[9aspengold5]

@Legertymusic thank you for this information. I have enjoyed Irish music for years and wondered

why there was such a difference from the movie music and true Irish music.

[Legertymusic]

@9aspengold5, To be fair, it is a fun movie and I remember it fondly from my own childhood (the banshee scared the crap out of me, though!). It just shouldn't be taken as a template for traditional Irish music or culture during that time period! (for instance, the 'real' Irish fairies in the folklore tradition are pretty scary beings, not funny little people).

[9aspengold5]

@Legertymusic Thank you again. Wishing you a great New Year.

[piobairesicago]

@9aspengold5 Because most movie scores are composed by people with limited or no experience of the real thing.

[Dreoilin]

thats feckin talent!

[seonidh]

a fantastic set of 19th century union pipes there. Of course to call these Uilleann pipes is wrong as the instrument was never called this till 1906 when Flood invented the name. This instrument was a pipe of the upper classes in ireland and britain (Scotland, England) in the 18th - 19th centuries. Many, many makers and improvements so its kind of hard to say where the instrument originates at least till the D sets of the Taylors. Kenna and the rest never called these Uilleann pipes

[piobairesicago]

@seonidh Liam's pipes in this video were made by Leo Rowsome in 1936.

[seonidh]

@piobairesicago I read in an article that he inherited the set which was an old early 19th century set from Leo? The pipes do though have a fascinating history and are international

[piobairesicago]

@seonidh He has a couple of 19th century sets. One is a C# set made by Coyne which he inherited from the late Seamus Ennis (RIP). You can see videos Seamus playing that same instrument on youtube if you look around a little bit; my favorite is entitled "Seamus Ennis plays a reel." The other set is an Egan (I can't recall its tuning, it was either C or Bb) which a very generous widow bequeathed to him after her husband passed. He has used it on several of his recordings over the years.

[mairehanleypipes]

fantastic.....blew me away!!!! ;)

[phoenix1916]

has anybody got " The Fox hunt" by the chieftains, or is this a derivation of it???

[piobairesicago]

@phoenix1916

The Chieftains' "Fox Hunt" is their own arrangement and part of it derives from this piece, which is much, much older.

[phoenix1916]

@piobairesicago Ok thanks for that, i cant find their piece on here tho, can you?

[piobairesicago]

@phoenix1916 The slip jig at the end of the piece Liam is playing here is incorporated in the Chieftain's Fox Hunt. Sean Keane plays it on the fiddle.

Other than that, the Chieftains either composed on their own or borrowed other tunes (like The Foxhunters' Reel) for their "Fox Hunt."

[tikioaktree]

umm am i the only guy who typed harmonica and got this?.....

[phoenix1916]

@tikioaktree the only one that would admit it lol!

[LindsayCurran]

Magnificent!

Many thanks for this rare piece - and the wonderful info notes

ah, the pipes, the pipes!

[buglerdan]

thank you!!!! amazing best version ive heard!! do you know if there is the full thing anywhere?

[thebluefood]

lovely

[9aspengold5]

A great version, but believe it or not, I really prefer the one done in the movie "Darby O'Gill and the little people".

[Nipponkoku]

Is this Seamus's C# set?

[PuptoPetra]

It's his regular D set I think.

[j0llygr33ng1ant]

no, Seamus' has a gooseneck headpiece, and the chanter keys are shaped differently.

[pifapastoral]

oh thankyou!

[Seamus616]

gotta love the uilleann pipe. it suits ireland and irish music so well

[boxplayer2]

i love how liam so nonchalantly goes to tune the regulator i believe it is.

[Baltizori]

It's probably one of the drones. There's nothing worse than playing an untuned instrument, you just have to stop and fix it before your eardrums break! :P

[StibiumAlkabar]

This is great!

[Ghiraddje]

Interesting; he seems a really shy fellow. It's also really great to see the regulators in use, something I've never seen before (n00b, I know).

[Noetje1970]

Over here in Holland I met him a few times and yes he's quite shy but also a very funny man! Great sense of humor and ofcourse wonderful craftsmanship in his music.

[fx02zbn]

Played with both hands, Both Elbows.Wrist and leg. What an instrument!

[nichmars]

Imagine if you had to run away in the middle of a tune, you'd be stuck in the thing!! Just kidding, Liam Og is amazing as ever! neat video clip.

[mrgabest]

Ignoring the awesome musicianship, this is a far superior version of the piece. Thank you for posting the video.

[madman0404]

Fair play to ye Clarebannerman fantastic selection of Uillean pipe players (Wicklow man)

[seamusfrawley]

lovely

[naychud]

Not a great version of the Fox Chase. The Chieftains and Leo Rowsome`s versions were more musical. Not fashionable to say this!

[Wishuey]

Brilliant! What an amazing instrument and Liam O`Flynn is a master of it.

[wildstick]

Fantastic...

[andrewaaaaaaaa]

Very unusual version never heard this one before.Thanks for the post.Great stuff.Thanks also for the Paddy Glackin footage it is very hard to find him on the youtube!Slainte

[mrslecole]

What a remarkable performance! I'd never heard that version before. Too bad the end got cut off....