Traditional Irish Music from LiveTrad.com: Celtic Fringe Festival Clip 3

From J Waters' Pub in Grange, as part of the Celtic Fringe Festival, this clip is from a webcast streamed on www.LiveTrad.com on Friday June 24 2011. Featuring Michael Rooney on harp with a group of Irish and Galician musicians performing part of "The De Cuellar Suite", a musical representation of the memoirs of a Spanish Captain of the illfated Armada, 3 of whose ships were wrecked off nearby Streedagh Beach in 1588. The suite, composed by Michael Rooney, was performed during the Festival, with over 60 musicians, singers and dancers taking part.

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[Livetrad]

The musicians decide on content, and who plays, they were happy, and so were we!

[PipersGrip]

I don't mean to be rude, but four percussionist is a bit overkill. It really takes away from the beauty of the melody. All I could focus on was the banging. But the harp playing was superb.

[DasLilienherz]

Harfe und Dudelsack einträchtig nebeneinander, na ja, ein Fiddler als Puffer –sicherheitshalber ;)