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Lord Gallaway's Delight: An Excellent Collection of Dances & Gaelic Laments

2/12/2013, 18 Tracks, 1:17:57

Featuring

  • Pascale Boquet
  • Siobhan Armstrong
  • Claire Michon
  • Freddy Eichelberger
  • Odile Edouard
  • Les Witches
  • James Oswald
  • Anonymous (Traditional)
  • Turlough O'Carolan
  • Matthew Locke
  • Anonymous
  • Henry Purcell
  • John Playford
  • Daniel Wright
  • Cornelius Lyons

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Interpretation

Les Witches, the performing ensemble, combines their knowledge of Renaissance and Baroque repertoires with a shared appreciation for variation, ornamentation, and improvisation found in traditional music.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The early Irish harp, unlike the later neo-Irish harp, had a resonating chamber carved from a single log and metal strings (brass, silver, or gold) whose long resonance was selectively damped.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in March 2012 at La Courroie, a venue in Entraigues sur la Sorgue, France.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The early Irish harp declined and died out in the early 19th century after the Elizabethan English reconquest of Ireland in the 16th century deprived it of its patrons and audience.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The early Irish harp, the national emblem of Ireland, was central to Gaelic musical culture for nearly 1000 years and produced an extraordinarily sweet sound.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album's program was created for the Arques-la-Bataille festival, with support from the François Lang Musical Library of the Royaumont Foundation.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Many melodies on this album come from 17th and 18th-century manuscript and printed sources, including 'A collection of the most celebrated irish tunes' by John & William Neale, the first collection exclusively dedicated to Irish airs.

Source: Booklet

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