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Morning Aire
Celtic harp champion Sue Richards brings a joyous
and inventive spirit to traditional music from Ireland and
Scotland.
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"The #1 Album of
the year" WAMMIE Award presented in 1993 by the Washington Area Music Association
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51:28 minutes.
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"...a work of art.
The clarity and tone of her instrument are among the most
attractive attributes of her work. Her phrasing is often breathtaking
on such airs as "Lament for Limerick" and "Cape Clear/Monaghan's
Jig" where melancholy and celebration combine... surprising
and inventive, the album enthralls and fascinates." -Rock 'n
Reel (U.K.)
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Tune List
1. The Humours of the Joyce Country
(2:34)
2. The Rights of Man (3:16)
3. Princess Augusta/ Miss Grant's Reel
(2:00)
4. Maple Leaf/ Bird in the Bush
(3:10)
5. Haughs of Cromdale/ Sgian Dubh/ Keep
It Up (4:18)
6. Lament for Limerick/ Lochaber No More/
Irish Lamentation (7:43)
7. Itchy Fingers (2:39)
8. Fiddler Dance the Light Strathspey/
Mor A Cheannaich/ Trip to Ponca City (3:47)
9. Cro Kintaile (4:00)
10. Cape Clear/ Monaghan's Jig
(5:36)
11. Mabel Kelly (3:30)
12. Miss Hamilton of Auchincruive/ The
Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord (3:05)
13. Fanny Poer (3:42)
14. Tho I Go To My Bed, Little Sleep Do
I Get (1:37)
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Liner Notes
MUSICIANS |
Sue Richards - Celtic
Harp
With special guests
Karen Ashbrook - pennywhistle
Myron Bretholz - bodhran
Billy McComiskey - button accordion, concertina
Connie McKenna - guitar
Charlie Pilzer - piano
Bonnie Rideout - fiddle
Carolyn Surrick - viola da gamba
Produced by Charlie Pilzer
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- 1 THE
HUMOURS OF THE JOYCE COUNTRY - The Irish air,
"An Speic Seoigheach" collected by Edward Bunting at the
1792 Belfast Harp Festival. Celtic harp (2:34)
- 2 THE
RIGHTS OF MAN - An Irish hornpipe named for
Thomas Paine's declaration in defense of the French Revolution.
We add some pep to it! Celtic harp, guitar, pennywhistle
(3:16)
- 3 PRINCESS
AUGUSTA/ MISS GRANT'S REEL - Two Scottish Melodies
from the 18th Century. The first is from the Gow Collection;
the second is by William Marshall. Celtic harp (2:00)
- 4 MAPLE
LEAF/ BIRD IN THE BUSH - Two Irish reels, the
first by Darach de Brun; the second is traditional. Celtic
harp, button accordion (3:10)
- 5 HAUGHS
OF CROMDALE/ SGIAN DUBH/ KEEP IT UP - A Scottish
set with a popular 400-year-old march commemorating a
heroic highland battle; a jig named for the black-handled
knife carried in the stocking; and a pipe reel from the
Simon Fraser collection of 1874. Celtic harp, fiddle,
viola da gamba, guitar (4:18)
- 6 LAMENT
FOR LIMERICK/ LOCHABER NO MORE/ IRISH LAMENTATION
- A similar tune in variations from Ireland, Scotland
and England. "Lament" commemorates a devastating Irish
loss to the English in battle. "Lochaber refers to the
clearence of Scots from their own lands by the English.
"Irish Lamentation" is is the unwittingly ironic transformation
by the English of these tragic tunes into a lovely waltz.
Celtic harp, fiddle, viola da gamba, guitar (7:43)
- 7 ITCHY
FINGERS - A contemporary pipe tune from Scotland,
played first as a march and then as a reel. Celtic harp,
fiddle (2:39)
- 8 FIDDLER
DANCE THE LIGHT STRATHSPEY/ MOR A CHEANNAICH/ TRIP TO
PONCA CITY - Sweeping and graceful Scottish
dances called strathspeys. "Ponca City" was written by
American pianist Michael Briggs. Celtic harp, piano (3:47)
- 9 CRO
KINTAILE - The story of a Scottish widow's
return to her birthplace to live out her days. Celtic
harp, fiddle, viola da gamba (4:00)
- 10 CAPE
CLEAR/ MONAGHAN'S JIG - An Irish air and a
traditional Irish jig. Celtic harp, button accordion,
concertina, pennywhistle, guitar, bodhran (5:36)
- 11 MABEL
KELLY - A tune by the blind Celtic harper Turlough
O'Carolan, written for a patroness. The air recalls, "Lamp
loses light when placed beside her/ She is the pearl and
being of all Ireland." Celtic harp, viola da gamba (3:30)
- 12 MISS
HAMILTON OF AUCHINCRUIVE/ THE BONNIE LASS O' BON ACCORD
- More praise of Celtic women! The first tune is traditional,
the second is by beloved fiddler Scott Skinner. Celtic
harp (3:05)
- 13 FANNY
POER - Another tribute by O'Carolan to a County
Galway patroness. O'Carolan liked to display his fluency
in popular European styles. Celtic harp, fiddle, viola
da gamba (3:42)
- 14 THO
I GO TO MY BED, LITTLE SLEEP DO I GET - A Scottish
tune from the Patrick MacDonald Collection of Highland
Airs (1784). We like to speculate on the multiple meanings
of this intriguing title. Celtic harp (1:37)
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