Noel hill, tony macmahon the concertina, come west along the road, the new mown meadow. Classes will be held under mount brandon on the dingle peninsula and will include four hours of classes per day 2 hours with jack and myself, evening activiti. Following on from 4 sold out new zealand festival performances at the tsb arena, we have managed to persuade cormac to. Cormac begley own label, tracks, 36 minutes a solo debut, untitled and unnumbered. The series will see the father and son duo travel in their camper van beauty from their home in kerry along the wild atlantic way to clare, galway, mayo, sligo, and finishing in donegal. Awardwinning concertina player and innovator cormac begley has just released his debut solo album to critical acclaim. Armed with a background in psychology and a formidable musical pedigree, west kerry concertina player cormac begley is one of those young. He is the founder of airt and the award winning tunes in the church live concert series in galway. Jack talty and cormac begley carry a wealth of musical heritage from west clare and west kerry respectively. A question of taste with cormac begley irish examiner.
Music composed by breanndan and played by cormac begley. What to say general concertina discussion concertina. He plays in a number of projects, he is the founder of. I play music to cleanse my demons armed with a background in psychology and a formidable musical pedigree, west kerry concertina player cormac begley. Its not good etiquette to just post links with no description since a sensible people wont follow them because they are typically clickbait, and sometimes ending up in horrible stuff and b its not a good idea to get people used to clicking on links with no indication of where theyre going. Cormac begley is a solo bass, baritone, treble and piccolo concertina player from a westkerry musical family. The combination of baritone and concert pitch concertinas. Each of the generous dozen tracks features a single concertina and nothing else, ranging from bass to. He is the founder of airt and award winning tunes in the church live concert series in galway. Airt residential courses tuition classes poetry, trad. Cormac begley by cormac begley, released 21 december 2017 1. In this recording we wanted to present the music styles of west clare and west kerry using a number of concertinas ranging over five octaves. Concertina player extraordinaire cormac begley takes time out from new zealand festival of the arts rehearsals and popup concerts to talk. Some recordings have longevity written all over them.
The family bug took hold at age 17 when cormac picked up a concertina. New brendan and cormac begley television series to explore. Discover more about the area and the people and how it can be a source of inspiration. T here can be no doubt, cormac begley has a concertina obsession. Begley hails from west kerry, and is a member of the remarkably talented begley. Westkerry concertina player cormac begley plays a wide range of instruments all of them concertinas. His plans include writing a book and a theatre piece informed by his. Cormac begley is a concertina player whose solo debut delves deep and soars high, slowly revealing its beauty through nuance and gesture.
Cormac begley is a concertina player whose solo debut delves deep and soars high, slowly. Cormac begley, founder of tunes in the church and airt school, tells niall byrne about letting the character of the musician shine through. He has experimented with many different sizes, from bass all the way to piccolo. House recordings of accordion player fiachna o mongain. Im going to use this page to document and share various music projects, research and arts enterprises im involved in.
Concertina trio featuring noel hill, cormac begley, and jack talty. Rte irelands national public service media 5,075 views. Craigs pipes and the foxhunter reel played on bass concertina and viola. Irish concertina player cormac begley is in new zealand to perform in the new zealand festival of the arts. Captured at the 2017 willie clancy summer school in miltown malbay. Jack talty and cormac begley na fir bolg na fir bolg translates as men with bellows or men with bellies maybe both apply to us. Releases releases august 2017 irish music magazine. Cormac begley and jack talty are teaching a weeklong residential concertina course in westkerry between from the 6th to 10th of april. Cormac begley is bass, baritone, treble and picollo concertina player from westkerry. Cormac begley is a solo bass, baritone, treble and piccolo concertina player from a west kerry musical family. A new serial segment within brief notes entitled concertina tutors of the victorian and edwardian eras. Cormac begley biography catskills irish arts week east. The masterful weaving of regional styles inherent in their duet playing, ranging over fiveoctaves, has defined the ir inimitable and unmistakable duet sound, a considerable achievement for two musicians still in their mid 20s.
Cormac is a bass, baritone, treble and piccolo concertina player from a westkerry musical family. The merriman poem is also very well translated and interesting. Cormac begley is a bass, baritone, treble and piccolo concertina player from a westkerry musical family. One of the places where clevoner played was the tivoli theatre in dublin a music hall. He is the founder of airt and the award winning tunes in the. Cormac begley, cormac begley, 2017 without haste, without rest, steven arntson. The concertina journal proudly powered by wordpress this website uses cookies. In this video cormac begley explains the background to the airt residential school. Cormac begley isnt content with just the usual anglo concertina. Blagrove was a prominent nineteenthcentury proponent of the english concertina.
The various sounds he gets from them have helped him create a unique style. He also plays in a range of collaborations with liam o connor fiddle, rushad eggleston cello goblin, liam o maonlai singer and multiinstrumentalist and lisa oneil singer songwriter. See the stunning landscape of the dingle peninsula in where the school is located which will help inspire creativeness. The book black diamonds by catherine bailey penguin books tells a fascinating story of the contrasting lives of. Awardwinning concertina player and innovator cormac begley has just released his debut solo album to critical acclaim this is also the first solo concertina album in.
Cormac begley, founder of tunes in the church and airt school, tells niall. Cormac begley bass baritone treble and piccolo concertina. According to the information in newsletter 200, 1972 which is in the digital archive of the ica, there was an inaugural meeting on 27 september 1952 of the international concertina association. Reviews by roger digby of recent recordings by charles marshall, cormac begley, steven arntson, and michael hebbert. Cormac is a bass, baritone, treble and piccolo concertina player from a west kerry musical family. He plays in a number of projects, he is the founder of airt and the award winning tunes in the church live concert series in galway and dublin.
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