The Given Note
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The Given Note is the fourth solo album by master uilleann piper and prominent Irish traditional musician Liam O'Flynn. Produced by Shaun Davey and recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, the album was released in 19951. The title was suggested by O'Flynn's good friend Seamus Heaney, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature. Heaney also wrote a tribute to O'Flynn which is on the sleeve notes of the album.
The Given Note is the fourth solo album by master uilleann piper and prominent Irish traditional musician Liam O'Flynn. Produced by Shaun Davey and recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, the album was released in 1995. The title was suggested by O'Flynn's good friend Seamus Heaney, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature. Heaney also wrote a tribute to O'Flynn which is on the sleeve notes of the album.
Critical response
In his review for AllMusic, Chris Nickson called the album "an object lesson in the way [Celtic] music should be played in the 1990s". Nickson observes that despite O'Flynn covering the full Celtic music spectrum, it is the Irish songs that "lie closest to O'Flynn's heart". Nickson concludes:
Track listing
"O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick" – 4:07 "O'Rourke's, the Merry Sisters, Colonel Fraser" – 3:36 "Come With Me over the Mountain, a Smile in the Dark" – 4:34 "Farewell to Govan" – 4:00 "Joyce's Tune" – 4:41 "The Green Island, Spellan the Fiddler" – 3:50 "Foliada de Elviña" – 4:06 "Ag Taisteal Na Blárnan (Travelling Through Blarney)" – 4:10 "The Rambler, the Aherlow Jig" – 3:26 "The Smith's a Gallant Fireman" – 3:02 "Romeo's Exile" – 3:52 "The Rocks of Bawn" – 6:07 "Cailín na Gruaige Doinne (The Girl of the Brown Hair)" – 3:53 "Teño un Amor Na Montaña, Alborada - Unha Noite no Santo Cristo" – 9:22
Personnel
Liam O'Flynn – uilleann pipes, whistle Arty McGlynn – guitar Steve Cooney – guitar, bass guitar, didgeridoo Rod McVey – synthesizers, Hammond organ, harmonium Noel Eccles – percussion Sean Keane – fiddle Rodrigo Romani (Milladoiro) – harp Xose V. Ferreirós (Milladoiro) – Galician gaita, tambourine, oboe Nando Casal (Milladoiro) – Galician gaita, clarinet Ciaran Mordaunt – side drums (track 10) Andy Irvine – vocals, mandolin Paul Brady – vocals, mandolin, piano
References
External links
Record Label Catalogue 2009 Album Sleevenotes
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