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Mary Ann Kennedy - Ireland Centenary and tribute to Menuhin

Mary Ann Kennedy with new music from across the globe, plus a double centenary: an Irish sean-nós session to mark a hundred years of Irish culture, and a celebration of the collaboration between Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin, who was born a hundred years ago.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

    Do chuirfinnse fein mo leanbh a chodladh

    Performer: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Performer: François Lazarevitch. Performer: Robert Getchell.
    • The High Road to Kilkenny.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 11.
  • Frankie Gavin and Malachy Bourke

    The Master’s Return - Dillon Brown - My Love Is Fair And Handsome

    • A Tribute to Paddy Killoran.
    • Ergodos.
    • 13.
  • Nuala Kennedy

    Glen Where The Deer Is - The Ivy Leaf - Dublin Lasses Reels

    • Behave the Bravest.
    • Under the Arch Records.
    • 7.
  • Jarlath Henderson

    Ye Rambling Boys of Pleasure

    • Hearts Broken, Heads Turned.
    • Bellows Records.
    • 4.
  • Bellowhead

    Gosport Nancy

    • Bellowhead Live – the Farewell Tour.
    • Navigator.
    • 13.
  • Josie Nugent

    Slip Jigs: A Cambridge Cycle / Chesterton Meadows / The Warkworth House Tea Part

    • Modal Citizen.
    • Josie Brian Music.
    • 1.
  • Erik Rydvall with Olav Luksengard Mjelva

    Storebraten

    • Vardroppar.
    • Heilo.
    • 2.
  • brid ni mhaoilchiarain

    Amhran mhainse

  • mattie ó flatharta

    Bothrín an lochaín

  • Ali Akbar Khan

    Introduction and Morning Raga: Sind Bhairavi

    Performer: Shirish Gor.
    • Music of India.
    • HMV.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004 - Chaconne

    Performer: Yehudi Menuhin.
    • The Menuhin Century: The Historic Recordings.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Trad

    Raga Jog (remaster from mono)

    Performer: Pradjot Sen.
    • Three Ragas.
    • Angel Records.
    • 1.
  • Ravi Shankar

    Rafa Piloo

    Performer: Ravi Shankar. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: Alla Rakha.
    • West meets East 2.
    • Angel Records.
  • mattie ó flatharta

    Johnny seoighe

  • brid ní mhaoilchiaráin

    Casadh an tSúgáin

  • Chicha Roja

    La Yegros feat. Gustavo Santaolalla

    • Magnetismo.
    • Soundway Records.
  • 9Bach

    Ifan

    • Anian.
    • Realworld Records.
    • 4.
  • Kel Assouf

    Tikounen

    • Tikounen.
    • Tikounen.
    • 2.
  • Djélimady Tounkara

    Diamana Mara Manssa

    • Djely Blues.
    • Label Bleu.
    • 16.
  • Blind Willie Johnson

    It’s nobody’s fault but mine

    • Rough Guide to Bottleneck Blues.
    • World Music Network.
    • 1.
  • Eric Bibb and the North Country Fair

    Toolin’ down the Road

    • The Happiest Man in the World.
    • Dixiefrog.
    • 2.
  • Bobby Michot

    Elle m a Oublie

    • Lousiane Musique Cajun.
    • Sunset-France.
    • 2.
  • Claire Hastings

    The Bothy Lads

    • Between River and Railway.
    • Luckenbooth Records.
    • 2.
  • John McCusker

    Calendar Boys

    • Hello, goodbye.
    • Under One Sky Records.
    • 1.
  • Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

    O Neills Riding Barrack Hill

    Performer: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Performer: François Lazarevitch. Performer: Robert Getchell.
    • The High Road to Kilkenny.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 14.

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  • Fri 15 Apr 201623:00

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