Geantrai TG4: Flute players from Clare + Noel Hill

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:23 am

Hi All,
This week's Geantrai features flute players like Peadar O'Loughlin, Kevin Crawford, and Gary Shannon. Also includes Noel Hill and Maeve Donnelly.

http://www.tg4.ie/Bearla/Webt/webt.htm

The O'Loughlin Donnelly duet is especially worth catching IMO.

BrendanB · Post by **BrendanB** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:00 pm

The set with James Cullinane, Mick Leahy and Kevin Crawford is also great.

dyersituations · Post by **dyersituations** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:37 pm

Thanks for letting us know. I'm watching it right now, and it's great. It's great that they put the programs online for us not in Ireland.

-Casey

treeshark · Post by **treeshark** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:40 pm

A great flutey feast, Gary Shannon has a hell of a way to hold a flute!

RonKiley · Post by **RonKiley** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:57 pm

After watching that I can only say, How does he do that?

Ron

kkrell · Post by **kkrell** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:42 pm

I only wish I COULD watch it. It claims not to be able to open the Windows Media Player. Wonder what it's irked about.

Kevin Krell

Fluteman · Post by **Fluteman** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:49 pm

Gary Shannonn is a great player, but I wonder if he'll have neck problems a few years down the road.

Is it my imagination or do a lot of lefted handers play into their shoulders?

Allan

lixnaw · Post by **lixnaw** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:20 pm

Fluteman wrote:
Is it my imagination or do a lot of lefted handers play into their shoulders?

Allan

I've seen Catherine Mc Evoy doing the same.

Flutered · Post by **Flutered** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:53 am

I see that Gary plays with a kinda piper's grip on the top hand with the thumb underneath. Maybe he uses the shoulder to relieve some of the strain that builds up in the thumb?
I've had a bit of an injury that has prevented me from travelling into my local session this past couple of months. So whilst I was playing flute with a piper's grip on both hands - I've taken opportunity to try the 'normal' grip and it has certainly taken the strain off the thumb. Been a case of 'going backwards to go forwards' I think but who knows. The hardest thing I find is the Cnat as I used to half hole this before - much harder to do this for me with 'normal' grip, so I'm cross fingering which is less intuitive for me. Those Cnat B Cnat passages, I can't quite get the sort of slurring effect that I could with the piper's by just peeling off a finger a touch. But sure, what the hell!

treeshark · Post by **treeshark** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:19 am

Apparently Gary tells his students not to copy his grip!

I think there might be a gap in the market for a flute holder, after all harmonica playing guitarist have a doodad to free up their hands!

RudallRose · Post by **RudallRose** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:01 pm

who is the older fellow playing flute with the lady fiddler?

looks like he's playing a Rudall, though the ring on the foot joint is what's throwing me.

anyone?

treeshark · Post by **treeshark** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:12 pm

It's Peadar O'Loughlin, The album with the same two is called "The Thing Itself" One of my favourites.

RudallRose · Post by **RudallRose** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:22 pm

Nice! I'll have to find it.

anyone know if Peadar plays a Rudall?

and.....
how does anyone download and save these tv4 programs?
they're terrific!

dm

Steampacket · Post by **Steampacket** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:58 am

Check out:

http://all-streaming-media.com/record-v ... ftware.htm

or you can buy the programs for 30 euros each from TG4

pixyy · Post by **pixyy** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:59 am

Steampacket wrote:...
or you can buy the programs for 30 euros each from TG4

TG4's web TV is a really great resource - I do wish the sound quality was a bit better :sulk:

At that price they'd better be dvd quality rather than a tiny window with iffy sound. Do you know what format they sell the programs in?

cheers,
Jeroen