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    Faoiseamh: new compositions commissioned by The Rolling Wave on RTÉ Radio 1

    Faoiseamh 1, November 2020
    Faoiseamh 2, November 2021

    The Rolling Wave radio programme on RTÉ is presented and produced by fiddle player, Aoife Nic Cormaic. During the initial lockdown of 2020 the programme, in association with ITMA, commissioned 10 composers to write new tunes in a project called Faoiseamh. Initially the composers recorded the tunes on whatever devices they had in their homes, and these, along with interviews were broadcast in June and July of 2020. A further round of compostitions were commissioned in November 2021 and broadcast that December.

    As part of the series the tunes were published on the ITMA website with a full suite of learning resources.

    The tunes in this collection, along with interviews with the composers, were featured on two editions of The Rolling Wave radio programme. The first was broadcast on the 5 December 2021, and the second on the 12 December 2021.

    The Rolling Wave is presented and produced by Aoife Nic Cormaic.

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    An grianstad, slow air [comp. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh] ; The halting sun, reel [comp. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh] / Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, fiddle ; Manus Lunny, bouzouki

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    • An grianstad, slow air [comp. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh] ; The halting sun, reel [comp. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh] / Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, fiddle ; Manus Lunny, bouzouki

    • An páistín Fiach, waltz [comp. Johnny Óg Connolly] / Johnny Óg Connolly, accordion

    • An smólach, slow air [comp. Emer Mayock] / Emer Mayock, flute

    • An tUasal Ó Floinn [comp. Caitlín Nic Gabhann], jig ; Port Odhráin [comp. Caitlín Nic Gabhann], jig / Caitlín Nic Gabhann, concertina

    • Breithlá Bill [comp. Úna Ní Fhlannagáin], waltz ; Válsa an Ghrianstad [comp. Úna Ní Fhlannagáin], waltz / Úna Ní Fhlannagáin, harp

    • Day to day [comp. David Munnelly], air / David Munnelly, accordion ; Shane McGowan, guitar

    • Faoiseamh [comp. Bríd Harper], reel ; In ómós do na héisteoirí dílis [comp. Bríd Harper], barndance / Bríd Harper, fiddle

    • Give her the rest she's earned, hornpipe [comp. Tommy Fitzharris] / Tommy Fitzharris, concertina ; Colm Ó Caoimh, guitar

    • I'll meet you on a day that never ends, waltz ; The Ballinahulla butterfly, polka ; Tranquility in Tureencahill, polka / Bryan O'Leary ; Brian Mooney

    • Into a brighter day, hornpipe [comp. Josephine Marsh] / Josephine Marsh, accordion ; Andrew Kinsella, bouzouki

    • Mouse and shrew, planxty [comp. Liz Carroll] ; The flute friendly reel [comp. Liz Carroll] / Liz Carroll, fiddle ; Jake Charron, guitar

    • Spaisteoireacht [comp. Máire Breatnach], air / Máire Breatnach, fiddle

    • Tearmann, air and jig [comp. Eoin Dillon] / Eoin Dillon, uilleann pipes ; Anna Mary Donaghy, fiddle

    • The Bridge Mills [comp. Carl Hession], reel ; Nun's Island [comp. Carl Hession], reel ; University Road [comp. Carl Hession], reel / Tara Breen, fiddle ; Carl Hession, piano

    • The Cocoonery [comp. Fintan Vallely], jig ; The Chateau [comp. Fintan Vallely], jig / Fintan Valley, flute ; Caoimhín Vallely, piano

    • The glint in her eye, jig [comp. Edel Fox] ; An solas sa dorchadas, jig [comp. Edel Fox] / Edel Fox concertina; Caoimhín Ó Fearghail, greek bouzouki

    • The lockdown slip jig ; Coming out of lockdown, reel [sound recording] / Charlie Lennon, fiddle

    • The two metre hornpipe [comp. Connie O'Connell] / Connie O'Connell, fiddle ; Jack Talty, piano

    • Tigry's march [comp. Damien McGeehan] ; The kicking rascal [comp. Damien McGeehan], march / Damien McGeehan, fiddle

    • When the world stopped [comp. Joanie Madden], jig / Joanie Madden, whistle ; Gabriel Donohue, guitar

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