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‘Into a brighter day’ was written at the beginning of the ‘Lockdown’ 2020.
The tune for me reflects the range of emotions that I, and I’m sure many people around the world felt during this very unsettling time in our history.
The title came about from reading a verse in a memoriam card I found of the late Tom Carey the concertina player from Leitrim in Cree, Co Clare. Tom and I played a lot together when I moved to West Clare in 2003, and we went on to become great friends as well as musical companions.
Note: This tune was written in G minor, and this is the key of the learning resources. The track recorded for broadcast on RTÉ was played in a different key so that Josephine could record it with her son, Andrew.
