Carolan's Gift - A Tribute To The Legendary Irish Bard

(December 2002)

The gentle lilting tunes of Turlough O'Carolan, one of Ireland's greatest ever harper/composers, who lived from 1670-1738.

O'Carolan composed over 200 melodies which seamlessly pull together the threads of the chamber music style and the indigenous folk style.

Musicians from the Maggie's Music label here romp their mannerly way through jigs, laments, and elegant baroque-style melodies, on Celtic Harp, Irish flute, hammered dulcimer, guitar, piano, viola da gamba and fiddle. Gentle, melodic and vibrant.