Classical MPR's newest host, Andrea Blain, spent the last 33 years in Ireland, often steeped in that country's music.
She joins Learning to Listen to talk about Irish composers writing in a classical style, non-Irish composers using Irish melodies and what Irish composers in the 21st century are writing.
Playlist
Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Hickox
Chandos 9584
Hamilton Harty
Irish Symphony, 2nd mvmt "The Fair Day"
The Ulster Orchestra
Bryden Thomson
Chandos 6525
Turlough O'Carolan
Lady St. John and Denis O'Conor
Derek Bell, harp
Shanachie 79020
Turlough O'Carolan
O'Carolan's Concerto
Sean McGuire, fiddle
all media entertainment 5011
Handel, arr. DeDannan
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba to Galway
DeDannan
Hummingbird Records 20
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Pulse of an Irishman
Trio Fontenay
Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone
Philips 442784
arr. Philip Stopford
Be Thou My Vision
The Choirs of Belfast Cathedral
Philip Stopford, dir
Priory 826
Charles Stanford
Symphony No. 3 "Irish", 2nd mvmt
The Ulster Orchestra
Bryden Thomson
Chandos 6525
Shaun Davey
The Winter's End
Liam O'Flynn, Uilleann pipes
Studio Orchestra
Tara Records 3031
Philip Hammond
Miniatures and Modulations, "The Beardless Boy"
Michael McHale, piano
Grand Piano 702
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