Piper's Choice 2

On this recording, three masters of the uilleann pipes play favourite pieces for the instrument, and explain their approach to the pipes and to the music, giving viewers an insight into the processes of choice and necessity that bring great piping into existence.

Emmett Gill 1. Hennessy’s / The Leitrim Fancy (Hornpipes) 2. The Green Fields of America / The Cook in the Kitchen (Jigs) 3. Mrs Galvin’s / The Merry Harriers (Reels) 4. Lord Mayo (Air) 5. The Garden of Daisies (Set Dance) 6. The Gardener’s Daughter / Snow on the Hills (Reels)

Mick O’Brien 7. The May Morning Dew / Sporting Nell (Air/Reel) 8. When Sick is it Tea you want / An Buachaill Dreoite (Jigs) 9. The Ladies’ Cup of Tea / Un-named / The Heather Breeze (Reels) 10. The Conneries / The Maid in the Cherry Tree (Air/Reel) 11. Child of my Heart / The Girl of the Big House (Jigs) 12. Sporting Molly / Jenny Picking Cockles / The Connacht Heifers (Reels)

Jimmy O’Brien-Moran 13. The Pure Drop / The Flax in Bloom (Reels) 14. The Ace & Deuce of Piping (Set Dance) 15. A Kiss in the Shelter / Na Ceannabháin Bhána (Slip Jigs) 16. An Buachaill Caol Dubh (Air) 17. Willie Clancy’s / John Kelly’s (Flings) 18. All the Way to Galway / The Lasses of Farmhill (Reels)