''The Piper's Call'' is the fifth solo album by master uilleann piper and prominent Irish traditional musician

Liam O'Flynn Liam O'Flynn, Óg Flynn (, 15 September 1945 – 14 March 2018) was an Irish people, Irish Uilleann pipes, uilleann piper and Folk music of Ireland, Irish traditional musician. In addition to a solo career and as a member of Planxty, O'Flynn re ...

. Produced by

Arty McGlynn Arty McGlynn (7 August 1944 – 18 December 2019) was an Irish guitarist born in Omagh, County Tyrone. In addition to his solo work, he collaborated with different notable groups such as Patrick Street, Planxty, Four Men and a Dog, De Dannan ...

and Liam O'Flynn and recorded at

Windmill Lane Studios Windmill Lane Recording Studios (earlier Windmill Lane Studios) is a recording studio in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It was originally opened in 1978 by Brian Masterson and James Morris on Windmill Lane, and it subsequently relocated in ...

in Dublin, the album was released on CD as well as video in 1999. There was also a television programme which was shown on PBS in the US and TG4 in Ireland.

Critical response

The mature O'Flynn piping style is a refined and stately thing, and this meditative fifth solo album ''The Piper's Call'' sees him out with Mark Knopfler and Galician piper, Carlos Núñez; great session men, Matt Molloy, Sean Keane, the pacepushing Steve Cooney and Arty McGlynn; with Micheál Ó Súilleabháin and the Irish Chamber Orchestra thrown in on one track. As such, with little need of the chord-barps of the regulators, O'Flynn concentrates on his beautifully controlled chanter work. The best tunes kick up their heels a bit, like McKenna's Reels and The Humours of Carrigaholt, showing O'Flynn's authority on the pipes at its most gorgeously alert; wrestling with Núñez in the jig-like muineiras; or the madness of Keane's fiddle cutting across The Gold Ring. It has its own moods and humours, but like the pipes themselves, this album very much grows on you.

Track listing

# "The Humours of Kiltyclogher, Julia Clifford's" – 4:10 # "The Pleasures of Hope, Rick's Rambles" – 3:54 # "An Droichead (The Bridge)" – 3:38 # "Miss Admiral Gordon's Strathspey" – 2:47 # "Sliabh na mBan (The Women's Mountain)" – 4:52 # "The Drunken Landlady, McKenna's Reels" – 3:30 # "Muiñeira de Poio / Muiñeira de Ourense" – 3:28 # "Bean Dubh an Ghleanna (The Dark Woman of the Glen)" – 6:12 # "The Humours of Carrigaholt Set" – 5:29 # "The Gold Ring" – 3:52 # "Marcha de Breixo / Marcha de Lousame" – 5:54

Personnel

– uilleann pipes, whistle *

– guitar * Steve Cooney – guitar * Rod McVey – keyboards, harmonium * Liam Bradley – percussion *

Mark Knopfler Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is the one of the two members who stayed during the band's existence ...

– electric guitar * Seán Keane – fiddle *

Matt Molloy Matt Molloy (born 12 January 1947) is an Irish musician, from a region known for producing talented flautists. As a child, he began playing the flute and won the All-Ireland Flute Championship at nineteen. Considered one of the most brilliant ...

– flute * Carlos Núñez – gaita, ocarina, whistles *

Irish Chamber Orchestra The Irish Chamber Orchestra (ICO) is an Irish classical music ensemble, administratively based at the University of Limerick. János Fürst founded the ICO in 1963. The ICO consisted only of strings as its regular ensemble for many years, adding wi ...

– orchestra * Fionnuala Hunt – artistic director * Ian Dakin – horns * Fergus O'Carroll – horns * Micheál O'Súilleabháin – orchestral arrangement

References

External links

Record Label Catalogue 2010

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