RTÉ Radio Player – Oct 25th
Listen back to Sunday Miscellany from Ballyshannon:
The written contributions were: –
What Emily Wore By Nuala Ní Chonchúir
The Ballyshannon Born Bluesman by Dave McHugh
An Culaith Úr a poem by Colette Ní Ghallchóir
In Times of Boybands by Denise Blake
From Glenties to Fall River by Frank Galligan
Music:
‘The Syrinx’ by Debussy played on flute by Amy Gillen.
‘As the Crow Flies’ by Rory Gallagher performed by Seamie O’Dowd
The slow air ‘Mo Shean Dhún na nGall’ was played by Aidan O’Donnell and Danny Meehan on fiddles
A reel called ‘The Hurricane’ by the Scottish composer James Scott Skinner.
‘Maybe’ a song written and performed by The Henry Girls
An excerpt from ‘Concerto in D major for flute’ by Cécile Chaminade, played by Amy Gillen.
And we’ll hear the 2nd half of that event in Ballyshannon next Sunday morning at the same time.
This week’s programme was recorded recently in the Abbey Arts Centre in Ballyshannon as part of the Donegal Bay and Blue Stacks Festival 2015, supported by the Sandhouse Hotel, Rossnowlagh and Donegal Arts Office.