Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,wschultz@nhpd.org Date: 05 Feb 04 - 10:45 AM I'm rather partial to Martin Carthy's McVeagh on his Right of Passage album |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: RichM Date: 05 Feb 04 - 03:50 AM "Frideray"played on "Magic and Mystery- Majestic Music from Scotland and Ireland" Also has been recorded by Battlefield Band. See this websight for list of tunes: http://sale-depot.co.uk/classical-music/item/B000002NP3/Magic,and,Mystery.html |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Cluin Date: 04 Feb 04 - 06:10 PM Loads of them here. I remember when this guy Phil Whittaker was requesting submissions on Usenet and several e-mail lists related to the subject. He asked a similar question. Personally, I like (in no particular order) Ashokan Farewell (Jay Ungar), If Ever You Were Mine (Maurice Lennon), Ross Memorial Hospital (Phil Cunningham), Mr & Mrs. MacLean of Snaigow (Dougie MacLean), The Osprey (Dougie MacLean), Miss Rowan Davies (Phil Cunningham), The Pearl (Phil Cunningham), Da Slockit Light (Tom Anderson), among others. And, though they're not modern, I'm quite partial to Niel Gow's "Farewell to Whiskey" and "Lament for the Death of His Second Wife". |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Tattie Bogle Date: 04 Feb 04 - 05:41 PM I always thought the Dark Isle was Rhum or Eigg! |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny Date: 04 Feb 04 - 10:48 AM Try out 'Air for Maurice Ogg' by (I think) Alistair Anderson. Mo was a star in the folk firmament of North Lincs/East Yorks/South Yorks before he was called to The Big Session In The Sky. Listen to it played from the heart by that Fine Son o'Scunny, Martin Simpson on his CD 'The Bramble Briar'. Bliss! Johnny :0) |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: moocowpoo Date: 04 Feb 04 - 10:35 AM how old is "the blackbird" ?? I don't know but it's my favourite!! |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Robin2 Date: 03 Feb 04 - 11:10 PM How about "Jim and Judy's wedding", by Jay Unger's brother, Larry? Also, "The Crested Hen" Robin2 |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Barry T Date: 03 Feb 04 - 08:52 PM It's Benbecula, Harpgirl. Here's a great url for some background on the composer and the tune... http://www.springthyme.co.uk/album22/22iainmcl.html - - - |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: harpgirl Date: 03 Feb 04 - 08:12 PM Where is "Dark Isle"? |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Tattie Bogle Date: 03 Feb 04 - 08:07 PM More from Ivan Drever and Duncan Chisholm: seeing the thread started with "The Leaving of Stoer": also try the "Rose of St Magnus" and "El Caballo Blanco", in fact most of the slow tracks on Duncan's 2 CDs, "Redpoint" and "Doors of the Saints". |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Compton Date: 03 Feb 04 - 07:24 PM ........Flowers of the Forest!! .....or "A Cider Drinkers farewell to his liver"! |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: The Borchester Echo Date: 31 Jan 04 - 07:20 AM Oh, very modern. It's only about 200 years since she died.... |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,Oryx Date: 31 Jan 04 - 06:06 AM Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife Floating Across from Skerry |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: The Borchester Echo Date: 31 Jan 04 - 04:27 AM Just played Ashoken's Farewell from the link above. It's quite a schmaltzy tune in 3/4 time that sounds like lots of others. Can a dance tune be a slow air? I still prefer Red Kites by John Spiers. It's supposed to be inspired by the birds which have been reintroduced to the Chiltern Hills to give drivers something to watch from M40 traffic jams. Actually, though, I think it comes from the beer of that name... |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Little Robyn Date: 31 Jan 04 - 03:58 AM I was going to add my vote for Ashokan Farewell and there in a Random Link at the top of the page right now is www.jayandmolly.com/ Very timely. Ashokan Farewell with all the details and a midi version on piano as well. Interesting chord progression too. It's still playing as I write this. Robyn |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,JTT Date: 31 Jan 04 - 03:08 AM Hmm. Went to saltfishforty.co.uk to have a listen, but while Goose Music is there, that track isn't sampled. Pity. Is The Bonnie Lass of Headlake modern? It feels kind of modern, but I only know it from hearing it on the CD of Cape Breton music recorded in Cork a few years ago. Fabulous heartscald of a tune. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Matt_R Date: 31 Jan 04 - 01:02 AM The Dark Isle DEFINITELY. I was just blasting it last night. I want it played at my funeral. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Sorcha Date: 30 Jan 04 - 09:36 PM I like Dark Island/Isle. And, it's not been 'around' as much as Ashoken Farewell. Pretty tired of that one, but it is pretty. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Compton Date: 30 Jan 04 - 07:04 PM It's been around a bit....but Dark Island ?? ......Christmas Day in the Morning..or is that not slow enough? |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: mooman Date: 30 Jan 04 - 06:37 PM For me... Phil Cunninghams's "Farewell to Govan" Peace moo |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Sorcha Date: 30 Jan 04 - 02:02 PM Air For the Island/Kent Fiddy Prairie Spring/Jay Ungar |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,Guest - Queen of Caber Date: 30 Jan 04 - 01:49 PM ALTAN - An Feochan ( the gentle wind ) Modern well, they put it on albums in the 90's, whether they wrote it or not, I do not know. Moving and stirring! |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 18 Jul 03 - 08:06 AM It occures to me, that if somebody was looking for material for an album of modern slow airs, this thread would be a great place to start. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,forty two Date: 18 Jul 03 - 04:50 AM Was in Orkney for the folk festival this year and heard Douglas Montgomery of a band called Saltfishforty from the Orkney Islands play an air in a session called Watersound Shore. It was written by someone called F Gray and is on their new CD Goosemusic. Someone mentioned Inis Oirr (Innisheer) above - a lovely tune. What I liked about Watersound Shore is that it is unpredictable and suddenly shoots off in a direction you don't expect; it keeps your interest while still being a beautiful tune. I am not getting paid for promoting Saltfishforty but their CD is good!!! |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Barry T Date: 18 Jul 03 - 12:28 AM I'll second Ebbie's suggestion of 'Lament For The Death Of the Reverend Archie Beaton' ...but to keep the list growing I'll also propose Eileen Ivers' 'Bygone Days'. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Brían Date: 17 Jul 03 - 10:13 PM Inisheer is pretty nice for a contemporary tune. La Bottine Souriante does some real nice slow tunes-HOMMAGE Á PHILIPPE BRUNEAU I think is one and another is Le rêve du quêteux Tremblay. Brían |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: smallpiper Date: 17 Jul 03 - 09:41 PM Its a slow tune! end of story |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,Q Date: 17 Jul 03 - 09:00 PM Why put on airs and make it complicated? An air is simply a tune or melody. Webster's Collegiate- 3a: TUNE, MELODY. Then it goes on to b. definition with regard to Elizabethan and Jacobean music, and c. the chief voice part or melody in choral music. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Sorcha Date: 17 Jul 03 - 06:50 PM To me, 'air' means slow as opposed to a jig, reel, etc. Often in 3 but sometimes in 4. Also, usually something sad about it like the C natural in Ashoken but not always. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: TheBigPinkLad Date: 17 Jul 03 - 06:05 PM PoppaGator ... you're right of course. Common understanding often drifts from the definition. I was once asked to dance to a slow song (Lady in Red)at the end of the night and my partner told me she 'just loved waltzes.' |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: PoppaGator Date: 17 Jul 03 - 05:57 PM I need more info than the OED provides to understand what *this group* means by an "air," as opposed to a song or ballad or isntrumental piece or whatever else -- and I suspect the MMario (a pretty knowledgable fellow) does as well. I know that an "air" means a tune or melody, but it seems that a more limited and more precise meaning is being used here. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: TheBigPinkLad Date: 17 Jul 03 - 05:13 PM Someone asked ... the Oxford defines 'air' as N.(Mus) Melody, tune, esp., in harmonized composition, prominant (usu. soprano) part. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,M Date: 17 Jul 03 - 05:09 PM Definitely Red Kites, written and played by John Spiers. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: fogie Date: 17 Jul 03 - 08:49 AM I like Ciel d'Automne by Bottine Souriante, and Winter's end ?by Sean Davy played by Liam O'Flynn. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,anais Date: 16 Jul 03 - 09:12 PM oliver schroer's "far away by the sea" as played by himself |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Bassic Date: 16 Jul 03 - 06:00 PM A Phill Cunningham tune I love to play on the Cello, "Ross Memorial Hospital". |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 16 Jul 03 - 05:31 PM Since Ashoken's already gotten two votes, here's one for another Jay Unger tune, "Lovers' Waltz". |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Ebbie Date: 16 Jul 03 - 05:23 PM 'Lament For The Death Of the Reverend Archie Beaton.' One of my very favorites. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST Date: 16 Jul 03 - 05:20 PM Leaving Friday Harbour by John McCusker |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: The Borchester Echo Date: 16 Jul 03 - 05:16 PM Red Kites by John Spiers. (Through & Through) |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: Sorcha Date: 16 Jul 03 - 04:56 PM Add Teelin Bay Waltz to George's list. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: John Routledge Date: 16 Jul 03 - 03:06 PM "Lament for Ian Dickson" played on Northumbrian Smallpipes. Written by Anthony Robb for a friend who died tragically young. |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,Q Date: 16 Jul 03 - 02:48 PM Echo George Seto on "Ashokan Farewell." |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: zanderfish3 (inactive) Date: 16 Jul 03 - 02:43 PM Tom Anderson's other well known air ' Da old Restin Chair ' |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,MMario Date: 16 Jul 03 - 01:58 PM what do you define as an "air" - and how does that differ from a "slow air"? |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: GUEST,weerover Date: 16 Jul 03 - 01:53 PM The Dying Year as played by Aly Bain |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: treewind Date: 16 Jul 03 - 01:09 PM Lindisfarne (Matt Seattle) |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: smallpiper Date: 16 Jul 03 - 12:54 PM Oakleys; 2nd of May and Abbeyfeale |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 16 Jul 03 - 12:43 PM Ashokan Farewell |
Subject: RE: The most beautiful modern slow air From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 16 Jul 03 - 12:41 PM If Ever You Were Mine |
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