Mary McCarthy - Piano and Accordian  
  
In Praise of Uist is Mary's latest CD
In praise of Uist:  Mary McCarthy
Solo Traditional Piano Album of Irish and Scottish Music


           Sample Tracks:
              1. "O mo dhuthaich"  -  O my Homeland
            14.  Mag's Chant
                             composed by Ruby Mackay from Orkney




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Scenes from a Mountain:  
Richard Ingham & Mary McCarthy


Music from Scotland, Serbia, Japan, Italy, USA & Ireland.
Saxophone, piano and accordian

      Sample Tracks:
       9. Concerto in C minor, Adagio - Benedetto Marcello
     18. Ceim ar Cheim -  Maria Lowry


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Scenes from a Mountain
In Praise of Uist
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 1 "O mo dhuthaich" - O my Homeland
 2 Crodh Chailean - Colin's Cattle (milking song)
 3 Cha Bhi mi gad thaladh (lullaby)
 4 Cuigeal na Maighdin - The Distaff of the Maiden (spinning song)
 5 Taladh ar Slanair - Christchild Lullaby
 


All the above from M.F. Shaw's "Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist"
With huge gratitude to Marjorie and Ronald Stevenson.
Except for "O mo dhuthaich", all others are hugely influenced by Ronald's wonderful "South Uist Folksong Suite".

 6 Lord Inchiquin, Fanny Power, Si Beag Si Mor (Carolan)
 7 Irish Air - Morrissey's Jig
 8 She Moved Through the Fair
 9 Buain na Rainidh - Cutting Bracken
10 Buain na Rainidh - Cutting Bracken (2nd version)
11 Dan O'Keefe's Slide 12/8
12 Port an Deorai - Bridge of Tears (slip jig 9/8) + a little extra
13 Paddy Fahy's jig
14 Mag's Chant, Mag's Chant (2nd version) - composed by Ruby Mackay from Orkney
15 Bonnie Benbecula, Bonnie Benbecula (2nd version)
  - composed by William MacDonald from Benbecula and given to me by piper Margaret Houlihan
16 Song from Skye - James Ross's harmonies mostly
17 Fly and Dodger - composed by Liz Caroll and given to me by Kristy Cotter, fiddler
18 Irish Song - heard years ago somewhere
19 Taimse im Chodladh - I am Asleep (another of the great old Irish ones)
20 Eiridh Suas mo Mhaire - Get up my Mary
21 Cliffs of Moher (Co. Claire) - 6/8 jig
22 Danny Boy
23 Cuigeal na Maighdin - 2nd version
24 Taladh ar Slanair - 2nd version
25 O mo dhuthaich - 2nd version
   
 
Scenes from a Mountain Close
 
  Concerto in C minor Benedetto Marcello
 1 Allegro moderato
 2 Adagio
 3 Allegro
   
 4 Sing, bird Takashi Yoshimatsu
   
 5 Continuum (Postscript 1997) Marilyn Shrude
   
  Three Scenes from a Mountain Neil Munro
 6 Moving aside the clouds to reveal the sun
 7 Fallen petals waiting for the broom
 8 Reining in the horse to watch the flowing stream
   
  Music from Serbia
 9 Lyric of the Athos Svetislav Bozic
10 Oro Miroslav Statkic
11 Balkan Dance Marko Tajevic
   
12 Nocturne for Novi Sad Edward McGuire
   
  Three Scots Fairy Tales Ronald Stevenson
13 The Piper  
14 The Harper  
15 The Fiddler  
   
16 Mags' Chant Ruby Mackay
   
17 Billie's Bounce Charlie Parker
   
18 Ceim ar Cheim Maria Lowry
     
 
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