{"product_id":"celtic-classics-for-wind-orchestra-opt-solo-fiddle","title":"Celtic Classics — for Wind Orchestra \u0026 opt. Solo Fiddle (Score)","description":"\u003cp\u003e“I have seldom worked on a project with this much pleasure. It was a difficult task to choose from the abundance of traditional Irish folk music. By the time I had 16 minutes of music ready, it was time to finish the work – but I had plenty of material left for a follow-up!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis quote comes from the program notes for my piece \u003ci\u003eAt Kitty O'Shea's\u003c\/i\u003e. Three years later, I happily present the follow-up: \u003ci\u003eCeltic Classics\u003c\/i\u003e, another folk song suite based on the wildly inventive, foot stomping, irrepressible genre that is Irish music. In both works I try to carry on the tradition of composers like Percy Grainger, Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams, who all have created superb original repertoire for wind orchestra based on folk music, such as Grainger's \u003ci\u003eLincolnshire Posy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShepherd's Hey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMolly on the Shore\u003c\/i\u003e; Holst's \u003ci\u003eMoorside Suite\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSuites No. 1\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2\u003c\/i\u003e; and Vaughan Williams' \u003ci\u003eEnglish Folk Song Suite\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor \u003ci\u003eCeltic Classics\u003c\/i\u003e I have focused on the following songs and instrumental works:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \u003ci\u003eDown by the Sally Gardens (Gort na Saileán)\u003c\/i\u003e – After a poem by William Butler Yeats\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \u003ci\u003eGive me your hand (Tabhair Dom do Lámh)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \u003ci\u003eShe Moved Through The Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \u003ci\u003eTemple House \u0026amp; The Green Gates (Irish Reels)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e–Johan de Meij, New York, May 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amstel Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53473780498750,"sku":"04005098","price":51.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/1396\/9982\/files\/04005097-wl.jpg?v=1778670434","url":"https:\/\/themusiciansclub.net\/en-ca\/products\/celtic-classics-for-wind-orchestra-opt-solo-fiddle","provider":"The Musicians Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}