Organ and pipes sound fantastic together. Uilleann pipes are almost like a miniature organ anyway. The instruments are distant cousins from long ago, so to hear them being played together by young men is wonderfully magical. Thank you lads, that was more than brilliant
You do not have to believe me at all, but for me Tadhg, towards the end, quite unknowingly, strikes harmonies with Colm; which both of them strike, which are chords beyond the norm; and it breaks me in two pieces and my heart into a million, and anyone's with ears to hear, who has truly learned to listen! - These two can show us perfectly how notes can fight and blend; and take us beyond the stars, to heavens we never ever dreamt about!
At the third Sunday of Epìphany 2020, for me, this is utterly S+U+P+E+R+N+A+T+U+R+A+L !!! Tadhg and Colm brought the glorious music of our beloved Turlough O'Carolan to dazzling LIFE! ... Oh, My God, such MAGNIFICENCE! ... It makes me weep; I see the green misty mountains and all the Beauty of Ireland that blind Turlough was able to magically make so visible; even more than for folk with two healthy eyes!
OK, you needn't believe me; I can hear different harmonies coming to the fore every time I listen again to them!. Just WHAT have these two lads got in their power?
This is stunningly brilliant, a deep long ago sweet sad sound on the uilleann pipes perfectly matched with the playing of the organ, really great playing Joe and David. If I had my life to live all over again i would learn to play the uilleann pipes but I am as old as the Sun
The main similarity between the organ and the uilleann pipes is that you need at least one extra limb to play either of them properly..... Irish music, and Irish culture generally, are in good hands it seems. And very talented hands too!!
I'm sorry to say that my only contribution is to listen. When it comes to creating our music "bímse ar dímhaoin mar lúidín an phíobaire" - 'I'm as idle as the pinkie of the piper.'
Lovely job lads! Reminds me of Planxty (I grew up with the black album being played a lot) although I don't think they played this particular one of Carolan's
Have ye heard Liam Ó'Flynn's first solo album (1988) -- he does a cover of 'The Faery Queen' with harpsichord. (If not it's here on YT channel 'Irish Folk & Trad'). At first I thought it was O'Carolan as well, but by Purcell from roughly the same time
