Liam O'Flynn.
Master Irish piper Liam O'Flynn entranced
us with two performances, firstly on the opening night , when he performed
" The Voyage of The Brendan " with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. This
was pleasant , if not spectacular. To be honest, its not exactly a particularly
memorable piece, but it worked much more successfully then Guo Yue's performance
with the Orchestra at the last festival. There were some minor problems
with the mix, trying to mic up a big orchestra for an outdoor show is always
tricky, but these were soon sorted out and we did enjoy the rare spectacle
of seeing one of the world's best pipers play with our excellent
orchestra. .
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I've thrown in this long shot because it shows myself and Ian watching
this show. We are in the centre in the first row .I'm wearing the top with
stripes next to the girl with pigtails and Ian is the dude with the camera
strap across his back to my right.
I saw Liam at his solo performance on Sunday and he played a 40
minute set designed to melt the heart. He was concerned about the affect
of the heat on his pipes-( he had a fan or two aimed at them to cool them
down, ) but it did not seem to cause a problem, as he flew away into the
stratosphere with his traditional tunes . No photos of that show unfortunately
, but these will give an idea of the orchestral gig. Hopefully the ABC
may broadcast the Brendan show in the near future ,as they recorded many
of the performances from the main stages. |
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