I'm not sure that Johnny McCarthy is as well known as he deserves to be, so here's a clip of him playing an air, "The Soaring Kestrel". He made a CD with keyboards player Pat Crowley, which was all original compositions, and was released in 1999. I've just found out that you can download it through "iTunes" for £4.99, which is a good deal for a fine collection of tunes, played with great style on flute and fiddle.
https://youtu.be/Up0Cu5xenoA
Johnny McCarthy - "The Soaring Kestrel"
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Johnny McCarthy - "The Soaring Kestrel"
"There's fast music and there's lively music. People don't always know the difference"
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Re: Johnny McCarthy - "The Soaring Kestrel"
That's really beautiful. Thanks.
Any idea what the make of his flute is?
Any idea what the make of his flute is?
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Re: Johnny McCarthy - "The Soaring Kestrel"
it looks like a Hamilton Pratten to me.Any idea what the make of his flute is?
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Stefan
Re: Johnny McCarthy - "The Soaring Kestrel"
Lovely tune, fine performance. Thanks
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Re: Johnny McCarthy - "The Soaring Kestrel"
looks like an original Boosey Pratten Perfected flute
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Re: Johnny McCarthy - "The Soaring Kestrel"
There was a request for the sheet-music for this on "thesession.org", kindly supplied by contributer "toppish" - see link below :
https://thesession.org/tunes/14448#setting26543
https://thesession.org/tunes/14448#setting26543
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Re: Johnny McCarthy - "The Soaring Kestrel"
Coincidentally, I just came across this :
https://youtu.be/gbHpkTH1lsc
John Creedon makes a fair attempt at learning the flute from scratch in 6 months, and I'd say does pretty well.
He plays "The Soaring Kestrel" from about 35 mins in.
https://youtu.be/gbHpkTH1lsc
John Creedon makes a fair attempt at learning the flute from scratch in 6 months, and I'd say does pretty well.
He plays "The Soaring Kestrel" from about 35 mins in.
"There's fast music and there's lively music. People don't always know the difference"