Recorded and mixed by Donogh Hennessy at StudioMhic an Daill;
Mastered by Jürgen Treyz at artes Musikprduktion;
Cover photography by Michael Meade;
Design by Abigail Dillon at Little Bird Design

Musicians

Aisling Lyons: harp, concertina;
Seán Kelliher: guitar, banjo, mandolin;
Rebecca McCarthy Kent: fiddle, viola, piano;
Simon Pfisterer: uilleann pipes, whistles

with guests
Róisín Ryan: vocals [3, 8]
Trevor Hutchinson: double bass
Dermot Sheedy: bodhrán

Tracks

1. Singing Stream / Gortavale Rock reels (3.00)
2. Local Hero (3.57)
3. I Wish I Had Someone to Love Me (Roud 767) (4.25)
4. Fancy a Few Jigs: The Cordal Jig McIntyre’s Fancy The Mouse in the Kitchen jigs (4.42)
5. Frenzy: Áine’s / Through the Roof polka / Frenzy (5.39)
6. Not What It Seems (4.53)
7. New Year’s Day: Cover Confusion jig / New Year’s Day reel (3.38)
8. The Island (3.45)
9. Rosewood: Trip to Pocahontas / Rosewood slip jigs (5.04)
10. Farewell / Jig / John Stenson’s reel (4.54)

Track 1a Niall Vallely;
Track 1b Cathal Hayden;
Track 2 Mark Knopfler;
Tracks 3, 4abc, 10c trad.;
Tracks 5a, 7b, 9a Rebecca McCarthy Kent;
Track 5b Aisling Lyons;
Track 5c Breanndán Begley;
Tracks 6, 7a, 9b Seán Kelliher;
Track 8 Angus Macphail, Robert Robertson (Skipinnish);
Track 10a Franzi Müller;
Track 10b Stephen Doherty

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jürgen Treyz at artes Musikprduktion;
Artwork, design and layout by Sebastian Dorn

Musicians

Simon Pfisterer: uilleann pipes

with
Susan Nì Cholmáin: concertina [3, 10-12];
Seán Kelliher: guitar [1-2, 6, 8, 10, 12];
Sylvain Pourtier: fiddle [3, 5-7, 12];
Lucia Wagner: fiddle [5, 7, 9, 11], piano [3, 12]

Tracks

1. Upstairs in a Tent: Lillies in the Field / Upstairs in a Tent reels (2.25)
2. Trip to Athlone: Trip to Athlone / House in the Glen jigs (3.33)
3. The Walking Stick: Johnny Doherty’s / The Walking Stick mazurkas (3.36)
4. May Morning Dew: May Morning Dew air / Johnny Henry’s / The Streetplayer reels (7.06)
5. B Slip Jigs: The Blackhaired Lass / The First Slip / James Byrne’s slip jigs (3.56)
6. King of the Pipers: King of the Pipers / Scatter the Mud / Patsy Geary’s jigs (4.15)
7. B Reels: Boys of the Lough / Copperplate / Virginia reels (5.02)
8. Health to the Ladies: Up Sligo / Health to the Ladies / The Connaghtman’s Rambles jigs (4.33)
9. Bagpipers: Bagpipers schottische / Lord Hill’s Quickstep quickstep (5.43)
10. Ormon Sound: Ormon Sound / Farewell to Connaught / Colonel Fraser reels (6.07)
11. Laments: Lament for Eoghan Ruadh O’Neill air / Lord Galway’s Lament march (7.40)
12. The Oak Tree: Highlevel Hornpipe / Byrne’s hornpipes / The Oak Tree reel (6.14)

All tracks trad. except
Track 3b Tommy Peoples;
Track 4c Ed Reavy;
Track 9a W. Mittel’s MS, New Romney, Kent, 1799);
Track 9b Richard Hughes MS, Whitchurch, Shropshire, 1823);
Track 10a Paddy O’Brien;
Tracks 11ab Turlough O’Carolan;
Track12a James Hill / Lad O’Beirne

Recorded by Simon Pfisterer, Marco Ambrosini (harpsichord at Studio Katharco), Jens Kommnick (guitar, bouzouki), Marie Delorme (hurdy-gurdy);
Mixed and mastered by Michael Peter Vereno;
Artwork, design and layout by Sebastian Dorn

Musicians

Simon Pfisterer: uilleann pipes

with
Susan Nì Cholmáin: concertina [2, 7];
Lucia Wagner: viola [3, 11], double bass [15], soprano saxophone [15];
Tobie Miller: hurdy-gurdy [6];
Anna Barbara Wagner: viola da gamba [3];
Lukas Scheurer: bass clarinet [2, 7], piano [12];
Michael Vereno: Bohemian bagpipes [11];
Jens Kommnick: guitar [13, 15], bouzouki [15];
Eva-Maria Rusche: harpsichord [3, 10]

Tracks

1. Also sprach Zarathustra [Richard Strauß, op 30, 1896] (1.38)
2. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme [Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 130, 1731] (2.47)
3. Concerto for Four Violins in B minor [Antonio Vivaldi, op 3 No. 10, RV 580, 1711] (4.12)
4. Kontratanz Nr 4 [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, KV 267/271c, 1777] (4.05)
5. O magnum mysterium [Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1752] (3.50)
6. Two menuets from “Die Bauernhochzeit” [Leopold Mozart, ca. 1755] (3.40)
7. Fugue on G minor [Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 578, 1703-1707] (3.29)
8. Lascia ch’io pianga [Georg Friedrich Händel, HWV 7a, 1711] (2.11)
9. Bourrée in E minor [Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 996, 1708-1717] (2.03)
10. Sonate in F [Georg Friedrich Händel, HWV 370, op 1 No. 12, 1732] (2.24)
11. Alpara, Rußbacher Tänze [trad. Austria, MS Thomas Braun, Sonnleitner Collection, 1819] (5.00)
12. Csárdás [Vittorio Monti, 1904] (4.51)
13. Indifférence [Tony Murena (and Joseph Colombo), 1942] (3.17)
14. Abendlied [Josef Rheinberger, op 69 Nr. 3, 1855] (2.52)
15. Super Mario [Koji Kondo, 1985] (3.03)
16. 4’33” [John Cage, 1952] (4.33)