Matt Molloy : "The Parting Of Friends / Lomanach Cross* / Gorman's / Mrs. Crehan's"

Matt Molloy plays the slow air, "The Parting Of Friends", followed by 3 traditional reels : "Lomanach Cross* / Gorman's / Mrs. Crehan's".
[ * also known as "Sean McGuire's" - PS thanks to Pierre Laily for pointing out that this reel is in "O'Neill's 1001" as "The Fourpenny Bit" [ # 757 ], so possibly the original title ].
PS - this is elsewhere on "KZbin", but I think this quality is slightly better.

[@teresarooney-kaymakci6771]

Have listened to Matt since I was a child, he is the best.

[@carleneroberts5670]

YES IDEED HE IS WONDERFUL

[@Ranxerox1911A1]

Makes me feel at home, missing my favorite pub.... Music and whiskey....

[@Lisnageeragh]

Matt always had a good solid tone , great fingers and knew how to combine them to good musical effect.

[@carleneroberts5670]

Matt Molloy BEST OF THE VERY BEST ❤🥰❤🥰

[@hailesupreme_]

Breathtakingly beautiful!

[@williefinn4932]

memorable air and lively reels. Matt is always excellent.

[@anonoymus7053]

wow what a legend , why can't we all turn away from worldly problems and hatred and turn to heavenly arts? Many don't have the heart to turn away from chaos like people like Matt do right here

[@JohnSmith-wo2fz]

Because we live in a fallen world, with evil all around us. If we turn away, it will ensnare us and steal our children's future.

[@theresaryan6440]

Pure bliss! Back in the 70's my husband shared a flat with Matt, Dave said he was as pure a gentleman as he was a pure musician! High praise from a man who doesn't praise easily!

[@jiltedjohn9294]

Spectacularly good

[@Theflowoflove]

Lovely to see him play. Thank you so much for uploading.

[@LuckyElephant3]

This is so beautiful 💖

[@SuperLovebug8]

Amazing just so beautiful

[@briancorrigan5746]

the parting of friends 💚

[@Anneplt2024]

ça me donne des frissons! C'est tellement magnifique!

[@rkgrant]

tout a fait d'accord...un grand maître de son genre de flute irlandais.

[@SuperLovebug8]

Happy st. Patrick's day 🍀💚🍀💚

[@reubenbolton933]

That bodhran player's fairly enjoying himself

[@jacquesbrouyer8687]

Great great music ...

[@davidowen7064]

Beautiful.

[@marydenes5299]

all great musice

[@doodeen]

The Master!!!

[@bobburnside5208]

Perfec !!!

[@RichardDCook]

This video is great because you can see Matt Molloy holding the flute in a fairly standard way, much like Boehm fluteplayers, but the other fluteplayer is using the so-called "piper's grip" or Low Whistle grip. What is the name of the other fluteplayer? You can also hear Matt's finger vibrato, and his throat vibrato on many notes.

[@douglashadden2172]

The other flute player is Cormac Breatnach, probably better known as a whistle player, and member of the the highly original trio "Deiseal", who recorded 2 CDs in the early / mid 1990s.

[@andrewlaverghetta715]

I like that you can hear the throat style vibrato too. I always hear about the finger vibrato over the throat, so I always feel like I shouldn't be doing it with anything other than finger, but it's just not really possible on some notes I suppose.

[@mrrick2315]

As a low whistle player after half year of playing Irish flute, still prefer the "piper's grip",it just feels comfortable than the standard flute fingering

[@skid-hw1ez]

✨😊👍🏻

[@geozaharia3715]

Muzica traditionala reflecta sufletul unui popor.

[@Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan]

Cool.

[@DalyahArani]

How excactly is this flute called if I'd like to buy one? Sorry... I've got no clue... just have an usual metal cross flute... But this one sounds soooo beautiful...

[@drewhoffmann3024]

it's called an Irish flute

[@douglashadden2172]

+DalyahArani - Matt Molloy plays a "simple-system" flute, of the type used to play classical music before Theobold Boehm developed his keyed system for flute. Metal "Boehm-system" flutes are almost universally played in orchestras and by solo players of classical music today. The "simple-system" flute is preferred by Irish musicians for playing their traditional dance music and airs, and Matt Molloy is one of its' leading exponents. There are several makers of "simple-system" flutes around the world today. 2 websites which might be of interest are "Chiff & Fipple", which has a section devoted to flute-playing in the Irish tradition, and also "thesession.org", which discusses mainly, but not exclusively, Irish traditional music, including flute playing and players. Hope this helps.

[@conormcdonagh5165]

DalyahArani his flute is either a grintor or an Allwell

[@DalyahArani]

@ DOUGLAS HADDEN & Conor McDonagh... Thank you very much for your answers guys. I appreciate it :)

[@PeterOzanne]

Hey Freija! I noticed your question, and I think the guy who answered was on the right track: but I think his spelling is off, which may have confused things. The first name is Grinter, ok, and the second name I think refers to Patrick Olwell, an American flute-maker whom I met in Leitrim.

[@ProfessorPeter]

Beautifull! Who is the bodhran player btw?

[@douglashadden2172]

Fella by the name of Damien Quinn.

[@pepperx96]

does somebody know in which key this flute is ?

[@PeterOzanne]

It's a normal D flute, I think: I just got my own and played along, it's definitely a D, as most flutes are. The only exception is that in the West of Ireland, in Connemara roughly speaking, a tradition has developed of playing things a semi-tone higher, so their flutes are often E flat. Also, you occasionally hear a lower flute, in B. Listen to another great Matt Molloy recording: "Shadows on Stone" - for which he uses a B. I did a lot of head-scratching, until I figured out why I couldn't play along. Then I went down to my workshop and made a B flute (in heavy bamboo as always), so that I could try to play along and learn some of the tunes!

[@pepperx96]

Thank you ! I just discover the same on my new Low D whistle. It is not exact the same as with a flute but I can play along =)

[@Kungen940127]

It is a D flute yes, meaning that the lowest tone it can make is a D. BUT the flute is tuned in C, that is if you were to play a written C the tone it makes would sound like a C.

[@rudallcarte580]

Hi At this time Matt was playing a Pratten Perfected ( 19th C English flute ) , Its a three piece as opposed to Rudall & Rose 4 piece flutes. The flute is in C a precursor to the Boehm flutes

[@pearsemorrow8056]

D

[@WildBoreWoodWind]

Aris le do thoil!

[@davidvincent380]

Wow that tremolo in this slow air is heavier than my mum

[@BB-pn2qv]

What was the name of this air?

[@douglashadden2172]

I posted it in the caption - "The Parting Of Friends", but I will edit the title.

[@BB-pn2qv]

@@douglashadden2172 oh thanks!