The Chieftains - Matt Molloy Medley

Montreux 1997
Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire's!

[@JohninRosc]

People clapping along to a flute solo from an expert - Jesus wept!

[@nagui4416]

i am from tunisia and i liiike matt molloy and the irish music

[@briancorrigan5746]

An absolute master of his craft

[@carleneroberts5670]

Matt Molloy A musical genius

[@douglashadden2172]

Wonderful playing. 3 tunes, there - the traditional slip-jig, "A Fig For A Kiss", followed by 2 reels, "The Moving Cloud", and "Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire's". "The Moving Cloud" is a composition of fiddle player Neilidh Boyle, and the last tune was composed by accordion player Martin Mulhaire, and named in honour of his wife, Carmel.

[@philruane5910]

Thank you

[@Gedagnors]

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!

[@geniflute]

Thank you

[@MrGaultier68]

Absolutely wonderful.

[@carlenejenniferroberts8348]

Moveing to Northern Ireland ASAP with my best friend Sharon so we can visit Westport Matt Molloys Pub ! That's not the only reason !!! S ha lived in Southern Ireland 🇮🇪 and loves it ....I. trying to help her...)

[@marydonohoe8200]

A slip jig to open Matt’s medley! Boyo, James Galway has nothing on you. (I also love your pub in Westport!)

[@radharcanna]

By moving away from the mic several times, he was trying to give the clappers a subtle hint. This clapping craze comes from Hollywood films like 'Titanic', where people are seen clapping wildly and dancing madly whenever Irish music plays. You can't really hear the music if you're clapping along.

[@Wafaloo]

That's actually a really good trick moving away from the mic like that. I'll have to remember that the next time I'm in front of a rowdy crowd.

[@radharcanna]

Wafaloo At Planxty concerts, the sound engineer used to turn the volume way down when people started clapping. They soon got the message!

[@andrewlaverghetta715]

I'm sure the clapping began much much before Hollywood films, or any films, for that matter.

[@cahillgreg]

@@andrewlaverghetta715 exactly - the Ó Domhnaill lad is a tad imaginative

[@jiltedjohn9294]

Outstanding and brilliant

[@carleneroberts5670]

I have all his CDs and all the chieftains to ❤❤❤

[@philruane5575]

So beautiful

[@RobinMgp]

Love the guy going SHHH at 1:35 :P

[@alexlarkin7557]

Yeah I've been listening to this for ages and never noticed that before

[@CarleneRkberts-bk6ut]

Wonderful Matt Molloy🥰🥰🥰🥰🥲

[@carlenejenniferroberts8348]

Musical genius ❤

[@Gedagnors]

Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!

[@loilasea]

Love it

[@CarleneRkberts-bk6ut]

IVE GOT THIS ON C.D.🥰 I LOVE IT 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥲

[@lachmeneger]

I see many here who do not understand what it means to play from the heart, it is quite different then being bound to the rules of Bach or rhythm. It's power and fluid, ebb and flow is the feeling. Feeling that the audience genuinely enjoys what you play, compels you, tickles you, to lose yourself into this ebb and flow, to this play, to this dance of feelings inside you which comes out into a melody of the flute. Don't believe me? Look at his eyes. Straight down, meaning that he is focusing on feelings. Also see how his body starts to move with the audience when they begin to clap, music isn't some achievement-status-game to all. To some, it is something you do for enjoyment and is truly, when you know that those around you enjoy the very exact same thing, a magical sense of unity.

[@d.r.9888]

As a flute player, I must disagree. There are other ways for the audience to show they enjoy the music (dancing, clapping at the end, saying whoo! when going to another tune ...) In my experience clapping during a tune has a 90% fail rate unless the audience is full of experienced musicians.

[@lachmeneger]

@@d.r.9888 maybe you are a classist player? Folk music is all about the vibe.

[@d.r.9888]

@@lachmeneger I play folk music only, I know about the vibe :) still I can't stand clapping

[@marydonohoe8200]

Very Irish, the response of the people and then of the musician. But many cultures respond and converse this way. It’s just a universal, blessed conversation.

[@tonymolloy6165]

@@d.r.9888 You're definitely not irish then. But it takes all kinds. We like to take part in the music, it's from our pub culture, and irish musicians really appreciate it.

[@SaracinoFlutes]

The problem is that when you go from a slow tune to a faster one, you are looking to gradually increase the speed in the first few seconds, but people get excited and start clapping before you reach the final tempo, which is exactly what happens in this clip...

[@drewaitken9601]

... and many times alcohol

[@rudallcarte580]

Back when he was still playing a Boosey Pratten ( 19th C Flute )

[@philruane5910]

Last time in Matt Molloys pub in Westport, we go to Hobans too, i was with my darling wife, Ann n George from nr Castlebar…cousins

[@LuisMunoz-cy2lg]

increibleeee

[@renderizer01]

I thought the tempo was a wee bit too fast, driven by the clapping of the audience. Still mesmerising playing by Matt. After the video I just had to put on his Heathery Breeze album, one of my all time favourite Matt Molly recordings, which, incidentally, starts with The Moving Cloud, the second the tune he plays here (after A Fig For A Kiss; don't know the name of the second reel, though.)

[@philruane5575]

Matt Molloy

[@montychiton]

The thing is that Matt plays quite fast, but there is still a lot going on in his music; whereas some play just the notes very fast and forget (or cannot) give meaning to the music...

[@leftyodoul]

if the people were really tuned into the "spirit" of the music they wouldn't have driven the tempo to stupidity with their clapping….great playing by Matt despite having the equivalent of a great dancer endure gunfire aimed at his feet

[@briancorrigan5746]

Completely disagree with you there. I think it's the height of the music when everyone joins in

[@ukinguking7013]

Well most of them are frenchies (i m part of them) who don t know quite well the irish music but love it without having a clue of the subtilities behind it. It is part of the discover that the Chieftains helped to share to the world. Now it change...especially for those who play and went to Ireland and had the luck to shake hand with Matt Molloy in his own pub in Westport.

[@c47force15]

He will be well used to it and able to work with it.

[@msikio]

Mighty flute playing. Terrible clapping.

[@philruane5575]

Truly beautiful . Does anyone have any David Morris-Roe from Ballaghdereen, Co.Roscommon area ? Me dad said he was a master like Matt

[@pablocianain]

Dave was a natural talent and very good alright. Don't think he was ever recorded sadly but he was well known in the 80s for renditions of the carracastle lass and pigeon on the gate.

[@conanmcdonnell7390]

Ok fair enough it's hard to blame them if they want to clap, blood rising and all that, but most of them have cloth ears.

[@philruane5575]

Found a €20 note outside his pub in Westport a few year back.

[@bertoldriesenteil1430]

It belongs to me. I have been looking for it ever since. I will send you my bank account details. I also accept VISA.

[@ScotOMuilleora]

Quit the feckin clapping, folks.

[@philruane5575]

Two flutes

[@ianjperry6772]

No, It doesnt. But the people In the Audience think it does. People like to get into the spirit of the music, That was All I was Saying.

[@SpielinWhelan]

Audiences..........

[@SaracinoFlutes]

How hard is it to understand that you should clap only at the end??

[@andrewlaverghetta715]

Oh Lord, kick this guy out the pub lol

[@Nicolae_Mew]

Tip for people who want to clap in time: look at the player's feet.

[@bertport]

No doubt the clappers meant well, but it had to be annoying to the flautist.

[@lachmeneger]

Quite the contrary, the audience is compelled by the tune and invigorates him to play more intensely.

[@d.r.9888]

As a flutist, I'm must agree, it is really annoying but it happen so often that you tend to ignore it at some point

[@SirSelby]

That sounds "in time" to you?

[@ianjperry6772]

I believe they were Clapping in time to the music. Its kinda nice when the crowd gets into the spirit of the music though :)

[@christianlebouler6474]

Nul... On dirait du James Galway