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Program Highlights and Schedules for January- March 1998
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| CC98-01 |
01/01/98 |
Best of 1997 |
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| Host Bryan Kelso Crow plays selections from 15 of the top Celtic CDs released in 1997.
At the end of the program, he will announce his choice for the "Celtic Connections
Album of the Year" award. |
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| CC98-02 |
01/08/98 |
New Releases for the New Year |
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| Our monthly sample of new Celtic releases will include selections from the double-CD
"Gaelic Roots," recorded live at Boston College, along with samples of other
CDs. |
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| CC98-03 |
01/15/98 |
Roots of Riverdance |
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| Bill Whelan's music for the show Riverdance has made Celtic music more popular
worldwide than any other recording. This program will let you hear some of his earlier
compositions and performances, along with his most recent works. |
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| CC98-04 |
01/22/98 |
Robert Burns Birthday Celebration |
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| Various Scottish singers will bring us their versions of songs by the great collector
and composer, Robert Burns, in honor of his birthday, January 25, 1759. |
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| CC98-05 |
01/29/98 |
Gaelic Roots |
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| Selections from the 2-hour-long, 2-CD collection recently released by Boston College's
Irish Studies Program, with some of the great names in Irish music recorded in concert
in 1993 and 1995. |
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| CC98-06 |
02/05/98 |
New Releases |
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| Join host Bryan Kelso Crow for a sampling of new songs and instrumentals from the
Celtic traditions. CC98-07 02/12/98 Love Songs/Celtic Valentines In the week of
Valentine's Day, we will focus on the rich tradition of love ballads from the Celtic
lands, performed by some of the best-loved singers of today. |
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| CC98-08 |
02/19/98 |
Flutes Galore |
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| In our occasional series of programs focusing on a particular instrument as played in
Celtic traditions, we will focus the spotlight this week on the wooden transverse flute
and hear some of its outstanding
practitioners, most notably Matt Molloy and Seamus Egan. |
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| CC98-09 |
02/26/98 |
The Glory of Wales |
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| A celebration of Welsh music, one of the less familiar Celtic cultures for most
American listeners, but fully as beautiful and diverse as those we are more familiar with. |
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| CC98-10 |
03/05/98 |
New Releases |
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| A sampling of new CDs on Celtic labels. |
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| CC98-11 |
03/12/98 |
In Honor of St.
Patrick |
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| Our musical celebration of St. Patrick's Day features a full range of Irish music,
including liturgical music associated with the good Saint himself. |
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| CC98-12 |
03/19/98 |
British Folk |
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| As a close neighbor of most of the Celtic lands, England has close musical ties with
them. This week we will hear from some of the great English folk singers and
instrumentalists in a celebration of British folk music. |
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| CC98-13 |
03/26/98 |
Celtic Americans |
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