Dave Flynn - A Curious Compendium of Crooked Irish Tunes (VOL. 1) '2023

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Celebrated by the New York Times for the “power and grittiness” of
his music, composer, conductor and guitarist Dave Flynn is a musician of
international renown. Hailing from Dublin, Ireland, he redefined orchestral
music by creating the cross-genre Irish Memory Orchestra: a “formidable
collective of musicians” (The Irish Times)—and the first and only
orchestra in the Western world to perform exclusively by memory.

Growing up with a love of classical music, Flynn has gone on to eschew easy
definitions and form a signature all his own. Amalgamating orchestral, jazz,
rock and folk elements with deft and deep understanding, his compositions have
been performed by the likes of the Prague Chamber Orchestra, Irish Chamber
Orchestra, Crash Ensemble, New Juilliard Ensemble, Smith Quartet, New Zealand
String Quartet, ConTempo Quartet, Vanbrugh Quartet, ConTempo Quartet, Dublin
Guitar Quartet, Laura Snowden, Craig Ogden, John Feeley and the RTÉ Concert
Orchestra.

Published by Reed Music, Frisbee Publications, and Mel Bay (2020’s
Complete Works for Solo Guitar), Flynn’s work is regularly featured by
broadcasters around the world—including WNYC’s John Schaefer, who
dedicated a special edition of New Sounds to Flynn’s work in 2009; and an
extensive live interview to commemorate the US launch of his First Hand Records
release Irish Minimalism in 2021.

Privileged to perform and record with some of the world’s best musicians
across several genres, Dave Flynn has played at prestigious venues including
MoMa (New York), Moscow Cathedral and Ireland’s National Concert Hall.
Touring his acclaimed music worldwide, Flynn has performed in Japan, South
Korea, New Zealand and all over Europe including Germany, the UK, Russia,
Estonia, Romania, France, Sweden and the Czech Republic.

Flynn is a regular collaborator with renowned traditional Irish musicians
including Martin Hayes, Liz Carroll, Paddy Glackin, Tommy Peoples, Mick
O’Brien, and Máirtín O’Connor. In 2019 he became the first
Composer-in-Residence at Ireland’s state guest-house Farmleigh and led
the ground-breaking world premiere of The Vision Symphony by the Irish Memory
Orchestra and 26 blind/vision-impaired musicians at the multi-disciplinary arts
centre glór.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Dave Flynn - Begley's Belt (3:16)
1.02 - Dave Flynn - The Dowager's Hump (6:54)
1.03 - Dave Flynn - Magical Slides (4:13)
1.04 - Dave Flynn - The Lemon (2:37)
1.05 - Dave Flynn - Bats on the Boyne (2:58)
1.06 - Dave Flynn - The Road to Geraldine (2:49)
1.07 - Dave Flynn - The R. Tucker Thompson (3:16)
1.08 - Dave Flynn - McCarthy's Antarctic Slip-Slide (2:25)
1.09 - Dave Flynn - Beau's Hop and Bounce (4:48)
1.10 - Dave Flynn - The Frosty Vales of Milton (3:37)
1.11 - Dave Flynn - Errigal Suite (14:28)
1.12 - Dave Flynn - Tuneberg's Jig (2:58)

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