This is my favourite Flute album at the moment (just bought it recently). It's a re-release of an older recording plus some new tracks. I really enjoy hearing Hammy play his own compositions "The Woodcock" and "The Kerfunten". He is joined by fiddler Connie Conell, concertina player Peadar O Riada and flute player Paul McGrattan on some of the tracks.
I've heard a lot about Hammy but I've never had the pleasure of hearing him yet. I'll have to pick up this recording, the tunes look good & I've heard nothing but good stuff about him so it sounds like a safe bet.
PS. Did Hammy write the "House on the Hill"? If so I'd get a kick out of it because a friend of mine said, "a flute player wouldn't ever write a tune in A" I'd like to make him eat his words if so.
I don't think he wrote "House on the Hill".The booklet gives "The Woodcock", "The Kerfunten" and "Sarah's Reel" as Hammy Hamilton's compositions and "The Torn Jacket" as Connie Conell's. All the others are traditional. Sorry - but if I ever come across a tune in "A" that is written by a flute player I'll let you know!
I just got my copy (bought it from the Knotted Chord, in Ireland). What a delightful CD! It's already becoming one of my favourite flute CDs too. Hammy is a master of the unpretentious sound, very precise, with no showyness. The tracks where he plays with Paul McGrattan (another flute player) are amazing.
As Glauber wrote there are some great flute duet tracks on this recording. But Hammy Hamilton made a serious mistake in the identification of a tune. The second tune on the track 5 is not "The House on the Hill" but actually "Miss Thornton's." Why serious? Because Paul McGrattan recorded it as "The House on the Hill," and Norbeck transcribed it with that name! P. McGrattan's album predates H. Hamilton's, but P. McGrattan clearly states he learned it from H. Hamilton.
"The House Band" have Joe Thoma as composer of "The House On The Hill". Joe is a fiddle player who last I heard was living in Kenmare.
So it wasn't composed by a flute player.
This is my favourite Flute album at the moment (just bought it recently). It's a re-release of an older recording plus some new tracks. I really enjoy hearing Hammy play his own compositions "The Woodcock" and "The Kerfunten". He is joined by fiddler Connie Conell, concertina player Peadar O Riada and flute player Paul McGrattan on some of the tracks.
# Posted on March 7th 2002 by Irina
I've heard a lot about Hammy but I've never had the pleasure of hearing him yet. I'll have to pick up this recording, the tunes look good & I've heard nothing but good stuff about him so it sounds like a safe bet.
# Posted on March 7th 2002 by Mad Baloney
PS. Did Hammy write the "House on the Hill"? If so I'd get a kick out of it because a friend of mine said, "a flute player wouldn't ever write a tune in A" I'd like to make him eat his words if so.
# Posted on March 7th 2002 by Mad Baloney
I don't think he wrote "House on the Hill".The booklet gives "The Woodcock", "The Kerfunten" and "Sarah's Reel" as Hammy Hamilton's compositions and "The Torn Jacket" as Connie Conell's. All the others are traditional. Sorry - but if I ever come across a tune in "A" that is written by a flute player I'll let you know!
# Posted on March 9th 2002 by Irina
Moneymusk
I just got my copy (bought it from the Knotted Chord, in Ireland). What a delightful CD! It's already becoming one of my favourite flute CDs too. Hammy is a master of the unpretentious sound, very precise, with no showyness. The tracks where he plays with Paul McGrattan (another flute player) are amazing.
# Posted on April 1st 2002 by glauber
Erratum
As Glauber wrote there are some great flute duet tracks on this recording. But Hammy Hamilton made a serious mistake in the identification of a tune. The second tune on the track 5 is not "The House on the Hill" but actually "Miss Thornton's." Why serious? Because Paul McGrattan recorded it as "The House on the Hill," and Norbeck transcribed it with that name! P. McGrattan's album predates H. Hamilton's, but P. McGrattan clearly states he learned it from H. Hamilton.
# Posted on June 15th 2004 by slainte
Joe Thoma's composition
"The House Band" have Joe Thoma as composer of "The House On The Hill". Joe is a fiddle player who last I heard was living in Kenmare.
So it wasn't composed by a flute player.
# Posted on June 15th 2004 by Kenny