Splendid Isolation

reel

Key signature: Gdorian

Submitted on July 18th 2001 by martin t.

This tune has been added to 160 tunebooks.

Also known as Brendan McGlinchey's, Brendan McGlinchy's, Brendan's, McGlinchey's, McGlinchy's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 40th Anniversary Album by Armagh Pipers Club
• At First Light by Michael McGoldrick And John McSherry
• At The Racket by At The Racket
• Banjoed by Dessie Kelliher
• Bümpliz Süd by An Lar
• Between The Showers by Grainne Hambly
• Both Sides Of The Coyne by Mick Coyne
• Bridgetown by Johnny B. Connolly
• Cathal Hayden by Cathal Hayden
• Celtic Dances by Various Artists
• Comas by Comas
• Contradiction by Fromseier Rose (with Niamh Parsons)
• Dead String Rhythm by Flynn Cohen
• From Both Sides by Niamh Ni Charra
• Green Energy by The Irish Experience
• Hand-Me-Downs by Mary Rafferty
• Hungry Grass by Hungry Grass
• Late... In The Night by Christy Barry, Conor McCarthy, Cyril O'Donoghue
• Live In Belfast by Paul Bradley, Pádraig Rynne And Paul Meehan
• Live In Belfast by Cathal Hayden
• Live Wizardry by Silly Wizard
• London Lasses And Pete Quinn by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
• Music Of A Champion by Brendan McGlinchey
• Music On The Wind by Sean Moloney
• Otherworld by Lunasa
• Ragairne Revelling At Night by Seamus Begley
• Rogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2007 by Various Artists
• Sean Potts by Sean Potts And Paddy Moloney
• Seisiún Na H-Éireann 2006 Festival CD by Various Artists
• Selkie by Mick Conneely
• Set You Free by Nomos
• Sweeney's Dream by Kevin Burke
• The House I Was Reared In by Christy McNamara
• The Morning Dew by Brendan Mulvihill And Donna Long
• The Other Side by Terry Coyne
• The Red Wellies by The Red Wellies
• The Story So Far... by Lunasa
• The Wounded Hussar by Pete Cooper
• Three Shouts From A Hill by Cian
• Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by Vincent Griffin
• Traditional Irish Music On Flute And Tin Whistle by Laurence Nugent
• Tune For Michael by Tom McConville
• Tuned In by Johnny Murphy
• Uilleann Piper by Tommy Martin
• Up She Flew by Dana Lyn
• Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 2 by Various Artists
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 2 by Various Artists
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 1 by Various Artists
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Splendid Isolation
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gdor
|:FGGF GdcA|G2AG FGAc|dAcA GABc|dggf ~g3a|
bgag fd~d2|f2eg fdcA|G2AG FGAc|dAcA ~G3z:|
|:g2ag fd~d2|gfdc Acdc|AG~G2 Acdc|AG~G2 F4|
FGGF GdcA|G2AG FGAc|dg~g2 fgag|fdcA G4:|

Regarding the title; I came across reference to this quotation reading Arnold Toynbee's books on history. It refers to England.

"We have stood alone in that which is called isolation--our splendid isolation, as one of our Colonial friends was good enough to call it."

- Sir William Edward Goschen, Speech at Lewes

# Posted on December 21st 2004 by Kevin Rietmann

32 years isolation

it was a great pleasure to meet Brendan Mc'Glinchey for the first time last month at Karen Ryan's festival in Camden Town. He was delighted when we gave him a copy of our debut CD (launched there the following rainy night) which opens with this splendid reel of his _which he told us he composed in 1973

we hope he enjoys our ''slightly progressive'' version of it . . .

# Posted on November 14th 2005 by lisaniska

How many years of Isolation?

It seems that Brendan McGlinchey composed this tune earlier than 1973, since it was recorded in Dec. 1972 by Kevin Burke on "Sweeney's Dream"

# Posted on January 28th 2008 by chrizei

Splendid Isolation

I just read an interview with Brendan McGlinchy. The reel was composed while he was in Dublin, at a pub drinking coffee, stressed because a two week trip in Ireland had gone very badly...No one in the group was getting along and he was waiting for a plane to go home to London...So full of emotional enery that this haunting tune happened.

C.Smitty

# Posted on May 20th 2008 by c.smitty