Maire My Girl

Maire My Girl arranged and produced by Glen Austin, performed by RTÉ ConTempo Quartet.
The Mountain Ash in Connemara
Selected Poems by Joan McBreen featuring original music and arrangements by composer Glen Austin.
Maire My Girl was originally performed by world famous Irish Tenor John McCormack (1884-1945) its was written by John Keegen Casey and George B. Aitkin. Maire is pronounced Moya.
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The Mountain Ash in Connemara audio CD will feature the RTÉ Contempo Quartet performing a selection of original classical music compositions and arrangements of traditional Irish airs for string quartet by composer Glen Austin. This music will be interspersed with selected poems read by Joan McBreen.
The original compositions and arrangements were recorded by the RTÉ Contempo Quartet at Sun Street Studios, Tuam, County Galway, by highly regarded sound engineer, Kenny Ralph. The videos were shot and edited by Stephen Cassidy and produced and edited by Glen Austin.
The Mountain Ash in Connemara, due for release in May 2014.
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Very nice.

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My new arrangement of the John McCormack song 'Maire My Girl' for string quartet, taken from 'The Mountain Ash in Connemara' an upcoming music and poetry cd with the poet Joan McBreen. Performed by RTÉ ConTempo Quartet. Hope you like