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The Hawk and the Hare

from Last Night's Joy by Gerry O'Connor , Fiddle

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5 The Hawk and the Hare (3:41)

The Hawk Jig, The Hardrevet Polska

Legendary fiddle player Sean McGuire who recorded The Hawk in the key of Eb but my 1980’s tape recorder was running fast so I learned it in F major! Máirtín O'Connor and I had previously recorded it on a Skylark album and I thought it was worth revisiting.
The innovative Swedish nyckelharpa player Erik Sahlstrom (1922-1986) composed the Hardrevet Polska in 1947. He is credited with adding a third course to the nyckelharpe, creating a chromatic instrument on which such an intricate melody could be played. We played this polska when we first performed as a duo in the late 1980's and it is a pleasure to play it again together, taking us back 30 years.

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from Last Night's Joy, track released October 17, 2018
Gerry O'Connor; Fiddle
Mártin O'Connor; Accordion
Seamie O'Dowd; Guitar

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Gerry O'Connor Dundalk, Ireland

A product of 4 generations of fiddle players, Gerry's recordings, focus on local music. He is a founder member of Lá Lugh, Skylark and Oirialla, recording 14 CDs. His first solo album "Journeyman" was hailed as one of the significant albums of Irish fiddle music. Gerry is a member of the legends of The Irish Rovers and recently published a collection of local dance music "The Rose in the Gap" ... more

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