Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: March 15, 2025

This is the St. Patrick’s Day edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion. We are going to begin the show with two compositions by Percy French, an Irish composer and songwriter who lived from 1854 to 1920. He was also a author and painter, but began his adult work life as a civil engineer working for a railroad after graduating from Trinity College Dublin. He soon became the inspector of drains for the Public Works Department of County Cavan in Ireland. We will begin the show with one of his most famous tunes: “Come Back, Paddy Reilly.” The song is based on the life of a real person who emigrated from Ireland to Scotland is search of work.

1. Come Back, Paddy Reilly (1912)
   Composer:  Percy French (1854-1920)
   Performer:  Band of the Irish Guards
   Album:  Emerald Isle
     
2. Phil the Fluter's Ball
   Composer:   Percy French
   Performer:  Band of the Irish Guards
   Album:  Emerald Isle
     
3. Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls
   Composer:  Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
   Performer:  Band of the Irish Guards
   Album:  Emerald Isle
     
4. Minstrel Boy
   Composer:  Thomas Moore
   Performer:  Band of the Irish Guards
   Album:  Emerald Isle
     
5. Carrickfergus
   Composer:  Irish Folk Song
   Performer:  Band of the Irish Guards
   Album:  Emerald Isle
     
6. Music from movie "March Hare"
   Composer:  Philip Green (1911-1982)
   Performer:  Band of the Irish Guards
   Album:  Emerald Isle
     
7. Company Marches of 1st Battalion Irish Guards
   Composer:  Various
   Performer:  Drums and Fifes of 1st Batallion Irish Guards
   Album:  Great Irish Marches
     
8. O'Donnell Abu
   Composer:  Col. Wilhelm Fritz Brase (1875-1940)
   Performer:  Band of the Irish Defence Forces
   Album:  Rhapsodic Winds
     
9. Irish Dance No. 21 (The Frost Is All Over)
   Composer:  Col. Wilhelm Fritz Brase
   Performer:  Band of the Irish Defence Forces
   Album:  Rhapsodic Winds
     
10. Irish Army March (Gen. Mulcahy March)
    Composer:  Col. Wilhelm Fritz Brase
    Performer:  Band of the Irish Defence Forces
    Album:  Rhapsodic Winds
      
11. Mise Eire (I Am Ireland)
    Composer:  Sean O Riada (1931-1971)
    Performer:  Band of the Irish Defence Forces
    Album:  Rhapsodic Winds
      
12. Riverdance
    Composer:  Bill Whelan (1950- )
    Performer:  Band of the Royal Irish Regiment
    Album:  Best of Ireland
      
13. Lord of the Dance
    Composer:  Ronan Hardiman (1961- )
    Performer:  Band of the Royal Irish Regiment
    Album:  Erin Shore