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Open the door softly

by Mario Lipparini - Seamus O'Kane

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Siubhalfaidh mise an rathad mór Siubhalfaidh mise an rathad mór Siubhalfaidh mise an rathad mór Gan taincidh do mo námhaid.
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about

In Belfast in the summer of 1792, some of the few remaining Irish itinerant harpers reunited for a festival organised by the Belfast Harp Society. A young musician, Edward Bunting, was entrusted with the task of transcribing the music of these harpers. Thanks to this, we have a small part of the repertoire of the Ancient Music of Ireland.
In 2006, at the festival of San Benedetto in Alpe (FC – Italy) two fans of the repertoire of the Belfast Harp Festival 1792, Mario Lipparini and Seamus O’Kane met by chance, playing side by side during a session in the kitchen. The strong passion for harp music that they shared overcame the differences of the language barrier and the geographical distance between them and gave birth to a strong friendship. After years of playing together in casual sessions they decided to record.
In 2010, Seamus O'Kane, with Michael Billinge built a replica of the famous “Downhill Harp”, the harp played by Denis O'Hampsey at the Belfast Harp Festival in 1792.
On this replica, sitting outside Paul O’Shaughnessy’s house in Kinvara they recorded a few tunes using a simple hand held recorder with birds in the background singing their dawn chorus. Later they went to a recording studio to re-record. (These Kinvara tunes are included at the end of the album just to allow a direct comparison between the two wire strung harps.)
Contrasting the sweetness of the harp music with the harshness of the bodhran makes for interesting listening.
Not all the tunes comes from Bunting Manuscripts, and near the title you can find the sources or Bunting edition.
Mario Lipparini lives in Bologna in Italy. Starting in 1984 with classical guitar studies he started to play the Irish wire strung harp in 1993 and later the Irish flute. He is passionate about the early repertoire and history of the Belfast Harp Festival in 1792, and plays all three instruments in dance music sessions and céili.
Seamus O’Kane is better known as a bodhran maker than as a player. He has a special interest in the collections of Edward Bunting and has co-produced a scantily promoted but beautiful CD with Aoibheann Devlin, The Ancient Music of Ireland. This common interest led to this musical partnership.

A Belfast nell'estate del 1792, alcuni dei pochi arpisti irlandesi rimasti si riunirono per un festival organizzato dalla Belfast Harp Society. A un giovane musicista, Edward Bunting, è stato affidato il compito di trascrivere la musica di questi arpisti. Grazie a questo, abbiamo una piccola parte del repertorio della musica antica irlandese.
Nel 2006, al Festival di San Benedetto in Alpe (FC - Italia) due fan del repertorio del Belfast Harp Festival del 1792, Mario Lipparini e Seamus O'kane si incontrano per caso, suonando fianco a fianco durante una sessione in cucina. La forte passione per la musica d'arpa che hanno condiviso superano le barriere linguistiche e la distanza geografica tra di loro e ha fatto nascere una forte amicizia. Dopo anni di musica insieme in sessioni occasionali hanno deciso di registrare un album.
Nel 2010, Seamus O'kane, con Michael Billinge costruì una replica della famosa "Downhill Harp", l'arpa suonata da Denis O'Hampsey al Belfast Harp Festival del 1792.
Su questa replica, seduti fuori dalla casa di Paul O'Shaughnessy a Kinvara, hanno registrato alcuni brani usando un semplice registratore manuale, con uccelli sullo sfondo che cantano il loro coro mattutino. In seguito sono andati in uno studio di registrazione. (i brani registrati a Kinvara sono inclusi alla fine dell'album per consentire un confronto diretto tra i due tipi di arpa)
Il contrasto tra la dolcezza dell'arpa con la ritmicità del Bodhran rende l'ascolto interessante.
Non tutti i brani derivano dai manoscritti di Bunting, e vicino al titolo si possono trovare le fonti o l'edizione di Bunting.
Mario Lipparini vive a Bologna in Italia. A partire dal 1984 studia chitarra classica, nel 1993 ha iniziato a suonare l'arpa con le corde metalliche e successivamente il flauto irlandese. È appassionato del repertorio e della storia del Belfast Harp Festival del 1792 e usa tutti e tre gli strumenti nelle session di musica da ballo e Céili.
Seamus O'kane è meglio conosciuto come costruttore di Bodhrán che come suonatore. Ha un interesse speciale per le collezioni di Edward Bunting e ha co-prodotto un cd scarsamente promosso ma bello con Aoibheann Devlin, "The Ancient Music of Ireland". Questo interesse comune è diventato partnership musicale.

credits

released January 3, 2014

We would like to thank:
Eoghan O’Shaughnessy, for support and the recording equipment in Kinvara;;
Paul O’Shaughnessy, for the great hospitality in Kinvara;
Bridie O’Kane and Aoibheann Devlin;
Silvia Lombardi François, for the gnocchi and photos in Kinvara;
Fiorenza Tosi, for the great hospitality in Colle Val d'Elsa;
Susanna Baronti© for Seamus’ photo.
Jacopo Bonora, for the editing of the Kinvara takes,
Gianfilippo Boni, for the takes, the editing and mixing in Florence,
Tommaso Bianchi, White Sound Mastering Studio for the analogic mastering in Florence.
Rosy Brondi, for the graphic work and photos.
Valentina Bucchi for her advice and support.

Thank you for inspiring the arrangements to:
Patrick Ball, for track 3;
Celia Briar, for track 4;
Ellen Tepper, for track 5;
Grainne Yeats, for tracks 6, 16, 17, 22
Máire Brennan, for track 8;
Derek Bell, for track 10;
Katrien Delavier, for tracks 9c, 11;
Janet Harbison and his Belfast Harp Orchestra for tracks 14b and 19b;
Paul Dooley, for track 16, 21;
but also Katrien Delavier, Derek Bell and especially Grainne Yeats, for the work on the Bunting’s manuscript and the ancient music of Ireland.

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Lippo Mariolini Bologna, Italy

He’s a harpist, guitarist and composer from Bologna.
He started with classical guitar, then he played jazz, blues, Irish, Balfolk music.
He’d self-taughted, but over the years he studied with many guitar and harp teachers. He currently plays with Desordinary, Darán, Duo Calanca-Lipparini, Archam, Dadgad,
Until 2015 he played traditional repertoire, and now he plays mainly the music he composed.
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