Glen Road to Cordoba

Released May 2005

Strings, Steve Vanlandingham
Flute, Miranda Arana
Songs:
  1. Glen Road to Cordoba
  2. Convenience Reel / Morning Dew
  3. O'Carolan's Welcome / Unknown Title
  4. Malinesque
  5. Sailing to Nantucket
  6. Gneeveguilla Set
  7. Mrs Jamieson's Favorite
  8. Quando el rey Nimrod
  9. Father Dollard's Favorite / Tone Rowe
  10. Eleanor Plunkett / Kesh
  11. Broken Pledge / Julia Delaney's
  12. Breton Tune / The Butterfly
  13. Til 'It Ya Mahla Nurha
  14. Connaughtman's Rambles
  15. Campbell's Farewell / Ger the Rigger
  16. Shifting Sands

 Liner Notes:

Arabesque

  1. a design of intertwined floral and geometric figures
  2. a dance pose in ballet
  3. an ornate, whimsical musical composition

Arabesque is a musical journey inspired by another time and place: Cordoba, Spain during the Middle Ages, when Christians, Moslems, Jews and Celts lived together in relative peace and harmony for almost 700 years. In this city of flowing fountains and countless books and libraries, a culture of tolerance and love of learning was created that inspired the later Western Renaissance. Arabesque strives to paint a sonic reflection of the ideals embodied by this city, marrying Celtic, Arabic, and Judeo-Spanish melodies and musical forms, bringing to lilting Irish tunes the sensuous and evocative ornaments and intervals of the Middle East and Spain.