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        • Chimurenga
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        • The Mahatma of the Glen
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        • Two Minimalist Etudes
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        • Three Gymn O’Paddy’s
        • 5to9
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        • Homage Sonatina
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        • Quirk No.7
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        • Ómos do Frankie Kennedy
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        • Quirk No.1
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        • Tar Éis an Caoineadh (Solo violin/fiddle)
        • The Longest Reel (Solo Fiddle)
        • The Valley of the Lunatics
        • Toccata for Obama
        • Between the Jigs & the Reels
        • Music for the Departed (Trio version)
        • Tar Eís an Cran
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        • 7/11
        • 12 Tone Bach
        • Seven/Eleven
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String Quartet No.1 - Fairground Attractions (2003) - 15'

MIDI Recording. Click the forward button to change between movements
This work has yet to receive its World Première. To enquire about hosting the World Premiere of this work please contact dave@daveflynn.com

Programme Note

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I. BUMPER CARS
II. BIG WHEEL
III. ROLLERCOASTER


Like many Irish people of my generation I remember with great fondness going to 'Funderland' in the RDS in Dublin as a child.

'Funderland' was and still is a fairground with all the great attractions one would expect to find.

This String Quartet is a musical description of a fairground such as 'Funderland'.

Each movement refers to a particular fairground attraction and tries to convey musically the experience of partaking in each attraction.

One of my favourite things about Funderland was always the sweet and sticky candyfloss, so it is no coincidence that this music contains a bit of what some humourless intellectuals might consider musical candyfloss!
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      • Orchestral
        • The Clare Concerto
        • Aontacht
        • Music for the Departed (orchestra)
        • The Man from Maghera Rambles Through Africa
        • Mesh
        • Echoes of Bamako
        • An Irish Farrago
        • ‘The Mountain Lark/Tom Doherty’s Reel’
      • Ensemble
        • Joy
        • Le Chéile is in Aonar
        • Stories from the Old World
        • Quirk No.3 'Goss Face'
        • Quirk No.5 'Horrific Spasm'
        • Manipulations
        • Polymetric Cycles
      • String Quartets
        • No.3 - The Keening
        • No.2 - The Cranning
        • No.1 - Fairground Attractions
      • Guitar Quartets
        • Sebene
        • Against Feldman
        • Cran Óg
        • Errigal Suite
        • Kora
        • Chimurenga
      • Guitar
        • An Irish Raga
        • The Mahatma of the Glen
        • Four Études for Five Fingers
        • Two Minimalist Etudes
        • Rollercoaster
        • Three Gymn O’Paddy’s
        • 5to9
        • Passacaglia
        • Rainstorm
        • Homage Sonatina
      • Flute
        • Quirk No.7
        • The Forest of Ornaments
        • Ómos do Frankie Kennedy
        • Shadowplay
        • Quirk No.1
      • Violin
        • Tar Éis an Caoineadh (Solo violin/fiddle)
        • The Longest Reel (Solo Fiddle)
        • The Valley of the Lunatics
        • Toccata for Obama
        • Between the Jigs & the Reels
        • Music for the Departed (Trio version)
        • Tar Eís an Cran
      • Piano
        • 7/11
        • 12 Tone Bach
        • Seven/Eleven
      • Vocal/Choral
        • Mna Brian Boru
        • Protest Song; Chanson de Protestation; Amhrán Agóid; Protesta Cancion
        • Liadain agus Cuirithir
        • Taibhreamh Ó Ríada
        • Full Circle
        • Two Nonsense Songs
        • I Have Always Known
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