Ireland has perhaps contributed more of its traditional music to world culture than it has classical music. One of the few exceptions is composer Hamilton Harty (1879-1941), yet some of his ...

After early music lessons from his local church organist father and then himself holding posts as church organist, Irish composer Hamilton Harty moved from his small town about 12 miles south of ...

A bit more music by Harty rounds out the hour. We hear a short movement from Harty's arrangement of Handel's Water Music. Again, Bryden Thomson leads the Ulster Orchestra.

Bryden Thompson leads the Ulster Orchestra in two pieces from Hamilton Harty's music "The Children of Lir." We feature "The Swan Children," and "Blue Skies." ...