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A unique medley of familiar and less familiar Irish folksongs and fiddle tunes arranged for string quartet by Bill Thorp. Perfect for parties, weddings and concerts. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Piece Description
A unique medley of familiar and less familiar Irish folksongs and fiddle tunes arranged for string quartet by Bill Thorp. Perfect for parties, weddings and concerts. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Review: “Irish Sherry is a suite of traditional Irish tunes arranged by Bill Thorp. If they heed his advice to play “creamily”, players will enjoy this journey through a sequence of eight familiar tunes, including The Derry Air (better known as Danny Boy), Constantine Maguire, The Lark in the Clear Air and Longford Tune. Thorps arrangements are well balanced among the four instruments; no one will be bored.” – Strings December 1998
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Biography
Biography
Thorp, Bill
Bill Thorp, born in 1952, started arranging music, while still at school, as a member of a folk group in which he played string bass. More experience followed with a college based acoustic folk-rock bank, playing violin, viola and piano, which went on to work professionally for two years. Later, in a varied career which included performing with string quartets at some of London's pizza restaurants, he was prompted to arrange music especially for that grouping and situation. Nowadays his playing career ranges from appearing on Renaissance, Baroque and Classical Violin with most of London's period instrument groups, to odd recording sessions on country and western fiddle.
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