The Instrumental Collection by Mary O'Hara Recorded in response to requests from many of her admirers - for the first time a very different voice is heard, normally in the role of accompaniment, the sound of Mary O’Hara’s Celtic Harp becomes the solo voice in this carefully chosen collection of sixteen beautiful melodies. Melodies that range from the expected favourites such as ‘Scarborough Fair’ and ‘Londonderry Air’ to the almost unexpected like the Commodores lovely ‘Three Times A Lady’ and country music composer’s Tom T Hall’s jaunty 'Pamela Brown’. Buy this album now    CD: £10.00 + p&p

MARY O’HARA
THE INSTRUMENTAL COLLECTION.
16 BEAUTIFUL MELODIES FOR HARP.

1). The Way We Were. (3’24”) (M. Hamlisch, A &M Bergamn) Screen Gems/E.M.I. Music.

2). Londonderry Air. (2 ‘50”) (Trad. Arr. M. O’Hara, N. North) Valentine Music.

3). Skye Boat Song. (2’42”) (Trad. Arr. M. O’Hara, N. North) Valentine Music.

4). Pamela Brown. (2 ‘25”) (Tom T Hall) Valentine Music.

5). A Bunch Of Thyme. (2’31”) (Trad. Arr. M. O’Hara, N. North) Valentine Music.

6). Scarborough Fair. (3’36”) (Trad. Arr. M. O’Hara, N. North) Valentine Music.

7). For The Good Times. (3 ‘26”) (Kristofferson) Valentine Music.

8). Bright Eyes. (3’13”) (M. Batt) S.B.K. Songs.

9). Walking in The Air. (3 ‘00”) (Howard Blake) Highbridge Music/Faber Music.

10). Three Times A Lady. (2’37”) (Lionel Richie) Jobete Music.

11). Going Home. (2’06”) (Dvorak Arr. M. O’Hara, N. North) Valentine Music.

12). Greensleeves. (3’24”) (Trad. Arr. M. O’Hara, N. North) Valentine Music.

13). In An English Country Garden (2 ‘05”) (Trad. Arr. M. O’Hara, N. North) Valentine Music.

14). Memory from ‘Cats’. (3’04”) (Lloyd Webber) Really Useful Music.

15). Annie’s Song. (3’25”) (J. Denver) Winterhill Music.

16). One Day At A Time. (3’17”) (Kristofferson, Wilkin) Valentine Music.

Mary O’Hara has appeared in most of the major halls in the English speaking world including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Sydney’s Opera House, Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall and London’s Royal Festival Hall. Her beautiful singing voice has made her a truly international star. Mary has recorded extensively, her repertoire covering a wide musical spectrum from folk song to contemporary ballad. In response to requests from many of her admirers, Mary has decided to make this new and unique recording. For the first time a very different voice is heard, normally in the role of accompaniment, the sound of Mary O’Hara’s Celtic Harp becomes the solo voice in this carefully chosen collection of sixteen beautiful melodies. Melodies that range from the expected favourites such as ‘Scarborough Fair’ and ‘Londonderry Air’ to the almost unexpected like the Commodores lovely ‘Three Times A Lady’ and country music composer’s Tom T Hall’s jaunty 'Pamela Brown’.

In company with arranger Nicky North, Mary O’Hara has once again shown that no artist should be taken for granted and has produced a musical experience that entrance and gently surprise listeners of all ages.

© 1987 The Valentine Music Group.

Arranged and conducted by Nicky North.
Recorded and mixed at Brancaster Studios, England.
Recording engineer: Richard Austen.
Mastered at Tape One Studios London.
A 24 track recording mixed to two track digital tape.
A Valentine Music Group Production.
® & © The Valentine Music Group 1987

Cover photo: © Catherine Reeve 1987.

Instruments:	Harp & accompaniment
Genre:	Traditional
Format:	Audio CD
Our Ref:	A0180
MCPS:	VAL 8095
Label:	The Valentine Music Group
Year:	1987
Origin:	UK

In 1994 Mary O’Hara retired from performing and took off for Africa. She had done the same almost three decades earlier after the death of her young poet husband, Richard Selig. At that time, however, she joined a contemplative order of nuns, emerging 12½ years later to take up her interrupted singing career, recording thirteen more LPs, having her own TV series on the BBC and on ITV in the UK and writing three best-selling books, one of them her autobiography, The Scent of the Roses, a title taken from "Farewell But Whenever...", one of her favourite songs by poet Thomas Moore. She then went on to perform in the major concert halls of the English-speaking world - New York's Carnegie Hall, London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, to name but a few…. A play about her, Harp on the Willow, is currently (Oct 2007) drawing packed audiences in Australia and she is back travelling once more, this time delighting audiences with her Travels With My Harp presentations. For more information please visit Mary's web site at www.maryohara.co.uk
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