An improvisation on an Ancient Greek Lullaby. Wilma Kannegieter Flute. Jamie O'Callaghan Harp. Recorded live by Wilma Kannegieter. Mixed by Jamie O'Callaghan

Ancient Greek Lullaby. Flute & Harp

Breton/Celtic ancient folk music. Recorded live in the Kapel Onze-Lieve-Vrouw in alle Nood.(The Chapel of Our dear Lady in Our Needs) Bocholt Belgium. August 2022

Breton. An Alarc'h & Ar Serjant Major Kapel

Neo Gothic Harp, Silver Spear harps. Recorded live at Onze-Lieve-Vrouw in alle Noord Kapel Bocholt Belgium. Our Lady in our Need, Chapel.

Irish Lullaby. Arrangement J.H. O'Callaghan

Live recording In the Kapel: Bocholt Belium, 
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw in alle Nood. 

Chapel: Our Lady in our Need.

Irish Celtic. The Shaskeen Harp arrangement

Recorded Live at Kapel Bocholt Belgium 2022.

Heavenly Medieval harp Music: Laude Jocunda.

Live Harp music, recorded at the Kapel Broeders Van Liefde Eindhoven, The Netherlands, May 2023

Celtic, Breton song. Santez Mari, Mamm Doue.

Neo-Gothic Harp recorded live in Belgium. The Kapel 18 Bocholt Belgium.  August 2022.

Gothic Harp. Blossom Of The Raspberry. Live Kapel Bocholt Belgium

Music for the 'Euclidean Belle Époque Trio'
Flute, Viola and Harp.

The Little Fly. For Flute/Viola/Harp.

Meditations on an old Irish songs. The Shaskeen. 'High Singing  Song'

Meditations For Solo Violin On Ancient Irish Songs The Shaskeen

Meditations For Solo Violin On Ancient Irish Songs The Geese 

Meditations For Solo Violin On Ancient Irish Songs The Geese In The Bog

Harp arrangement of Plant Chant, O Rubor Sanguinis. Composed by H. Von Bingen 10th Century. A new experiment with a pick up system. Intended for acoustic guitars, but works well on small harps with some customisation.

Hildegard Von Bingen. O Rubor Sanguinis. Harp Arrangement_Jamie O'Callaghan

THE WHITE HORSES TV THEME by Jackie's Lee. Arranged for harp accompaniment,by J.H. O'Callaghan. 

Snow White Horses

Music homage to ancient Greek music and Anton Webern. Using Harp/Flute/Viola. 
Amendment: There is some Olivier Messiaen in the music, Merle Noir notably

Heptachord No. 1. Homage to Anton Webern

If Only We Could Love With The Passions of Hate. Incidental Music For Don Juan, Poem by Lord Byron Act 6. Scene 9. J. H. O'Callaghan

Traditional Irish folk song arranged for violin.

Irish Traditional. The Road To Lisdoonvarna

A Celtic harp cover version of Insight by Joy Division. From their 1st album Unknown Pleasures. Arranged for the harp by J.H. O'Callaghan

Joy Division Insight. Voice & Harp J.H. O'Callaghan

A song adapted for the Celtic harp. A song about an event in Irish history, here are some of the songs words:

Oh! Bonny Portmore you shine where you stand.
And the more I think on you, the more I think long.
If I had you now as I had once before.
All the Lords in old England would not purchase Portmore.

Arranged for Celtic harp by J.H. O'Callaghan.

Bonny Portmore.  Harp  by J.H. O'Callaghan

Combining the sounds of the Celtic Harp & the Sitar wasn't that difficult, they Blend so readily.
This was composed sometime ago but works well as one of my 'Irish and Hindu music' experiments.

Music for Celtic Harp & Sitar

An arrangement from Bartok's Mikrokosmos. for Celtic harp

Celtic Harp Solo Bartok Mikrokosmos En Mode Phrygian

Jamie Hugh O'Callaghan was born in 1963 in the UK of Welsh/Irish parents and grew up in South Yorkshire and the coastal area around Newcastle. Although he was involved in music from a very early age (New Wave, electronics etc), it wasn't until he turned 20 that he realised he wanted to become a professional musician/composer. So he went back to school to obtain the necessary qualifications. 

He completed his music studies at Kingston University London in 1991.

 

During his studies he became fascinated by music theory and composition and was inspired by composers such as Debussy, Messiaen, Alun Hoddinott, William Alwyn and Arnold Bax but also by the minimalistic and spiritual nature of Hindu music and (film) composers Phil Glass and Bernard Herrmann. As a viola and double bass player he acquired hands on experience of compositional harmony and balance in various orchestral settings. His love of orchestral, minimal and film music has coloured his work ever since and can be found in his contemporary compositions, his projects and collaborations with various artists as well as in the electronic/ambient music with his ensemble 'The colour of time'. With his Celtic origins as a continuous source of inspiration.

Jamie O'Callaghan

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