The Banshee / Father Kelly's / Ships are Sailing

Banshee Set

Cotswold Morris Tune played on high D whistle & guitar.
Reminiscent of the English hedgerows where we would gather hazelnuts and listen to birdsong!


The Nutting Girl

June's Waltz / Waltz for John / June's Waltz reprise
played on the low D Dixon whistle and guitar.

These tunes are dedicated to my friends June & John of the Woodfine Farm near Merrickville, Ontario, suppliers of free range eggs, fresh veggies, baked goodies including delicious lemon meringue pies and amazing marmalade!

The Woodfine Waltzes

Played on the Roland FP2 keyboard using the warm fuzzy sax sound from the voice bank.

Sax Blue

This is a small part of the music to be performed at Theatre Night in Merrickville's December production of "My Three Angels", a play set in French Guiana.

La Valse Parisienne

'The Rose in the Gap' is taken from The Donnellan Collection of Songs & Dances. These traditional tunes were collected and handwritten by Luke Donnellan (1878-1952) of Armagh.
I was inspired to play and arrange this ancient tune as a march with a drone after listening to John McSherry's and Donal O'Connor's wonderful version on their album 'Tripswitch'. The tune can also be played as a hornpipe.

The Rose In The Gap

Introductory music for the play 'Rideau Interlude' by Margaret Shearman.  At the beginning of Scene 1 soft jazz music is playing on the radio - it is switched off a couple of minutes into the play. Here is the full track.  This 2nd version of my piece is played with electric piano sound.

Stolen Heart 2

Incidental music for the play 'Rideau Interlude' by Margaret Shearman

River At Night 2

Theme for 12 year old Chris, a rather serious character in Margaret Shearman's play 'Rideau Interlude'.

Theme for Chris

Theme music for a character in Margaret Shearman's play 'Rideau Interlude':  a hyper little 10 year old called Jessica.

Jessica's Theme

'They'll have you in stitches, the Kitchen Witches.'
Music for Theatre Night in Merrickville's April 2019 production of 'The Kitchen Witches' a comedy by Caroline Smith. Witchy wreath crafted by Jane Phillips.
Boogie on down!

Witches In The Kitchen

Music for Theatre Night in Merrickville's production of 'The Kitchen Witches' a comedy by Caroline Smith.
Witchy Wreath crafted by Jane Phillips.

Witches Hornpipe

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Two new reels by Marcia Phillips
Sunday Morning Reel / Sunday Afternoon Reel

The Sunday Reels

Elizabethan composer Philip Rosseter's setting for a poem by Thomas Campion.

If you'd like to sing along here are the lyrics, last two lines of each verse  repeated.  For all 4 verses you'll need to play the track twice. There are some good renditions on youtube.


When Laura smiles, her sight revives both night and day; 
The earth and heaven viewes with delight her wanton play, 
And her speech with ever-flowing musicke doth repaire 
The cruel wounds of sorrow and untam'd despaire 

See where the sprites that remaine in fleeting aire, 
Affect for pastime to untwine her tressed haire, 
And the birds thinke sweete Aurora mornings Queene doth shine 
From her bright sphere when Laura shewes her lookes devine. 

Diana's eyes are not adorn'd with greater power 
Than Laura's when she lists awhile for sport to loure, 
But when she her eyes encloseth, blindnes doth appeare 
The chiefest grace of beautie sweetelie seated there. 

Love hath no fire but what he steales from her bright eyes;
Time hath no power but that which in her pleasure lyes:
For she with her devine beauties all the world subdues,
And fills with heav'nly spirits my humble muse.

When Laura Smiles

A song of hope for these troubled times.

Can you free yourself from the troubles of this world?
Can you free yourself from the trials of this world?
If only you could see the way to go
Can you free yourself from the troubles of this world?

As night becomes day
the moon to sun makes way
as day follows night
the darkness turns to light
for all the lost souls 
who can be found again
and the bad times 
will soon make way for good

Can you free yourself from the anger in your heart?
Can you free yourself from the helplessness all around?
If only you could see the way to go
Can you free yourself from the anger in your heart?

All sorrows will be gone
and joy be found
just as the earth is spinning
round and round
moving fast from the past
into infinity 
in each moment of..….....reality

Can you learn to live with peace within your heart?
Can you learn to live in peace for evermore?
If only you could see the way to go
Can you learn to live with peace within your heart?
Can you learn to give the peace within your heart?    within your heart?

Free Yourself

Brian Boru

A mix of instrumentals & songs:   folk, jazz & theatre music.
Originally from Shrewsbury UK,  I have been living in Canada since 1989.
Thanks for listening to my tracks :o)

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