The Battle of Clontarf (Descriptive Piece)
This descriptive piece for solo uillean pipes was commissioned by Dublin City Council to commemorate the millenium of the battle on Good Friday 23rd April 1014. It was performed by Mark Redmond in Clontarf on 23rd April 2014.
Mark Redmond playing “The Battle of Clontarf” by Sandie Purcell on the uilleann pipes, March 2024.
About Mark Redmond
Mark Redmond has gained a reputation as a performer on the uilleann pipes in a wide range of genres. He performs and records regularly with both the National Symphony and RTÉ Concert Orchestras. Within this context, he has featured in multiple live television broadcasts for many historic occasions, including The Papal Mass, 2018; The State Commemoration for the centenary of the Easter Rising, 2016; The Eucharistic Congress, 2012, and the State Visit of Queen Elizabeth II, 2011.
His diversified career included tours on the international circuit with Riverdance, Celtic Woman, and Music Network, and as guest soloist with Camerata Ireland at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington; the Nagoya University of Arts Wind Orchestra, Japan; the Savannah Philharmonic, Georgia, USA; and the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne, Rennes, France.
At home he has performed and recorded with a host of artists including Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Westlife, Christy Moore, Glen Hansard, Imelda May, and Lyra. With David Bremner, he recorded, L’Air Du Temps, an album which combines traditional repertoire with music of the French Classical Organ School.
Currently a lecturer in Irish traditional music at Technological University Dublin and the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Mark received a First-Class Honours Degree from the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, where he was awarded the Leo Rowsome Gold Medal for Performance in 2012, before completing an Honours Masters in Music Performance in 2013.
Title: The Battle of Clontarf
Composer: Sandie Purcell
Performer: Mark Redmond
