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Echoes,
Enchanted Forest, The,
Love Song,
Lyrical Short Piece,
Nakasendo (The Old Road),
Song of Clay,
Song of the Deep Forest,
Star Children,
Tokuyama Lullaby,
b. 8 December 1939, Belfast, Northern Ireland. The future president of the British
Flute Society inherited his woodwind skills from his paternal grandfather. Progressing
from mouth organ and penny whistle, Galway's victories in all three classes of
the Irish Flute Championships at the age of 10 led to a place in the Belfast Youth
Orchestra and his first BBC broadcasts. A brief spell as a trainee piano tuner
preceded scholarships at London's Guildhall School of Music and then the Paris
Conservatoire - where he supplemented his grant by busking on city subways. From
the rank-and-file at Sadlers Wells, he rose to become principal flautist with
the Berlin Philharmonic in 1969. Six years later, manager Michael Emerson suggested
he go solo.