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{{Short description|Irish flute player (born 1939)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| honorific_prefix = [[Knight Bachelor|Sir]]
| name                = James Galway
| honorific_suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}}
| image               = JamesGalway.jpg
| caption             = Galway in 2013
| birth_name          = 
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1939|12|8}}
| birth_place         = [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland
| death_date          =
| occupation          = Flute player
| years_active        = 1950s–present
| label               = [[RCA Records|RCA Red Seal]], [[Deutsche Grammophon]]/[[Universal Classics]]
| genre               = [[Classical music|Classical]], [[Celtic music|Celtic]], [[Pop music|pop]]
| spouse = [[Jeanne Galway|Jeanne, Lady Galway]] (née Cinnante) 
}}

'''Sir James Galway''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish<ref name="irishtimes2015">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ian-paisley-planted-thoughts-of-violence-says-james-galway-1.2238880|title=Ian Paisley planted thoughts of violence, says James Galway|first=Amanda|last=Ferguson|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=5 June 2015|access-date=6 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="bbcian"/> [[virtuoso]] flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/28/archives/the-man-wiih-the-golden-flute-galway.html |title=THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN FLUTE |work=The New York Times|date=28 January 1979 |last1=Epstein |first1=Helen }}</ref> After several years working as an orchestral musician, he established an international career as a solo flute player. In 2005, he received the [[Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music]] at the [[Classic Brit Awards]].

==Early life==
Galway was born in North Belfast as one of two brothers. His father, who played the flute, was employed at the [[Harland & Wolff]] shipyard until the end of the Second World War and spent night-shifts cleaning buses after the war, while his mother, a pianist, was a winder in a flax-spinning mill. Raised as a [[Presbyterian]] and surrounded by a tradition of flute bands and many friends and family members who played the instrument, he was taught the flute by his uncle at the age of nine and joined his [[fife and drum corps]]. At the age of eleven Galway won the junior, senior, and open Belfast flute Championships in a single day. His first instrument was a five-key [[Irish flute]], and at the age of twelve or thirteen, he received a [[Boehm system|Boehm]] instrument.<ref name="irishtimes2015"/><ref name="bigio">{{cite news|url=http://robertbigio.com/galway.htm|title=Sir James Galway at seventy|first=Robert|last=Bigio|work=Pan|publisher=British Flute Society|date=December 2009|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="people">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071336,00.html|title=The pied piper picked a peck of pop plaudits, but James Galway is a hero of the classical flute too|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Fred|last=Hauptfuhrer|date=24 July 1978|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sirjamesgalway-blog.tumblr.com/post/42035354477/buying-a-flute-and-how-i-came-by-the-diamonds-on|title=Thoughts on Flutes and Teaching : Buying a flute and how I came by the diamonds on the way |work=James Galway's website |date=25 August 1999 |access-date=6 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://belfastmediagroup.com/a-sort-of-homecoming-for-the-man-with-the-golden-flute/|title=A sort of homecoming for the man with the golden flute|work=[[North Belfast News]]|date=18 June 2012|first=Kieran|last=Hughes|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref>

==Education and career==

Galway was educated at Mountcollyer Secondary Modern School in Belfast.<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Musicians |date=1989 |publisher=Gale Research, Incorporated |isbn=978-0-8103-2213-4 |page=87}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Grieving: Sir James Galway |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/grieving-sir-james-galway-28024536.html |newspaper=Belfasttelegraph |access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> He left school at the age of fourteen and worked as an apprentice to a piano repairer for two years.<ref name="bigio" />

He subsequently studied the flute at the [[Royal College of Music]] under John Francis and at the [[Guildhall School of Music]] under [[Geoffrey Gilbert]]. He then briefly studied at the [[Paris Conservatoire]] under [[Gaston Crunelle]]. While in Paris, he asked for lessons from the celebrated French flute player [[Jean-Pierre Rampal]], who offered him advice on his playing, but felt he was already too good a flute player to need lessons from either Rampal or the conservatory. He left Paris to take up his first orchestral flute-playing job at [[Sadler's Wells Opera]] in London.<ref name="bigio"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Music, My Love|publisher=Random House|year=1989|first=Jean-Pierre|last=Rampal|isbn=0-394-56578-9|page=178|quote=He wanted to take lessons with me... visit me on the Avenue Mozart so that I could hear him play... I did little more than encourage him and comment briefly on his playing.  I wouldn't call the advice I gave him that of a teacher to a pupil, because he was so good that he didn't need to study at the Conservatory.}}</ref>

He went on to spend fifteen years as an orchestral player.<ref name="grove">{{cite Grove|title=James Galway|first=Niall|last=O’Loughlin|first2=Richard|last2=Wigmore|year=2001|id=10595}}</ref> In addition to Sadler's Wells, he played with [[Royal Opera House|Covent Garden Opera]], the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] and the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref name="grove"/> He auditioned for the [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]] under [[Herbert von Karajan]] and was principal flute in the orchestra from 1969 to 1975. To Karajan's surprise and dismay, after a period of some disagreement, Galway decided that he would leave to pursue a solo career.<ref>{{cite book|title=An Autobiography|publisher=Chappell|year=1978|first=James|last=Galway|isbn=978-0903443302 |page=186}}</ref>

In 1982 Galway was the featured guest star on the ''[[Andy Williams]] Early New England Christmas special'', broadcast on CBS.

In addition to his performances of the standard classical repertoire, he features contemporary music in his programmes, including new flute works commissioned by and for him by composers including [[David Amram]], [[Malcolm Arnold]], [[William Bolcom]], [[John Corigliano]], [[John Wolf Brennan]], Dave Heath, [[Lowell Liebermann]] and [[Joaquín Rodrigo]]. The album ''James Galway and The Chieftains in Ireland'' by Galway and [[The Chieftains]] reached number 32 in the [[UK Albums Chart]] in 1987.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition= 19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London, UK|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=221}}</ref>

Galway still performs regularly and is one of the world's best-known flute players. His recordings have sold over 30 million copies.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2011/04/19/87918853/james-galways-top-5-irish-favorites Profile], npr.org, 10 April 2011; accessed 29 July 2015.</ref>
[[File:Jeanne and James Galway.jpg|thumb|Galway and his wife [[Jeanne Galway|Jeanne]] at the 2007 New Year's Eve concert at [[Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre|Culture and Convention Centre, Lucerne]]]]
In 1990, he was invited by [[Roger Waters]] to play at ''[[The Wall – Live in Berlin]]'' concert, held in [[Potsdamer Platz]]; he played Pink Floyd's songs "[[Goodbye Blue Sky]]" and "[[Is There Anybody Out There?]]". Galway performed for the Academy Award-winning ensemble recording [[Music of The Lord of the Rings film series|the soundtracks]] of [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' film trilogy, composed by [[Howard Shore]]. In June 2008, he was inducted into the [[Hollywood Bowl]] Hall of Fame along with [[Liza Minnelli]] and [[B. B. King]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heckman |first1=Don |title=B.B. King, Liza Minnelli at Hollywood Bowl |work=Los Angeles Times |date=23 June 2008}}</ref>

He performs on Nagahara flutes, as well as some [[Muramatsu Flutes]]. [[Conn-Selmer]] produces his line of flutes, "Galway Spirit Flutes".

Galway is president of Flutewise, a global charitable organisation that supports young flute players,<ref name="grove"/><ref>[http://www.flutewise.com Official website of Flutewise]</ref> run by Liz Goodwin. In 2003 he formed the Music Education Consortium together with [[Julian Lloyd Webber]], [[Evelyn Glennie]], and [[Michael Kamen]] to pressure the British Government into providing better music education in schools. He has been an Ambassador for the National Foundation for Youth Music, a UK charity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youthmusic.org.uk/who-we-are/celebrity-supporters.html|title=Celebrity supporters|publisher=National Youth Music Foundation|access-date=29 August 2013|archive-date=31 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831135534/http://www.youthmusic.org.uk/who-we-are/celebrity-supporters.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours]],<ref>United Kingdom: {{London Gazette |issue=47234 |date=10 June 1977 |pages=7091  |supp=y}}</ref> and was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] for services to music in the [[2001 Birthday Honours]],<ref name="grove"/><ref>{{London Gazette| city=b |issue=6253| date=15 June 2001|pages=637 }}</ref> the first wind player ever to receive that honour.<ref>''[[Limelight (magazine)|Limelight]]'', October 2010, p. 19</ref>

Galway is a National Patron of [[Delta Omicron]], an international professional music fraternity,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delta-omicron.org/national/patrons.html#G|title=National Patrons & Patronesses|publisher=Delta Omicron|access-date=24 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317051706/http://www.delta-omicron.org/national/patrons.html#G|archive-date=17 March 2008}}</ref> and an ambassador of the UK charity [[Help Musicians]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Patron and Ambassadors |url=https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/about-us/who-are-we/ambassadors-patron-president |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Help Musicians}}</ref>

In December 2013, Galway launched ''First Flute'', an online interactive series of lessons for beginning flute students of all ages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstflute.com/home.html|title=First Flute|first=James|last=Galway|access-date=5 February 2014|archive-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208005955/http://firstflute.com/home.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He received the 2014 [[Gramophone Award|Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29251505|title=Flautist Sir James Galway wins lifetime award|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=18 September 2014|access-date=18 September 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Galway has been married three times. His first marriage, to a French woman, produced a son. He married his second wife, Anna (Annie) Renggli, a daughter of a well-known Swiss architect, in 1972; they moved from Berlin to [[Lucerne]], Switzerland, Anna's hometown. The couple had twin daughters and a son. In 1978 he recorded an [[instrumental]] version of [[John Denver]]'s "[[Annie's Song]]" for her. It peaked at no. 3 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="people"/><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

After this divorce, he moved to [[Meggen]], Switzerland, a village next to Lucerne, where he resides now with his third wife, the American-born flute player [[Jeanne Galway]] (née Cinnante), whom he married in 1984. They often tour together, playing duets. In addition, they give masterclasses and lectures.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Jeanne Galway |url=http://jeannegalway.com/index.php?page=about&family=bio |access-date=19 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001175208/http://jeannegalway.com/index.php?page=about&family=bio |archive-date= 1 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Torres|first1=Chole|title=So I Married A... Knight|url=http://www.hitchedmag.com/article.php?id=151|work=Hitched|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref>

Galway is a devout Christian who visits various types of churches while travelling (as long as they are not – in his view – modern and "happy-clappy"), and prays before his concert performances.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2008/11/07/sir-james-galway/1237/ Profile of James Galway on PBS's Religion and Ethics News Weekly]</ref> He also wears a [[cross necklace|cross pendant]], about which he says, "It's not jewellery. It's something that reminds me of what I should be doing and how I should be behaving."

In August 1977, Galway was run over by a speeding motorcycle in Lucerne, breaking his left arm and both legs and required a four-month hospital stay.<ref name="bigio"/><ref name="people"/> He has the eye condition [[pathologic nystagmus|nystagmus]], and is a patron of the Nystagmus Network, a charity that supports people with the condition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nystagmusnet.org/Info_whatisnystagmus.htm|title=What is nystagmus?|publisher=Nystagmus Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121195653/http://www.nystagmusnet.org/Info_whatisnystagmus.htm|archive-date=21 November 2008}}</ref> In December 2009, he fell down a flight of stairs at his home, fracturing his left wrist and breaking his right arm.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/james-galway-back-on-the-stage-after-injury-28526662.html|title=James Galway back on the stage after injury|work=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|date=31 March 2010|first=Eddie|last=McIlwaine|access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>

Appearing on ''[[The Nolan Show]]'' in June 2015, Galway stated that he views his national identity as Irish. He was critical of the actions of the Northern Irish government during his childhood, and singled out prominent [[Ulster unionist|Unionist]] figures such as [[Ian Paisley]] whom Galway blamed for fostering the divisions that led to [[The Troubles]]. His comments were criticised by prominent Unionist politicians, among them [[Sammy Wilson (politician)|Sammy Wilson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/ian-paisley-indirectly-responsible-for-killings-during-troubles-says-flautist-sir-james-galway-31279882.html|title=Ian Paisley indirectly responsible for killings during Troubles, says flautist Sir James Galway|work=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|date=5 June 2015|first=Claire|last=Williamson|access-date=5 June 2015}}</ref> Describing Northern Ireland as "the British-occupied part of Ireland", Galway further elaborated he would like "Ireland to be Ireland" and that when people ask him where he comes from he says "Ireland" and when asked if he is "Irish", he replies affirmatively.<ref name="bbcian">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-33025703|title=James Galway: Ian Paisley Sr indirectly "responsible" for killings in Northern Ireland|publisher=BBC|date=5 June 2015|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref> He did, however, accept substantive British honours, first an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], and later a [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]].<ref>[https://www.classicfm.com/artists/sir-james-galway/guides/facts/knighthood/ Facts re Sir James Galway, OBE], classicfm.com. Accessed 21 November 2022.</ref>

His younger brother, George (1940–2020), was a [[jazz]] musician ([[clarinet]], flute, and [[saxophone]]) and teacher based in [[Manchester]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jazznorthwest.co.uk/g_galway.htm|title=George Galway: RIP 4th Oct 2020|publisher=Jazz Northwest|access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/GALWAY/4882088|title=The obituary notice of George Galway|work=Manchester Evening News|date=11 October 2020|access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref> George's elder child and James's nephew, [[Martin Galway]], is a musician known for his work on [[Commodore 64]] computer game music in the 1980s.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

==Discography==
NOTE: All release dates for non-compilations below are taken from the liner notes for ''The Man with the Golden Flute – The Complete RCA Collection'' (71 CDs and 2 DVDs box set) (2014).

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* ''Prokofiev & Franck: Sonatas for Flute and Piano'' (with [[Martha Argerich]]; November 1975)
* ''Man with the Golden Flute'' (with the [[National Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[Charles Gerhardt (conductor)|
Charles Gerhardt]], conductor; May 1976)
* ''Mozart:  The Two Flute Concertos, Andante for Flute and Orchestra'' (with the Festival Strings Lucerne, [[Rudolf Baumgartner]], conductor; March 1977)
* ''Vivaldi:  The Four Seasons'' (with the [[Zagreb Soloists]]; May 1977)
* ''The Magic Flute of James Galway'' (with the New Irish Chamber Orchestra, André Prieur, conductor; March 1978)
* ''James Galway Plays Bach'' (with [[Zagreb Soloists]], Tonko Ninić, concertmaster; September 1978)
* ''Annie's Song and Other Galway Favorites''  (with the [[Harp Ensemble]], [[Marisa Robles]], director; [[Kevin Conneff]], bodhrán (Irish drum); and the [[National Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[Charles Gerhardt (conductor)|Charles Gerhardt]], conductor; January 1979)
* ''James Galway Plays Mozart'' (with [[Marisa Robles]], harp, and the [[London Symphony Orchestra]], [[Eduardo Mata]], conductor; May 1979)
* ''James Galway Plays Rodrigo'' (with [[Philharmonia Orchestra]], [[Eduardo Mata]], conductor; August 1979)
* ''James Galway Plays Telemann'' (with the [[Zagreb Soloists]], [[Tonko Ninić]], concertmaster; October 1979)
* ''Song of the Seashore and Other Melodies of Japan'' (with [[Susumu Miyashita]], koto; [[Ayako Shinozaki]], harp; and the [[Tokyo String Orchestra]], [[Hiroyuki Iwaki]], conductor; February 1979)
* ''Sometimes When We Touch'' (with [[Cleo Laine]]; June 1980)
* ''French Flute Concertos'' (with the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[Charles Dutoit]], conductor; October 1980)
* ''James Galway Plays Stamitz''  (with the [[New Irish Chamber Orchestra]], André Prieur, conductor; January 1981)
* ''Songs of the southern cross'' (with [[The Sydney Symphony Orchestra]], [[David Measham]], conductor; 1981)
* ''James Galway Plays Reinecke'' (with [[Phillip Moll]], piano, and the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[Hiroyuki Iwaki]], conductor; May 1981)
* ''Pachelbel Canon'' (June 1981)
* ''Galway Plays Mayer:  Sri Krishna'' (with [[Phillip Moll]], piano; [[John Mayer (composer)|John Mayer]], tanpura; and the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[Hiroyuki Iwaki]], conductor; 1981)
* ''Bach:  Trio Sonatas'' (with [[Kyung-wha Chung]], violin; [[Phillip Moll]], harpsichord; and [[Moray Welsh]], cello continuo; February 1982)
* ''The Wayward Wind'' (September 1982)
* ''Mozart:  The Two Flute Concertos'' (with the [[New Irish Chamber Orchestra]], [[André Prieur]], conductor; October 1982)
* ''Nocturne'' (August 1983)
* ''James Galway Plays Schubert'' (with [[Phillip Moll]], piano; August 1984)
* ''[[In the Pink (James Galway and Henry Mancini album)|In the Pink]]'' (with [[Henry Mancini]], conductor; August 1984)
* ''Lennox Berkeley -- The Complete Works for Flute'' (April 1985)
* ''Vivaldi:  6 concerti opus 10'' (with [[Malcolm Proud]], harpsichord, and the [[New Irish Chamber Orchestra]]; April 1985)
* ''Phoenix -- Australian Flute Concertos'' (April 1985)
* ''James Galway Plays Khachaturian'' (with the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[Myung-whun Chung]], conductor; October 1985)
* ''Clair de lune'' (with [[Marisa Robles]], harp, and the [[Chamber Orchestra of Europe]]; April 1986)
* ''James Galway's Christmas Carol'' (August 1986)
* ''Italian Serenade'' (with [[Kazuhito Yamashita]]; October 1986)
* ''In Ireland'' (with [[The Chieftains]]; January 1987)
* ''James Galway Plays Nielsen'' (May 1987)
* ''John Corigliano:  Pied Piper Fantasy'' (October 1987)
* ''Mercadante:  Concertos for Flute and Orchestra'' (April 1988)
* ''Sonatas by Dvorak, Feld, and Martinu'' (September 1988)
* ''James Galway Plays Mozart'' (2-CD set) (with [[Marisa Robles]], harp, and the [[Chamber Orchestra of Europe]]; December 1988)
* ''Vivaldi:  6 Concertos'' (with I Solisti Veneti, [[Claudio Scimone]], conductor; September 1989)
* ''James Galway Plays Beethoven'' (February 1990)
* ''The Enchanted Forest – Melodies of Japan'' (with [[Hiro Fujikake]]; March 1990)
* ''Over the Sea to Skye -- The Celtic Connection'' (with [[The Chieftains]]; January 1991)
* ''C.P.E. Bach: 3 Concertos'' (August 1990)
* ''Quantz:  4 Concertos'' (March 1991)
* ''In Dulci Jubilo:  Christmas with James Galway'' (August 1991)
* ''The Wind Beneath my Wings'' (September 1991)
* ''James Galway, Kazuhito Yamashita, and Joseph Swensen Play Giuliani'' (with [[Kazuhito Yamashita]], guitar, and [[Joseph Swensen]], violin; July 1992)
* ''J.S. Bach:  Suite No. 2; Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord'' (July 1992)
* ''Beauty and the Beast:  Galway at the Movies'' (July 1992)
* ''Italian Flute Concertos'' (July 1993)
* ''Mozart Flute Quartets'' (with the [[Tokyo String Quartet]]) (1993)
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* ''The Lark in the Clear Air'' (July 1994)
* ''Mozart:  Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299; Sonatas for Flute and Piano, K. 296 and K. 376'' (with [[Marisa Robles]]; July 1993)
* ''Danzi'' (with [[Sabine Meyer]], clarinet; July 1994)
* ''Wind of Change'' (July 1994)
* ''Bach Sonatas'' (February 1995)
* ''Bach, Vol. 2:  Trio Sonatas'' (with [[Monica Huggett]], violin; [[Jeanne Galway]], flute; [[Phillip Moll]], harpsichord; and Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba; October 1996)
* ''The French Recital'' (with [[Christopher O'Riley]], piano; July 1995)
* ''The Celtic Minstrel'' (with [[The Chieftains]] July 1995)
* ''Mozart:  Concerto for Flute and Harp; Concerto No. 1 and Concerto No. 2'' (with [[Marisa Robles]], harp, and [[Academy of St. Martin in the Fields]] with [[Neville Marriner]], conductor; October 1996)
* ''Legends'' (with [[Phil Coulter]], piano; February 1997)
* ''James Galway Plays the Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold'' (with [[Phillip Moll]], piano, and [[Academy of St. Martin in the Fields]] with [[Neville Marriner]], conductor; October 1997)
* ''Music for my Friends'' (with [[Phillip Moll]], piano, and [[Jeanne Galway]], flute; December 1997)
* ''Winter's Crossing'' (with [[Phil Coulter]], piano, and [[Liam Neeson]], narrator; August 1998)
* ''James Galway Plays Lowell Liebermann'' (with [[Hyun-sun Na]], harp, and the [[London Mozart Players]] with [[Lowell Liebermann]], conductor; 1997)
* ''Tango Del Fuego'' (February 1999)
* ''Un-Break my Heart'' (with [[Jeanne Galway]], flute; September 1999)
* ''Hommage à Rampal'' (with [[Jeanne Galway]], flute, and the [[London Mozart Players]]; October 1999)
* ''Music for my Little Friends'' (with [[Phillip Moll]], piano, and the [[London Mozart Players]]; May 2002)
* ''A Song of Home:  An Irish American Musical Journey'' (with [[Jay Ungar]], fiddle; [[Molly Mason]], guitar, piano, and vocals; [[Peter Ostroushko]], mandolin and guitar; [[Steve Rust]], bass; [[Ruth Ungar]], harmony vocals; and [[Michael Merenda]], shaker; September 2003)
* ''O'Reilly Street'' (with [[Tiempo Libre]]; August 2008)
* ''James Galway and [[The Chieftains]] -- In Ireland'' (DVD, 1991)
* ''Dudley Moore Introduces Concerto!  Mozart:  Concerto for Flute and Harp'' (DVD) (with [[Marisa Robles]], harp, and the [[London Symphony Orchestra]]. [[Michael Tilson Thomas]], conductor; 1993)

Compilations:
* ''Greatest Hits'' (1988)
* ''The Concerto Collection'' (1990)
* ''Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' (1992)
* ''The Essential James Galway'' (2-CD compilation)
* ''The Classical James Galway'' (1993)
* ''Greatest Hits Vol. 3'' (1998)
* ''Sixty Years – Sixty Flute Masterpieces Collection'' (1999)
* ''The Very Best of James Galway'' (2002)
* ''The Essential James Galway'' (2006)
* ''Vivaldi – Concerti for Flute'' (DVD) (2008)
* ''Celebrating 70:  A Collection of Personal Favorites'' (2009)
* ''James Galway Plays Flute Concertos'' (12-CD box set) (2011)
* ''The Man with the Golden Flute – The Complete RCA Collection'' (71 CDs and 2 DVDs box set) (2014)
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==Media==
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==References==
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*{{cite book | last =Galway | first =James  | title =An Autobiography | publisher =Chappell and Company| year =1978 | location =London | isbn =0-340-24721-5 }}
*{{cite book | last =Galway  | first =James   |author2=W. Mann | title =James Galway's Music in Time | publisher =Mitchell Beazley | year =1982 | location =London | isbn = 0-85533-382-0}}
*Galway, James. (1982). ''Flute''. Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides. London: Macdonald. {{ISBN|0-356-04711-3}} (cloth); {{ISBN|0-356-04712-1}} (pbk.) New York: Schirmer Books. {{ISBN|0-02-871380-X}} Reprinted 1990, London: Kahn & Averill London: Khan & Averill {{ISBN|1-871082-13-7}}

==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.jamesgalway.com}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=21399 |title=Sir James Galway's New Recording ''O'Reilly Street'' to Be Released on 16 September. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210122700/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=21399 |archive-date=10 February 2009 }} AllAboutJazz.com 5 August 2008.
*{{YouTube|u=JamesGalwayFlute|{{PAGENAMEBASE}}}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.mfiles.co.uk/reviews/howard-shore-the-return-of-the-king.htm |title=Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |publisher=Music Files }}
*[http://classicalmusicianstoza.blogspot.ca/2014/06/james-galway-british-flautist.html Photo and details of Southern Africa tour, 1976, dedicated to tour organiser Hans Adler]
*[http://www.bruceduffie.com/galway.html Interview with Sir James Galway], 21 April 1989

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