MTU Library Catalogue

The children of Lir / Patrick Cassidy.

By: Cassidy, Patrick (Composer).
Contributor(s): Clarke, Mary (Harpist) [performer.] | Lee, Linda (Vocalist) [performer.] | Lawlor, Emanuel [performer.] | Williams, Nigel [performer.] | O'Flynn, Liam [performer.] | Simms, Philip [conductor.] | London Symphony Orchestra [performer.] | Tallis Chamber Choir [performer.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Son Records, [1993]Copyright date: ©1993Description: 1 compact disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.Content type: performed music Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discSubject(s): Folklore -- Ireland -- Musical settings | Dramatic music -- IrelandDDC classification: CD/4610
Contents:
Grave -- Tauth de danann -- Amach daoibh a chilann an righ (Out with you, o children of the king) -- Mairseal righ Lir (King Lir's march) -- Mochean do mharcshluagh na n each (Welcome the cavalade of steeds) -- Criodhe Lir 'na chrotal cro (Lir's heart is a husk of gore) -- Ceileabhradh dhuit a bhuidhbh dheirg (Adieu to thee, O bhodhbh dearg) -- Olc an bheatha seo (Evil is this existence) -- Marcradoh shiodha (The fairy cavalcade) -- Go rinn iorrais iartharaigh (To the point of western lorrus) -- Iongnadh liom am baile seo (A wonder to me this place) -- Eistgh re clog an chleirigh (Listen to the cleric's bell)
Mary Clarke, soprano ; Linda Lee, alto ; Emanuel Lawlor, tenor ; Nigel Williams, bass ; Patrick Cassidy, Irish harp ; Liam O'Flynn, uilleann pipes ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Tallis Chamber Choir ; Philip Simms, conductor.

"Libretto abridged from the text edited by Professor Eugene O'Curry and published by the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language in 1883."

Grave -- Tauth de danann -- Amach daoibh a chilann an righ (Out with you, o children of the king) -- Mairseal righ Lir (King Lir's march) -- Mochean do mharcshluagh na n each (Welcome the cavalade of steeds) -- Criodhe Lir 'na chrotal cro (Lir's heart is a husk of gore) -- Ceileabhradh dhuit a bhuidhbh dheirg (Adieu to thee, O bhodhbh dearg) -- Olc an bheatha seo (Evil is this existence) -- Marcradoh shiodha (The fairy cavalcade) -- Go rinn iorrais iartharaigh (To the point of western lorrus) -- Iongnadh liom am baile seo (A wonder to me this place) -- Eistgh re clog an chleirigh (Listen to the cleric's bell)

Mary Clarke, soprano ; Linda Lee, alto ; Emanuel Lawlor, tenor ; Nigel Williams, bass ; Patrick Cassidy, Irish harp ; Liam O'Flynn, uilleann pipes ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Tallis Chamber Choir ; Philip Simms, conductor.

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios.

Compact disc.

Dr. Geoffrey Spratt Collection.