This weekend on Choral Showcase, songs and airs from Ireland arranged for chorus and traditional instruments. We'll also take in hymns and antiphons from the 10th century in praise of another Irish saint, St. Columba.
Show Notes
David Mooney: Traditional Irish Songs arranged for chorus and instruments: She Moved through the Fair; Beidh aonach amarach; 'S I do Mhaimeo; The Rakes of Mallow; Phil the Fluther's Ball; Down by the Sally Gardens; Thugamar fein am Samhradh; The Lark in the Clear Air
- Celtic Ayres
- RTE Children's Choir
- Blanaid Murphy, director
- Alison Thomas, piano; Una Murphy, flute; Denise Kelly, harp; Ronan O'Snodaigh, bodhran
Anonymous, 10th Century: Music in Praise of St. Columba (selections): Sanctorum piisime Columba; Carne solutus pater Columba; Amen dico vobis; Liberasti nos Domine; Cantemus in omni die
- Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
- Geoffrey Weber, director
- Barnaby Brown, Iona triplepipe
David Mooney: Traditional Irish Songs arranged for chorus and instruments: Oro, 's e do bheatha 'bhaile; Famine Lament; Dulaman; The Coulin; Ardaigh Cuain; Silent, O'Moyle; Danny Boy; The Cat's Ramble in the Saucer
- Celtic Ayres
- RTE Children's Choir
- Blanaid Murphy, director
- Denise Kelly, harp; Alison Thomas, piano