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[1] [2] This success led the group's composer and musical director, David Downes, to adopt the title of "Celtic Woman" as their permanent name. Although originally intended as a one-time-only event, the group's music was so warmly received by the public that they immediately followed up with their first concert tour in the United States and Japan .
Jesu, [a] joy of man's desiring, Holy wisdom, love most bright; Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring Soar to uncreated light. Word of God, our flesh that fashioned, With the fire of life impassioned, Striving still to truth unknown, Soaring, dying round Thy throne. Through the way where hope is guiding, Hark, what peaceful music rings;
The music of the chorale movements is now best known for the piano transcription by Dame Myra Hess of Hugh P. Allen's choral version of Bach's arrangement, and is notable under the title Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, [28] an inexact translation that transforms the original affirmation ("Jesus remains my joy") into a wish. [29]
Each of these movements takes its text from a verse of the hymn Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne by Martin Janus (or Jahn). Her arrangement was published under the title Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, [19] which is a rough translation of the name of this hymn, although the line does not itself appear in Bach's cantata.
Martin Janus (also Martin Jahn, Jähn and Jan; c. 1620 – c. 1682) was a German Protestant minister, church musician, hymnwriter, teacher and editor.He wrote the lyrics of the hymn "Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne", which became popular in the arrangement of a Bach chorale as Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.
J. S. Bach. 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring/Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe from Cantata 147; arranged for violin (or 'cello) and piano (or organ) 1940. J. S. Bach. Sheep may safely graze/Schafe können sicher weiden, arranged for violin, violoncello and piano
On 5 August 2015, Celtic Woman announced that a special unnamed free-to-attend-but-ticketed concert performance would be taking place and recorded in the Round Room at the Mansion House, Dublin, Ireland, residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin since 1715 and where the first Dáil proclaimed the Irish Declaration of Independence in 1919, on 13 August 2015.
Celtic Woman: A Celtic Family Christmas is a collaborative album by the group Celtic Woman and The High Kings, released on 14 October 2008. [ 1 ] Performers in A Celtic Family Christmas are vocalists Chloë Agnew , Lisa Kelly , Órla Fallon , Méav Ní Mhaolchatha , and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt . [ 1 ]