Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Choirs compete at Celtic festivals such as the National Mod in Scotland and Welsh Eisteddfod. [1] The London Welsh Male Voice Choir and the London Welsh Rugby Club Choir sang the Olympic Anthem at the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. [2] [3] For choirs in the UK, please see the separate entries for each country.
Seán Ó Riada (Irish: [ˈʃaːnˠ oː ˈɾˠiəd̪ˠə]; born John Reidy; 1 August 1931 – 3 October 1971) was an Irish composer and arranger of Irish traditional music. Through his incorporation of modern and traditional techniques he became the single most influential figure in the revival of Irish traditional music during the 1960s.
Early Irish poetry and song has been translated into modern Irish and English by notable Irish poets, song collectors and musicians. [1] The 6th century hymn Rop tú mo baile by Dallán Forgaill for example, was published in 1905 in English by Mary Elizabeth Byrne, and is widely known as Be Thou My Vision.
Two evening services and some anthems constitute his religious music, and there are also a number of songs and arrangements of Irish folk songs, the latter particularly lauded by Stanford. [4] He twice declined the conferment of a "Doctor of Music" (MusD) title from Trinity College Dublin, preferring to be known as "Joe Robinson".
The choir's earliest concerts featured medieval Irish and European music, contemporary choral pieces by Irish composers and Irish folk arrangements. In 1991, An Uaithne officially became Anúna, a stylised non-phonetic rendition of the Irish an uaithne (pronounced [ənˠ ˈuənʲə]) [21] proposed by Monica Donlon's mother, Paula Donlon. [6]
The choir has been central to choral music in Ireland since its foundation by Colin Mawby in 1985, following the introduction of a new choral policy. This 140-strong choir is the country's premier symphonic choral ensemble and has performed more than 52 of the major choral works since its foundation, mostly in conjunction with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra.
The Choral Festival set out to encourage music-making at local level, to provide a forum for rural and small town choirs; bring outstanding foreign choirs to Ireland and thus set standards against which the national choirs could measure themselves; safeguard standards by having panels of Irish and foreign adjudicators
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more