Iarla o lionaird biography of nancy

  • Iarla Ó Lionáird: I grew up on a little farm in west Cork, four miles (6.4km) from the nearest village of Ballymakeera.
  • The result is a CD unlike any you will ever hear again in your life.
  • Having previously studied under the watchful eye of Nancy Kerr, Iona finds herself back in the realms of repertoire that she explored during.

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    National Treasure

    Held on Saturday 26 September 2009 at Perth Concert Hall.

    One of the Trusts foremost aims is to encourage ung musicians to write their own music using Gordon’s open minded approach as inspiration. The concert provided a platform for these and other young musicians and has encouraged the creation of new work by commissioning a del av helhet of music each year, under the title of ‘Tunes For Gordon’.

    For the 2009 concert, with support from the Scottish Arts Council, we commissioned fyra of the finest ung traditional music writers to compose the Tunes For Gordon: Innes Watson, Kevin O’Neill,Duncan Lyall and Adam Sutherland were commissioned to write kvartet pieces of new music, under the musical direction of John Sommerville, to be performed by them at this concert.

    Our stunning house grupp for this concert was the Treacherous Orchestra.

    Our comperes were Gary West and Fiona Ritchie who welcomed a compilation of truly world class musicians from across the

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    TG4's Festive TV Highlights

    TG4 announces its Christmas schedule highlights

    15.12.21


    Seán Ó Riada – Mo Sheanathair

    TG4 announces its Christmas tv highlights. New documentaries and new music programmes form the schedule’s staples this year, with highlights including a new documentary about actor Peter O’Toole on Christmas Day, Peter O’Toole Réalta & Rógaire, a new documentary fronted by the granddaughter of Seán Ó Riada, Doireann Ní Ghlacáin who is looking to find out more about the iconic musician who passed away 50 years ago in Seán Ó Riada – Mo Sheanathair. There are tributes to sportsmen and musicians who have passed away recently, with a documentary about Cork’s Ladies Football Manager Éamonn Ryan who passed away in 2020 in Éamonn Ryan – An Máistir, and a celebration of one of Ireland’s most loved and respected musicians Ceiliúradh Joe Burke to remember east Galway’s Joe Burke who passed away in Februa

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    Neil Andersonis an American musician who sings, and plays the uilleann pipes, highland bagpipes, flute and tin whistle. He has performed with the celtic rock groups Seven Nations, Full Circle, and Rathkeltair. Check out his Facebook page, and you can also see and hear him on YouTube.

    John Whelanis a great Irish-American button accordionist, who also plays solo and with various other musicians. His style of playing is very intense and infectious, joyful and warm.

    Iarla O Lionairdis an Irish-born sean nos singer, from West Cork. Sean nos means "old style" singing in Irish, and is ancient gaelic songs (in the Irish language), usually unaccompanied, and sometimes accompanied with uilleann pipe (or other) accompaniment. Iarla has a CD called Seven Steps to Mercy, where he performs these songs with and without accompaniment, some with contemporary instrumentation. The sound of his sean nos music is other-worldly, very spi