Calliope: CAL9376

O’Carolan’s Dream

O’Carolan’s Dream

Our Price: £11.95 (£10.17 ex VAT)

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Artist(s): Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu, Garlic Bread

Release Date: 25th May 2008

More Details on O’Carolan’s Dream

An itinerant Irish harper and poet, O'Carolan's (1670-1738) cultural background was Gaelic, but in the course of his travels he also discovered the music of contemporary Italian composers, including Corelli, Vivaldi and Geminiani. As a result, his own pieces are situated somewhere between traditional music and art music.

Here, Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu and Garlic Bread bring out the distinctively Irish quality of his music, but also its international flavour; they highlight his references, inspirations, and his moods, from cheerfulness to grief, from nostalgia to the magic of a dream. Music and texts are 300 years old, but still with great appeal for us today.

Track Listing:
 1. Mary O’Neill / Mervyn Pratt  
 2. Sheebeg and Sheemore / Gaélic tarentelle  
 3. Miss MacDermott  
 4. Reels : Edward Dodwell / The Clergy’s lamentation / Johnny will you marry me    
 5. Lament for Terence Mac Donough   
 6. Lament for Charles Mac Gabe   
 7. Carolan’s welcome   
 8. The Fairy Queen   
 9. Captain O’Kane   
 10. Lament for Owen Roe O’Neill / James Betagh / Planxty Burke  
 11. La Folia / Variations on the Scottish Air "When She Cam Ben"   
 12. John O’Connor 1st Air / Planxty Kelly  
 13. Carolan’s dream / Eleanor Plunkett   
 14. Bonus Track : Daily growing

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