One Day Fine - Choral Music from Ireland - RTÉ Lyric: CD131 - CD

Release Date: 5th Oct 2011
Catalogue No: CD131
Label: RTÉ Lyric
Length: 50 minutes

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Dublin Troper: Laeta Lux Est Hodierna

Work length5:45

National Chamber Choir Of Ireland
Paul Hillier

Wilson, I: The Beloved and her Lover

Work length9:41

National Chamber Choir Of Ireland
Paul Hillier

Volans: One Day Fine

Work length4:19

National Chamber Choir Of Ireland
Paul Hillier

Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry 'Danny Boy'

Work length3:32

National Chamber Choir Of Ireland
Paul Hillier

Hamilton, Andrew: Everything is ridiculous

Work length3:54

National Chamber Choir Of Ireland
Paul Hillier

Bax: This Worldes Joie

Work length6:56

National Chamber Choir Of Ireland
Paul Hillier

Moeran: Songs of Springtime

Work length12:51

National Chamber Choir Of Ireland
Paul Hillier

Under the Green Wood Tree

Track length1:16

The River-God's Song

Track length1:14

Spring, Sweet Spring

Track length1:36

Love Is a Sickness

Track length3:20

Sigh No More, Ladies

Track length1:34

Good Wine

Track length1:22

To Daffodils

Track length2:29

Stanford: The Blue Bird, Op. 119 No. 3

Work length3:28

National Chamber Choir Of Ireland
Paul Hillier

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One Day Fine is a sonic journey through the breadth of Irish choral music. This is a recording of compositions from very different eras, cultures and politics, all unified under the direction of the National Chamber Choir of Ireland's internationally acclaimed director, Paul Hillier.

The earliest work on the CD Laeta lux est hodierna comes from the 14th century, while the most recent is the witty Everything Is Ridiculous by young Irish composer Andrew Hamilton. Joining Hamilton in testament to the state of contemporary choral music in Ireland are adopted citizen Kevin Volans whose eponymous One Day Fine draws on the exuberant clicking vocal techniques of his native South Africa, and Ian Wilson. The latter's work The Beloved and her Lover uses traditional Irish sean-nós singing with soloist Iara Ó Lionáird and is as an intriguing counterpoint to Percy Grainger's wordless arrangement of The Derry Air.

The early twentieth century is represented by compositions from a trio of Anglo-Irish composers with the controlled, angular lament of This world's joie by Arnold Bax contrasting with the pastoral beauty of Moeran's Songs of Springtime and Stanford's Blue Bird.

One Day Fine marks the first recording collaboration between RTÉ lyric fm and the National Chamber Choir of Ireland. This CD is presented with funding from the Music Network/Arts Council Music Recording Scheme.

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