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The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
Desmond Earley, Artistic Director

Release Date: 01/03/2019
Signum SIGCD558

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The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin and Artistic Director Desmond Earley follow up their debut release with a programme of new choral music inspired by the evocative imagery of the natural world in traditional Irish and Scottish folksong and poetry. The disc includes a number of world-premiere recordings of new works and arrangements commissioned by the choir.

Tracks

  1. Dúlamán – Trad. Irish, arr. Desmond Earley
  2. My Love is like a Red, Red Rose – Trad. Scottish/Burns, arr. Esenvalds
  3. Body of the Moon – Desmond Earley
  4. At that hour when all things have repose – Timothy Stevens
  5. The Maid of Culmore – Trad. Irish, arr. Kevin Whyms
  6. A Star – Natasa Paulberg
  7. Elegy – Bill Whelan
  8. Danny Boy – Trad. Irish, arr. Desmond Earley
  9. Oxen of the Sun – Eoghan Desmond
  10. Bó na Leathadhairce – Trad. Irish, arr. Desmond Earley
  11. Aimhirgín – Ivo Antognini
  12. Wild Mountain Thyme – Eoin Conway
  13. Strings in the Earth and Air – Colin Mawby

Reviews

“This whole project exudes quality” – Gramophone

“Excellently sung” – BBC Music Magazine

“Earley [shapes] a sequence of traditional Irish settings with contemporary material, [and his] setting of ‘Danny Boy’ [is] quite beautiful” – Choir & Organ