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Cormac De Barra
Cormac de Barra is a harpist, singer and television presenter and is part of the Moya Brennan Band. Biography De Barra comes from a family of traditional musicians and singers from Dublin with roots in County Cork. He studied Irish harp with his grandmother, Róisín Ní Shé, in Dublin and went on to study concert harp in the US with Leone Paulson. Cormac's professional debut was a six-month tour in Osaka, Japan playing in the Irish Exhibition at Expo '90. While in Japan he gave a performance for Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in their palace at Akasaka, Tokyo. Also present at the recital was Irish Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney. Cormac also spent six months in Seville, Spain, performing at Expo 92. He toured with a family group, with harpist Anne-Marie O'Farrell and as a solo artist from 1993 onwards, also finding time to work in theatre in Dublin both as a performer in W.B. Yeats' 'The Cúchulain Cycle' and as musical director of a production of 'Playboy of the Western W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harpist
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual string (music), strings running at an angle to its sound board (music), soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or concerts. Its most common form is triangular in shape and made of wood. Some have multiple rows of strings and pedal attachments. Ancient depictions of harps were recorded in Current-day Iraq (Mesopotamia), Iran (Iran, Persia), and Egypt, and later in India and China. By medieval times harps had spread across Europe. Harps were found across the Americas where it was a popular Folk music, folk tradition in some areas. Distinct designs also emerged from the African continent. Harps have symbolic political traditions and are often used in logos, including in Ireland. History Harps have been known since antiquity in Asia, Africa, and Europe, dating back at least as early as 3000 BCE. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Of Japan
The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his position is derived from "the will of the people with whom resides sovereign power". Imperial Household Law governs the line of imperial succession. The emperor is immune from prosecution by the Supreme Court of Japan. He is also the head of the Shinto religion. In Japanese, the emperor is called , literally "Emperor of heaven or "Heavenly Sovereign". The Japanese Shinto religion holds him to be the direct descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu. The emperor is also the head of all national Japanese orders, decorations, medals, and awards. In English, the use of the term for the emperor was once common but is now considered obsolete. The Imperial House of Japan, known by their name the Yamato Dynasty, is amongst the oldest in the world, with its historical orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Strings (Moya Brennan Album)
''Heart Strings'' is a live album by Irish singer Moya Brennan. The album was released in September 2008, but was previously available to fans throughout Brennan's Spring 2008 tour of the Netherlands. It was recorded at her concerts on 21 October 2007 in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, and in November 2007 in Germany. A new version featuring "Harry's Game" was released in 2009. Versions The version of the album available during Moya Brennan's Spring 2008 tour (as opposed to worldwide release) sounds different, mainly the strings being lower in volume. The front cover of the album also varies, with the placing of "Live with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra" at the bottom of the cover on the large-scale item. Finally, the track "Harry's Game" does not feature on the Spring 2008 tour item, and was added to the large distributed release. The German and Finnish releases have an alternative cover (bottom right), as do releases in some other countries. Track listing # "Tape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signature (Moya Brennan Album)
''Signature'' is a music album by Irish musician Moya Brennan. This is her seventh solo album to be released. It was released on the 9 October 2006 in Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands. The worldwide release was scheduled for early 2007, but was temporarily delayed until 25 September 2007. Release Announcement from her official site: ''Sunday, 16 July 2006'' "In the last few days Moya has completed the recording and mixing of her new album entitled Signature. Release is planned in Europe for late September but check back here for release dates in specific places. We can now reveal the track listing for the album (and we anticipate that some of the titles will give rise to discussion!)" Snip from her official website on 'Signature' Signature looks back over a life less ordinary and portrays Moya's experiences through a collection of twelve superb tracks. Musically sharp and finely tuned, the album cleverly treads a fine line between the contemporary and the traditional whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Irish Christmas
''An Irish Christmas'' is a music album by Irish musician Moya Brennan. According to Moya, the idea for the album first came to her some time ago: "I've been involved in number of other people's Christmas projects in recent years," explains Moya, "but I wanted to capture a truly Celtic Christmas feeling." "It's always important to bring the meaning of Christmas to the fore. It is the essence of what I believe in and the album offers both celebration and reflection on that familiar theme." Track listing # "Carol of the Bells" # "The Wexford Carol" # " Deck the Halls" # " Do You Hear (What I Hear)" / "Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil" # "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" # " Gabriel's Message # " Joy to the World # "I Still Believe" # "In the Bleak Midwinter" # "Love Came Down at Christmas" # " In Dulci Jubilo" # " Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)" : Replaced on U.S. release with "What Child Is This?" and "Angels We Have Heard on High" respectively. In 2013, An Irish Christmas was re-issued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voices & Harps
''Voices & Harps'' is a music album by Irish musicians Moya Brennan and Cormac de Barra. It was released on 28 June 2011 in the United States. The album is a remastered and remixed version of the 2010 album '' My Match Is a Makin'''. Release ''Voices & Harps'' was released during Brennan and de Barra's United States tour in the Summer of 2011, although was available from the duo's website in the months before. Track listing The album's track listing differs slightly from that of ''My Match Is A Makin. * Renamed, released on "My Match Is a Makin'" under the Gaelic title, "Tá Mo Chleamhnas a Dhéanamh" ** New track *** Renamed, released on "My Match Is a Makin'" as 'Mo Mhian' **** released exclusively through iTunes as bonus track Personnel * Moya Brennan – vocals, harp, percussion, keyboards * Cormac De Barra – harp, vocals, percussion, keyboards * Máire Breatnach Máire Breatnach is an Irish fiddle, violin and viola player. She also sings in Irish on some of her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máire Breatnach
Máire Breatnach is an Irish fiddle, violin and viola player. She also sings in Irish on some of her albums. Since the early 1990s, she has recorded five solo albums, participated in many collaborations, and developed didactic material for children, mostly in Irish. Early life Born in Dublin, Máire Breatnach obtained a B.A., B.Mus. and M.A. degrees at UCD, in Dublin where she lectured, as she also did in the College of Music, DIT before starting a freelance career as a performing musician. She later obtained a further M.A., in Ethnomusicology, from the University of Limerick, and a Ph.D. from Dublin City University in 2013. Music career Breatnach is best known for her fiddle playing, and has been a prolific solo player as well as participating in a number of traditional and neo-traditional groups. She sings in Irish on some of her albums, and her composition ''Éist'' was an award-winning single. She has worked with the bands of Sharon Shannon, Moya Brennan (of Clannad), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Leitner
Karin Leitner (born 1972) is an Austrian flautist and composer. She has played flute and piccolo with the orchestras of the Vienna State Opera and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Life Early life and education Born in Vienna, with Styrian ancestry, Leitner studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Wolfgang Schulz and at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with Robert Aitken. Career She played solo flute and piccolo with the orchestras of the Vienna State Opera, including in a stage orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Mozart Players, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the London Gala Orchestra, the Thames Chamber Orchestra, and the Vienna Mozart Orchestra. She tours internationally with solo concerts as well as chamber music concerts. Leitner gives chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie O'Farrell
Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1991) is an English singer. She has attained charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, including Clean Bandit's " Rockabye", which peaked at number one, as well as "Alarm", "Ciao Adios", "Friends", "2002", "Don't Play" and "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)". Her debut studio album, ''Speak Your Mind'', was released in 2018 and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Anne-Marie was nominated for four awards at the 2019 Brit Awards, including Best British Female Solo Artist. To date she has been nominated for ten Brit Awards and has also received a nomination for a ''Billboard'' Music Award. In 2015, she signed a record deal with Asylum (a sub-label of Atlantic Records) and began releasing her work through the label. In 2021, she released her second studio album, ''Therapy'', and began appearing as a coach on the television singing competition '' The Voice UK''. Early life Anne-Marie was born 7 April 1991 and raised in East Tilbury in Essex. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Feeney
Julie Feeney is a singer-songwriter, composer, actress, and record producer from Galway, Ireland. She produces and orchestrates her own work, composing both instrumental and electronic music, with full orchestrations. She is a three-time nominee for the Meteor Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year, winning in 2006 for debut album ''13 songs''. She has released three studio albums on her own label 'mittens': ''13 songs'' (2005), ''pages'' (2009), and ''Clocks'' (2012). ''Clocks'' entered at No.1 on the Irish Independent Albums Chart and No. 7 on the Main Irish albums charts making it her highest-charting album to date. Previously she worked as a professional choral singer and educator. Live shows Feeney has performed her own show extensively in Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, America, Brazil, Mexico, Canada and China including performing to a capacity audience of 1200 at Ireland's National Concert Hall in Dublin to a 10-minute standing o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
