Description

Leitrim based composer, Ian Wilson's Harbouring is based on nine poems from both Irish and international writers, which all have the subject of harbour in common, inspired by the link between the music and its source of funding. Some poems approach the theme literally, some more tangentially, but it is what holds the work together. He has endeavoured to write choral music which is at the same time modern and accessible, challenging to a degree, yet rewarding to sing, and written in a language and idiom which will be easily recognisable by anyone who hears it.

The music for the traditional singers has been written in such a way as to allow them to sing in their idiomatic style, yet within a context that brings their parts of the work into the same musical arena as the music which the choirs will sing.

The final poem, The Harbour, was written by an Irish poet, Winifred Letts, and speaks of the Wexford coastline; it is the ideal finish to the work.

The performances, conducted by Fergus Sheil, brought together local and national performers. It includes the Irish Chamber Orchestra, renowned accordion player Dermot Dunne, over one hundred choristers from Wexford Festival Singers, Gorey Choral Group and Enniscorthy Choral Society and local sean nós singers from the Co. Wexford's Whisht Traditional Irish singing group.

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CD in new, unplayed condition

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