DANCING AT
LUGHNASA SK60585
Dancing At Lughnasa tells the story of five colourful sisters, barely surviving on a hardscrabble farm in 1930's Ireland,
and the powerful moment that changes their lives forever.
This is director Pat O'Connor's version of the International stage success
by Irish playwright Brian Friel. Whelan's score for Dancing At Lughnasa combines
the texture and strains of traditional Irish music with a sensibility singularly informed
by both classical and popular musical styles.
Most of the music for the film is an orchestral score performed
by the Irish Film Orchestra under the direction of Proinnsias O'Duinn,
with the final song, Whelan's setting of the poem "Down By
The Salley Gardens" by WB Yeats sung by Dolores Keane.
The title track, "Dancing At Lughnasa" is composed for
traditional ensemble and features such talented artists as Nollaig
Casey, fiddle: Mairtin O'Connor, accordion: Davy Spillane, pipes
and low whistle: Martin Murray, banjo: Sean D Halpenny, bodhrán:
and the composer himself playing drums and percussion.
TRACK LIST |
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1. Prologue
2. The Kite
3. The Road to Ballbeg
4. Jack's Arrival
5. The Gander
6. Gerry and Christine
7. Monsignor Carlin
8. A Kiss in the Forest
9. A Black Bike
10. Our Secret
11. The Picnic
12. The Blackberry Bush
13. The Lughnasa Fires
14. Lough Anna
15. Dancing at Lughnasa
16. Don't Leave Me Yet
17. The Spendid Hat
18. Epilogue
19. Down by the Sally Gardens
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
"Bill Whelan is responsible for the film's excellent soundtrack" The
Examiner
"The musicianship, courtesy of the Irish Film Orchestra,
is impeccable" Evening Herald
"Pearson is to be commended for getting Bill Whelan of Riverdance
fame to compose the haunting soundtrack music. It also features
Dolores Keane singing a version of The Salley Gardens that won't
leave a dry eye in the cinema" Sunday World
"Bill Whelan's music is haunting" Irish Independent |
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October 2021
RIVERDANCE AT EXPO [more]
August 2021
THE HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT. Saturday 14th August 2021. RTE ONE @ 9.55pm [more]
June 2021
The Gallant John Joe - Drama On One celebrates Tom Hickey [more]
May 2021
Bill & Brian Whelan talk to Sean Rocks on RTE Radio’s Arena about Riverdance: The Animated Adventure [more]
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Sky Original is coming exclusively to Sky Cinema and NOW on 28 May 2021[more]
March 2021
Cellisimo Festival March 25-31
Festival launched by Bill Whelan[more]
December 2020
TG4 and the Department of Culture have come together to offer solidarity and support to Irish artists through Samhlú.[more]
August 2020
RAVE ON, VAN MORRISON [more]
May 2020
Riverdance Together Apart [more]
RIVERDANCE UK 2021 [more]
February 2020
RIVERDANCE TURNS 25!....[more]
Sunday Times - Bill Whelan: Irish rebel’s story kick-started my Riverdance Score....[more]
December 2019
LIFT THE WINGS No1 in China!....[more]
BILL WHELAN’S RIVERDANCE 25TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC FROM THE SHOW....[more]
September 2018
Bill Whelan Presents: Featuring Emily Flack and Séamus Flaherty....[more]
August 2018
SUMMER TRAD with ZOE CONWAY and JOHN McINTYRE ....[more]
March 2018
BILL WHELAN LYRIC FM ORCHESTRAL ALBUM ....[more]
International Dublin Choral Festival – St Patrick’s Cathedral ....[more]
BILL WHELAN - RIVERDANCE: A SYMPHONIC SUITE, LINEN & LACE, INISHLACKEN
....[more]
January 2018
DOLORES O’RIORDAN - a message of tribute and condolence....[more]
November 2017
IN THE NAME OF PEACE: JOHN HUME IN AMERICA
July 2017
IN THE NAME OF PEACE: JOHN HUME IN AMERICA
Premiere screening at 29th Galway Film Fleadh... [more]
April 2017
THE TRAIN
Rough Magic Theatre Co’s musical The Train premiered in Ireland in 2015 with successful seasons in Limerick and at Dublin Theatre Festival. This April it has returned to perform on the main stage of the Abbey Theatre and The MAC Belfast...[more]
May 2016
Ennio Morricone, Bill Whelan and Pedro Almodóvar Want Fair Play from YouTube...[more]
THE MUSIC OF BILL WHELAN
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER OF RIVERDANCE
TO BE PERFORMED AT THE KENNEDY CENTER (DC) MAY 17
LINCOLN CENTER (NY) MAY 19
ASHLAND POPS (OR) JULY 4 ..[more]
FASTNET FILM FESTIVAL ..[more]
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