RIVERDANCE:
MUSIC FROM THE SHOW UD53076
This release accompanies the Riverdance stage presentation, which has now been seen
by over three million people across the world. Composed by Bill Whelan, produced by
Moya Doherty, and directed by John McColgan, Riverdance The Show highlights the
excitement of Irish dance and music and has been captivating audiences all over the globe.
Bill Whelan won a coveted Grammy Award in 1997 for his album, RIVERDANCE - MUSIC FROM THE SHOW
(Celtic Heartbeat/Universal Records) which also held the #1 position on the Billboard World Music
Chart for over 6 months and is certified double platinum in Ireland and Australia, gold twice in
the UK, and gold in Norway, the U.S. and Canada and platinum in the US.
Bill was also named Billboard Magazine's Top World Music Artist for 1996 & 1997 and the
RIVERDANCE album was the Top World Music Album for 1997 for the second consecutive year. The
soundtrack features 15 of Whelan's compositions, and captures the traditional beauty of Celtic
music with new melodies that evoke sounds from Russian, Spanish, Eastern European, and American music.
TRACK LIST |
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Click track names to listen to 30 sec MP3 |
1. Reel
Around The Sun (8:42)
2. The
Heart's Cry (2:26)
3. The
Countess Cathleen/Woman Of The Sidhe (5:43)
4. Caoineadh
Cu Chulainn (Lament) (4:10)
5. Shivna (3:39)
6. Firedance (6:03)
7. Slip
Into The Spring / The Harvest (5:00)
8. Riverdance (5:44)
9. American
Wake (The Nova Scotia Set) (3:08)
10. Lift
The Wings (3:00)
11. Heal Their Hearts / Freedom (6:26)
12. Macedonian
Morning (2:56)
13. Marta's
Dance/The Russian Dervish (6:03)
14. Andalucia
15. Riverdance Reprise (4:32)
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
"Largely because of the success of Riverdance, Irish music
is impacting the pop music market as never before. It's hard to
believe, for example, that the highly popular score for the film
Titanic would have emerged as it did without the prior existence
of Bill Whelan's remarkable music for Riverdance."
Don Heckman Jazz and World Music critic for The Los Angeles Times
"Riverdance composer Bill Whelan's celebration of Irish song
and dance that has thrilled audiences from Dublin to Manhattan,
exposes the architecture of Celtic music as well as its finery." Chicago
Tribune
"Bill Whelan's music is haunting, evocative..." Daily
News
"Whelan's melodic themes are strong and vibrant." St
Petersburg Times
"The soul of Riverdance is the music of Bill Whelan, who
has imbued the score with with a mystical quality of both ancient
melodies and modern harmonies, underscored by myriad ethnically
diverse rhythms." Daily Variety
"Riverdance stands on its own as a great musical work beyond
its value as the soundtrack to the dance-rich theatrical piece." Billboard
Magazine
"This soundtrack from Dublin's hit musical makes traditional
Celtic music hip and stylish, blending instruments like the fiddle
and the sax into elegant folk compositions." US
News & World
Report
"Riverdance not only stands up outside the theatrical fourth
wall, it represents world music at its finest." Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"With the astonishing critical and commercial success of
the Riverdance stage show, for which he wrote all the music and
lyrics, there can be little doubt that Whelan has earned the title
of High King of Irish Music." Dirty Linen Magazine
"Fabulous, stupendous, electrifying, unique." Irish
Voice
"Whelan has assembled a stellar collection of the talents
of Irish music and woven several different ethnic strands into
a complete work. Ten out of ten." Hot Press |

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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