Calen-O: Songs from the North Of Ireland Carolyn Dobbin & Iain Burnside

• Joan Trimble (1915 - 2000):
• 1Green Rain02:51
• 2Girl’s Song01:39
• 3My grief on the sea03:33
• Hamilton Harty (1879 - 1941):
• 4A Cradle Song02:17
• 5Scythe Song01:50
• 6Flame in the skies02:23
• 7At Easter02:28
• 8The Fiddler of Dooney01:58
• 9The Sea Gypsy01:42
• 10The Blue Hills01:57
• Howard Ferguson (1908 - 1999): Irish Folksongs:
• 11Irish Folksongs: I. The Apron of Flowers02:18
• 12Irish Folksongs: II. I’m from over the mountain01:57
• 13Irish Folksongs: III. Calen-o01:53
• 14Irish Folksongs: IV. The Swan03:01
• 15Irish Folksongs: V. My grandfather died02:06
• Charles Wood (1866 - 1926):
• 16At the mid hour of night03:02
• 17At Sea03:24
• 18Shall I forget02:42
• 19The Outlaw of Loch Lene03:22
• 20Credhe’s Lament for Cail03:50
• Hamilton Harty: Three Sea Prayers from the Greek Anthology:
• 21Three Sea Prayers from the Greek Anthology: I. To the Gods of Harbour and Headland02:23
• 22Three Sea Prayers from the Greek Anthology: II. Saved by Faith01:34
• 23Three Sea Prayers from the Greek Anthology: III. To Apollo of Leucas01:56
• Total Runtime56:06

Info for Calen-O: Songs from the North Of Ireland

A passionate advocate for the art music of her native Northern Ireland, mezzo-soprano Carolyn Dobbin has put together this programme that attests to a rich – yet little known – tradition. Who knew that doyen of Anglican church music

Charles Wood was in fact an Ulsterman, and a fine composer of art song? Premiere recordings of Wood and of the forward-looking Hamilton Harty are interleaved with songs by Joan Trimble and Howard Ferguson in a journey of delightful discovery. Iain Burnside lends his credentials as our leading pianist for song.

Northern Irish mezzo-soprano and Samling Foundation Scholar Carolyn Dobbin studied on the Opera course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and has since sung at the Royal Opera House Linbury Studio, English

National Opera, Grange Park Opera, Opera Holland Park, Stadttheater Bern (Switzerland), English Touring Opera and the Royal Albert Hall.

"The three attractive items by Joan Trimble (1915-2000) leave one wanting more, especially in performances as good as these. With her rich palette of tone and colour, Dobbin knows how to communicate text and music while Ian Burnside’s accompaniments are beautifully managed. Both voice and piano are finely captured and well balanced." (BBC Music Magazine)

Carolyn Dobbin, mezzo-soprano
Iain Burnside, piano

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