Anúna

Irish composer and choral director Michael McGlynn shaped the chamber choir Anúna in Dublin in 1987 using the objective that it could unite the discipline of traditional choral singing using the unaffected spontaneity usual of Irish folk singing. Until 1991 the group was called an Uaithne, which originates from the collective term for three sorts of traditional Irish melody: lullaby, content melody, and lament. Its first repertoire was composed mainly of music in the 11th with the 16th decades, but it provides broadened considerably to add traditional music of Irish, British, Welsh, French, and Cajun roots; Baroque polyphony; modern classical functions; crossover collaborations with pop superstars; and agreements and primary compositions by McGlynn. Anúna found international interest through its functionality in Riverdance in 1995, and it has tended to end up being from the present in the favorite creativity, although its real participation in Riverdance had not been large as well as the music utilized was not quality from the choir’s normal function. Anúna typically performs with 12 to 14 associates performing a cappella without conductor, in outfits, and using candlelight. They have performed at Dublin’s Country wide Concert Hall, the planet Celebration of Sacred Music, the BBC Proms, the Concertgebouw Hall, Amsterdam, and it has toured 20 countries world-wide. The choir provides performed within the premieres of functions like McGlynn’s Celtic Mass and Philip Hammond’s Requiem for the Shed Souls from the Titanic. The group’s recordings reveal the variety of its repertoire and its own flexibility in employed in a number of styles. Besides its focus on Riverdance, Anúna offers collaborated with well-known artists like the Chieftains, Clannad, the Wiggles, and Elvis Costello, and it is featured within the soundtrack from the gaming Diablo III. Albums such as for example Invocation (1994/2002); Deep Deceased Blue, that was nominated to get a Classical Brit Honor (1999); Feeling (2006); and Sanctus (2009) feature the group’s quality concert repertoire, a lot of it made up or organized by McGlynn, as will this year’s 2009 Dvd and blu-ray, Invocations of Ireland. Vacation albums include Winter season Songs (2002), Xmas Recollections (2008), and Xmas with Anúna (2011). In ’09 2009, Anúna initiated an outreach system offering choral workshops which have been kept in Dublin, Poland, Sweden, Japan, and holland. This year 2010 it officially transformed its name to Anúna, Ireland’s Country wide Choir. The choir famous its 25th anniversary in 2012 using the release from the album Illumination.