Charlie Lennon : ille Na Hille- A Terrible Beauty (CD)

This is a story in music of events leading up to the 1916 rising and its aftermath. It is dedicated to those who signed the Proclamation of the Republic and were executed shortly afterwards. Features song settings of ‘Fornocht a Chonac Th’ and ‘I See His Blood Upon the Rose’, sung by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, and ‘An Glaoch: Sonata for Violin and Piano’ played by renowned musicians Finghin Collins, Elizabeth Cooney. Dr. Charlie Lennon is a well-known composer of traditional tunes and of larger works for orchestral and traditional musicians.

Track Listing:
1. Planxty James Connolly (Charlie Lennon) – RT Con Tempo String Quartet
2. MacDiarmada’s Dream (Charlie Lennon) – RT Con Tempo String Quartet
3. Tom Clarke’s Jig (Charlie Lennon) – RT Con Tempo String Quartet
4. Ros Muc (Slow Air) (Charlie Lennon) – RT Con Tempo String Quartet
5. Ceannt the Piper (Charlie Lennon) – RT Con Tempo String Quartet
6. Fornocht