Tuesday 5 July 2016

The Songs of Anúna


The round tower in Clonmacnoise

We first heard and watched Anúna at a performance in Clonmacnoise invited there by a very good friend some years ago and became entranced by them. So much so that the memory of hearing their voices remains so very fresh in our minds still.



I encourage you to listen their voices and then click on 
for more until you are sated !

16 comments:

  1. Beautiful clarity in that voice I must say. I love Irish music.
    One of my favourite folk singers is Christy Moore and my favourite song of his
    is his setting of W B Yeats' poem 'The Song of the Wandering Aongus' - do you know it? (I love Irish poetry also).

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    1. Thank you for your appreciation Pat, yes I know and like that song " the silver apples of the Moon and the golden apples of the Sun"

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  2. I won't even attempt to pronounce Clonmacnoise...

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    1. CB it is one of the most easiest of names to say ' clon -mac - noise ' there now see how simple that is :-))))

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  3. The tower looks like it would be a terribly mysterious looking place at night

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    1. Hello Simon I think you are right especially with the entrance being about ten feet up from the ground !

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  4. Beautiful song and video, very mysterious landscape as well.

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    1. Very glad you liked it Thelma, the scene is in the Wicklow Mountains.

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  5. A beautiful and pure voice and voices. I shall see what else is available.

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    1. Thank you Graham and now you know why I was "entranced"

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  6. It's incredible that your photo immediately invokes Ireland and nowhere else. And thanks for this stunning music.

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  7. Thanks Mitch am so glad that you l enjoyed the blog.

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  8. As a choirsinger I can really appreciate the effort behind those magical chords. The place in the picture is magical as well, and it's not surprising that these moores, meadows,valleys and structures creates music like that. It is really very different from the whiskyinthejar-tunes, happily, although they have their obvious place.
    How blessed I am to have all these blogfriends in enchanting and interesting settings, sharing their best!
    Thank you, dear Heron!!

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    1. You are very welcome FT and thank you for the appreciation.

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