The Devil's Dream - Chamber Music by Seán Doherty

The Devil's Dream - Chamber Music by Seán Doherty

MEX 77135 (Métier, CD)

FIRST RELEASE (14 March 2025)

Playing time: 57'26"
℗ 2025 Métier Records
© 2025 Métier Records
Main country of recording: Ireland
Received: 22 January 2025
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Sonoro Quartet
Sylvia O'Brien, soprano
Mark Redmond, uilleann pipes

Seán Doherty (born 1987):

The Devil's Dream

Lament for the Poets:
The Tidings
Sojourn in the Whale
Lament for the Poets

No Go

Drochshaol:
Fr McCarthy's Lament
Prof Boole's Farewell

Paddy's Rambles through the Gravel Walks

This album presents first recordings of Seán Doherty’s captivating works for string quartet, enriched by voice and traditional Irish instruments. Two of the pieces are a meditation on death - The Devil's Dream and Paddy's Rambles through the Gravel Walks - and three explore pivotal moments in Irish history: the Easter Rising (Lament for the Poets), the Troubles (No Go) and the Great Famine (Drochshaol).

Recorded in 2023 at Dublin University.

 

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