IRELAND, MOTHER IRELAND
Price: $59.95 Code: 1074 |
Produced by the W.B. Yeats Foundation
Directed by Ciaran Tanham
1997, 57 minutes
This concert, performed at the elegant 18th-century Dublin residence of the American Ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith, features tenor James W. Flannery, accompanied by pianist William Ransom and harpist Cormac DeBarra, who perform a wide range of Irish favorites, including traditional melodies as well as songs and music by Thomas Moore, James Joyce, John Field and W.B. Yeats. Flannery, who is also well known as a writer and scholar of Irish music, literature and theater, places each song within its historic context. The video also features scenes of the Ambassadorial residence and rare photos from the Kennedy family album.
Directed by Ciaran Tanham
1997, 57 minutes
This concert, performed at the elegant 18th-century Dublin residence of the American Ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith, features tenor James W. Flannery, accompanied by pianist William Ransom and harpist Cormac DeBarra, who perform a wide range of Irish favorites, including traditional melodies as well as songs and music by Thomas Moore, James Joyce, John Field and W.B. Yeats. Flannery, who is also well known as a writer and scholar of Irish music, literature and theater, places each song within its historic context. The video also features scenes of the Ambassadorial residence and rare photos from the Kennedy family album.