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Table of Contents:

• I have seen and handled the black bread (11:36)
• I feared he would die (11:17)
• Black potatoes (6:35)
• Keening (3:12)
• Dreadful winter (13:07).

Author/Creator:

Dennehy, Donnacha, 1970- , composer

Contributors:

Manley, Katherine, 1979- , singer

Ó Lionáird, Iarla , singer

Pierson, Alan, 1974- , conductor

Alarm Will Sound (Musical group) , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English
Irish

Language Notes:

Sung in English and Irish Gaelic.

Main Work:

The hunger [by Dennehy, D.]

Included Works:

Hunger [by Dennehy, D.] ((Concert version))

Subjects:

Operas

Sean-nos.

Ireland — History — Famine, 1845-1852 — Songs and music

Famine in Ireland (Ireland : 1845-1852)

1845-1852

Ireland

Genres:

Operas

Sean-nós

Songs and music

History

Performers:

Katherine Manley, soprano ; Iarla Ó Lionáird, sean-nós singer ; Alarm Will Sound ; Alan Pierson, conductor.

Performance Medium:

2 performers and 1 ensemble: soprano voice; male voice; instrumental ensemble

General Notes:

Recorded Drew University Concert Hall, Madison, NJ 2018 August 19-20.
"The version of The hunger that is presented on this recording is the concert version of the piece"--Program notes.
Program notes by Donnacha Dennehy and libretto with English translations inserted in container.
Title from disc label.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 157,354

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 075597925159
Publisher Number, Nonesuch: 075597925159

OCLC Numbers:

1124081534