MO GHILE MEAR, arr. Desmond Earley
MO GHILE MEAR
arr. Desmond Earley
UBC University Singers (University of British Columbia)
Kevin Sohn, tenor
Joshua Levesque, bodhrán
Graeme Langager, conductor
Recorded at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver BC.
Recording engineer: Will Howie
Videography: Mike Southworth/Collide Entertainment
Video editing: Graeme Langager
Produced with permission.
Sheet music published by Seolta Music Limited (#CCS004)
Program note:
"Written by the eighteenths-centruy poet Seán Clárach Mac Dómhnaill, Mo Ghile Mear is a traditional allegorical song--similar to the Gaelic poetic form of the Aisling--in which the poet laments the departure of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie). As is customary, the poetic text portrays the land in decline in his absence."