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Cantata in Doublespeak
Trueman, Eighth Blackbird, Mudoon
Cantata in Doublespeak
Genre: Classical
 
Olagón: a Cantata in Doublespeak is the newest album from multiple Grammy Award-winning chamber ensemble Eighth Blackbird. The project finds the innovative new-music sextet collaborating with vocalist Iarla Ó Lio...  more »

     
   
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All Artists: Trueman, Eighth Blackbird, Mudoon
Title: Cantata in Doublespeak
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 1
Label: Cedille Records
Release Date: 11/10/2017
Genre: Classical
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Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 735131917421

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Olagón: a Cantata in Doublespeak is the newest album from multiple Grammy Award-winning chamber ensemble Eighth Blackbird. The project finds the innovative new-music sextet collaborating with vocalist Iarla Ó Lionaird of the Irish supergroup The Gloaming; Princeton-based composer-fiddler Dan Trueman; and Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon. A modern retelling of an ancient Irish epic, Olagón depicts not without irony and humor a privileged power couple mired in envy, greed, and adultery, descending into criminality and addiction as Ireland s Celtic-Tiger economy collapses in the early 21st century. Trueman s score combines elements of the traditional music of Ireland, Norway, and America with the raw urgency and sonorities of contemporary classical music. Muldoon s text interweaves verses in English and Irish Gaelic, seasoned with word-play and wit. Ó Lionaird, whom The Guardian calls one of the most dramatic voices in contemporary music, sings the text in the unique and highly ornamental Irish style known as sean nós. The production incorporates the gorgeous young voices of students of acclaimed Irish sean nós singer Treasa Ní Mhiollain, who also makes an appearance. Eighth Blackbird is one of the smartest, most dynamic contemporary classical ensembles on the planet (Chicago Tribune). Olagón is the new-music sextet s ninth Cedille Records album. Four of their previous Cedille recordings won Grammy Awards in the Best Small Ensemble/Chamber Music Performance category.

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