1. Fanfare (Battle) (3:34) -- 2. Prologue (0:25) -- 3. The children of Lir (12:14) -- 4. Dance of life (2:28) -- 5. Death of Eve (7:30) -- 6. Seduction of Lir (8:32) -- 7. Spell (3:20) -- 8. Search for the children (7:55) -- 9. For three hundred years (4:48) -- Dance of joy (9:11) -- 11. Death and resurrection hymn (13:23)
Summary
Based on the translations of Eugene O'Curry (1883). Drawing on the text and verses, Lamb has created a tone-poem with narrator providing a commentary throughout
Credits
Producer and engineer, Chris Craker ; music notes, Luthfi O'Meagher
Performer
Narrated by Fiona Shaw
Event
Recorded at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, on 5th and 6th September, 1996
