Cork International Choral Festival:
Ethnic Voices

Project Partner:
Cork International Choral Festival

Date: 28 April 2005
Venue: Cork City Hall

Project Description:
Inspired by the continuing strength of our own sung tradition, the Cork International Choral Festival presented ‘Ethnic Voices’, a magnificent series of choral events from Ireland, Europe and beyond. In this gala concert, Ireland’s sean-nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird performed in a line up which also included White Raven of Switzerland with its profound simplicity of words and music that touch the soul. The Eva Quartet of Bulgaria impressed with its spectacular native costume and very distinctive vocal style. The Sardinian male ensemble, Tenores di Bitti, combined medieval polyphony with the atmosphere and sounds of North Africa. Finally, from the Republic of Tuva, the throat music of Hun Huur Tu, originally performed by shepherds, captured the mood of the slopes and mountains of Mongolia.

White Raven

Cork International Choral Festival: Ethnic Voices

Cork International Choral Festival:
Ethnic Voices