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Jerrey Souree 2019 July manx music today Yn Chruinnaght Celtic Gathering Less than two weeks till the Isle of Man welcomes friends new & old from the Celtic Nations for the 41st Yn Chruinnaght Celtic Gathering! Read inside KMJ for the programme of events and some special features, but here are just some of the Manx music & dance highlights to look/listen out for at this year’s festival: - A brand new musical collaboration between Manx musicians, David Kilgallon & Mera Royle and Breton singer Lors Landat & accordionist Thomas Moisson. - A Viking fancy dress ceili night (to coincide with the World Championship Viking Longboat Races in Peel) - Falkirk Piper Neil Clark will join Skirl to perform Manx & Scottish bagpipe tunes in Peel Cathedral - New and old Manx songs with Dilys Sowrey and her class from Arbory School, including an unmissable rendition of The Pride of Purt-le-Murra! - Manx singing session with Greg Joughin - Mark Lawrence will perform his own arrangements of Manx & Celtic tunes for fingerstyle guitar - Manx pop from Biskee Brisht & Clash Vooar - Daily food & folk sessions at Noa Bakehouse - New interpretations of Manx and original tunes by the Peddyr Trad Trio [see special feature] - Dancing & music from the IOM & other nations outside the Cathedral & House of Manannan - The Mollag Band give their final big gig before heading off to Lorient this August - Ceilis featuring Manx dancing with the Tarroo Marroo ceili band and Skeddan Jiarg - Talented young Manx musicians from Bree, Scran and Share na Veg www.celticgathering.im In this month’s edition... • TynwaldFest • National Week events • Strathspey for Brian Myers kiaull manninagh jiu 07/19 culture vannin kiaull manninagh jiu 07/19 culture vannin St Patrick’s Isle Fenella Beach Peel Castle
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kiaull manninagh jiu 07/19 culture vannin onboard passengersfrom numerous around cruiseshipsentertaining theworld. Wednesday session(picbelow) andotherlocalgroups Irish have been Meanwhile,Manx justoffthecoast, musiciansfromO’Donnell’s weekly https://www.facebook.com/rachelhairharp/ The students learntArrane ny &Auldyn Niee Riverby Paul Cringle: andin inOberlin School/OSAS Scottish Arts Westminster, Maryland. at HairhasbeenintheUSAteachingandScottishharp Ohio Manx Rachel Pavilion by Culture whichissupported Vannin, Council and theIOMArts Visit IsleofMan. EnclosduPort, Espace Marine, Espace Parole,Reservoir Palais desCongres, and, ofcourse, theManx intheGrandeSkeddan Jiarg. Parade, them,theywillbeperforming Between Espace Bretagne, the thisyearSheard, Royle includetheMera trio, music&dance Manx performers The Bandand Mollag month istheFestivalNext Interceltique deLorient inBrittany. Headedby IOMdelegate, Grainney Harrish y Cheayn - Across theSea yCheayn-Across Harrish
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kiaull manninagh jiu 07/19 culture vannin byReview JohnO’Regan the earsandimagination. exhilaration.cliff-edged energy, This,knuckled coupled withwhite makesNanea rollercoasterride for voice. It’s alliedto arazor-sharp thisunpredictability command ofdynamicthat lendsNaneitsexciting set. Neitherisitunnatural to slipinaslow song, Arrane Saveenagh, highlighting Aerin Roberts’ sweet it’s to hearthemplay notsurprising fullonandthendrop thesoundto at asoloharp theendoftune collection. The tunesandvocals are allplayed energy ofskill, andindividualvirtuosity, withplenty and and idealism,notto mention awelcome for respect thetradition -arecipe shared onthis withScran me mostof The Train ayoung Scottishbandfrom ofgusto, theninetieswithplenty North, Journey brio Celtic tunesfrom Irelandandbeyond theIsleofMan, crop upwithinthesets. anything, If itreminded said, it’s butallthemore exciting, eclectic field blood pumpingandenergetically left for that. salvosunexpected slideguitar, ofDelta guitarandalmostpsychedelic scenarios –likeI phasedelectric mellifluous (remembervocals fromthat name!)beingmostobvious. Roberts Aerin There are alsosome Capercaillieearly /Silly Wizard blastsofheadytunesonfiddlesandaccordion, type and harps stringed Bree, organised by Culture Vannin. from Calan bunchofsoundswitheverything / Theirs isaneclectic isabigbandwith10members,Scran allintheirteens, andemerged from theManx Youth Movement, welcomed Scran’s debutalbum,Nane, withsomejoy andcuriosity. soitisasource ofwonderand theUK, andexcitement when newexponents reach meandthusI traditionalaregular musicisnotoften Manx soundto my ears, despite theisland’s proximity to Ireland and imagination”! described theirdebutalbumNaneas“arollercoasterridefortheears SCRAN www.facebook.com/rushensilverband 'Happy asa King', andfinally Manx'A Wedding’. Check itoutontheir Facebook page; member Ashley Cole. The movement istitled The Great Manx Wedding, andfeatures 'Graih my Chree', year ofthelastmovement from asuite called “Five Miniatures”, Manx written by andconducted band MANX PIECE NEW BRASS There isavideoofRushenSilver withtheirpremiere Band last performance receivedthisravereviewfrom‘LivingTradition’Magazinewho www.livingtradition.co.uk/webrevs/cvd001.htm Fiddle player Manx tunes! Manx tells usshebeenteaching thestudents some tutoring for theScottishFeis too, andshe Conservatoire inGlasgow. Shehasbeen Isla iscurrently studyingat theRoyal Scottish students, aswell asagig at Tynwaldfest. DESC, aswell asaworkshop for Bree &Scran schoolsfor Culturesecondary Vannin & and at somelocalprimary performances and Isla, Rory Tiernan willbegiving members from TRIP. thisweekof Man with acouple offellow band www.facebook.com/islacallistermusic/ Isla Callister returns to theIsle
kiaull manninagh jiu 07/19 culture vannin This custom isexplained inafew stories andfolktunes to connected “Themselves” bane.of bollan As well astheancient ceremony of Tynwald itself, oftheday for thoseat apart St. John’s isthewearing http://www.manxmusic.com/publication_266847.html ofAnnie Kissack’sThis performance Ballad’‘Manannan isavailable ontheSollysCD: asanoffering Barrule rushes upSouth Manannan. for Vannin outthetradition filmwhich mentioned oftaking withinthe text, follows alocalfamilycarrying choir,Performed by Gaelic her Manx Caarjyn Culture Cooidjagh, thesongaccompanies thisshort ruler, Manannan. Traditionary Ballad.’ andtheidylliclife theIsleofMan The underitsfirst describe oftheManx lyrics Ballad’ Beg Manannan ‘The text, was Gaelic composed Manx byto theoldestknown Annie Kissack ‘The of theIsland, Manannan. are traditions ofrushesto andcustoms; theManx honourmythical oneofwhichisthecollection ruler Tynwald Day iscelebrated asthe National Day ofthis on the 5th July. ofthe Isle of Man part Anecessary Tynwald Day Traditions www.culturevannin.im/manx_year_event_483632.html WATCH HERE:https://youtu.be/DcUHUc6liR8
kiaull manninagh jiu 07/19 culture vannin https://chiollaghbooks.com/ available viahisChiollagh Books: More ofStephenMiller’s researchintothemusic,cultureandfolklore oftheIsleManis https://soundcloud.com/culture-vannin/the-gill-brothers-their-collecting-of-folk-songs-from-the-isle-of-man/ Listen totheaudio: The fullhour-long talkisnowavailable online: He recentlydeliveredthispaperatCecilSharp HouseinLondon. dance andthefigurescollectorsinvolved withtheCelticRevival. from theUniversityofLeeds,andhetakesa special interestinManxfolklore,folksong, Currently basedin Vienna, StephenMillerhas a BA inhistoryandanMA infolklifestudies Gill brothersandoffersareassessmentoftheirplaceinManxculturalhistory Pulling onnewresearchcarriedoutoverrecentyears,StephenMillerreaddressestheplace ofthe amongst thepersonalpapersofDeemsterGillwhentheywerereleasedin2000. Ironically, theGillshaveleftmoremanuscriptmaterialbehindthananyofthesecollectors,found collection waspublishedinlarge partinthe‘JournalofFolk-Song Society’. Moore, whoseown‘ManxBalladsandMusic’ appearedin1896,andbyDrJohnClague,whose marginalised andneglected figures inthecollectingofManxfolksong,overshadowedby A.W. The Gillbrothers- W.H. Gill(1839–1923) andDeemsterJ.F. Gill(1842–99)-haveremained been toldofitoverthepast100years. important episodesinthehistoryofManxmusic,andwhyweneedtorethinkeverything we’ve Stephen MillergaveafascinatinglectureforCulture Vannin lastmonthaboutoneofthemost The Gillbrothers andtheir collectingoffolksongsfrom theIsleofMan(1894-98) “I amlongingfor another voyageofdiscoveryinthesummer”: RESEARCH NEWS https://youtu.be/6rK8DSUH1T0 .
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‘threshed the corn in the lonely night’ and and and - based on a po a on based
the day’ time of the blossomin of the time piece
er a the at years the Festival Concert Festival the ‘Ho! Ho! The Phynodderee!‘Ho!Ho!The of fairy love with brief excursions brief with
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, then then but but for the Manx Music Festival Music Manx the for Cushag’s poem for SATB choir, with a few passages passages few a with choir, SATB for poem Cushag’s
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was Maurice Powell Maurice of horal horal little man does much credit to the genius of our young programme with its white flowers and black, dark blue or deep red berries, red deep or blue dark black, and flowers white its with was ’ choral choral ,
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Manx folklore Manx counterpoint was the in in ‘hunted over Snaefell for the loaghtan beg’ beg’ loaghtan the for Snaefell over ‘hunted , characterised by theofIsle Man’ em by Tennyson by em disbanded in October 1914. October in disbanded , ‘Musical Notes’ ‘Musical The 4 S enlivens the piecewithsome effectivedramatic
by begin: on which the work is based, is work the which on ociety he all indid this the of hope monetary reward. - oa Clee f Music. of College Royal part clad clad hill’ and took them to safety nom de plume
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Stephen Miller, 2019 Miller, Stephen Notes Tramm the in him see cannot lassie his So Phynodderree! poor the for breeches and coat a left ‘And words the farmerI worked ‘TheI wanted becausewords thought pay’. arrives,climax The Verse3major. Tramm the to up me sends daylight till away, work must minor contrasts opsto tahr rm hi from teacher composition same the in appeared compositions that this that goblin performed performed mists of time. the hrl ballad choral , , “ The Mrs W.J. Corlett has picked up a fine air fine a up picked has Corlett W.J. Mrs
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- mountain fairy appearing as an old man in winter, lamenting and warning of the coming coming the of warning and lamenting winter, in man old an as appearing fairy mountain ter ter law law
years old in the the in old years The k returnsto 19 nown as the ‘fairy tree’ in wider Celtic mythology. mythology. Celtic wider tree’ in ‘fairy asthe nown - 1937), of Ramsey, the Manx poet, playwright and folklorist. Her first collection, collection, first Her folklorist. and playwright poet, Manx the Ramsey, of 1937), that that year (William John Corlett) Corlett) John (William 09
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,
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, and daughter, daughter, and but but in a hushed a in
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nom de plume Frances P. Corlett P. Frances pianissimo, g of the Manx cultural revival. cultural Manx g ofthe
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