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Celtic Lamentations: Healing Music for Twelve Months and a Day. Áine Minogue with Alasdair Halliday, Baird Hersey, Randy Roos (2005)
All over the world, traditional wisdom sets aside “a year and day” for us to walk the healing steps from loss to acceptance. In her own life, Áine Minogue recently turned to her beloved music collection for consolation, but found nothing that really touched her grief. With Celtic Lamentations, she has created the music she wanted to hear during that time. Here, she offers you a “companion in music”-eleven songs that carry the power of Celtic music to help us return to everyday life. Meant to be heard often, this inspired sequence includes Celtic keening—an improvisational ode to the women of yore who carried the grief for their entire communities, “Deus Meus”—a fusion of Latin and Gaelic healing music, a moving interpretation of the classic “Carolan’s Farewell to Music,” the uplifting “Awakening,” and other original compositions.
- Caoineadh Na Dtri Muire
- Oran Mhor Mhic Leoid
- Griogal Cridh
- Song Of The Banshee
- Deus Meus
- Carolan’s Farewell To Music
- Awakening
- A Iosa, B’im Chroise
- Do Not Stand
- Song Of Keening
- Kilcash
ÁINE MINOGUE
was born in Borrisokane, County Tipperary and began playing the harp at age twelve. She developed her talent as a harpist by studying and performing in Ireland and now lives in the United States. In addition to recording six solo albums including Celtic Meditation Music, she has contributed to numerous soundtracks and compilations.
As an artist, Áine Minogue has long explored Ireland’s themes and mysteries, sharing its very essence in her vocal and instrumental melodies. Experience the power of these songs to let go of that which we’ve lost—and to move toward the joys that lie ahead.
