John Kenny - Dragon Voices: The Giant Celtic Horns Of Ancient Europe (2016)
Artist: John Kenny
Title: Dragon Voices: The Giant Celtic Horns Of Ancient Europe
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Delphian Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 66:42 min
Total Size: 242 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Dragon Voices: The Giant Celtic Horns Of Ancient Europe
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Delphian Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 66:42 min
Total Size: 242 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
01] Liadain and Cuirithir Loughnashade & Deskford duo [3:00]
02] Dance of Herne Loughnashade duo [2:20]
03] Forest Camp Loughnashade & Tintignac duo [3:01]
04] The Hunt Loughnashade solo [1:07]
05] After the Hunt Loughnashade trio [6:42]
06] Calanais Deskford trio, with skylark and waves [2:26]
07] The Shaman Tintignac solo [1:56]
08] Ships in the Night Tintignac solo with crotales [3:11]
09] Shaman 2 conch solo [3:19]
10] Cu Chulainn Tintignac solo [2:21]
11] Ocean Stone Deskford solo [6:58]
12] Invocation Loughnashade solo [2:48]
13] Shaman 3 shamanic drum [1:22]
14] Gaels & Gauls Tintignac duo, Loughnashade duo, shamanic drum [2:20]
15] Dragon Voices Tintignac quintet with crotales [3:35]
16] Tintignac Lament Tintignac solo [3:47]
17] Danse sacrale Loughnashade solo [2:08]
18] Cailleachan Deskford solo with seed and pod shakers [3:30]
19] Cave of Shells conch quartet [2:12]
20] Mor-rioghain Loughnashade trio with solo Deskford [3:13]
21] Loughnashade Lament Loughnashade solo [5:17]
People of Celtic culture all over ancient Europe were fascinated by lip reed instruments, and made great horns and trumpets in many forms - including the carnyx, a two-metre-long bronze trumpet surmounted by a stylised animal head. One of these was found at Deskford, Scotland, in 1816 and reconstructed in the early 1990s; it is joined here by the magnificent Tintignac carnyx, discovered in southern France in 2004 and reconstructed specially for the current project. A new reconstruction has also been made of the Loughnashade horn from Ireland, with its exquisite decorated bell disc.
Recent developments in music archaeology have vastly increased our knowledge and understanding of both the physical construction of these instruments and their likely playing techniques. John Kenny has specialised in their performance for a quarter of a century, and his newly created music explores the voices of these instruments in solo, duo and ensemble textures, drawing upon Celtic mythical characters, echoes of ancient ritual in modern society, and impressions of real places in Ireland, Scotland and France.
Recent developments in music archaeology have vastly increased our knowledge and understanding of both the physical construction of these instruments and their likely playing techniques. John Kenny has specialised in their performance for a quarter of a century, and his newly created music explores the voices of these instruments in solo, duo and ensemble textures, drawing upon Celtic mythical characters, echoes of ancient ritual in modern society, and impressions of real places in Ireland, Scotland and France.
