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16/06/2004
RTÉ lyric fm to release Joyce Songs LP
RTÉ lyric fm celebrates the centenary of Bloomsday with the launch of an album entitled 'Joyce Songs: James Joyce's Musical Dublin'.
The 16 songs on the record are those that Joyce sang himself or used in his writings, particularly in 'Ulysses', and include popular drinking songs, opera arias, music hall numbers and ballads.
Old standards, such as 'The Minstrel Boy' and 'I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls', are included alongside tracks which have never been recorded before.
The songs are performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under the baton of Robert Houlihan and soloists include Owen Gilhooly, Elizabeth Woods, Emmanuel Lawler, Dáire Halpin, Derek Moloney and Frank Dunne with pianist Pádhraic Ó'Cuinneagáin.
Full tracklisting:
The Minstrel Boy
The Man Who Broke The Bank at Monte Carlo
M'appari from Martha
My Pretty Jane (The Bloom is in the Rye)
Love's Old Sweet Song
The Croppy Boy
Dublin Bay
La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni
Seaside Girls
The Salley Gardens
The Shade of the Palm
I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls from The Bohemian Girl
My Girl's a Yorkshire Girl
'Twas Rank and Fame from The Rose of Castille
Martha, O return love! from Martha
The Holy City
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