Artist: Patrick Cassidy
Genre(s):
Easy Listening
Discography:
Immortal Memory
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
The traditional music and mythology of Ireland is the foundation for the orchestral compositions of Patrick Cassidy. Best known for his riotous melodies and superimposed orchestrations, Cassidy has emerged as Ireland's most successful composer. The Dorchester Journal called him, "Ireland's modern Mozart" spell The Marietta Daily Journal praised him for "successfully transferring the intimate nuances of antediluvian Irish melodies to the orchestral palette." In 1992, Cassidy was named "Person of the Year" by the city of Limerick for his contributions to Irish culture. One of ten-spot children, Cassidy was brought up speaking the Irish nomenclature. Studying piano as a youngster, he played in rock bands with his brother, Frank world Health Organization directly serves as his business concern manager. Although he earned a Masters degree in applied math from Limerick University, he continued to be spell-bound by music. Cassidy released his debut album Cruit in 1988, featuring music by seventeenth and eighteenth century Irish harpers arranged for a baroque period ensemble and Irish harp. Cassidy's most successful composing, The Children of Lir, with a libretto in the Irish nomenclature and based on the antediluvian Annals of Ulster, was premiered at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, with client instrumentation by the Chieftains, and disseminate by RTF radio. The drawn-out piece of music was later performed at the Lorrient Festival for an audience of more than 200,000 citizenry. In October 1992 the piece was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Tallis Chamber Choir at Abbey Road Studios. Released deuce geezerhood later, the album received a gold record award in Ireland. In 1995, Cassidy was licensed by the Irish Echo newspaper and Wild Geese, Inc. to compose Shortage Remembrance during the hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of Ireland's expectant shortage. The piece was premiered at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on March 10, 1996. A CD featuring most of the live cast was released by Windham Hill a class afterwards. Cassidy returned to the Annals of Ulster for his 1998 orchestral piece Deirdre of the Sorrows.
