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Rhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi and Róisín Elsafty

Featuring American Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens, Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi and renowned Connemara sean-nós singer Róisín Elsafty.

Is ceoltóir Meiriceánach í Rhiannon Giddens ar bronnadh gradam Grammy uirthi i 2022. Cuireann sí spéis nach beag insan am atá thart chun fírinní an lae inniu a nochtadh. Is iluirliseoir Iodálach í Francesco Turrisi a bhfuil an-cháil uirthi a ghnóthaigh ainmniúchán go ghradam Grammy fosta agus a bhfuil taithí mhaith aici ar an chomhoibriú agus ar an tástáil sa cheol. Is í Róisín Elsafty an ceoltóir deireanach atá againn, amhránaí sean-nóis iomráiteach a rugadh i gConamara agus a bhfuil nasc bródúil aici le traidisiún ársa an cheoil. Tagann na healaíontóirí cumasacha seo le chéile san eagrán seo ina bhfuil meascán de scannán ceolchoirme, cleachtaí taifeadta agus agallaimh le feiceáil. Agus iad i mbun cleachtaidh tosaíonn an triúr ag cruthú rud éigin don léiriú deiridh le chéile, ag tarraingt ar thraidisiúin ceoil faoi leith.

Rhiannon Giddens is a Grammy Award-winning American musician who uses her art to examine the past and reveal truths about our present. Grammy-nominated Francesco Turrisi is an Italian multi-instrumentalist well versed in collaboration and musical experimentation. Our final performer, Róisín Elsafty, is a Connemara-born sean-nós singer with her own links to a proud musical tradition. These three accomplished artists come together in a blend of concert film, recorded rehearsals and interview. While rehearsing, the trio begin to forge something that results in a final performance that draws on distinct musical traditions.

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28 minutes

Broadcast

  • Next Sunday 22:30