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June 16th is Bloomsday – the day Leopold Bloom journeys through Dublin in Joyce’s novel Ulysses. The book is bursting with musical references and the characters almost sing their way through the novel. Their minds are filled with the musical culture of the early 20th century - popular drinking songs, opera arias, and ballads imbue the pages; there are over 40 references to songs in the Sirens chapter alone. RTÉ lyric fm celebrates this very important anniversary with JOYCE SONGS – JAMES JOYCE’S MUSICAL DUBLIN containing music referred to in Ulysses, several of which have never been recorded before. The CD features emerging Irish artists Owen Gilhooly, Elizabeth Woods, Emmanuel Lawler, Daire Halpin, and Franck Dunne recorded variously with pianist Pádhraic ó’Cuinneagáin, and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by Robert Houlihan.
Track listing:
1 MOORE ARR. RONAN The Minstrel Boy 2.56
2 FRED GILBERT The man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo 2.42
3 F VON FLOTOW M’appari tutt amor from Martha 3.14
4 FITZBALL / BISHOP My Pretty Jane (The Bloom is in the Rye 4.13
5 BINGHAM / MOLLOY Love’s Old Sweet Song 4.04
6 TRAD ARR QUIGLEY The Croppy Boy 3.37
7 CRAWFORD / BARKER Dublin Bay 2.34
8 WA MOZART La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni 3.01
9 HARRY B NORRIS Seaside Girls 3.31
10 YEATS TRAD ARR QUIGLEY The Salley Gardens 2.54
11 LESLIE STUART The Shade of the Palm 4.52
12 MICHAEL BALFE I Dreamt I dwelt in Marble Halls 3.56
13 CW MURPHY / DAN LIPTON My Girl’s a Yorkshire Girl 3.41
14 MICHAEL BALFE T’was Rank and Fame 3.32
15 F VON FLOTOW Martha, O return love! from Martha 2.55
16 WEATHERLY / ADAMS The Holy City 5.09
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