ANÚNA recently released a feature-length film Behind the Closed Eye, which
explores the music of Irish composer Michael McGlynn and his relationship to the work of the poet Francis Ledwidge who was killed in the Great War in 1917. This beautiful production was filmed across Ireland and features stunning landscapes and music. It follows the creation of the album “Behind the Closed Eye” by ANÚNA and The Ulster Orchestra and features live performances by ANÚNA (Ireland), Cantus (USA) and Apollo5 (UK).Link to the Behind the Closed Eye video:
https://youtu.be/Yr9hpoQq3awThere are some names you might recognize in the documentary including:
- Deirdre Gilsenan (aka Deirdre Shannon)
- Hannah Traynor
- Lynn Hilary
- Méav
- George Hutton
- Roisin Dempsy
- Simon Morgan
- Sorcha Fenlon
- Victoria Warwick
The Coming of Winter is fun to listen to. There are a number of familiar names on the album as well, including Lynn and Méav, with both of them performing on the same track: Midnight.
That caused a question to pop into my head:
Can we think of any other tracks where multiple members of Celtic Woman performed together as featured performers (ie. soloists) on the same song recording before Celtic Woman existed?
Orla and Méav of course performed together on Orla's Christmas DVD (and Éabha had a cameo), but that was long after the start of Celtic Woman.