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‘Katherine Manley and Iarla Ó Lionáird bring tremendous colour and clarity to the storytelling’

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By Freya Parr

Published: September 19, 2019 at 10:24 am

‘Katherine Manley and Iarla Ó Lionáird bring tremendous colour and clarity to the storytelling’

Donnacha Dennehy
The Hunger
Katherine Manley (soprano), Iarla Ó Lionáird (sean-nós singer); Alarm Will Sound/Alan Pierson
Nonesuch 075597925159 45:07 mins

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's Digital Editor and Staff Writer. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music.

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