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Dennehy’s ‘docu-cantata’: an arresting portrayal of the Great Irish Famine

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

Freya Parr

Published: September 19, 2019 at 9:24 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, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. 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. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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