But the cemetery in sapanta is not a normal cemetery. Since the late 1970s, he has worked extensively, composing music for stage, screen and full orchestral works. See more ideas about plums brandy, romania and fried chicken. The journey started with an overnight train from bucharest to the town of sighetu. The merry cemetery is located in the village of sapanta, in the heart of maramures county in the northern part of romania, close to the border with ukraine. He studied history of art at trinity college, dublin and graduated in 1971. In fact, the communists embraced the merry cemetery. Voices from the merry cemetery, composed by shaun davey youtube here i rest, stan ileana is my name, thirty eight years i lived, in this world i lived,six coocons i gave birth without mother they raised and, so pitty i was of them orphans they remained the little one in my arms i held. Joining us on the train was a band called mambo siria from southern romania. The merry cemetery the graveyard that laughs at death youtube. Voices from the merry cemetery weave another bridge between ireland and romania, the irish ambassador to bucharest john morahan stated, in a press release. Lol well we kind of did, not a full day but a full morning. Granuaile grace o malley composed shaun davey soloist rita connolly tara3017.
Home trending history get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports. Sapanta stock photos download 790 royalty free photos. And many of the people visiting the merry cemetery are not sad. The merry cemetery is included in our walking tour in maramures. Discover and download music with our free personalized discovery tools. In addition to a solo career and as a member of planxty, oflynn recorded with. The song of tarasan ioana by shaun davey on amazon music. Voices from the merry cemetery 7, tarasan ioanna youtube. He then obtained a masters degree at the courtault institute of art in london.
Voices from the merry cemetery, composed by shaun davey. Maramures, the land of the famous wooden churches, hides a one of a kind place of rest for the dead, the merry cemetery. Voices from the merry cemetery 2, stan iliana youtube. Check out voices from the merry cemetery by shaun davey on amazon music. Chords for the deers cry chordu chords for any song. Daveys acclaimed voices from the merry cemetery suite was inspired by the famous romanian cemetery in sapanta, the lyrics adapted from.
Voices from the merry cemetery 2010 the tailor of panama original motion picture soundtrack 2001 you may also like see all. Shaun davey introduces rita connolly in the national concert hall dublin in september 2009 with a taste of his new creation based on. Videos of interesting cemetery monuments, markers and headstones that i have come across in the cemteries i visit. Merry cemetery sapanta, romania the paradoxical name of this romanian cemetery comes from the vivid colors of the tombstones and the amusing, and sometimes satirical paintings describing the lives of the person buried at that spot, and sometimes the. Voices from the merry cemetery, brought to athenaeum. Shaun davey is a composer who was born in 1948 in belfast, northern ireland. Chords for voices from the merry cemetery, composed by. Voices from the merry cemetery, composed by shaun davey lasapanta.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. An excerpt from shaun daveys voices from the merry cemetery section 1, the song of stan ioan patras, performed at the ateneul roman. Voices from the merry cemetery by shaun davey on amazon music. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading voices from the grave. Voices from the merry cemetery, 6, ilie persil youtube. But the highlight of the season was a visit to romania to play shaun daveys merry cemetery of sapanta suite, and this time in the merry cemetery itself. The merry cemetery became an openair museum and a national. An excerpt from shaun daveys homage to romania, voices from the merry cemetery. Very close to the main attractions from sighetu marmatiei, youll find a unique approach over death, a cemetery full of colors and anecdotes that will easily put a. The cemetery of sapanta is like a book about the life and death of the villagers. Composed by shaun davey granuaile is based on the life of pirate queen grace omalley, the 16th century irish woman chieftain whose galleys dominated the seas off the mayo coast. The song of tarasan ioanna from shaun daveys voices from the merry cemetery, performed at the ateneul roman, bucharest in 2011, by the mens choir of sibiu university directed by pr. You will not find gray headstones made of rock here.
Two mens war in ireland kindle edition by moloney, ed. Shaun davey at the merry cemetery, sapanta, romania. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Its called that with good reason each grave is marked, not with an austere, cold stone, but with a lively, beautifully carved wooden cross, painted in the radiant blue. I have a close friend from romania who lived within walking. Normal people dont spend their day visiting a cemetery right. The song of stan ileana in my arms i held her, sung by rita connolly, from the collection voices from the merry cemetery, composed by shaun davey. The artisan became a narrator who got to write the village chronicle location. Shaun davey composed the music here based on epitaph poems from the colourful wooden crosses in the merry cemetery in romania, a world heritage site. Behind the church of the assumption in this small town of 5,000 living souls in northern romania theres a unique cemetery, known as the cimitirul vesel the merry cemetery. Additional shaun davey video clips are available on youtube here. Check out the song of tarasan ioana by shaun davey on amazon music.
For some people, this cemetery is a place to be merry. The drowned boy, section 5 from shaun daveys voices from the merry cemetery, performed at the ateneul roman, bucharest in 2011, by the mens choir of sibiu university with soloists liam o. The seven irish soloists taking part in the concert include the legendary bagpipesartist liam oflynn and the signer rita connolly. Chords for shaun daveys fill to me the parting glass.
Voices from the merry cemetery by shaun davey on amazon. The first written record of this village dates back to the year 73. Download 790 sapanta stock photos for free or amazingly low rates. The civil war diary, reports, and letters of colonel william henry asbury speer 18611864 speer, allen paul on. Voices from the merry cemetery 1, stan ioan patras youtube. The parting glass ceiliuradh at the royal albert hall. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The songs on this album are based on a mixture of legend and fact surrounding the life of grace omalley. The merry cemetery of sapanta maramures travel guide. Tara music has been producing the highest quality recordings of traditional irish music for over 30 years. On one grave marker sits a communist official named ioan holdis, a seal with the hammer and sickle in his hand and a bible open on the table before him. An excerpt from shaun daveys voices from the merry cemetery section 6, the song of ilie persil, performed at the ateneul roman, bucharest in 2011, by the mens choir of sibiu university with.
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