Caitríona O'Leary Presents Unaccompanied at N/A

On Saturday OCTOBER 31st, Heresy Records' recording artist, Caitríona O'Leary, will perform the 26th installment of Unaccompanied her weekly series of micro-concerts live-streamed on Facebook every Saturday at 2:30 PM Dublin time (GMT+1:00). For Unaccompanied O'Leary performs a wide range of songs written - or intended - to be performed without accompaniment.

The repertoire for Unaccompanied includes medieval songs, sean nòs, folk and traditional songs from Ireland, England, Scotland and North America among other rarely heard works. During the broadcast O'Leary speaks about the history, provenance and texts of the songs. She often performs variants of the same song which MAY be found in different countries and on different continents. She performs in costumes which she designs and makes for each performance. Videos of the concert are available for replay on her YouTube channel. For Unaccompanied 26 O'Leary will perform three songs. They are: An Clár Bog Déil - a traditional Irish song from Connemara, Caitríona sang the Munster version of this song in a previous broadcast which features different lyrics and melody. Benidacamus Domino Magdalena is liturgical medieval chant and I Will Walk With My Love also known as My Bonnie Boy, is a folk song that exists as an 18th century ballad sheet the text of which was also popular in Ireland in the 18th century. Caitríona will sing an English version of this beautiful song.

O'Leary is internationally renowned as a singer of early music, traditional Irish song and folk music. She is particularly known for her performances and recordings of unaccompanied song. In reference to a concert she performed at Beethovenfest Bonn, the General Anzeiger wrote, "This is a special genre of vocal art, called sean nós...in this type of singing O'Leary is a master." Her latest recording for Heresy Records, The Red Book of Ossory with her ensemble, Anakronos received five stars from the Irish Times, ArtMuseLondon called it "a singular work of genius" and RTÉ Lyric fm and The Journal of Music lauded it as "One of the records of the year".

The idea for Unaccompanied was inspired by a MAY 2nd concert O'Leary performed as part of Ireland Performs, an online series of concerts established in response to the Covid-19 pandemic presented by Culture Ireland and Facebook Ireland.

Unaccompanied 26: Programme - Saturday OCTOBER 31, 2020

An Clár Bog Déil - traditional Irish, Connemara
Benidacamus Domino Magdalena - chant
I Will Walk With My Love - traditional English

UNACCOMPANIED: FEATURING CAITRÍONA O'LEARY
EVERY SATURDAY BEGINNING 2:30 PM (GMT+1)

FACEBOOK LINK TO CONCERT- https://www.facebook.com/caitriona.oleary.3/

YOUTUBE CHANNEL - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-O5nz3FMldmVrdGP1eAAhw?view_as=subscriber