{"id":43742,"date":"2017-03-17T14:19:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=43742"},"modified":"2017-03-17T16:36:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T20:36:37","slug":"lizsts-best-danny-boy-renditions-for-saint-pattys-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/03\/17\/lizsts-best-danny-boy-renditions-for-saint-pattys-day\/","title":{"rendered":"LISZTS | The Best ‘Danny Boy’ Renditions (For St Patty’s Day)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Muppets sing “O Danny Boy” (Image: video capture)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2014, a group of 35 composers and music scholars sent a letter<\/a> to the Irish Times complaining about the omittance of Irish art music from a celebration of culture put on in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy. So before we begin, as another small country with parts of its rich, cultural history that often go overlooked by the rest of the world, let us Canadians acknowledge that Ireland boasts plenty of interesting classical music. <\/span><\/p>\n

Works by Irish composers Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, John Field, and contemporary composers Benjamin Dwyer, Arthur Duff and others find themselves frequently performed worldwide. In honour of St. Patrick\u2019s Day, why not have Torontonians check out an Irish composer they\u2019ve never listened to before? It\u2019s a thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

Art music aside, some of the most-performed Irish works (and most-beloved) consist of hundreds of beautiful folk song arrangements, with none more beloved than \u201cO Danny Boy.\u201d A song that can reduce even the most sober audiences to tears when used as an encore by the great divos and divas of the opera world, below we present an examination of some famous renditions of this timeless lullaby.<\/span><\/p>\n

Placido Domingo & Itzhak Perlman<\/h3>\n