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Michael McGlynn was born in Dublin. His harmonic language combines elements of traditional Irish music such as modal melodic lines and ornamentation, fixed and shifting drones and jazz-tinged chordal clusters. These features can be heard in his contribution to the Chanticleer commissioned “And on Earth Peace : A Chanticleer Mass”. Michael contributed the “Agnus Dei” to this multi-composer work. His best-known choral work is “Dúlamán” (1995), a setting of the traditional Irish poem of the same name. This work has been performed and recorded extensively. It features another characteristic aspect of his musical language in its use of multiple alternating rhythms. Michael McGlynn’s music has been recorded and performed by such internationally recognised vocal ensembles as Rajaton, the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, The Dale Warland Singers, Conspirare, the BBC Singers and Chanticleer. In 1987 he founded the Irish choral group Anúna. Anúna have released nine albums, almost exclusively featuring his arrangements and original works. Two of these have featured in the US Billboard charts while “Deep Dead Blue” was nominated for a Classical Brit Award in 2000 and went top 5 in the UK Classical Charts. Although best known as a writer of choral music, Michael McGlynn has written orchestral and instrumental work. 2007 saw the premiere of the cantata “St. Francis” commissioned by RTÉ, which is a setting of texts associated with Francis of Assisi for tenor, choir and symphony orchestra. “Behind the Closed Eye”, written for the Ulster Orchestra has been successful as a CD release. He has also written music for theatre, including the Adrian Noble/Cusack family production of Anton Chekov’s “Three Sisters” at the Gate Theatre, Dublin. (biography © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland) |
| Composer web site: www.michaelmcglynn.com |
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