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| Title | Mo Chasan Dubh (=The White Swan's Lullaby) |
| Contributors |
John Hearne (arranger) |
| Composition date | 2005 |
| Duration (mins) | 0 |
| Category | concerto ensemble string |
| Instrumentation | Voice or Vn or Cl / Str |
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| First line | Cu bhi cì, cu bhi cò |
| First performed | |
| Notes | For Quazim Kallushi and the New Sounds Orchestra Tirana, Albania. |
| Programme Note | The song was recorded in 1937 in the Gaelic-speaking area of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. It probably originated in the island of Barra. In John Hearne's arrangement the accompanying instruments play repeated phrases which are of different lengths, to illustrate the confusion of drowsiness. Finally the violins suggest the beating of the swan's wings as it departs. |
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