28 Feb 2012
Location: Coleraine
Event Type: Concert
Cran is a unique group in the Irish folk-music world with a highly-individualistic approach and a vast repertoire featuring an array of styles and instruments.
The trio’s performances are a dazzling display of technical virtuosity combined with humorous banter and stories. Their native Irish material includes bubbling dance music or haunting slow airs on flute and pipes, and vocals ranging from the unaccompanied songs of Connemara to the lilting mouth music of Donegal. Their Hiberno-English song repertoire covers the entire gamut from the old story-telling long ballads to lively comic songs of devilment and rascality. They also include material from the Scots-Gaelic and Breton traditions.
Each member of the trio has an international reputation in his own field. Desi Wilkinson is a major force in the field of Irish flute-playing. Sean Corcoran is known internationally as one of the leading singers in the Hiberno-English and Gaelic traditions. Ronan Browne is a leading light among the younger generation of uilleann pipers, straddling the divide between pure traditional music and the modern world. He was the original piper with both Riverdance and the Afro Celt Sound System and has written music for film and television.
For more information and to book tickets, get in touch with the University's Cultural Affairs Department on (028) 7012 4683.
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