Anthony O'Daly from Reincarnations, Op. 16: Samuel Barber (J. Tramm/MidAtlantic ...
Video Information
- Choir: MidAtlantic Chamber Choir
- Piece: "Anthony O'Daly"
- Composer: Samuel Barber
- Conductor: Jason C. Tramm
- Voices: SATB
- Genres: A cappella, Classical, Contemporary
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The second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16
Anthony O’Daly was a member of the Whiteboys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wr... moreThe second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16
Anthony O’Daly was a member of the Whiteboys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully accused of shooting at a local landowner and condemned to hang. Although the local population acclaimed him as a hero and attempted to help him escape the gallows, he went quietly to his death.
"Anthony! Since your limbs were laid out, the stars do not shine! The fish leap, not out in the waves! On our meadows, the dew does not fall in the morn, for O’Daly is dead!"
Barber’s song feels like a huge public outpouring of grief. It begins with the basses repeating Anthony’s name on a drone whilst the upper voices sing a keening melody, and the piece builds to hysteria as the sopranos and altos take over the chanted name. There are also suggestions that Raftery’s poem is not a lament but a traditional poet’s curse, calling down retribution in response to Raftery’s outrage at Daly’s execution.
MidAtlantic Chamber Choir Personnel:
Jason C. Tramm, Conductor
Soprano
Paige Porter
Veronica Shea Salkin
Samantha Ferrara
Hillary Baboukis
Alto
Kimberlee Korzelius
Sophia Mortensen
Irene Lyristakis
Tenor
Rider Foster
Zachary Morehouse
Jose Daniel Mojica
Charles Bryan
Kevin Courtemanche
Bass
Christian Arencibia
Peter Lamendola
Devin McGuire
Skyler Klein
Video/Audio Engineering: Quinton Tramm
David Winkler, Producer
Recorded: June 4, 2022
Broadway Presbyterian Church (Manhattan) less