El 38º Euroradio Folk Festival de 2017 se celebró en la ciudad checa de Çesky Krumlov, organizado por la Çesky Rohzlas o Radio Nacional de la República Checa. Este evento, itinerante, lo acoge cada año una emisora pública europea. En 2017 se celebró entre el 19 y el 22 de julio. Cada emisora pública europea envía un representante. En total fueron 21 conciertos de los que hoy oímos el último con la segunda parte de Altan, representantes de Irlanda.
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh - voces, fiddle
Ciarán Curran - buzuki
Ciaran Tourish - fiddle, whistles
Dáithí Sproule - guitarra
Mark Kelly - guitarra
Martin Tourish - acordeón
El concierto tuvo lugar el sábado 22 de julio, pero en un escenario distinto, no en el castillo sino en la parte baja de la ciudad, cerca del rio y la entrada no fue libre, sino de pago. Eso sí, en el descanso invitaban a un whisky y a la prensa hasta a champagne. S e instalaron mas de mil sillas sobre un suelo de hierba en un escenario enorme con dos grandes pantallas de televisión. Nadie se levantó a bailar a pesar de las invitaciones de la vocalista para que así fuera.
El programa de mano en inglés decía:
The traditional Irish band Altan is undoubtedly one of the music treasures of its home country and takes its name from the deep and mysterious lake in County Donegal, Ireland. The area also has a rich fiddling tradition and repertoire.
In the course of their 30 years of playing together, the musicians of Altan have created a distinctive style characterized by contagious energy and Irish rhythms, which – along with the fragile beauty of the traditional songs played by fiddles, whistles, guitars, accordion and bouzouki and sung in Irish Gaelic as well as English – have fascinated audiences all over the world. In 2006, the Irish Government honoured the band by putting their image on an official postage stamp.
They have performed and recorded with stars like Dolly Parton, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Ricky Skaggs, and played in the world’s most prestigious venues, such as the Royal Albert Hall, the Sydney Opera House and the Grand Ole Opry. Their album The Widening Gyre, whose title refers to a poem by W. B. Yeats, was produced in Nashville in 2014 and reflects the group's widening of their musical horizons over the past three decades.
Altan’s founding member, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, who is the band’s lead singer and fiddler, was named the 2017 Traditional Musician of the Year, the highest award for an artist in the genre. The band's appearances this year have included shows at Dublin Castle as part of the Temple Bar Trad Fest and at Celtic Connections in Glasgow, as well as an extensive US tour.
Programme:
dividido en dos partes, con descanso. El viernes oímos la primera y hoy el resto.
1. Maggies Pancakes/Piobaire/Friel
2. Tuirse mo Chroi
3. Mark's Jig
4. Paddy's Trip
5. Lass of Glenshee
6. Flood in the Holm
7. Gypsy Davy
8. Road Home
9. Comb/Gweebarra
10. Boq/Margaree/Humours of Westport
11. Rosses Highlands
12. Samhradh/Aniar/Donegal
13. Green Grow
14. JD's
15. Dulaman
16. Highlands/2reels
Con este concierto terminamos la programación del 38º Euroradio Folk Festival 2017. El próximo festival tendrá lugar en Moscú, Rusia entre el 26 y el 28 de mayo de 2018. Os lo ofreceremos integro en su momento. El representante elegido por RNE para la ocasión es el grupo gallego Brath.
