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Natalia
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« on: July 25, 2009, 09:36PM »

Could anyone tell me which Anuna albums Meav,Orla, and Deirdre sang in?

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Maggie
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« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2009, 02:50AM »

Could anyone tell me which Anuna albums Meav, Orla, and Deirdre sang in?  

You would have to know when they were members, and see whether any CDs were made during that time.
I have 4 Anúna CDs, neither Órla nor Deirdre are listed on any of them, so they may have just performed
live and not on any CDs.
Anúna is not about the individual singers, it is about the entire Choir.
There have been around 200 members in their 22 year history.

Méav was with Anúna from 1994 to 1998. She has a CD "Celtic Dreams" of all her songs with Anúna:


Lynn features on Invocation, Behind the Closed Eye, Sensation & Winter Songs.

Here's the timeline of their CDs:

Anúna  (1993)  
Invocation  (1994)  
Omnis  (1995)  
Deep Dead Blue  (1996)  
Behind the Closed Eye  (1997)  
Cynara  (2000)
Winter Songs  (2002)  
The Best of Anúna  (2005)  
Sensation  (2006)  
Christmas Memories  (2008)  
Sanctus (provisional title)   (2009)

Méav to the left of Michael McGlynn:                            


Lynn at the back, by Powerscourt waterfall:

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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2009, 03:12PM »

Okay, thankyou for the help!
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« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2009, 07:07PM »

Deirdre had one solo on the original "Behind The Closed Eye" album but the album was re-recorded and to get the version featuring her is very hard.
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« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2009, 09:51PM »

Can someone tell me how to pronounce "Anuna" ??  Is it A-noo-na ? Or A- nyu-na ?? 
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« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2009, 10:14PM »

Can someone tell me how to pronounce "Anuna" ??  Is it A-noo-na ? Or A- nyu-na ?? 

I was wondering the same thing!
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Maggie
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« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2009, 12:22AM »

Can someone tell me how to pronounce "Anuna" ??  Is it A-noo-na ? Or A- nyu-na ??  

Anúna has a fada over the 'u', so it is pronounced A-noo-na.

The fada has the effect of lengthening the vowel, if it's over an 'a' it sounds like aw, as in bodhrán (bow-rawn)

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« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2009, 03:24PM »

Could anyone tell me which Anuna albums Meav, Orla, and Deirdre sang in? 

Brian Dunphy of the High Kings, and his wife Ann Myler (CW chorus) were both in Anúna.
There is a photo of them performing with Anúna in Brian's section of the High Kings Forum.


Maggie, not being picky, but I was corrected by Anuna a while back for saying Ann Myler had been in Anuna:
    
"Re: Ann Myler-Dunphy
November 29, 2007, 04:09PM »
   
...has never been in Anuna. I can assure you of that. We have no record of her. It isn't uncommon for people that "sang" in the Riverdance Singers to say they were in Anuna.

The Anuna Office"

Their response was to my quoting the same article on the "Girl Talk" site.  I don't know if anything has changed since that time.

Jack
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« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2009, 04:49PM »

Maggie, not being picky, but I was corrected by Anuna a while back for saying Ann Myler had been in Anuna:
Jack

Oops sorry.....if you look at the post I referred to on THK Forum, I said it was Riverdance.



My only excuse is.....it was 4:50am!!! Glad you were paying attention  Grin

I've taken that bit out of my post.
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« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2009, 06:13PM »

Thank you for the pronouncian help.
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« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2009, 09:02PM »

My only excuse is.....it was 4:50am!!!   Grin

OK.  You're forgiven!   Cheesy

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« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2009, 01:54AM »

Maggie, not being picky, but I was corrected by Anuna a while back for saying Ann Myler had been in Anuna:
    
"Re: Ann Myler-Dunphy
November 29, 2007, 04:09PM »
   ...has never been in Anuna. I can assure you of that. We have no record of her. It isn't uncommon for people that "sang" in the Riverdance Singers to say they were in Anuna.
The Anuna Office"


Their response was to my quoting the same article on the "Girl Talk" site.  I don't know if anything has changed since that time.  Jack

I wonder if it's because she was just Ann Myler then.
It's quite a puzzle, because that photo I used was from Celtic Café archives, and definitely said it was Brian 5th from the left, and Ann on the far right.
You can see that on the bottom right of this page:
http://www.celticcafe.com/archive/Music/Londra/

Anúna was in the very first performance of Riverdance in the Eurovision Song Contest, and remained the Riverdance "choir" until 1996.
Here is the quote from the Girl-Talk site:
".....Ann, is the newest member of Girl-Talk but is by no means new to entertainment!  A former Billie Barry dancer, like her colleague Clare, Ann has been entertaining since she was a child.  As a member of Anuna, she travelled all around the world as part of the Riverdance  Chorus.  More recently she has recorded and performed live with the Celtic Woman show, featuring in their recent Slane Castle DVD and soon to be released Christmas DVD from the Helix, Dublin.  Married to Sean Dunphy’s  son, Brian, Ann has also featured in the popularly acclaimed Dancehall Queues and Hucklebuck Shoes.
Ann brings a warmth and personality to the band as well as a very fine and versatile voice."



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« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2009, 08:44PM »

Was Órlagh ever actually in Anúna?  I don't think I've ever seen that stated anywhere. Huh
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« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2009, 10:40PM »

Jeanine, this site lists the current members and mentions "notable" former members, including Órlagh, Méav & Lynn. (At one time the Anúna site had a listing of ALL former members, but that page has since disappeared from their site):

http://www.anuna.ie/AboutUsSingers.html

Among my Anúna collection, the following singers are mentioned (solos in brackets):


BEHIND THE CLOSED EYE:
   Méav (Midnight)
   Deirdre [as Deirdre Gilsenan]
   Lynn (Annaghdown, Midnight)
   Kira Deegan
   Róisín Dempsey
   Julie Feeney

DEEP DEAD BLUE:
   Méav (Nobilis Humilis, Blackthorn, When I Was In My Prime)
   Róisín (Sliabh Geal Gcua, When I Was In My Prime)

OMNIS:
   Méav (Ardaigh Cuan, Codail A Linbh, Geantraí, The Mermaid)
   Róisín

CHRISTMAS SONGS:
   Méav
   Róisín
   Kira
   Julie
   Lynn (Silent Night, Codhlaím Go Suan, O Holy Night)

ESSENTIAL ANÚNA [UK/European version]:
   Kira
   Róisín
   Julie
   Lynn (The Wild Song)
   Méav (Nobilis Humilis)

CELTIC DREAMS -- MÉAV NÍ MHAOLCHATHA WITH ANÚNA:
   As Maggie mentioned above, Anúna also put out this CD (much to Méav's displeasure!) which capitalizes on Méav's popularity with CW and brings together Méav's featured numbers from earlier Anúna releases: Blackthorn, When I  Was In My Prime, The Mermaid, Codail A Linbh, Geantrai, Aannaghdown, Ardaig Cuan, and Nobilis Humilis.
   There are also a few non-Méav Anúna tracks to fill out the CD.

Other contributors on this CD include:
   Róisín
   Deirdre
   Julie
   Kira

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Natalia
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« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2009, 11:41PM »

Jeanine, this site lists the current members and mentions "notable" former members, including Órlagh, Méav & Lynn. (At one time the Anúna site had a listing of ALL former members, but that page has since disappeared from their site):

http://www.anuna.ie/AboutUsSingers.html

Among my Anúna collection, the following singers are mentioned (solos in brackets):


BEHIND THE CLOSED EYE:
   Méav (Midnight)
   Deirdre [as Deirdre Gilsenan]
   Lynn (Annaghdown, Midnight)
   Kira Deegan
   Róisín Dempsey
   Julie Feeney

DEEP DEAD BLUE:
   Méav (Nobilis Humilis, Blackthorn, When I Was In My Prime)
   Róisín (Sliabh Geal Gcua, When I Was In My Prime)

OMNIS:
   Méav (Ardaigh Cuan, Codail A Linbh, Geantraí, The Mermaid)
   Róisín

CHRISTMAS SONGS:
   Méav
   Róisín
   Kira
   Julie
   Lynn (Silent Night, Codhlaím Go Suan, O Holy Night)

ESSENTIAL ANÚNA [UK/European version]:
   Kira
   Róisín
   Julie
   Lynn (The Wild Song)
   Méav (Nobilis Humilis)

CELTIC DREAMS -- MÉAV NÍ MHAOLCHATHA WITH ANÚNA:
   As Maggie mentioned above, Anúna also put out this CD (much to Méav's displeasure!) which capitalizes on Méav's popularity with CW and brings together Méav's featured numbers from earlier Anúna releases: Blackthorn, When I  Was In My Prime, The Mermaid, Codail A Linbh, Geantrai, Aannaghdown, Ardaig Cuan, and Nobilis Humilis.
   There are also a few non-Méav Anúna tracks to fill out the CD.

Other contributors on this CD include:
   Róisín
   Deirdre
   Julie
   Kira

Gordon


thanks for this!
I should've known that it was Meav singing Geantrai.
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