In 1987, Dublin composer Michael McGlynn founded ANÚNA. The ensemble's name… Read Full Bio ↴In 1987, Dublin composer Michael McGlynn founded ANÚNA. The ensemble's name, originally An Uaithne, derives from the collective term for the three ancient types of Irish music Suantraí (lullaby), Geantraí (happy song) and Goltraí (lament).
The majority of singers come from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland with many of its members also drawn from all over the world. Their repertoire is written or arranged for the group by McGlynn, and includes reconstructions of Early and Medieval music from Ireland and beyond presented in a candle-lit, costumed ambiance that allows the group to connect with a very wide variety of audience despite the eclectic nature of the music they sing.
Anúna perform between twelve and fourteen singers, unconducted, in any performance. They are equally at home in an amplified theatrical setting or an unamplified concert hall.
Anúna created the vocal ambiance of Riverdance (1994-1996), achieved a Top 10 placing on the U.K. Singles Charts while remaining at Number 1 on the Irish singles charts for eighteen weeks. In 2012 they appeared as the "Voices of Hell" on the video game Diablo 3 [Blizzard] gaining a Game Audio Network Guild nomination for the Best Original Choral Performance in February 2013. In February 2018 the group won the Outstanding Ensemble category of the Annual Game Music Awards for their contributions to the soundtrack of the hugely successful video game Xenoblade Chronicles II. In February 2017 the group participated in an extraordinary collaboration with Noh Theatre entitled "Takahime", a Japanese adaptation of W.B. Yeats' play "At the Hawk's Well". The performance was directed by Gensho Umewaka (Japanese National Treasure) and Michael McGlynn, who also composed an original score.
While curating the Meltdown Festival at London's South Bank, Elvis Costello invited Anúna to perform as featured guests and in 2011 they featured on DVD and CD with the pioneering Australian children's entertainers The Wiggles. A number of Anúna singers have gone on to carve very successful careers as solo artists including singer-songwriter Hozier [2007 - 2012] and six of the lead soloists in the phenomenally successful Celtic Woman including Lynn Hilary and Éabha McMahon.
In complete contrast, as a classical choral ensemble Anúna have appeared at the World Sacred Music Festival in Morocco and at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, London. They have sung at many major classical venues including the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, De Doelen Rotterdam, Hyogo Performing Arts Center and Orchard Hall in Tokyo, New York Town Hall and Minneapolis Symphony Hall.
They have collaborated with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland on two major concerts of McGlynn's compositions at Dublin's National Concert Hall (2009 & 2010).
Anúna have an active and highly successful Education & Outreach programme that has been responsible for workshops across China, Japan, Spain, Belgium, Israel, Sweden, Canada, Poland, the UK and The Netherlands. In 2012 they presented at the Shanghai Conservatory. In 2015 the group presented an interest Session as part of the American Choral Directors Association National Conference at Salt Lake, Utah, USA. In 2019 their sixth highly successful annual ANÚNA International Summer School in Dublin, which attracts professional and amateur choral musicians from all over the world, will take place in Dublin preceded by the first ANÚNA Winter School in February in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Anúna have released eighteen albums since 1991 and have been featured artists on three Grammy Award-winning albums. Invocation (1994) won a National Entertainment Award for Classical music, while Deep Dead Blue (1996) was nominated for a Classical Brit Award. Celtic Origins (2007), also an award-winning PBS show and DVD, became the number one selling CD on the US World Music Charts that August while September 2011 saw their album Christmas Memories reaching the Hot 100 of the Billboard Album Chart. In 2008 the choir released Invocations of Ireland, McGlynn's self-made film, an evocative depiction of the Irish landscape and its relationship to his music. This has been broadcast extensively in Australia/New Zealand, with the DVD being released on Australia's DV1 and Columbia Music Entertainment in Japan.
They have been signed to some of the world's major record labels including Decca, Universal Classics, Polygram, E1 and Philips. Michael McGlynn's sheet music is available from www.michaelmcglynn.com.
The majority of singers come from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland with many of its members also drawn from all over the world. Their repertoire is written or arranged for the group by McGlynn, and includes reconstructions of Early and Medieval music from Ireland and beyond presented in a candle-lit, costumed ambiance that allows the group to connect with a very wide variety of audience despite the eclectic nature of the music they sing.
Anúna perform between twelve and fourteen singers, unconducted, in any performance. They are equally at home in an amplified theatrical setting or an unamplified concert hall.
Anúna created the vocal ambiance of Riverdance (1994-1996), achieved a Top 10 placing on the U.K. Singles Charts while remaining at Number 1 on the Irish singles charts for eighteen weeks. In 2012 they appeared as the "Voices of Hell" on the video game Diablo 3 [Blizzard] gaining a Game Audio Network Guild nomination for the Best Original Choral Performance in February 2013. In February 2018 the group won the Outstanding Ensemble category of the Annual Game Music Awards for their contributions to the soundtrack of the hugely successful video game Xenoblade Chronicles II. In February 2017 the group participated in an extraordinary collaboration with Noh Theatre entitled "Takahime", a Japanese adaptation of W.B. Yeats' play "At the Hawk's Well". The performance was directed by Gensho Umewaka (Japanese National Treasure) and Michael McGlynn, who also composed an original score.
While curating the Meltdown Festival at London's South Bank, Elvis Costello invited Anúna to perform as featured guests and in 2011 they featured on DVD and CD with the pioneering Australian children's entertainers The Wiggles. A number of Anúna singers have gone on to carve very successful careers as solo artists including singer-songwriter Hozier [2007 - 2012] and six of the lead soloists in the phenomenally successful Celtic Woman including Lynn Hilary and Éabha McMahon.
In complete contrast, as a classical choral ensemble Anúna have appeared at the World Sacred Music Festival in Morocco and at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, London. They have sung at many major classical venues including the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, De Doelen Rotterdam, Hyogo Performing Arts Center and Orchard Hall in Tokyo, New York Town Hall and Minneapolis Symphony Hall.
They have collaborated with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland on two major concerts of McGlynn's compositions at Dublin's National Concert Hall (2009 & 2010).
Anúna have an active and highly successful Education & Outreach programme that has been responsible for workshops across China, Japan, Spain, Belgium, Israel, Sweden, Canada, Poland, the UK and The Netherlands. In 2012 they presented at the Shanghai Conservatory. In 2015 the group presented an interest Session as part of the American Choral Directors Association National Conference at Salt Lake, Utah, USA. In 2019 their sixth highly successful annual ANÚNA International Summer School in Dublin, which attracts professional and amateur choral musicians from all over the world, will take place in Dublin preceded by the first ANÚNA Winter School in February in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Anúna have released eighteen albums since 1991 and have been featured artists on three Grammy Award-winning albums. Invocation (1994) won a National Entertainment Award for Classical music, while Deep Dead Blue (1996) was nominated for a Classical Brit Award. Celtic Origins (2007), also an award-winning PBS show and DVD, became the number one selling CD on the US World Music Charts that August while September 2011 saw their album Christmas Memories reaching the Hot 100 of the Billboard Album Chart. In 2008 the choir released Invocations of Ireland, McGlynn's self-made film, an evocative depiction of the Irish landscape and its relationship to his music. This has been broadcast extensively in Australia/New Zealand, with the DVD being released on Australia's DV1 and Columbia Music Entertainment in Japan.
They have been signed to some of the world's major record labels including Decca, Universal Classics, Polygram, E1 and Philips. Michael McGlynn's sheet music is available from www.michaelmcglynn.com.
Cormacus Scripsit
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Cormacus scripsit hoc psalterium
Cormacus scripsit
Cormacus scripsit hoc psalterium
Cormacus scripsit
Cormacus scripsit hoc psalterium
Ora pro eo qui legis hec
Ora procese qualibet hora
(3x)
Cormacus scripsit
Cormacus scripsit
Cormacus wrote this psalm
Cormacus wrote
Cormacus wrote this psalm
Cormacus wrote
Cormacus wrote this psalm
Pray for him you who read these [words]
Pray for yourself at any hour
(3x)
Cormacus wrote
Cormacus wrote
Cormacus scripsit
Cormacus scripsit hoc psalterium
Cormacus scripsit
Cormacus scripsit hoc psalterium
Ora pro eo qui legis hec
Ora procese qualibet hora
Cormacus scripsit
Cormacus scripsit
Cormacus wrote this psalm
Cormacus wrote
Cormacus wrote this psalm
Cormacus wrote
Cormacus wrote this psalm
Pray for him you who read these [words]
Pray for yourself at any hour
(3x)
Cormacus wrote
Cormacus wrote
The lyrics of Anuna's song "Cormacus Scripsit" talk about a man named Cormacus who wrote a psalm or hymn. The repetition of the phrase "Cormacus scripsit" emphasizes the importance of his contribution to religious music. The song encourages readers to pray for Cormacus and for themselves.
The lyrics reflect the importance of psalms in religious worship and how they are created by individuals who have a deep spiritual connection. It also highlights the importance of prayer, both for the writer of the hymn and the reader of the psalm.
Line by Line Meaning
Cormacus wrote this psalm
The psalm was composed by a person named Cormacus
Cormacus wrote
Cormacus authored the text
Pray for him you who read these [words]
Ask for blessings for Cormacus, the writer of this psalm
Pray for yourself at any hour
Urge the reader to pray for themselves at any time
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: . TRADITIONAL, MICHAEL MCGLYNN, MICHAEL PHILIP MCGLYNN
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@kystcynara
I just realised I hold my breath when ever I listen to your music ... in order to hear it better. -.- As if my lungs are connected to my ears... Nontheless, Anuna's music will be something that I always treasure and have a special fondness for. STAY GOLDEN.
@Brivixxycej8
Love it. The Irish have a wonderful musical heritage, and I'm grateful for all that Anuna does in preserving it for all of us to hear . :)
@Sannahmusic
I love this song and setting so much! It is deeply mysterious and has such awesome chords. One of my favourites in whole youtube! ❤
@Kobzar3374
Well... what can I say? This is all Celtic in the best sense of the word (if there is any bad sense of that word at all). Celtic beauty of the music, of the landscape, of the ruins, of the singers. Or at least Celtic beauty as I imagine it and lovve it. Thank you for sharing this video and keep up the wonderful work. Warm greetings from Spain!
@EmyrianMusic
The overtones that shine through as soon as the tenors join in after 1:00 are absolutely amazing and clear.
@JR690L
Después de 14 años de tu comentario siguen siendo hermosos ✨
@WmJoseSinclair
this is truly amazing.. they're definitely in touch with something cosmic and ethereal.. incredible vocals, great imagination on the video visuals as well - this is simply SUPERB!
@tabletalk33
Words fail to describe the beauty of this.
@taritorrez3506
Oh my goodness!! How did I miss this one?? So beautiful!
@phantomunmasked
2.47 hits me like a punch to the gut - moving in a wonderful, wonderful way. All the singers, with Miriam right in the middle - somehow the image seems so powerful to me. No idea why. Am coming to love Miriam's voice more and more! :)