Join Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh from Altan and friends for a special evening of music while supporting great causes

Altan star Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh is raising money for The Donegal Hospice and Donegal Cancer Flights and Services with a special livestream show from An Grianán Theatre on Sunday 24th January, and it’s already getting great interest across the globe ! Already people in America, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, England as well as here have signed up to see the show which only costs €10 per household to watch. In fact over half of the early bookings have come from America ! You can book online at angrianan.com Mairead will be joined by guests including members of Altan, The Harrigan family, Manus Lunny, and Nia Byrne in this live stream event for Letterkenny Trad Week. Originally envisaged as the headline event of Letterkenny Trad Week 2021 Mairéad has been commissioned by Director of An Grianán, Patricia McBride to compose new music for the event which will be streamed live from An Grianan Theatre with the assistance of the Regional Cultural Centre. The show is sponsored by Donegal Airport. Mairéad will curate the evening with the help of friends and colleagues who will join her to showcase some of her original music pieces which she has composed over the years for her band Altan, for Coirm/ Ceol na Coille “Fáilte an Earraigh” (2018) and for her own solo album ‘Imeall’ (2009) On the night she will debut her new suite ‘Ré an t-Solais’….’The Era of Light’, inspired by the hope of a new era after the intensity of the pandemic lockdown of 2020. Also other new music will be heard like ‘An Grianstad/ The Halting Sun’ (2020) commissioned by The Rolling Wave RTÉ Radio 1 / ITMA, ‘Scread na Bealtaine’ (2020) commissioned by Earagail Arts Festival.

MAIRÉAD NÍ MHAONAIGH AGUS A CAIRDE Cuireann Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh fáilte romhaibh chuig ceolchoirm speisíalta in Amharclann An Grianán, Leitir Ceanainn ar Domhnach 24 ú lá d’Éanair mar pháirt do Fhéile Tradisiúnta Leitir Ceanainn 2021. Thug stiúirtheoir na hamharclainne, Patricia McBride coimisiún do Mhairéad píosa úr nua ceoil a chumadh don oíche agus le cois sin cluinfear píosaí eile a chum sí thar na blianta dona banna Altan, do ceoltóirí Coirm / Ceol na Coille “Fáilte an Earraigh” (2018) agus dona taifead aonarach féin; ‘Imeall’ (2009) Fosta cluinfear píosaí eile mar ‘An Grianstad/ The Halting Sun’(2020) coimisiún ón clár ceoil tradisiúnta ,The Rolling Wave, RTÉ Radio 1 agus Taisce Ceoil na hÉireann ‘Scread na Bealtaine’ (2020) comisiún Féile Ealaíne Idirnáisiúnta an Earagail do Na Mooney’s. Le cuidiú a cairde agus a comhleacaithe cuirfidh Mairéad an ceol úr nua ar stáitse na hamharclainne ar an oíche faoin teideal. ‘Ré an t-Solais’ Tagann an ionspráid don ceol nua seo ón ré úr dóchais atá romhainn amach sa todchaí indiadh dorchadas géarchéim na paindéime 2020. Cionas constaicí COVID 19 beidh an ceolchoirm le feiceáil ar líne agus beidh ticeádaí ar díol ón Grianán Bronnfar cuid den praifíd ar chartharnachtaí áitiúla ; Scaoil Saor ó Ailse/ Seirbhísí Eitilt Ailse Dhún na nGall agus ar Ospéis Dhún na nGall