Ar an gclár inniu, cuirfidh Tomás Ó Canainn neart eolais inár láthair faoi cheol liotúirgeach an Riadaigh. Bhog Seán Ó Riada go Cúil Aodha sa bhliain 1963, ach ag an staid sin ní raibh aon cheol liotúirgeach cumtha aige. Chum sé trí aifreann ina dhiaidh sin, rud a chruthaigh dlúthcheangal idir é féin agus muintir na háite. Déanfaidh Tomás Ó Canainn cur síos ar an gceol sin inniu, agus cloisfidh muid samplaí dó freisin. Sa tsraith chartlainne seo, déanfar plé ar ghnéithe éagsúla de shaol agus de shaothar Sheáin Uí Riada, a cailleadh sa bhliain 1971 in aois 41 bliain.
Seán Ó Riada’s liturgical music is the focus of the programme today, presented by Tomás Ó Canainn. Ó Riada moved to Cúil Aodha in the Cork Gaeltacht in 1963, but at that stage he had not, as yet, composed any liturgical music. He subsequently composed three masses, and this consolidated the connection between himself and his new community. We’ll learn about his liturgical music, and hear examples of it, on the programme today. This archive series describes the life and work of musician and composer Seán Ó Riada, who died fifty years ago this year.
