Bill Whelan’s Riverdance 25th Anniversary Music from the Show

Gold announces the forthcoming release of Bill Whelan’s album Riverdance 25th Anniversary: Music From the Show out now.

Celebrated around the world for its Grammy-Award winning score, thrilling energy, and passion of its Irish and international dance, this release is the powerful and stirring reinterpretation of Bill Whelan’s mesmerizing soundtrack to Riverdance.

Twenty-five years on, composer Bill Whelan went back into the studio to re-record the soundtrack to the show.

“The music has moved into a very different position from when we first recorded it. A lot of the players on the original recording would have only heard the music a day or two before whereas in this case, the music has almost been in the ether for a lot of the musicians, many of whom weren’t even born when I first wrote the score. As a result, these players come to this recording with a unique virtuosity – distinguished with both a familiarity and an energetic freshness”.

(Bill Whelan)

The iconic show will also be coming to Manchester during March 14th and 15th.

Riverdance began its journey as the interval act in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. This electrifying and innovative seven-minute dance piece was then developed into a full-length stage show by Producer Moya Doherty, Composer Bill Whelan, and Director John McColgan.

With its fusion of Irish and International music and dance, the show broke all box office records during its world premiere run in Dublin in early 1995. When the show transferred to London, the reaction was unprecedented. There followed a hugely successful tour starting in New York in March 1996, where 8 sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall heralded the start of two decades of touring by Riverdance companies throughout North America.

Since its inception, Riverdance has packed theatres throughout North America, Oceania, Asia, Europa, South Africa, and South America and it has been seen live by over 27.5 million people.

TRACKLIST:

1. Reel Around The Sun
2. The Heart’s Cry
3. The Countess Cathleen/Woman of the Sidhe
4. Caoineadhe Cú Chulainn
5. Firedance
6. Shivna
7. Slip Into Spring/The Harvest
8. Riverdance
9. American Wake (The Nova Scotia Set)
10. Lift the Wings
11. Trading Taps
12. Macedonian Morning
13. Marta’s Dance/The Russian Dervish
14. Andalucía
15. Traditional Set
16. Heartland
17. Home and the Heartland