One Day Fine is a sonic journey through the breadth of Irish choral music. This is a recording of compositions from very different eras, cultures and politics, all unified under the direction of the National Chamber Choir of Ireland's internationally acclaimed director, Paul Hillier. The earliest work on the CD by young Irish composer Andrew Hamilton. Joining Hamilton in testament to the state of contemporary choral music in Ireland are adopted citizen Kevin Volans whose eponymous draws on the exuberant clicking vocal techniques of his native South Africa, and Ian Wilson. The latter's work The Beloved and her Lover uses traditional Irish sean-nós singing with soloist Iara Ó Lionáird and is as an intriguing counterpoint to Percy Grainger's wordless arrangement of
Tracks:
1. Anon/ Dublin - Troper Laeta lux est hodierna
2. Ian Wilson - The Beloved and her Lover
3. Kevin Volans - One Day Fine
4. Arr. Percy Grainer - Irish Tune from County Derry
5. Andrew Hamilton - Everything is ridiculous
6. Arnold Bax - This Worldes Joie
7-13. Ernst J Moeran - Songs of Springtime
14.Charles V Stanford - The Bluebird