Chilcott: Irish Blessing- Reading Phoenix Choir

Reading Phoenix Choir perform Bob Chilcott's popular Irish Blessing. Recorded at the choir's Annual Concert at Reading Town Hall in January 2012 and conducted by David Crown.

[@birteoliver3792]

My favourite blessing. 🙏🙏🙏

[@kingdonward]

How I miss singing with my little community choir in Suffolk. Thank you Reading Phoenix Choir for bringing back such lovely memories of a song in our repertoire.

[@readingphoenixchoir]

Thank you. We're glad you enjoyed the carol concert. Hope to see you on January 26th at the Town hall!

[@Gimmer3]

Perfect!

[@ulrikekaemmerer1662]

così lo vorrei cantare :)

[@normabradley5370]

Really lovely, but why does this recording cut off the last, absolutely brilliant and totally Chilcott, final chord?

[@7989ccye]

Is Dermot still singing in this choir? If so, please say hi for me ... Dean Estabrook
lovely singing ..

[@logicalstrike4772]

the tenors need to be abit louder but overall its good.

[@xotan]

Beautiful singing, nice setting, lovely to listen to.
A pity that English speakers et al perpetuate the impossible translation of 'roads rising to meet one'. It's a nonsense. Even in Ireland roads do not rise to meet one! Besides, who wants to be condemned to walk permanently uphill. A correct translation would be 'may your road through life be successful'. Sounds a bit more like a blessing, would one not think?

[@lindaybariloche]

+David Monks It's a poem, with a text written centuries ago. It's not supposed to be literal. Figurative language, what?