You are invited to an IIHSA in person musical event on Saturday 1st of June 2024 at 7 pm (Greek time). A musical event by ethnomusicologist Labrini Gioti Andersson who examines Irish Immigration Songs.
“Parting is bitter and weeping ,vain”
If we follow the line of this song, we will find ourselves into one of Ireland’s richest singing traditions.
The purpose of this event is to approach this kind of Irish traditional song which is associated with a specific historical context and period.
Irish traditional singing was almost always inspired by historical facts, and in this speech, the historical context is emigration which is one of the biggest chapters in the Irish history.
We will see through the songs, how the history of emigration inspired traditional singing, both in Ireland and overseas.
This is an in-person event only
