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Bill Whelan (22 May 1950 - )

Male Person - Ireland

Releases (9)

Official

Album

  1. The Seville Suite 1992
  2. The Other World 1993
  3. The Connemara Suite 2007
  4. Riverdance 25th Anniversary: Music From The Show 06 Dec 2019

Album - Soundtrack

  1. Riverdance: Music from the Show 1995
  2. Some Mother's Son 06 Oct 1996
  3. The Roots of Riverdance 23 Sep 1997
  4. Riverdance on Broadway 02 May 2000
  5. Dancing at Lughnasa 2000

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. Planxty

Recordings by (128)

  1. Timedance '92 5:50 (1992)
  2. Dún Briste 3:54 (1992)
  3. Timedance 92: Humours of Barrack St. 1:11 (1992)
  4. Timedance 92: Isercleran 2:09 (1992)
  5. Timedance 92: The Ballymun Regatta 2:25 (1992)
  6. The Otherworld, Main Theme 2:47 (1993)
  7. Crunniuc And Macha 3:12 (1993)
  8. Chariot Race/Childbirth 2:38 (1993)
  9. The Twins Of Macha 1:23 (1993)
  10. Setanta And Ferdia 2:01 (1993)
  11. Feasting At Culann 2:26 (1993)
  12. The Hounds Of Culann 2:03 (1993)
  13. Deirdre's Cry 2:42 (1993)
  14. Alba 2:26 (1993)
  15. A Raven-Headed Warrior 3:46 (1993)
  16. Fergus 2:19 (1993)
  17. The Táin 3:31 (1993)
  18. Cú Chulainn And Ferdia 1:49 (1993)
  19. A Voice From Beyond The Thunder 1:21 (1993)
  20. Emain Macha 1:38 (1993)
  21. The Dawning 2:04 (1993)
  22. From The Depths 2:41 (1993)
  23. The Story Tellers 2:58 (1993)
  24. The Other World 3:01 (1993)
  25. Riverdance (Radio Edit) 4:01 (1994)
  26. Caracena (From The 'Seville Suite') 2:45 (1994)
  27. Riverdance (Full version) 5:48 (1994)
  28. Caracena 2:41 (1995)
  29. Riverdance Remix 3:47 (1995)
  30. Caraçena 2:42 (1995)
  31. The Heart’s Cry 2:27 (1995)
  32. The Countess Cathleen / Women of the Sidhe 5:41 (1995)
  33. Shivna 3:38 (1995)
  34. Firedance 6:03 (1995)
  35. Slip Into Spring 3:46 (1995)
  36. Riverdance 5:44 (1995)
  37. American Wake (The Nova Scotia Set) 3:08 (1995)
  38. Marta’s Dance / The Russian Dervish 6:03 (1995)
  39. Andalucia 4:21 (1995)
  40. Home and the Heartland 3:26 (1995)
  41. The Harvest 3:38 (1995)
  42. Riverdance (dance reprise) 4:34 (1995)
  43. Reel Around the Sun 8:45 (1995)
  44. The Heart's Cry 2:35 (1995)
  45. Fire Dance 6:05 (1995)
  46. Caoineadh Cú Chulainn (Lament) 4:12 (1995)
  47. Lift the Wings 5:02 (1995)
  48. Freedom 3:45 (1995)
  49. Andalusia 4:22 (1995)
  50. Macedonian Morning 2:58 (1995)
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On Recordings (25)

Arranged

  1. Raglan Road 3:42 Jim McCann (1991)
  2. The Rocky Road to Dublin 2:51 Paddy Reilly (1991)
  3. Molly Malone 5:29 The Band of ‘Dubs’ (1991)
  4. Spanish Lady 4:02 Paddy Reilly (1991)
  5. The Foggy Dew 4:00 Jim McCann (1991)
  6. April In Roundstone 3:43 Zoë Conway & John Mc Intyre (Nov 2012)

Conducted

  1. To the Field 4:58 Elmer Bernstein (1990)
  2. The Church 1:55 Elmer Bernstein (1990)
  3. Stranger 3:46 Elmer Bernstein (1990)
  4. The Widow and the Dance 1:51 Elmer Bernstein (1990)
  5. The Cliffs and the Sea 3:16 Elmer Bernstein (1990)
  6. Auction 2:11 Elmer Bernstein (1990)
  7. Caravan 1:31 Elmer Bernstein (1990)
  8. The Bird 2:18 Elmer Bernstein (1990)
  9. Killing 2:59 Elmer Bernstein (1990)
  10. Questions 2:33 Elmer Bernstein (1990)
  11. The Land 5:43 Elmer Bernstein (1990)

Instruments

  1. Music for a Found Harmonium 2:44 Patrick Street (1990) keyboard
  2. Punch in the Dark 4:59 Seán Smyth (1993) bass guitar
  3. Glimmerer 4:52 Daniel Figgis (1995) double bass
  4. Andalucia 4:21 Bill Whelan (1995) handclaps
  5. My Poor Little House Without Me in It 4:22 Daniel Figgis (1995) double bass

Remixed

  1. Riverdance Remix 3:47 Bill Whelan (1995)

Produced

  1. The Refugee 3:40 U2 (28 Feb 1983)

Arranged

  1. Erin Shore (traditional intro) 0:27 The Corrs (15 Sep 1995) membranophone

Credited as (5)

  1. Bill Whelan
  2. Bill Whelan & Seolta
  3. Bill Whelan feat. Anúna and The RTÉ Concert Orchestra
  4. Bill Whelan arr. Johnstone
  5. Bill Whelan feat. Eleanor McEvoy

Works (20)

Composed

  1. The Seville Suite: The Road to La Coruña (1992)
  2. The Seville Suite: Caraçena (1992)
  3. The Seville Suite: Kinsale (1992)
  4. The Seville Suite: O'Donnell's Lament (1992)
  5. The Seville Suite: Pedro de Zubiaur (1992)
  6. The Seville Suite: Fr. Conry's Jig (1992)
  7. The Seville Suite: The Storm (1992)
  8. The Seville Suite: The Coast of Galiçia (1992)
  9. The Seville Suite (1992)
  10. Riverdance (1995)
  11. Riverdance: A Symphonic Suite
  12. April in Roundstone
  13. Riverdance
  14. Lift the Wings
  15. Sun and Moon and Stars
  16. American Wake
  17. At the Edge of the World
  18. Elegy
  19. Highlights from Riverdance

Lyrics

  1. At the Edge of the World

Links (6)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/bill-whelan

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/254923

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000077555

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924013/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/76508664

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2469021