Londonderry Air - Chamber Strings - Sydney Youth Orchestras - Autumn SYO Concert.flv

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Londonderry Air (also known as Danny Boy), performed by Chamber Strings ensemble. Most of the musicians are between 9 and 13 years old.

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The conductor, Nicholas Tester walks onto stage immediately after this performance.

Londonderry Air is an Irish anthem, full of depth and melancholic tenderness. It is very popular among the Irish and very well known throughout the world. The tune is played as the Northern Ireland anthem at the Commonwealth Games. Danny Boy is one of Ireland's best-loved songs and is often performed today as an emblem of Irishness. The song is as much a touchstone of identity among Catholics and republicans—who may sing additional verses about a pike-bearing rebel dying to set Ireland free—as it is among Protestants and loyalists—who are more likely to refer to it as Londonderry Air, a name it acquired in the late nineteenth century.

Recorded live on 20 March 2010 at the Sydney Youth Orchestras SYO Autumn Concert at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia.

The Orchestra's website is http://www.syo.com.au
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