John Spillane – In Another Light (Vinyl)

John Spillane In Another Light with Pauline Scanlon and the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra is a career spanning album, the songs ranging from 1983 right up to John’s most recent release in 2020. This album is a result of a live concert with the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra in November 2021 as part of the Right Here Right Now festival. Every person involved with the concert experienced these songs in a different way. For John and Pauline, who have been performing these pieces for years, it meant learning them anew, in collaboration with the orchestra. For the orchestra, playing newly orchestrated pieces brings new challenges and excitement. For the audience members, they could sit back and experience these well known and much loved songs as they have never heard them before.

The resulting recordings are a perfect marriage of true lyrical and melodical brilliance of the songs, lifted by the perfect accompaniment of a professional orchestra.

There is a true sense of family and community around this album, how many people does it take to put a show of this scale on a stage? How many people does a musician such as John meet on his journey? We want to welcome everyone into this community, experience these songs with us, hear these tracks that you know and love, In Another Light.

Album Credits
℗ and ⓒ John Spillane 2022. All Rights Reserved. Any unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting is prohibited.
Inspired Records 004

Recorded live on November 13th 2021 in Cork Opera House as part of the Right Here Right Now Festival.
Performed by:
John Spillane – Vocals & Guitar
Pauline Scanlon – Vocals
The Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra:

Leader Alan Smale
Violin 1 Dave McElroy, Lyn O’Reilly, Rachael Masterson
Violin 2 Tom Crowley, Mary MacCague, Holly McConnell, Caoimhe Brown
Viola: Elaine Kenny, Niamh Quigley
Cello: Grace Coughlan, Alona Kliuchka, Jake Ryan
Double Bass: David Whitla
Flute: Kieran Moynihan
Oboe: Ciara Glasheen Artem
Clarinet / Saxophones: Michael Lynch, Ken Marshall
Bassoon: Marie Essalmi
French Horn: Cuan Ó Seireadáin, Michael Long
Trumpet: Mark Adams, Michael Mullins
Trombone: Eoghan Kelly, Colm O’Hara
Harp: Anne-Marie Papin Labazordière
Percussion: Patrick Lynch

Conducted by John O’Brien
Guest conductor for Under That Old Clare Moon – Robbie Pender

These songs were arranged by:

Paul Frost – The Dance of the Cherry Trees,  All The Ways You Wander, Magic Nights in the Lobby Bar, The Dawn Chorus, Will We Be Brilliant Or What?
Kevin Codd – Princes Street
Robbie Pender – We Come In the Wind, Under That Old Clare Moon
Daniel Murphy – Passage West, Hey Dreamer

Recording Engineer Colm Hinchion
Live Sound engineer – Daragh Murphy
Mixed & Mastered at Wavefield Studios Clonakilty
Artwork by Megan Clancy Creative

1. Intro – 0:38
2. The Dance of the Cherry Trees – 3:54
3. All The Ways You Wander – 4:27
4. Song Intro – We Come In The Wind – 0:26
5. We Come In The Wind – 3:27
6. Prince’s Street – 4:38
7. Passage West – 5:49
8. Magic Nights In The Lobby Bar – 4:40
9. Under That Old Clare Moon – 3:31
10. Hey Dreamer – 4:11
11. The Dawn Chorus – 4:43
12. Will We Be Brilliant Or What – 4:43