The Irish Tenors took the world by storm when they were first brought together for their March 1999 PBS premiere concert special, sparking an international phenomenon of concert performances that thrilled audiences across the United States. The charmers who changed the face of public television's favorite tenor trio return for an encore in THE IRISH TENORS: LIVE FROM BELFAST. Ronan Tynan and Anthony Kearns return from the original lineup joined by Finbar Wright, with a guest appearance by original Irish tenor John McDermott.

With a selection of songs that span a century of great Irish music, THE IRISH TENORS: LIVE FROM BELFAST offers a nostalgic, romantic view of Ireland's great musical history, from the turn-of- the-century to popular music featured in The Quiet Man and Riverdance. The concert is an exhilarating mix of Irish airs, lullabies, love songs, anthems, and parlor songs, varying style and pace with pathos and humor.

By popular demand, the new concert includes more songs performed as a trio, including a professional spin on the sports anthem, "The Fields of Athenry," sung on terraces across Ireland before every soccer and rugby game, and the popular parlor songs "Percy French Medley (Phil the Fluter's Ball, Come Back Paddy Riley to Bally James Duff and Are Ye Right There Michael)" and "Dublin Medley (Molly Malone)." Of course, the tenors' encores include the beloved classic Londonderry air, better known as "Danny Boy."

The solo selections in THE IRISH TENORS: LIVE FROM BELFAST showcase the vocal stylings which made Ronan and Anthony household names in America last year, and introduce Finbar Wright to American audiences. Phil Coulter's "Scorn Not His Simplicity," made popular by the recordings of The Dubliners in the 1970s and Sinead O'Connor in the '90s, finds its perfect interpretation in Ronan Tynan's gentle manner; Anthony Kearns brings "There is a Flower That Bloometh" from the Irish opera Maritana into the modern canon; and Finbar Wright embodies the spirit of longing at the heart of "Isle of Innisfree." This new generation in the long line of great Irish tenors also make the songs that were once part of the famed Count John McCormack's repertoire their own.

John McDermott, the third Irish tenor in the 1999 PBS concert THE IRISH TENORS, was unable to fully participate in the February 5 Belfast concert having suffered the loss of his mother in late January, 2000. In Northern Ireland visiting family, McDermott spontaneously joined the trio on stage and sang a poignant tribute to his mother, "The Last Rose of Summer." Anthony and Ronan joined their friend for the sweet, resonant "Red is the Rose."

THE IRISH TENORS: LIVE FROM BELFAST was recorded at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Ireland, with the 67-piece Warsaw Synphonia under the musical directon of Frank McNamara. The "Irish Tenors" debut concert album and home video have achieved gold sales, and the album has been at the top of Billboard's World Music chart for nearly a year.

Finbar Wright has emerged as one of Ireland's great romantic singers since his Platinum 1991 debut album, "Because." He has hosted his own highly rated television series for RTE, "Music of the Night," and appeared in major concert tours of Australia, Canada, and the United States. His distinctive rich and romantic tenor voice has sold over 300,000 records in Ireland, and he has performed for President Clinton and Pope John Paul II. Wright is a recipient of the prestigious "Best Irish Male Artist of the Year" IRMA Award.

Ronan Tynan has performed to sold out houses in Ireland, Scotland, England and the United States over the last several years. He has won both the Tenor Trophy and the John McCormack Trophy at the National Singing Festival in Dublin and the RTE/BBC TV Talent Competition. He also captured the prestigious French International singing competition in 1996. In addition to his singing career, Tynan is a medical doctor and champion equestrian, despite having two prosthetic legs.

Anthony Kearns is known throughout Ireland as a true lyric tenor. He has sung at the National Concert Hall in Dublin and Limerick, the Gaiety Theatre and the RDS in Dublin and performed with the National Concert and Symphony Orchestras of Ireland. Currently he tours in operatic concerts with Richard Baker, the renowned BBC Classical Presenter.

Funding provided by Prudential, Delta Air Lines, Public Television Viewers and PBS. Producers: TV Matters and Radius Television Productions. Presenting station: WLIW New York. Executive Producers: Daniel Hart, Jan Willem Bosman Jansen, and Declan Farrell. Producer: Bill Hughes. Director: Bill Cosel. Format: CC STEREO.

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