Christmas Together With The Barra
MacNeils, a new one-hour music special featuring
a live concert with Canada's leading Celtic
performers The Barra MacNeils premieres Saturday,
December 22 at 9pm ET / 10pm AT on Bravo!.
Produced by Halifax-based New Scotland Pictures
Inc. in association with Bravo!, the show
features music from the Barra MacNeils' Christmas
Album ll and performances by Scottish artist
Maggie MacInnes and a trio of Acadian vocalists,
Monique Poirier, Isabelle Thériault and Patricia
Richard.This year marks The Barra MacNeils' 20th year in the recording and touring career of the MacNeil siblings, who are widely regarded as one of the greatest live acts in the Celtic world. Hailing from Sydney Mines, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, The Barra MacNeils are deeply rooted in Celtic music, culture and history. Christmas Together with The Barra MacNeils, which was filmed at Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, NS, is a combination of classic Christmas music and original songs, all performed with The Barra MacNeils' Celtic flavour.
Gaelic singer and master of the clarsach (Celtic harp), Maggie MacInnes brings a pure Celtic sound of Christmas from the old country, and Monique Poirier, Isabelle Thériault and Patricia Richard, stars of New Brunswick's Ode à l'Acadie, perform original French Christmas songs with spectacular harmonies.
New Scotland Pictures (www.newscotlandpictures.ca) is the only television production company in Atlantic Canada dedicated exclusively to creating performing arts programming. The company has produced music and arts specials including Mocean Dance, A Quartette Christmas and the Dance Atlantic series. Christmas Together With The Barra MacNeils was produced for Bravo! by Charlie Cahill. The show was directed by Jim Spitler, with musical direction by Declan O'Doherty and editing by Kimberlee McTaggart.
Christmas Together With The Barra MacNeils was produced with the participation of Film Nova Scotia, Bravo!, Canadian Learning Television, CBC Maritimes, VisionTV, Knowledge Network and Sun TV.