{"id":62652,"date":"2026-01-01T18:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=62652"},"modified":"2026-01-03T09:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:53:38","slug":"invernia-a-piece-of-traditional-galician-music-ideal-for-cold-winter-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/01\/invernia-a-piece-of-traditional-galician-music-ideal-for-cold-winter-days\/","title":{"rendered":"'Invern\u00eda', a piece of traditional Galician music ideal for cold winter days"},"content":{"rendered":"

We're starting a new year and the first blog post of 2026 will be about music, the universal language par excellence.<\/p>\n

'In\u00e9s', a beautiful song about a Galician woman who became Queen of Portugal after her death<\/a><\/rel>
\n'Quena f\u00e9sta e o d\u00eda', a song from medieval Spain with a great beginning<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

In 1989, my favorite musical group, Milladoiro, released the album<\/strong> \"Castellum honesti\"<\/a> (The Castle of the Honest One), a name associated with the Western Towers of Catoira (Pontevedra)<\/a>, built in the 12th century by order of the first archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Diego Gelm\u00edrez (1068-1140), to face the frequent Viking raids on the coasts of Galicia. The album contained ten traditional Galician songs.<\/p>\n

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A Milladoiro concert in Pontevedra on August 14, 2014, during the festivities of the Pilgrim Virgin, patron saint of the city (Photo: Elentir<\/a>).<\/div>\n

The album is a true gem within the extensive repertoire of this Galician folk music group. The album's final track, \"Invern\u00eda,\" is an instrumental piece dedicated to winter<\/strong>, as its title suggests. It's a fine example of descriptive music that evokes the cold days of this time of year. Like the other tracks on the album, \"Invern\u00eda\" was recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin<\/strong>, the capital of Ireland, under the direction of engineer Brian Masterson.<\/p>\n

\"The album charted in the United States that same year, an unprecedented feat<\/strong> at the time for an album with that theme,\"<\/em> notes Discmedi<\/a>, the record company that released it. In 1989, Milladoiro performed for the first time in the USA<\/strong>, playing at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. You can listen to the studio version released in 1989 here:<\/strong><\/p>\n