Agony in Autumn - the song Li Ping sang with Chen

 

A fine rendition of Carrickfergus - favourite song of Joe and Margaret Byrne - and Li Ping

 

Looking down into the valley from the site of Li Ping's cremation - (my photo)

 

Margaret Byrne - Joe's mother

 

Li Ping's Temples and Monasteries - still operating today

http://www.gzhz.org

https://sg.trip.com/travel-guide/attraction/lijiang/haichuang-temple-82642

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Hoi_Tong_Monastery 

Joe Byrne studio pic in 1870's plus link to Irish Times story about racial matters with Chinese

Chinese and the Irish - its complicated 

A contemporary orchestral version of the Heart Sutra

 this is a bit too sentimental for my personal liking but the voice range seems to be what we will be after.

A more monastic version is below but whatever communicates with the audience! Im not a purist