Event Details
Dates
07/05/2016 – 07/05/2016
The 1916 Song Project
A Concert of Traditional Song
New Compositions on the 1916 Easter Rising
SAT 7th MAY
Nun’s Island Theatre, Galway
Public Talk: 6-7pm (Free)
Concert: 8pm (€10/€12)
The 1916 Song Project is a national research and performance project devised and produced by Michael Fortune and Aileen Lambert for the 2016 Commemoration Programme and features some of the country’s most respected traditional singers and songwriters.
The 1916 Song Project is based around the principles of shared knowledge, support and co-operation. Since first meeting as a group in August 2015 singers have researched and composed a new body of songs in the traditional style relating to themes, events and figures connected to The Easter Rising. These songs will invite us to reflect, challenge us and introduce us to previously unsung heroes. New perspectives will be offered in a range of subjects, with diverse singing styles from around the country.
This will be Ireland’s premier traditional song event for the 2016 Commemorations and through the vision of Lambert and Fortune, combined with the skills of the singers involved, the project will launch a new body of songs into the traditional song repertoire for decades and centuries to come. The project includes singers from, and will tour to, places were there was significant activity in Easter 1916.
In addition, Thérèse McIntyre will present a public talk at each of the six venues in the tour, while Terry Moylan will deliver a once-off presentation in NLI. Video documentation of the performances will be hosted on the project website following the concert tour.
SINGERS INVOLVED
Paul O’Reilly (Wexford)
Rosie Ní Ghallóglaigh (Meath)
Sandra Joyce (Galway)
John Tunney (Clare/Galway)
Jerry O’Reilly (Dublin)
Fergus Russell (Dublin)
Paddy Berry (Wexford)
Aileen Lambert (Wexford)
Larry Joy (Tipperary)
PUBLIC TALK
Thérèse McIntyre will present a free pre-concert public talk in Nun’s Island Theatre, from 6-7pm, entitled “Who Fears to Sing of 1916? – A Search for the Songs of the Rising” The talk examines the dichotomy between the 1798 Rebellion and the 1916 Rising, why one is more ‘singable’ than the other, explores common themes and focuses on local composers from the time of the Easter Rising.
Tickets available from http://tht.ie/2409/the-1916-song-project
For further information see www.the1916songproject.com or facebook The 1916 Song Project
