Had a wonderful review in goldenplec this week, you can read it here.
review
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I played in a lovely concert as part of the Clonmel junction festival last Friday. We played Madison’s descent by By Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
A choral suite for piano, choir, chamber orchestra, solo voice and saxophone.
There was a standing ovation at the end of the concert and I enjoyed chatting to the audience members before the cross country drive home through the dark hills!
Featuring
Piano: Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
Conductor: Fergus Sheil
Saxophone: Kenneth Edge
Soprano: Claudia Boyle
The Clonmel Junction Festival Choir
The Carolan Chamber Orchestra
The Clonmel Festival choristers will join Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, a 14 piece chamber orchestra and the soloists to perform Ó Súilleabháin’s choral suite “Madison’s Descent”. Together, under the baton of Fergus Sheil, they will bring us on a very special adventure.
Madison’s Descent is artist Paige Allen’s impression of the journey a soul makes to its birth. Inspired by this story Ó Súilleabháin has composed this textured and moving choral suite, which receives its European Premiere in Junction Festival.
The performance of Madison’s Descent will be preceded by a short recital by Ó Súilleabháin with the Carolan Chamber Orchestra of some of his favourite compositions.
Here is part three of Living the Tradition where I talk
about Danny Boy and make an arrangement of it for solo cello. My
great grandmother used to cry every time she heard it. Find out why
here! part 3 the making
of LTT Or go here if that doesn’t link… On the road…
I'm very excited to get started on the funding process for the film myself and Maarten Roos are about to make, "Living the Tradition".
I would be very grateful if you helped us to reach our funding target by going to our project funding at indiegogo
Soilse in Darkness is a strong, intense and exciting piece. It is dark, with a powerful surging light shining through.
During a dark and intense tropical thunderstorm I was jamming with a tabla player in Sydney. We were working with Indian rhythms that he learned during his time in India. In the session I created a melody I called "Ode to a Tabla" I have bedded the melody in Soilse in Darkness, along with a heavy metal inspired melody and rhythm, and a Celtic nod. The left hand plays pizzicato with the third finger whilst stopping the melody line with the other fingers. I also call the piece Solace in Darkness. Soilse in Darkness means "lights in darkness" Soilse means "lights" in Irish and pronounced a bit like Sweelsha…and I like that my name is in the word…
| Who | City of Cork Symphony Orchestra |
| When |
Thursday, April 25, 2013
20:00
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All Ages
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| Where |
Emmet Place
Cork, Ireland |
| Other Info | Cork Opera House is delighted to be working with the Orchestra again to present an evening of stunning music under thecelebrated baton of Keith Pascoe. The programme consists of Beethoven’s Overture, Leonore’s No 3 Op 72a, Dvorak Cello Concerto Op. 104 and Brahms Symphony No.1 Op 68 in C minor. |
I composed and played the music for a scary slasher short film for egomotion pictures. It's on the short list for the Blood Games Short Film Competition. Watch and you'll never be able to listen to twinkle twinkle in the same way!
This is the poster…
Go and vote for it!!
| Who | Ozmosis |
| When |
Sunday, April 7, 2013
03:00
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tickets available on door €10 kids free
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All Ages
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| Where |
Union Quay
Cork, Ireland |
| Other Info | “A joyous spring Concert to celebrate the works of Australian composer May Howlett” OZMOSIS present “May in April” Evocative melodies and sensuous harmonies create a charming way to spend a Spring Sunday afternoon with family and friends. Katrina Emtage – Flute Ilse de Ziah – Cello Nicole Panizza – Piano plus special guests Kelley Lonergan - Voice and Alex Petcu - Percussion. Date: Sunday April 7th 2013 Time: 3pm (one hour concert) Venue: Stack Theatre, CIT Cork School of Music Entrance: €10 and kids free Featuring works by May Howlett, Kevin Barker, Katrina Emtage and Ilse de Ziah, |
If you are around for this concert, do come!
OZMOSIS presents
“May in April”
A joyous spring concert to celebrate the works of Australian composer May Howlett
Evocative melodies and sensuous harmonies create a charming way to spend a spring Sunday afternoon with family and friends.
Katrina Emtage – Flute
Ilse de Ziah – Cello
Nicole Panizza – Piano
plus special guests
Kelley Lonergan – Voice
Alex Petcu-Colan – Percussion.
Date: Sunday April 7th 2013
Time: 3pm (one hour concert)
Venue: Stack Theatre, CIT Cork School of Music
Cost €10, children free
Australian composer May Howlett will visit Cork for the 1st time in April and this is a unique opportunity to hear some of her work.
Involved with music and drama in Australia over the last 6 decades she writes with a quirky sense of humour that reflect her experience and a deep sense of theatricality.
Also being premiered at this concert will be new works by Kevin Barker and Katrina Emtage
Even if charts are not so important these days (especially as to reach the top you usually have to pay) I was happy to see I have reached No. 2 in the Folk charts for Cork on reverbnation! If everyone goes and has a quick listen there, I may even reach number 1!
I am working on new arrangements for trad Irish tunes and will put them up for sale on playcellomusic.com soon. I'm working towards putting out my next Celtic Cello CD.
After some requests I made a tutorial of College Groves, so incase anyone wants some extra help have a look… there were sync problems as it was a trial of another system which would be easier, but no it doesn't work. I will be doing a series of tutorials, in sync, and a little clearer… so feel free to give me any feedback on the pieces you'd like for this or comments etc.
I've put the original youtube clip of College Groves here too.
Sheet music available at www.playcellomusic.com