QUAKER MEETING HOUSE, MONKSTOWN
9th April 2014, 7.30 pm
In aid of The Homeless and Hungry in Dun Laoghaire
Music: Solo Flute; Elizabeth Petcu (Ex RTE Concert Orchestra)
Poetry: Patrick Semple
PROGRAMME
Nigel Bell INTRODUCTION: The Homeless in Dun Laoghaire.
Elizabeth Petcu INTRODUCTION to the music for this evening.
Patrick Semple INTRODUCTION to poetry.
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MILTON: (1608–1674) ‘ON HIS BLINDNESS’
WORDSWORTH: (1770–1850) ‘UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE’
SHELLEY: (1792–1822) ‘OZYMANDIAS OF EGYPT’
Descant Recorder: ‘Trotto’ Anon 14th Century
GOLDSMITH (1730–1774) ‘THE DESERTED VILLAGE’ (Extracts) ‘Ill fares the land ….’ ‘The schoolmaster’
TENNYSON (1809–1892) ‘THE LADY OF SHALOTT’ (Extracts) vv 1,3,6,9
T.S.ELIOT (1888–1965) ‘THE LOVESONG OF J ALFRED PRUFROCK’ (Extract) ‘CHORUS FROM “THE ROCK” (Extract)
Irish Flute: ‘Danny Boy’ Traditional Air
JOHN BETJEMAN (1906-1984) ‘SUN AND FUN’
EUGENIO MONTALE (1896-1981) ‘THE LEMONS’
SEAMUS HEANEY (1939–2013) ‘DIGGING’
Flute: ‘Waltz’ Karg Elert
RICHARD MURPHY: (1927- ) ‘THE CLEGGAN DISASTER’ (Extracts)
Soprano Recorder: ‘Largo from Concerto in C major’ Vivaldi
INTERVAL
PATRICK KAVANAGH: (1904-1967) ‘THE RICH TRAMP’
R. S. THOMAS: (1913-2000) ‘NIGHT AND MORNING’
MARY OLIVER: (1935- ) ‘LINGERING IN HAPPINESS’, ‘SUCH SINGING IN THE WILD BRANCHES’
Flute: ‘Opening Cadenza from Le Merle Noir’ Messiaen.
‘Presto from Fantasy in G minor’ Telemann
ROBERT FROST: (1874–1963) ‘THE HIRED MAN’ (Extracts)
Treble Recorder: ‘Rondeau’ Bach
PATRICK SEMPLE: (1939 – ) ‘THE RECTORY DOG’
ROBERT FROST: (1874-1963) ‘STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING’
YEATS: (1865–1939): ‘HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN’, ‘WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GREY’
Flute: ‘Minuet and Badinerie from Suite in B Minor’ Bach
Approximately 80 people attended this event and contributed € 1,745 to helping the homeless and hungry people of Dun Laoghaire. We thank them for their support