POETRY AND MUSIC

QUAKER MEETING HOUSE, MONKSTOWN

Wednesday 26th April 2017, 7.30 pm
In aid of refugees coming to Ireland

MUSIC    Flute: Elizabeth Petcu (Ex RTE Concert Orchestra)
                  Violin: Mircia Petcu (Ex RTE Concert Orchestra)

POETRY   Patrick Semple

 

PROGRAMME

Nigel Bell              INTRODUCTION The Refugees
Elizabeth Petcu   INTRODUCTION to the music for this evening.
Patrick Semple    INTRODUCTION to the poetry.
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SHAKESPEARE (1564–1616) Merchant of Venice (Act I Scene I)
Merchant of Venice (Act 3 Scene I)
Sonnet XVIII

Greensleeves to a Ground         Anon              descant recorder and violin drone

JONATHAN SWIFT (1667–1745) Verses on the Death of Dr Swift (extracts)
THOMAS GRAY (1716-1771) Elegy in a Country Churchyard (extracts)

Balada                                               Porumbescu                        solo violin               

GOLDSMITH (1730-1774) The Deserted Village (extract)
JOHN KEATS (1795-1821) Ode to a Nightingale

 Presto from Fantasy in G Minor          Telemann                 solo flute

OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900) The Ballad of Reading Gaol (extracts)
HILAIRE BELLOC (1870–1953) Tarantella

Tarantella Napolitana                             Folk                            recorder and violin

                                                INTERVAL

ROBERT FROST (1874-1963) The Road not Taken
JOHN BETJEMAN (1906-1984) Sun and Fun

Some of These Days                     Brooks                      flute and violin

KAMU BRATHWAITE (1930 –     ) Naima
BRENDAN KENNELLY (1936 –     ) The Good
SEAMUS HEANEY (1939-2013) Blackberry-picking

Sicilienne                             Fauré                         arranged for flute and violin

PATRICK SEMPLE (1939 –     ) Albert
PAUL DURCAN (1944 –     ) The Clothes Line

The Emigrant’s Letter                  French                       Irish flute

FLEUR ADCOCK (1934 –    ) The Video
JENNY JOSEPH (1932 –     ) Warning

Badinerie`from Suite in B minor         Bach               flute and violin

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