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