Event: Sunlight & Shadow – Book Launch, Talk and Concert
Where: Pearse Museum, St. Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
When: Saturday 22nd April 2017 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Cost: Free Entry
Further information: Pearse Museum; +353 1 4934208
A short illustrated PowerPoint talk (20-30 minutes duration)
Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh will talk briefly about his book Sunlight & Shadow followed by:
- Seán Ó Riada’s ‘Ceol an Phiarsaigh‘ (An Tine Bheo)
- T.C. Kelly’s setting of Pearse’s ‘The Mother‘ (Veronica Dunne)
- Extract from Seóirse Bodley’s 2nd Symphony ‘I Have Loved the Lands of Ireland’ – (Commemorating Pearse’s birth) – National Symphony Orchestra
- Patrick Cassidy’s setting of Pearse’s ‘Mise Éire‘ (Sibéal Ní Chaiside)
INTERVAL (20 mins)
Seoirse will give a short concert of songs and stories associated with the Gaelic League and Pearse’s great love of the Irish tradition.