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| Title | Ar Foluain |
| Contributors |
Derek Ball (composer) Mac Dara Ó Lunaigh (author) |
| Composition date | 2010 |
| Duration (mins) | 10 |
| Category | vocal accompanied |
| Instrumentation | S Cl / B-Cl |
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| First performed | 03 11 2010 Béal Festival, Dublin |
| Notes | |
| Programme Note | Mac Dara Ó Luanaiagh is one of those poets whose lightning images strike directly to the heart of things. But he has burst on the landscape of Irish poetry like a summer storm, possibly having drifted over from Greece: no-one knows, no-one was expecting it! I came across a sheaf of his poems in an unlit bar in Brittany. the covering note said 'Take what you need'. This is how he publishes his work seemingly. It took me a while to track him down, but when I did Macdara readily gave me permission to use his extraordinary poems. My discovery took place not long before I found out about the Béal Festival (Dublin 2010) and therefore I was able to make my selection with the voice of Elizabeth Hilliard in mind, and the clarinet sound of Paul Roe. |
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