[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] Free O'Carolan concert

[Tom Padula]

Hi, all-

Here's the information on the free upcoming O'Carolan concert this coming Sunday afternoon. We were discussing this a few weeks back. I hope to see some of you there.

-Tom


Free tickets! Hope you can come:
Concert celebrating Turlough O’Carolan
Sunday, October 9, 2022 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building
846  <>Front St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Tix here:

https://ucsctickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1656 <https://ucsctickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1656>

Celebrating the 350th Birthday of TURLOUGH O'CAROLAN, Ireland’s Most Famous Composer
Linda Burman-Hall, Director, harpsichord 
Shelley Phillips, harp, Baroque  <>oboes, folk flutes
William Coulter, guitar, bodhrán
Robin Petrie, hammered dulcimer
Deby Benton Grosjean, traditional fiddle, Baroque violin
John Weed, fiddle
Barry Phillips, ‘cello
A contemporary of J.S. Bach, Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738) was Ireland’s most famous harper. Though blinded by smallpox at age 18, a patron gave him a harp, a horse and a guide, and he supported himself for 50 years as an itinerant harpist, becoming the most famous of all Celtic composers.
O’Carolan composed in part by improvising, his works transcribed by others. The melodic lines that have come down often run through an ornate chordal harp texture. To play the tunes, musicians must decide suitable tempos, rhythms, harmonies, textures, and ornaments, and like O’Carolan, never repeat anything exactly. His music includes the most joyous tunes in the entire ‘6 Celtic Nations’ repertoire as well as airs of extraordinary melancholy.
This project is supported by UCSC, in honor of Linda Burman-Hall’s award of an Edward A. Dickson Emerita Professorship (2019-2023). The performance will be eventually released as a CD recording. Thanks to UCSC Emeriti Associates, the Committee on Emeriti Relations, the Vice Chancellor, Chancellor, UCSC Endowments, and Music Department for support.
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