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

[ptommerup at juno.com]

Thank you Tom for this O'Carolan concert info! Hadn't heard of it until now. Hoping to make it! 

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From: Tom Padula <tjpadula at earthlink.net>
To: Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions announcement list <santa_cruz_celtic_slow_sessions at lists.sonic.net>
Subject: [Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] Free O'Carolan concert
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 19:01:41 -0700

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’CarolanSunday, October 9, 2022 - 3:00pm to 5:00pmSanta Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building846 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060Tix here: https://ucsctickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1656 Celebrating the 350th Birthday of TURLOUGH O'CAROLAN, Ireland’s Most Famous ComposerLinda Burman-Hall, Director, harpsichordShelley Phillips, harp, Baroque oboes, folk flutesWilliam Coulter, guitar, bodhránRobin Petrie, hammered dulcimerDeby Benton Grosjean, traditional fiddle, Baroque violinJohn Weed, fiddleBarry Phillips, ‘celloA 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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