The Celtic Connection
“These Irishmen who migrate for four pence to England, on the deck of a steamship on which they are often packed like cattle,insinuate themselves everywhere… the worst quarters of all the large towns are inhabited by Irishmen. Whenever a district is distinguished for especial filth and especial ruinousness, the explorer may safely count upon meeting chiefly those Celtic faces.”
Friedrich Engels -1845
1850s map of Little Ireland
Eva Gore-Booth with her sister Countess Markievicz
THE
MUSIC
The evening will explore a combination of music, from the programmatic Green Bough by the late Irish composer Joan Trimble, to the traditional tunes of Manchester born and bred Michael McGoldrick.
Click on the music notes to find out more!
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The Green Woods of Truagh
Charles Villiers Stanford
arr. Sam Kane
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The Green Bough
Joan Trimble
arr. Orla McGarrity
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Ernest John Moeran
String Quartet No 1.
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Farewell to Whalley Range, Mike's Jig
Michael McGoldrick
arr. Jason Poots
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