BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220423T190000Z DTEND:20220423T203000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:The Owl – A Setting of Matthew Sweeney’s poem by Iain Ballamy DESCRIPTION:Presented by Triskel and World Book Festival\n\n \n\nECM Recording Artist and Saxophonist Iain Ballamy has composed a setting of the poem 'The Owl' by the late Matthew Sweeney. Co-commissioned by Triskel Arts Centre and Cork World Book Festival\, and supported by The Arts Council Commissioning Award for Music\, this work will be performed as a world premiere as part of Cork World Book Fest 2022 and is a personal tribute by the Composer to Matthew Sweeney who was a leading poet of his generation. This was originally scheduled for CWBF 2020 and we're delighted audiences will finally get to enjoy this tribute.\n\n \n\nLine-up:\n\nIain Ballamy saxophones\n\nMatthew Sharp cello\n\nKit Downes piano / keyboard\n\nRoy Dodds percussion\n\n \n\n"Matthew Sweeney sent this striking poem to me in November 2017. I promised him that whatever was to come\, I would make a setting for 'The Owl' and would not rest until that had happened. With kind support from Tony Sheehan\, Mary Noonan\, Cork World Book Fest and the Arts Council of Ireland\, this promise has now been fulfilled. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Presented by Triskel and World Book Festival
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\nECM Recording Artist and Saxophonist Iain Ballamy has composed a setting of the poem &lsquo\;The Owl&rsquo\; by the late Matthew Sweeney. \; Co-commissioned by Triskel Arts Centre and Cork World Book Festival\, and supported by The Arts Council Commissioning Award for Music\, this work will be performed as a world premiere as part of Cork World Book Fest 2022 and is a personal tribute by the Composer to Matthew Sweeney who was a leading poet of his generation. \;This was originally scheduled for CWBF 2020 and we'\;re delighted audiences will finally get to enjoy this tribute.
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\nLine-up:
\nIain Ballamy &ndash\; saxophones
\nMatthew Sharp &ndash\; cello
\nKit Downes &ndash\; piano / keyboard
\nRoy Dodds &ndash\; percussion
\n \;
\n"\;Matthew Sweeney sent this striking poem to me in November 2017. I promised him that whatever was to come\, I would make a setting for &lsquo\;The Owl&rsquo\; and would not rest until that had happened. With kind support from Tony Sheehan\, Mary Noonan\, Cork World Book Fest and the Arts Council of Ireland\, this promise has now been fulfilled.

\n LOCATION:Triskel Christchurch Triskel Arts Centre Tobin Street Cork UID:e.2489.26327 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260417T041015Z URL:https://chamber.corkchamber.ie/events/details/the-owl-a-setting-of-matthew-sweeney-s-poem-by-iain-ballamy-26327 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR