Dublin launch of the Orchard Keeper this week
A Broken Tree seminar and Book Launch on Francis Ledwidge, takes place on Saturday November 11th 2017 at 11 am at The National Library, Kildare St. Admission free on first come basis. info@nli.ie 01-603 02 00.
John Quinn The Poet of the Blackbird : an illustrated talk by brodcaster and writer on the life and work of Francis Ledwidge
Dr Lucy Collins UCD Francis Ledwidge: Writing Landscape in a Time of War a talk about the poetry of Ledwidge.
Dr Nerys Williams UCD Community of the Black Chair: Encountering Hedd Wyn and Francis Ledwidge, will speak about the Welsh poet Hedd Wyn who was killed on the same day as Ledwidge and is buried very close to him in Artillery Wood Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.
John Quinn will perform the Dublin launch of The Orchard Keeper (Shearsman Books) by the poet Susan Connolly. The poet will read from her new sequence of poems about Francis Ledwidge.
Francis Ledwidge Centenary Concert is on Saturday 11th November at The Shaw Room,The National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 3.30pm Admission Free by pre booked ticket, Tel: 01-661 5133 Email: info@ngi.ie
A Broken Tree will feature artists celebrating the life and work of the Slane poet Francis Ledwidge, killed at Ypres on July 31st 1917.
The composer Michael Holohan will bring together in one concert the ‘classical music settings’ of Ledwidge’s poetry. This promises to be an unique concert.
Louise Martyn, soprano and Annalisa Monticelli, pianist will perform Michael Head’s song cycle Over the Rim of the Moon (1919) and the song Desire in Spring by Ivor Gurney (1918).
Michael Holohan, composer and pianist, will be joined by Hannah O’Brien, soprano and Rebecca Draisey- Collishaw, oboe and cor anglais in a performance of his new Ledwidge song cycle The Hills are Crying (2017).
The renowned Irish choir Anúna will perform a selection of Ledwidge settings by the composer and the choir’s musical director Michael McGlynn from their albums Behind The Closed Eye (2003) and Songs Of The Whispering Things (2017).
This event is supported by The Minister of The Department of Culture, Heritage and The Gaeltacht , The Louth County Council, The National Library,The National Gallery and The Welsh Government.