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Award-winning Gaelic folk singer and musician Julie Fowlis leads an exciting Scots-Irish collaboration between Éamon Doorley, Zoë Conway and John Mc Intyre, with this special Celtic Connections performance featuring the renowned Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Join us for an evening of songs set to a diverse collection of poetry as these four musicians combine their voices to create a unique, captivating, collaborative, and personal response. Julie Fowlis is a multi-award-winning singer who is deeply influenced by her early upbringing in North Uist, Outer Hebrides. Éamon Doorley has toured the world in a career spanning over 20 years with the influential Irish band Danú. Zoë Conway has performed with an impressive list of international artists, including Riverdance, Damien Rice, Lou Reed, Nick Cave, and Rodrigo y Gabriella. John McIntyre grew up in the Cooley Mountains of north County Louth and began his career as electric guitarist with the successful indie band The Revs.
Máirtín O’Connor’s name has been synonymous with the accordion for decades both as a player and as a composer/arranger. Máirtín performs his suite ‘The Might Ocean’ featuring the SCO with special guests Cathal Hayden (fiddle), Jimmy Higgins (Percussion) and Matthew Berrill (Clarinet).
This show is supported by PRS Foundation ’s Beyond Borders, a co-commissioning and touring programme run in partnership with Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
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24/01 2025 7:30pm