St Patrick's Day - A Musical Celebration

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day on Thursday 17 March, 7.30pm with the St Patrick’s Singers, Locrian Ensemble and soloists Jean Kelly (harp), Dermot Crehan (violin) and Justin Pearson (cello).

This annual celebration at St Martin-in-the-Fields, with its imaginative and atmospheric programme, will be a fun, magical and very Irish celebration performed by these fine musicians. The programme includes Traditional Irish Melodies for Harp and String Orchestra by Ireland’s national composer the blind harpist Turlough O’Carolan, a performance of Julie Cooper’s Cariad, a Celtic lament for cello and strings and plenty of traditional Irish folk and classical music. Programme Thursday 17 March 2011 7.30pm St Patrick’s Day – A Musical Celebration O’Carolan – Traditional Irish Melodies for Harp and String Orchestra T C Kelly – Suite of Irish Tunes for Strings Honey – St Patrick’s Suite for Violin and Orchestra Trad – ‘An Irish Blessing’ and songs from the heart of Ireland Cooper – ‘Cariad’ for Cello and Strings St Patrick’s Singers Locrian Ensemble Jean Kelly Harp Dermot Crehan Violin Justin Pearson Cello Paul Honey Conductor Tickets from £8 to £22 are available from St Martin-in-the-Fields Box Office on 020 7766 1100 or online at www.smitf.org. NOTES TO EDITORS St Martin-in-the-Fields, with over 350 concerts a year, is one of the busiest music venues in the country. Concerts draw visitors from all over the world attracted by St Martin’s superb acoustics, intimate yet impressive surroundings and outstanding musical standards. Concerts take place on some Tuesdays and every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7.30pm and include Early and Baroque Music, chamber and world music, song and piano recitals. St Martin-in-the-Fields is also a working parish church with a calendar of services, which on Wednesdays and Sundays are choral. The full programme of services and concert information can be found at www.smitf.org.

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