NAC Orchestra presents A Celtic Celebration, a musical journey through the history and culture of the Emerald Isle, as the final CJOH Pops concerts of the season, June 20-22
June 14, 2002 -
Ottawa, Canada -- CJOH Pops audiences will enjoy a musical journey
through the history and culture of the Emerald Isle when the National
Arts Centre Orchestra led by Jack Everly presents A Celtic
Celebration narrated and acted (in English) from Thursday, June
20 to Saturday, June 22 at 20:00 in Southam Hall. Music includes
traditional Irish folk songs and dance tunes featuring singers, step
dancers and pipers, concluding with a grand Lord of the Dance
finale and audience sing-along to numbers like "Sweet Rosie
O'Grady" and "When Irish Eyes are Smiling". There are also
Celtic-themed orchestral works such as Sir Hamilton Harty's An
Irish Symphony, Malcolm Arnold's Four Scottish Dances and
Leroy Anderson's Irish Suite, as well as selections from movie
scores like Titanic, Braveheart and Far and
Away.
A Celtic Celebration is the story of a young Irishman who
comes to North America to establish a new life during the Irish
Potato Famine of the 1840s, portrayed in letters home to his mother
and his young love. The story is told by actor Joey Collins with the
voice of actor Helen Gallagher as his mother.
The O'Hare Irish Dancers will perform to such numbers as "The
Galway Piper" and "The Girl I Left Behind"; tenor Benjamin Brecher
will sing songs including "Molly Malone", "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra",
"When Irish Eyes are Smiling" and "Danny Boy", and soprano Marta
Burton will sing "She Moved Through the Fair". Christopher Layer, an
Irish music specialist, is featured in "A Piper Celebration".
A Celtic Celebration is produced by the Symphonic Pops
Consortium, a group of symphony orchestras who combine their
resources to conceive, create and produce innovative symphonic pops
concerts. Conductor Jack Everly will return next season with another
SPC programme "Those Glorious Hollywood Musicals".
The National Arts Centre Orchestra will perform A Celtic
Celebration from June 20 to 22. Tickets for these CJOH Pops
Series concerts are on sale now at $32.50, $45.50 and $56.00, with
box seats at $75.00 (GST and Facility Fee included) at the NAC Box
Office (Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 21:00), and through
Ticketmaster
(with surcharges) at 613-755-1111. Ticketmaster may also be accessed
through the NAC's web-site at www.nac-cna.ca.
Half-price tickets for students in all sections of the hall are on
sale in person at the NAC Box Office upon presentation of a valid
student ID card.
