MELODY AND RHYTHM Dancer Colin Dunne with musicians Tola Custy, Maeve Gilchrist and David Power.
‘Edges of Light’, an exciting musical celebration of traditional music and dance, will be performed in the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar tonight (Tuesday), September 20, at 8.25pm (an unusual time, for a reason).
The show is a collaboration between three top musicians—fiddler Tola Custy, harpist Maeve Gilchrist and uillean piper David Power—and with the prodigiously talented dancer Colin Dunne. This newly commissioned work is a sparkling kaleidoscope of melody and rhythm inspired by the natural sounds and shimmering patterns of light that announce Ireland’s day.
A mix of traditional tunes and newly composed music, ‘Edges of Light’ draws from a unique and little known Irish idiosyncrasy: The rising of the sun at Dunsink Observatory occurs 25 minutes and 21 seconds later than at Greenwich, meaning that 8pm Dublin Mean Time occurs at 8.25pm GMT. Step in time anyone? A great evening in prospect.
‘Edges of Light’ show, contact the Linenhall on 094 9023733 or visit www.thelinenhall.com.
