A Hundred Thousand Welcomes:
An Irish Celebration

Performed Sunday, March 10, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Hoffman Theater, Lesher Center for the Arts

 Duane Carroll, Conductor
Ben Loomer, Assistant Conductor
with
Liam Tiernan, Irish Folk Singer
and
Lauren Edberg and Cortney Millitello, Irish Dance Soloists
and other members of the Dillon Moore Irish Dance Academy


PROGRAM


Highlights from The Seville Suite (U.S. premiere) ........................ Arr. Johan de Meij

Kinsale • Father Conry’s Jig • The Coast of Galicia • Caraçena •
O’Donnell’s Lament • The Road to La Coruña • Caraçena Jig

Their Blossoms Down  .................................................................... Samuel R. Hazo

Ben Loomer, Conductor
Sara Taylor, Narrator

Cry of the Celts  ..............................................  Ronan Hardiman/arr. Peter Graham

Suite from Lord of the Dance
          I. Nightmare  II. Suil a Ruin  III. Breakout   IV. Lament   V. Victory

INTERMISSION

Lagan Love: An Ancient Ulster Air.................................................  arr. Luigi Zaninelli

The Fields of Athenry  ..........................................................................  Pete St. John
Back Home in Derry  .................................................  Gordon Lightfoot/Bobby Sands
Molly Malone  ...................................................................................  James Yorkston
Finnigan's Wake  ......................................................................................  Traditional

Liam Tiernan, soloist

At Kitty O’Shea’s: Irish Folk Song Suite.................................................Johan de Meij

The Darling Girl from Clare • Déirin Dé • The Star of the County Down •
Siúil a Ruín (Walk, My Love) • The Kerry Dances • Finale: Jig & Reels

 

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