Tag Archives: Handel

Sing Hallelujah

  By lecraic | September 7, 2009 - 1:49 pm | Music
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Really like the idea of the BBC’s effort to get people singing. Heard about it last night on BBC Radio 3 during the interval to the Messiah. Sing Hallelujah is a nationwide effort in the UK to encourage people to : find their voices and discover the joy of singing. We want to get thousands of people singing Handel’s famous Hallelujah Chorus as part of a nationwide celebration of one of the most popular choral pieces in the world. Gay Byrne organised a “Messiah For All” concert back in 1992 in the Point Theatre in aid of Goal and Concern. As far as I remember, anyone who was familiar with the piece was invited to come along and sing. Those singing were organised into voice sections, while the remaining space was for the general audience. Audience and singers alike were invited to join in on the the Hallelujah Chorus. It … There’s more →

The Magic Flute by Mozart

  By Niamh | August 12, 2009 - 12:00 pm | Music, The Arts, The Culch
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Last week I saw live opera for the first time ever thanks to Dublin City Council’s Opera In The Open series. Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ was the first in a series of five outdoor operas taking place over the month of August in the amphitheatre at Wood Quay Civic Offices as Darragh told you all last week. The place was packed out by the time I got there at 12.45pm despite the 1pm start and I took a spot on the grass. The set was non-existent and the costumes were basic, probably in a very similar vein to very early travelling actor troupes. We were given the bare bones of the story before Act One and Act Two. You have Prince Tamino, trying to rescue Pamina, Queen of the Night and having to go through many ordeals to do so, Papageno and Papagena finally being united as lovers just moments … There’s more →