Report by Rose Rushe
Clontarf’s millennium canvas
HUNT Museum is privy to the discovered painting, ‘The Battle of Clontarf’ created by Hugh Frazer in 1826.
Measuring an impressive 201cm x 284cm x 9.5cm, “It captures evocatively the bloodshed and scale of battle on that fateful Good Friday 1014. Although a fanciful work from the nineteenth century,” notes Museum director Dr Hugh Maguire, “the painting nonetheless has a considerable emphasis on accuracy, from the sweep of Dublin bay to capturing the slaughter and clamour of a battlefield”.
Open seven days and you can peek for free.
Cathedral concert
‘MUSIC for a Summer Evening’ awaits us this Sunday May 4 in St Mary’s Cathedral at 8pm. Led by mezzo soprano Edel O’Brien, she will be accompanied by the musical trio, Reflecting Strings. The musicians are David O’Doherty on violin, DIT lecturer in violin; his sister, harpist Geraldine O’Doherty who is with RTE Concert Orchestra and their mother, Moya O’Grady on cello. Moya is co-principal cellist with RTE National Symphony Orchestra.
The programme includes music by Vivaldi, Mozart, Paganini, Tchaikovsky and Rossini.
Mind in the Flesh
Photo: Joe Murray
A DANCE symposium will be hosted by Dance Limerick from Thursday May 8 to Saturday 10 with two venues to host performances, Daghdha Space in John’s Square and Lime Tree Theatre on South Circular Road.
Focusing on female bodies in contemporary performance, the Mind in the Flesh symposium incorporates artists’ talks, debates, performance lectures and workshops, alongside some cracking performances. The artists are high profile: Liz Aggiss, David Hoyle, Lucy Suggatt and Editta Braun Company.
Book at the website www.dancelimerick.ie; headquarters and performance at Daghdha Space in John’s Square.
Ancór Chamber
MORE chords at the cathedral: award winning chamber choir Ancór take to the fore at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Bridge Street at 8pm on Friday May 9 “with a glorious array of music”.
The evening will be a joint effort with The Augsburg College Choir from Minneapolis and will feature music from Rachmaninov, Dowland, Schütz, Byrd, Brahms and more.
It should be good. Ancór has earned its good name over the past decade, taking first in the Sacred Music and Early Music competitions in the 2014 Limerick Choral Festival. Previous accolades include first prize in the Sacred Music category and Best Limerick Choir the 2013 Limerick Choral Festival.
This Limerick based group also won the prestigious Whitten-Haslam trophy for Sacred Music at the 2010 AIMS Choral Music Festival in New Ross.
Book for tickets for May 9 in advance on website www.ancor.ie or buy at the door.
