The name "Lá Nollag Beag" is a direct translation of the word "Epiphany" according to www.englishirishdictionary.com! Of course Lá Nollag Beag is the name of the day which is the Feast of Epiphany and not a light-bulb moment but that suits me fine. This blog begins with an event on the 6th January and I feel it could become a kind of little birth of christ within myself... The blog's theme is a journey back to God.

Dé Sathairn 12 Aibreán 2008

Arvo Part

Was at concert sung by the Mornington Singers in the Pro-cathedral tonight. They sang beautifully: Martin, Kreek, Tavener, Part, Harris, Elgar (arr. by Cameron) and Ní Dhubhghaill.

But mostly I was blown away by Part. And reminded of the concert of his in the National Concert Hall in February. It was 'spiritual' for want of a better word.

His music keeps going; I wondered how he would stop, how the piece would reach a conclusion, and somehow it always did and I hardly noticed in the end how the end happened and yet it worked perfectly.

He came out on stage after the perfomance. A most modest, meek and yet very present man. Really lovely.

1 comment:

Kieran Tully said...

Glad you enjoyed our concert and thanks for the review.

For the benfit of any readers that want to hear the music, Part's 'Nunc Dimittis' features on our new 'Solas' recording which was launched at the concert. This can now be ordered on www.morningtonsingers.org !

Kieran (Apologies for the ad!)