24th April 2021 - 7:30pm
Matthew Sweeney's 'The Owl' @ Triskel Festival 2022
Iain Ballamy – saxophones
Matthew Sharp – cello
Huw Warren – piano / keyboard
Roy Dodds – percussion
Iain Ballamy has composed a setting of the poem ‘The Owl’ by the late Matthew Sweeney. Co-commissioned by Triskel Arts Centre and Cork World Book Fest, and supported by The Arts Council Commissioning Award for Music, this work will be performed as a world premiere as part of Cork World Book Fest 2022 and is a personal tribute by the Composer to Matthew Sweeney who was a leading poet of his generation.
This concert was originally scheduled for 25th April, 2020 but was postponed due to Covid-19.
Image: Dave McKean