Between the Jigs and the Reels
Ireland 1916-2016: One Hundred Years a Nation. Graz concert - 16. June
Sendetermin 03.06.2016 18:00 bis 19:00The year 2016 in Irish history and culture celebrates two jubilees: 100 years since the 1916 Easter Rising - the first steps towards Irish independence from Britain, and also 100 years since the publication of James Joyce's first work: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
After a very succesful event last year, to celebrate Irish poet WB Yeats, this year - in two weeks time on 16. June, Irish music ensemble Tale of the Gael, return to Graz to celebrate thse two jubilees.
Join me as I play tunes and songs associated with James Joyce and his Ireland and Dublin at the time, and listen in to my live interview with Catherine Rhatigan, harp player with Tale of the Gael, to see what they have in store for us at the concert.
Interested in the concert? Come along!
When: 16 June, 19:15
Where: European Centre for Modern Languages, Nikolaiplatz 4, 8020 Graz
FB: Ireland 1916-2016: One hundred years a nation. Graz concert
Information zur Sendereihe
Macro: Inter-Celtic; Inter-cultural; Other.
Micro: Around the world in einer Stunde, this hour of music dances, rolls and sometimes even races from Irish to Celtic, to World and - any Other type of music that just - sounds good!
So join the dance or pull up a chair and relax. Listen to chat in English and German with cúpla focal Gaeilge ( a few words of Irish) from time to time as well.
When: Every second Friday, starting from 31 January 2014
6-7 pm on the mainland
5-6 pm back home (Ireland!)
Where: Helsinki Radio 92.6
www.helsinki.at/livestream - press play
Be there - Seid ihr mit - Bígí ann!
“ Between the Jigs and the Reels” – what’s in a name?!
“ Between the jigs and the reels” is an expression in Irish-English to mean “ between one thing and another”.
However and also importantly - in Irish traditional music a ‘jig’ and a ‘reel’ are two types of dances. A jig has three beats in a bar. A reel has four beats in a bar.
Irish culture tip no.1 – the first of many!