#limerick music

[larrylimericks]

1Jul24

In a business that cult-ifies youth, It’s front-page: Lou’s silver-foxed truth. Yes, Petra, he’s gray; We love him that way. Fun fact for the press: he sings, too.

[limerickshere]

[bruffdec]

Bright crisp autumn morning in rural Ireland

[deadgiants]

This song has never not been an absolute banger. Sad they only released the one album. I think with the way the both of them went intellectually and where Blindboy went with his writings the lyrics would have stated sharp and funny while the ways they handled their satire would have refined very well.

[opera-ghosts]

Catherine Hayes - The Irish Nightingale

The Irish soprano Catherine Hayes was born in Limerick in 1818 and established a career in France, Italy and England, as well as far-flung touring activity. She merits two columns in the Dictionary of National Biography, where she follows a Mrs Catharine Hayes, "murderess". Her voice was summed up there as being "of the sweetest quality, and of good compass, ascending with ease to D in alt. The upper notes were limpid, and like a well-tuned silver bell up to A. Her lower tones were the most beautiful ever heard in a real soprano, and her trill was remarkably good."

She still rates a mention in The New Grove, which quotes the Musical World's obituary to the effect that she was "a true soprano, with more than an average share of the middle voice, which enabled her to sing music beyond the means of ordinary sopranos". The first edition of Grove, published in 1879, was more critical, concluding "Her voice was beautiful, but she was an imperfect musician, and did not study."

Interest in her life and work will be stimulated by a new biography by Basil Walsh, which seems to have itself prompted Sunday's celebration at the University of Limerick, headed by another Limerick soprano, Suzanne Murphy, with tenor Evan Bowers, the Voices of Limerick and the RTE Concert Orchestra under Proinnsias O Duinn.

The pieces chosen ranged over the singer's favourite repertoire. She preferred Bellini and Donizetti to Verdi, but place was found for all three, as well as material that evoked the atmosphere of a Victorian parlour. Strangely, for an evening celebrating the work of a soprano, the finest contributions came from the tenor, with Evan Bowers showing a restraint and exercise of good musical taste that's all too rare these days in Donizetti's Una furtiva lagrima.

From irishtimes.com

[blujayonthewing]

I need some songs about being incurably nosy so his entire playlist isn't just about how he's quiet and weird and doesn't have friends

[muddy-waterss]

[k00291991]

Portrait - Twins

To continue with my portrait brief I decided to compare one of my favourite songs ( Buying Smokes by The Academic ) and my sisters favourite song ( Radioactive by MARINA ) to explore any similarities and differences in our music taste.

To do this I had prepared a sheet of paper for each song and then played each song on a loop while I painted and drew whatever came to mind from both the sound and the lyrics of each song. This was a very cathartic experience for me and it made my work very free flowing and abstract which is something Ive been looking to explore in my work for a while. I thought of what colours to use for each song, I represented certain beats, sounds, guitar solos the such in heavy or splattered brush strokes, I drew and painted objects and ideas which directly related to the lyrics I was hearing. The process overall was quite exciting and made me really submerged in my own music taste and helped me explore my sisters.

I used multiple media for these pieces, gouche and acrylic paint, oil pastels, coloured pencils, charcoal, paper and cut out things, and sharpies. This also helped to create a varied and “chaotic” look for both pieces as both songs have a quite rock sound to them.

Overall I found it beneficial to explore how in my head mine and my twins music taste is visually quite similar in the colours I chose to represent the songs with but yet the pieces themselves are so different. It was a process I thoroughly enjoyed and I believe it tied back to my theme of twins and our internal differences despite our external portraits being so similar.

[dirjoh-blog]

The Highwaymen Concert at the University of Limerick Concert Hall – February 10, 1993: A Legendary Performance

On February 10, 1993, the University of Limerick Concert Hall hosted an unforgettable night of music history. Four of country music’s greatest legends—Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson—took the stage together as The Highwaymen. This concert was a special event for Irish audiences, allowing them to witness the magic of these iconic artists in a uniquely intimate setting. Coming…

[larrylimericks]

12Jun24

A soul made of plastic and hollowed, In missed exploitation, Si wallowed: If he owned 1D’s name He’d cash in on their fame ... It’s a no from our Lou, who unfollowed.

[ivors20]

Under the Weeping Trees (a Limerick)

As many of you know, I am an appointed writer with the Coffee House Writers Magazine in the poetry section, and in the poetry group, we are given a monthly assignment on a different poem format. This month’s poetry classroom topic was to write a ‘Limerick’ … Below is the Limerick I presented for my July Assignment. Featured Image: was taken by Derrick Knight, who kindly allows me to reproduce…

[limerickshere]

A fact you should know and not doubt

Is musical sounds often sprout

From various sources,

But music of course is

Not fish, which we're talking about.

[bruffdec]

The magical Lough Gur at Sun Set

[opera-ghosts]

"MISS CATHERINE HAYES", The Sydney Morning Herald (12 September 1854) After her return to Milan, she continued her studies under Felice Ranconi, until Morelli, the director of the Scala (the largest theatre in Europe), offered her an engagement. Her first character was Linda di Chamounix. She was recalled twelve times by the audience. Her next part was Desdemona, in Rossini's "Otello," her performance of which earned for her the title of "The Pearl of the Scala." In the spring of 1S46, she sang at the Italian Opera in Vienna; and at the Carnival of 1846-7 was engaged at Venice: two new operas were composed for her, "Griselda," by Ricci, and the "Albergo di Romano," by Malespini. After a second season in Vienna, where Ricci wrote his "Estella" for her, and she also appeared in Norma. Miss Hayes visited Bergamo, Verona, Florence, and Genoa, enacting Maria di Rohan, and the leading parts in Verdi's operas, with the most distinguished success. Rubini and Mercadante, the composer, and the late Madame Catalani, expressed the highest admiration of her talents. After the termination of her engagement at the Carlo Felice, at Genoa, Miss Hayes was offered a carte blanche for London, both by Mr. Lumley, for her Majesty's Theatre, and by Mr. Delafield, for the Royal Italian Opera. She appeared at the latter house on the 10th of April, 1849, as Linda, and afterwards as Lucia, and sang at the private concerts at Buckingham Palace during the season: her Majesty graciously congratulating her on "her deserved success." Having been engaged by Mr. Lumley for the season, 1850, at her Majesty's Theatre, she made her debut there on the 2nd of April, in Lucia. Miss Hayes was engaged at Rome at the Grand Carnival, 1851 at the Apollo; and during the season of 1851 she was the star of the concert rooms in London, and of the performances at the Sacred Harmonic Society; while her singing in the sublime oratorios of Handel, Haydn, and Mendelssohn, have won universal admiration. Since that time she has been sojourning in America, where, as our readers are well aware, She has won literally golden opinions. The voice of Miss Catherine Hayes is of extraordinary compass: in the air of Fides, "Ah! mon fils," from Meyerbeer's Prophète, she descends to the low notes of the contralto register, after attacking the most elevated soprano tones, and her singing is eminently distinguished by the most intensely dramatic and artistic style. Her ballad singing, too, is perfection; her "Kathleen" is one of those exquisite interpretations in which the intellect and sentiment of the exponent are equally apparent. We need say no more to show to those of our readers who have not already enjoyed the opportunity of listening to this all-accomplished and very excellent lady, that they have a treat in store such as has never before been presented to an Australian audience - one, the announcement of which we await with much impatience.