Wednesday 21 February 2018
Poetry & Music
Rhythm. Meter. Form. Accent. Art. Musicians often hear the advice that they should let their instruments sing. Singers cannot practise their art without words. And often a poet's text is incomplete without the sound of human utterance. During 2018 Poetry Ireland and ITMA are joining forces to explore the space where poetry and music meet.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines poetry as a 'literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm' and music as 'vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.'
'Between the Jigs and the Reels,' programme.
The jointure and jig performed by Kathleen Loughnane & Caitríona Cannon.