Carolan's Dream Contact : Nadia Tavernier
+33 (0)4 78 42 27 76
concerthosteldieu@free.fr

" Midway between baroque music and Irish tradition... "


2008 : new CD Carolan's Dream

You can listen to extracts and order online.

 

This show brings together the musicians from Garlic Bread and the Concert de l'Hostel Dieu, the baroque music ensemble from Lyon, around compositions by the famous Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan.

Musical extracts :

Suite O'Connor (3 Mb)
Lament for Charles McGabe (3,8 Mb)
James Betagh / Planxty Burke (3,4 Mb)
Miss McDermott (3,3 Mb)
Eleanor Plunkett / Carolan's Dream (1,8 Mb)

MP3 extracts recorded live at the "Musiques Vagabondes" festival in Clisson (44) France on July 28 2003.


What they have to say about it...

" Working with musicians as gifted as those from both the Concert de l'Hostel Dieu and the group Garlic Bread, the result is quite simply superb… "
Le Progrès, daily newspaper

" The longing to dance was great but you content yourself to clapping along to these devilish rhythms… "
Le Patriote Beaujolais, weekly newspaper

" Time seems to fly thanks to the smooth and seemingly effortless set of Ballads, reels, narrations, and songs, giving the privileged listener the itch to jig and the need to stamp the beat for want of being able to dance (…) A potion against gloominess to be taken in large doses... "
Lyon Figaro, daily newspaper

" A breath of fresh air for a warm summer's eve (…) An unforgettable night in the presence of Carolan, the mythical Irish harpist of the 17th and 18th century "
Ouest France, daily newspaper

During the show "Carolan's Dream" the readings of texts and anecdotes alternate with musical compositions by O'Carolan, the travelling Irish harpist and poet.
From the very first notes of music, you cannot help wanting to dance... From the very first readings you are swept away by the magical stories of mermaids, giants and ghosts, bathed in a light reminiscent of the great Flemish masters, the atmosphere of the show is one that comes straight from picturesque Irish taverns. Carolan's Dream lifts the veil on the musical and poetic universe of Turlough O'Carolan who one day, at the turn of a path, discovers the music of the Italian composers Vivaldi and Corelli, and takes pleasure in blending the music of the bard and baroque references.
In this creation which mixes theatre and music, the spectator enters the surprising universe of O'Carolan thanks to the journal imagined and interpreted by Yves Pignard and through the poems written by the musician which unveil his wanderings, his unconditional love of life, good food and fine wine, those muses which personify Ireland. The melodies which accompany the texts are in turn bewitching, intrepid, sparkling, all underlined by the colourful sonorities of age-old and traditional Irish instruments.

The show is also available in its concert version.

Carolan's Dream Dream has already been held at :
- L'amphithéâtre de L'Opéra de Lyon
- Le festival en Beaujolais, continents et cultures, Rhône
- Le festival des musiques vagabondes, Loire-Atlantique
- L'auditorium de Seynod, Haute-Savoie
- Le festival de Labeaume, Ardèche
- Le festival Jean de La Fontaine, Aisne
- Le festival de l'Abbaye du Relec, Finistère
- Le festival Musicales en Auxois, Côte d'Or
- L'auditorium Michel Petrucciani, Montélimar

Luc GAUGLER : Viola da gamba
Franck Emmanuel COMTE : Harpsichord
Henri-Charles CAJET : Drums
Caroline ANSSOUX : Harp
Yann MANCHE : Flutes
Sandrine BURTIN : Singing and Violin
Johan JACQUEMOUD : Double bass
Damien LACHUER : Irish Bouzouki