{"id":218,"date":"2015-12-14T16:07:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T16:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/enniscorthy1916.ie\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2015-12-14T16:22:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T16:22:16","slug":"cherish-the-children-new-years-day-concert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/enniscorthy1916.ie\/?page_id=218","title":{"rendered":"Cherish the Children – New Years Day Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Years Day Concert to commemorate the1916 Centenary<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Cherish the Children<\/em><\/strong>\"Untitled\"<\/h3>\n

\u201cCherish the Children,\u201d is a New Years Day Concert to commemorate the1916 Centenary, celebrating the spirit and wonder of childhood in 2016, with children\u2019s choirs from across Co. Wexford and the Musici Ireland orchestra, conducted by Liam Bates.<\/p>\n

This new work will have its debut performance at a concert in St Aidan\u2019s Cathedral, Enniscorthy on New Year\u2019s Day<\/p>\n

The concert will feature the debut performance of \u201cChild of Creation,\u201d<\/em> a specially commissioned choral piece by composer Liam Bates, commissioned by Wexford County Council to commemorate 1916.\u00a0 The inspiration for the concert is derived from the passage of the 1916 Proclamation<\/p>\n

\u201c…cherishing all children of the nation equally.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Children from schools in County Wexford:
\nGaelscoil Charman (Wexford);
\nScoil Naomh Maodh\u00f3g (Ferns);
\nBunscoil Loreto (Gorey);
\nPresentation (Wexford);
\nGorey Community School;
\nand County Wexford School of Music,
\nhave been rehearsing since September and will perform on New Year\u2019s Day.\u00a0 The concert will be professionally recorded and CDs will be available for sale in early 2016.<\/p>\n

Liam Bates<\/strong> has composed numerous pieces for films including Last Passenger<\/em>, starring Dougray Scott, Earthbound<\/em> starring Rafe Spall and David Morrissey, Ghostwood<\/em> a starring Patrick Bergin and Razor Fish<\/em> starring Brenda Fricker. Liam won a Liam won a PROMAX World Gold Award for Best Original Music, for the film Part of Life<\/em>. He was nominated for an IFTA (Best Original Score in a Movie 2014) for the film Earthbound. <\/em>In the same year he was again nominated for the prestigious World Soundtrack Award for his movie score Last Passenger<\/em>. Liam is regularly engaged as an orchestrator, arranger and conductor both in the concert hall and in the recording studio and has worked withPete Townsend, Nancy Gustavson, Luciano Pavarotti, Bon Jovi, Meat Loaf, Bryan Adams, Dave Stewart and Michael Kamen.<\/p>\n

Musici Ireland<\/strong> is a project based Chamber group, formed in 2012, drawing from the best professional players in Ireland, producing unusual programmes in quality performances. With a diverse repertoire, they have enjoyed sell-out concerts at the National Concert Hall, Smock Alley with composer Colm \u00d3 Foghl\u00fa, Callery Church and earlier this year at the Music for Wexford Concert with composer Liam Bates. 2015 saw performances at the Jameson Film Festival, Ardee Baroque Festival, Kells Festival and The Performance Corporations\u2019 Big House Festival with live broadcasts on RT\u00c9 Lyric FM.\u00a0 This versatile ensemble also collaborates with artists from different disciplines, such as composers, actors, poets, puppeteers and dancers.<\/p>\n

It is appropriate, in this year\u2019s focus on the 1916 Rising and foundation of the Irish State, that the first official Wexford event belongs especially to our children. As stated by composer Liam Bates:<\/p>\n

\u201cthe concert programme honours the optimism, curiosity, playfulness, idealism, joy and creativity of our young people.\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The concert is the first event in 2016 from the County Wexford 2016 Centenary Programme which is co-ordinated by Mr. Padraig O\u2019Gorman, District Manager, Enniscorthy, Municipal District and under the Chairmanship of Mr. Eddie Breen.<\/p>\n

The concert takes place in St Aidan\u2019s Cathedral on Friday 1st<\/sup> January at 4:00pm.\u00a0 Tickets are on sale from Enniscorthy Municipal District Office in Market Square Enniscorthy, Phone: 053 923 3540 .<\/p>\n

Tickets cost \u20ac10, with family options available for two adults and two children at \u20ac25 and or for two adults and three children at \u20ac30.<\/p>\n

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New Years Day Concert to commemorate the1916 Centenary\u00a0 Cherish the Children \u201cCherish the Children,\u201d is a New Years Day Concert to commemorate the1916 Centenary, celebrating the spirit and wonder of childhood in 2016, with children\u2019s choirs from across Co. Wexford and the Musici Ireland orchestra, conducted by Liam Bates. This new work will have its … Continue reading Cherish the Children – New Years Day Concert<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":96,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-218","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enniscorthy1916.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enniscorthy1916.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enniscorthy1916.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enniscorthy1916.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enniscorthy1916.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/enniscorthy1916.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/enniscorthy1916.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions\/226"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enniscorthy1916.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enniscorthy1916.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}