RTÉjr RADIO PRESENTS A
LIVE BROADCAST AND VIDEOCAST OF our Donegal adaption of OSCAR WILDE’S THE
HAPPY PRINCE WITH THE DONEGAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA & YOUTH CHOIR on Friday 18
May at 2pm and we invite you to listen in. Pack up the school bags or put
on the kettle and enjoy a 45 minute magical Donegal treat.
Ireland, and particularly Donegal is known for its
creativity. Oscar Wilde, who wrote the beautiful story ‘The Happy
Prince’, is one of Ireland’s
most famous writers. Donegal County Council Cultural Services decided
that they wanted to write a new adaptation of this most special story but
write it in a way that made best use of our creative strengths in Donegal,
which include music, storytelling and performance. We
worked from this existing text, and writer, actor, storyteller and musician
Little John Nee and composer Vincent Kennedy were commissioned to write and
perform an orchestral/narrated Donegal adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Happy
Prince. We also asked Donegal Youth Orchestra if we wrote something especially
for them, would they be interested in performing it and we were delighted when
they said yes. The world premiere was performed in Donegal in April but
now, with the support of RTE Jnr, we invite you to enjoy and experience our
Donegal adaptation of 'The Happy Prince' .
You
can listen to RTÉjr Radio on your digital radio, online at www.rte.ie/digitalradio/rtejr,
on Saorview and on the RTÉ Radio Player online, on iPad or on your mobile
device. There is also an education pack that can be downloaded in Irish
and English to ehance the experience for our younger 7-12 age group.
Website:
www.rte.ie/digitalradio/rtejr
“It is the combination of Little John’s words,
Vincent’s music & orchestra and the singing of the choir that truly
bring the story to life. Close your eyes early on and the score allows
you to see the snowfall on Errigal that Little John describes. The music paints
audio pictures of the flight of the swallow, the people of the village, even of
happiness and pain. In an era of near constant visual stimulation, it’s a
treat for the audience to have their imagination put to such use.”
Carolyn Farrar, Donegal Democrat
Issued: 02 May 2012
For further information
please contact:
Bernadette Johnston, RTÉ
Radio Press Office
Phone: (01) 208 4157
Email: Bernadette.johnston@rte.ie
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