Published on Feb 6, 2012

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Genre: Musicals

Dates: Saturday, Mar 3, 2012

Venue: Forbidden City Concert Hall

Prices: 30, 60, 90, 120, 180, 380

Features: Davy Spillane, world-class Irish songwriter and performer on the uilleann pipes in a celtic-inspired music, song and dance performance. On March 3, celtic connections gala will stage in Forbidden City Concert Hall Beijing.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Davy Spillane will be joined by an outstanding cast of Irish singers and dancers to include Irish folk singer Catherine O'Halloran, Champion Irish dancers Janine Haggart and Jason Jude Donnelly and the locally-based Celtic Connections Choir and Echoes of Erin Dance Troupe. The programme led by Hong Kong-based Irish conductor Canice Gleeson, will highlight the hauntingly beautiful sounds of Davy Spillane's Uillean pipes and low whistles in sweeping orchestral arrangements of contemporary and traditional Gaelic songs and in sets of breathtaking reels.

PROGRAMME

Mystic Seacliffs
Mo Ghile Mear
Caracena from The Seville Suite
She Moved Through the Fair
My Love is in America
Lrish Legend
May Morning Dew
Carrickfergus
The Sky, The Dawn & the Sun
Caoineadh Cu Cullainn form Riverdance
Then Butterfly
The Lark in the Clear Air
The Voice
Midnight Walker
Spanish Lady
Reel Around the Sun from Riverdance
Choreography by Catriona Newcombe, Janine Taggart and Jason Jude Donnelly
Arrangements by Bill Connor, Richard Harvey and Canice Gleeson

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