Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Dan Trueman: ‘Olagón’

Join us for three performances of Olagón: A Cantata in Doublespeak, an epic work with music by Dan Trueman, text by Paul Muldoon, the astonishing Irish singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, and Eighth Blackbird, directed by Mark DeChiazza.

New work by

• Paul Muldoon

• Dan Trueman

Performed by

• Eighth Blackbird

• Pascal Le Boeuf

• Iarla Ó Lionáird

• Members of Princeton University Chamber Choir, Gabriel Crouch, Director

• Dan Trueman

Location: Wallace Theater at the Lewis Arts Complex at Princeton University
Ticketing: $5 / $15
Dates:
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Start time: 8:00 pm

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Program

Paul Muldoon and Dan Trueman
Olagón
Text by Paul Muldoon
Music by Dan Trueman

PART I

Pillow Talk
Introductions
Marbhan’s Shadow
Being Only A Dame
A Queen Bee (Vocals by Seán Ó Lionáird, Peadar Ó Lionáird, Páidí Ó Lionáird)

PART II

Stirrings I
For Eons and Eons
Stirrings II
Motet for Medhbh
Níl Aon Ton-Ton
Stirrings III
You Know It’s a Salmagundi
Stirrings IV
Marbhan and Guaire (Vocals by Nathalie Joachim)

PART III

Pillow Talk Reprise
Restless Rest Ululations I
Zeus to my Demeter
Only on Medhbh
Ululations II
Reeling Reels (Vocals by Michaela McDonagh, and Laura Gill)
Ailíll (Vocals by Treasa Ní Mhiolláin, Michaela McDonagh, and Laura Gill)
The Book of Lamentations (Vocals by Treasa Ní Mhiolláin, Michaela McDonagh, and Laura Gill)

Eighth Blackbird: Nathalie Joachim, flutes; Michael Maccaferri, clarinets; Yvonne Lam, violin and viola; Nick Photinos, cello; Matthew Duvall, percussion; Lisa Kaplan, piano and bitKlavier

Pascal Le Boeuf, vocal conductor and harmonium

Iarla Ó Lionáird, vocals

Members of the Princeton Univeristy Chamber Choir: Gabriel Crouch, Director, Eli Berman ’20, Maddy Kushan ’20, Neel Nagarajan ’21, Tajin Rogers ’20, Theo Trevisan ’21, Rosamond van Wingerden ’20, Mike Williams

Dan Trueman, fiddle, vocals, electronics

Additional vocals by Eighth Blackbird and Dan Trueman

Additional recorded vocals provided by: Treasa Ní Mhiolláin, Michaela McDonagh, Laura Gill, Seán Ó Lionáird, Peadar Ó Lionáird, Páidí Ó Lionáird

Mark DeChiazza, Director; Mary Ellen Stebbins, Lighting Designer; Matthew McCabe, Audio Engineer; Eric Watkins, Lighting Associate; Jason Lynch, Lighting Director; Barbara Butts, Production Manager

Lead support for Olagón: A Cantata in Doublespeak is provided by the Poetry Foundation, with additional support from The University of Richmond, the Irish Arts Center, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov. Olagón is presented by the Department of Music at Princeton and by Princeton Sound Kitchen, in association with the Irish Arts Center in New York City, and co-sponsored by the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Humanities Council David A. Gardner '69 Magic Fund.