Saturday, November 23, 2013

Seamus Heaney's - Favorite Songs for a Desert Island

A week ago we went to Favorite Poems: In Tribute to Seamus Heaney, presented by the Irish Arts Center at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn.  The evening began, as the crowd gathered, with songs the great poet said he would want to have with him if he were a castaway stranded on a desert island.  The original was broadcast in 1989 on BBC's Desert Island Discs.

Paul Brady – “Arthur McBrideThumbnail
Joe Heaney – “Roisin Dubh
Luke Kelly/Dubliners – “Raglan RoadThumbnail
Declan O’ Rourke – “GalileoThumbnail
Lisa Hannigan & the Chieftains – “My Lagan LoveThumbnail
The Wailin’ Jennys – “The Parting GlassThumbnail
McGarrigle Sisters – “Hard Times Come Again No MoreThumbnail
Paul Brady – “The Lakes of Ponchartrain
Joni Mitchell – “Both Sides NowThumbnail
Iarla O’Lionaird  – “Taimse Im’ ClodladhThumbnail
Cat Power – “The GreatestThumbnail
David Hammond – “My Aunt Jane” can't find it so try Ardboe HeritageThumbnail
Gillian Welch – “April 14th Part 1
Julie Feeney – “Just A Few Hours
The Cake Sale (Gary Lightbody & Lisa Hannigan) – “Some Surprise
Joe Heaney – “An Buinnean BullBuinneán Buí, An
Iris Dement – “Our TownCover of Infamous Angel
Cara Dillon & Paul Brady – “Streets of Derry

Readings from Favorite Poems in Tribute to Seamus Heaney
Intro: Gabriel Byrne IN A FIELD
1. Elise Paschen, BLACKBERRY PICKING
2. Meghan O'Rourke, MID-TERM BREAK
3. Colum McCann, MOSSBAWN (SUNLIGHT and DIGGING)
4. Colette Bryce, A SOFA IN THE FORTIES
5. Conor O'Callaghan, CLEARANCES #4
6. Alice McDermott, ST KEVIN & THE BLACKBIRD
7. Bernard O'Donoghue, AT THE WELLHEAD
8. Marie Howe, from SEEING THINGS
9. Matthew Sweeney, THE TOLLUND MAN
10. Nick Laird, STATION ISLAND Sec VII 
11. Kevin Holohan, SINGING SCHOOL #4 SUMMER 1969
12.  Henri Cole, OYSTERS
13. Craig Morgan Teicher, SQUARINGS
14. Mark Doty, from FROM THE REPUBLIC OF CONSCIENCE
15. Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, reading her own poem newly written for Seamus
16. Enda Walsh, CLEARANCES #3
17. Paul Muldoon, KEEPING GOING