Pomes Penyeach Adrian Crowley & Matthew Nolan

• 1 Alone 03:35
• 2 Watching the Needleboats at San Sabba 03:14
• 3 Cabra 02:05
• 4 On the Beach at Fontana 04:34
• 5 A Flower Given to my Daughter 03:26
• 6 Tutto é Sciolto 03:25
• 7 She Weeps Over Rahoon 05:53
• 8 Simples 04:54
• 9 A Wonder Wild 01:53
• 10 A Memory of the Players in a Mirror at Midnight 03:25
• 11 Nightpiece 05:19
• 12 Flood 04:38
• 13 Tilly 05:41
• 14 Bahnhofstrasse 02:34
• 15 A Prayer 04:22
• Total Runtime 58:58

Info for Pomes Penyeach

Pomes Penyeach is a unique and thrilling project comprising the poetry of James Joyce reinterpreted into song.

Composed by Adrian Crowley & Matthew Nolan, Pomes Penyeach is a unique and thrilling project comprising the poetry of James Joyce reinterpreted into song. The collection of 13 short poems, first published in 1927 by Shakespeare & Company of Paris, provide the lyrical basis for this invigorating and expansive creation.

The title, Pomes Penyeach, is a typical Joycean play on words; its literal meaning being 'poems for a penny each' as the collection was published for the price of one shilling, or twelve pennies. The thirteenth poem was a bonus ‘tilly’ (tuilleadh in Irish); a custom of Irish tradespeople at the time to offer an extra serving, similar to the ‘baker’s dozen, which offered 13 loaves instead of twelve.

This exciting new project came into being when academic/curator/ composer Matthew Nolan approached singer/writer/composer Adrian Crowley and extended an invitation to collaborate. Nolan first discovered Joyce's collection thirty years ago and ever since had held an ambition to see the elegiac collection set to song. That collaboration has culminated in a breath-taking project of a panoramic quality that not only stands up as a transportive musical journey but as a testament to the timelessness of Joyce's verse.

Adrian Crowley, keyboards, mellotron, acoustic guitar, vocals
Matthew Nolan, electric guitar, omnichord, synthesizer
Anna Mieke, vocals
Kevin Murphy, cello, pedal, vocals
Sean Mac Erlaine, reeds, electronics, percussion, vocals

Adrian Crowley
is an award-winning songwriter, singer, and composer who has, in over two decades, created a deeply affecting body of work. The Dublin - based artist is noted as having a uniquely dark poetic sensibility and an arrestingly resonant voice. His songs have lead him to being described as a master story-teller and the rich tapestry of his expansive recorded output is proof that he is an endlessly inspired and inspiring artist.

Matthew Nolan
is a Dublin based musician, music curator, and academic. He was the founder and artistic director of 3epkano from 2004 to 2015, an instrumental music ensemble who specialised in the production of original music for movies from the silent era. Over the last 10 years, he has been involved in producing new music for several award winning Irish films including Exile in Hell, Runners, and Somewhere Down the Line. He teaches Film Studies at Dublin Business School and Trinity College Dublin. Ongoing and current projects include Dracula and People on Sunday.Matthew has also worked on commissions from a range of performing arts institutions and arts organisations, including: The Audi Dublin International Film Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Dublin Fringe Festival, National Gallery of Art, Cork and Dublin French Film Festivals, Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, Cork Midsummer Festival, Film Society at Lincoln Centre in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

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