Irish Chamber Orchestra - I Create Online 5th Nov - 26th Nov : Episode 4 Tides of Time featuring Sam Perkins
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Collaboration and experimentation are at the heart of the Irish Chamber Orchestra’s mission and in our 50th Anniversary Year, we have commissioned a Covid-inspired series of ‘shorts’ through creative and collaborative partnerships with thirteen arts specialists.
A play on Irish Chamber Orchestra (ICO), the I Create Online series showcases a variety of creative disciplines with each expression accompanied by an assortment of music from the Irish Chamber Orchestra. We bring the ICO into people’s hearts and homes, to inspire and move them with these innovative collaborations, whilst also supporting fellow artists. Four creative heart-warming and inspirational episodes will broadcast on ICO social media channels over four Thursdays from the 5-26 November.
Episode 1 – Covid Captured
Our first episode on Thursday 5 November is a trio with socially engaged practitioner and photographer Deirdre Power, animator Philip Shanahan and the Irish Chamber Orchestra. This ethereal project observes and captures the emotion of a city, and its people through the lens of Covid-19. The ICO’s haunting rendition of Piazzolla’s Oblivion conjures up a complex mix of emotions which are powerfully reflected in vivid and poignant imagery.
Episode 2 – A New Dawn
The second collaboration on Thursday 12 November is another trio with Aerialist Aisling Ní Cheallaigh, ICO Cellist Christian Elliott and Film Editor, Michelle Ryan. Escape from the reality of Covid-19 and let’s fly with Aisling accompanied by Christian’s stunning arrangement of The House of the Rising Sun.
Episode 3 – Life on Mars
Our third collaboration on Thursday 19 November is a scintillating sextet of talent featuring Guitarist Jimmy Smyth, Singer Karrie O’Sullivan Holmes and the Irish Chamber Orchestra. David Bowie’s Life on Mars has been re-imagined for strings by ICO guru Kenneth Rice and Producer/Guitarist Jimmy Smyth. Cleverly adapted for visual effect by film editor Dominik Kosicki, with recording and production by Paul Ashe-Browne, Karrie’s amazing voice really resonates with orchestral accompaniment. Just magical!
Episode 4 – Tides of Time
Our fourth and final sextet in the current series on Thursday 26 November features an adapted extract from Time After Time by children’s author Judi Curtin, cleverly narrated by ICO Cellist, Aoífe Nic Athlaoich and colourfully animated by Phil Shanahan. The atmospheric Wave is the fruit of a bountiful collaboration between ICO and composer Sam Perkin and The Arts Council of Ireland.