Evelyn Grant Joins Cork Pops Orchestra For Imagine that… 11/9-11

The theme of this year's concert is ‘Imagination'; thinking about and reflecting on the music in a creative way to deepen our listening experience. Listening to classical music is challenging! Hugely rewarding but challenging for young people who are used to popular music of rarely more than three or four minutes in length. Music is increasingly part of a multi-media experience, with a rapidly increasing interest in music videos; music soundtracks are now integral in film, television and video games. Background music is pervasive and it is often difficult, even for adults, to simply ‘listen'.

The music of Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov and other classical composers needs to be introduced in ‘small chunks'. We try to programme the concert in a way that sets the work of great composers in an accessible context and encourages the audience to re-visit the works again and again.

What we are attempting to do in this year's concert is to separate the visual from the aural, using video clip projections to stimulate the imagination. We will, however, leave plenty of space for listening and imagining.

We have chosen songs that celebrate imagination and are simply fun to sing.

To book download a booking form www.corkpops.ie

"We look forward to seeing you in City Hall, Cork."

Evelyn Grant
Conductor - The Cork Pops Orchestra.

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