Authentic Irish music, dance and storytelling meld with the Omaha Symphony to revive the majesty and charm of Celtic culture. Hear again the grace and beauty of "Danny Boy," "Galway Bay" and "The Last Rose of Summer."
Celtic Journey is a symphonic presentation of traditional Irish music, story, song and dance. Taking a journey through time, the program features time-honored Irish marches, reels, jigs, and ballads with arrangements especially created to showcase the sound of the orchestra. A company of Irish musicians, dancers, and storyteller join with the orchestra to offer audiences a lively and stirring performance of beloved music and dance from Celtic culture.
The artists of Celtic Journey include virtuosos of the fiddle, uilleann pipes, accordion and guitar, plus two singers, two dancers, and native Irish seanchaí, Tomáseen Foley. At its option, the orchestra may use the Celtic Journey conductor or its own conductor. In addition, each orchestra may invite its local Irish dance troupe to participate in the program, connecting the orchestra to its community in a new and refreshing way.
Celtic Journey is a symphonic presentation of traditional Irish music, story, song and dance. Taking a journey through time, the program features time-honored Irish marches, reels, jigs, and ballads with arrangements especially created to showcase the sound of the orchestra. A company of Irish musicians, dancers, and storyteller join with the orchestra to offer audiences a lively and stirring performance of beloved music and dance from Celtic culture.
The artists of Celtic Journey include virtuosos of the fiddle, uilleann pipes, accordion and guitar, plus two singers, two dancers, and native Irish seanchaí, Tomáseen Foley. At its option, the orchestra may use the Celtic Journey conductor or its own conductor. In addition, each orchestra may invite its local Irish dance troupe to participate in the program, connecting the orchestra to its community in a new and refreshing way.
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“Celtic Journey, debuted by the Omaha Symphony to frequent ovations Saturday night, will take its place as one of the most ebullient programs in the orchestra’s Holland Performing Arts Center decade.”
“The show… samples the enticing depth and breadth of Irish culture – its dances, ballads, and storytelling – with a host of inviting guides accompanying Gilmore’s frantically joyous fiddling in the Celtic style."
“Another Celtic Journey… would be well-received any time of year.”
- OMAHA WORLD HERALD
“The show… samples the enticing depth and breadth of Irish culture – its dances, ballads, and storytelling – with a host of inviting guides accompanying Gilmore’s frantically joyous fiddling in the Celtic style."
“Another Celtic Journey… would be well-received any time of year.”
- OMAHA WORLD HERALD
