SEAMUS Heaney HomePlace will welcome acclaimed US composer Mohammed Fairouz, Adrian Dunbar, Bríd Brennan, the Codetta Choir and more for ‘In New Light’: An occasion to mark what would have been Seamus Heaney’s 80th birthday on Saturday, April 13.
Since the unexpected passing in 2013 of the Nobel Prize awarded poet, Seamus Heaney’s words have continued to stir the emotions of those that enjoy his poetry and the work continues to inspire a new generation of writers and artists.
Poems like Scaffolding, Mid Term Break and Digging have been lauded by people from all over the world including New York based, Arab-American Composer, Mohammed Fairouz.
Mohammed Fairouz, born in 1985, is one of the most frequently performed, commissioned, and recorded composers working today.
He has been hailed by The New York Times as “an important new artistic voice” and by BBC World News as “one of the most talented composers of his generation”.
Actor Adrian Dunbar
“Anything Can Happen was composed by Fairouz and centred around three of Seamus Heaney’s poems. Mohammed explains:
“When Seamus Heaney selected the three poems, ‘In Iowa’, ‘Höfn’ and ‘Anything Can Happen’ as the basis for our first collaboration he rationalized it by writing to me ‘I thought a triptych could be made as follows – the first two being ominous, the third catastrophic – the omen fulfilled, as it were.’”
Arab-American composer Mohammed Fairouz
These prominent artists will all gather in Bellaghy to celebrate the man, the poet and his work.
Tickets for this event will be released on the HomePlace website www.seamusheaneyhome.com and box office on Wednesday 27th February, from 10 am or ring 02879 387 444.
