A Walk in the Dark Woods @ Galway Early Music Festival
The Gregory Walkers
Laoise O’Brien, recorders; Malachy Robinson, viols; Eamon Sweeney, baroque guitars and lute; Francesco Turrisi, percussion
with:
Athenry Music School Horizon Orchestra (dir. Dáire Mac Mághnuis)
Choristers of St Nicholas Schola Cantorum (dir. Mark Duley)
Galway Adult Strings (dir. David Clarke)
Galway Early Music Broken Consort
Once upon a time there was a boy called Gregory Walker, so called because he liked nothing more than going on long walks where there was the chance of an adventure. He walked up mountains and down valleys, around lakes, and through enormous yellow fields but more than anything he liked to walk through the deep dark woods…
Featuring princesses, fairies, evil sorcerers and smelly trolls, this musical adventure combines storytelling and music in a charming performance for the young and young at heart.
Tickets: €7 / children free