- Music
- 07 Apr 11
Duke Special guests at Javanese gamelan gig in Cork
Telephones And Gongs takes place in the Opera House on April 15.
Cork Opera House hosts a gig with a difference on April 15.
Telephones And Gongs features the unique sound of the Javanese gamelan – a set of 66 bronze gongs and metallophones, drums, flute, spiked fiddle and zither – that resides at UCC.
The ensemble performance will include guest appearances by Duke Special and Kate Ellis, and include Cúil Aodha To Java, a piece written by Mel Mercier in memory of Seán Ó Riada on the 40th anniversary of his death.
Tickets priced €16 (€11 concessions) are available from [link]www.corkoperahouse.ie[/link].