by Rose Rushe
UNIVERSITY Concert Hall and The Hunt Museum have meshed magnetism for several years past for Culture Night (coming Friday 18) with its Opera Delights sounding three times in the night.
This is a ticket only affair that is no charge and buy in advance is stipulated at the Custom House. Pick which session suits you at 7pm, 8pm or 9pm to hear half a dozen professional singers from Limerick sing arias and duets, schooled by Olive Cowpar as artistic director.
There’s a late gig then by the river at 10pm with Limerick Jazz hosting the Brian Priestly Quintet’s tribute to Cannon(ball) Adderly in a marquee that the Hunt Museum will erect.
Priestly is a prestigious dude in the jazz stratosphere. He will run another gig, late and great also, on Saturday 26 in Dolan’s Upstairs venue for Limerick Jazz Festival’s club – 10.30pm (www.limerickjazzfestival.com).
The man is actually based in Tralee. He has arranged for Humphrey Lyttelton and the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra, while his books of piano transcriptions included over 50 different pianists. He is a regular tutor at SJP, has lectured on jazz history at various London conservatoires and his books include biographies of Charles Mingus and Charlie Parker.
Brian Priestly is a regular contributor to Jazzwise, the UK’s premier jazz magazine, and presents a weekly one-hour slot on Radio Kerry called ‘That’s Jazz’, Wednesdays 9pm-10pm, 96-98FM. Expect a lively night of music by the Shannon River, access via the Hunt Museum.
View the full timetable for Culture Night in Limerick on page 91 of Limerick Post out Thursday 17, ideal to pull out and travel with on Friday (http://www.culturenight.ie/tax_regional_events/limerick/).
