RTE Junior radio presents a live broadcast and video cast of
the Donegal adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince with the Donegal Youth
Orchestra & Youth Choir on Friday May 18th @ 2pm and you are
invited you to listen in!!!
Pack up the school bags or put on the kettle and enjoy a 45 minute
magical radio treat!
Ireland and particularly Donegal is known
for its creativity. Oscar Wilde, who wrote the beautiful story ‘The Happy
Prince’, is one of Ireland’s
most famous writers. Donegal County Council Cultural Services Public Art
Program decided that they wanted to write a new adaptation of this most special
story but write it in a way that made best use of our creative strengths in
Donegal, which include music, storytelling and performance. They worked from this existing text,
and writer, actor, storyteller and musician Little John Nee and composer
Vincent Kennedy were commissioned to write and perform an orchestral/narrated
Donegal adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince. They also asked Donegal
Youth Orchestra if they wrote something especially for them, would they be
interested in performing it and they said yes. The world premiere was performed
in Donegal in April but now, with the support of RTE Jnr you are invited to
enjoy and experience this Donegal adaptation of 'The Happy Prince'.
You can listen to RTÉjr Radio on your digital
radio, online at www.rte.ie/digitalradio/rtejr, on Saorview and on the RTÉ Radio
Player online, on iPad or on your mobile device.
There is
also an education pack that can be downloaded in Irish and English to enhance
the experience for our younger 7-12 age group.
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