![]() ![]() "It is amazing to be performing this program in April one hundred years after it was published. ![]() “What the program does is to take you on a journey that starts bleakly with the poem itself, 'April is the cruellest month'," says Hollingworth. In Cork, Bernadette Cronin takes on the role of narrator. The programme which received glowing reviews when the programme premiered in the UK last year with actor Tamsin Greig narrating, features readings of the five sections of Eliot’s epic poem and contemporary literary responses spliced with Renaissance music, choral works from Eliot's time and no less than six new works commissioned by the ensemble. The poem takes you from the grey trenches to a tropical rain forest and the music reinforces the message.” “I didn't like it to start with because I thought I had to understand everything but if you dump all that, and simply listen to it as a fascinating stream of consciousness, just let it bounce off you. All of which, Hollingworth admits might be a turn-off for audiences looking for some escapism in their cultural experience. ![]()
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