Edges of Light
Imagine going to bed on a Saturday night and waking up on Sunday, a half hour older than you should be. Well, that’s what happened with the Summer Time Act in October 1916 when Ireland’s time-keeping was brought into step with Great Britain, losing 24 minutes in the process. Edges of Light with Tola Custy (fiddle), David Power (pipes), Maeve Gilchrist (harp) and Colin Dunne (dance) was a show which takes the concept of this lost time and used it to play with the idea of Time in music, in culture, in life. Ellen Cranitch presents the music of the show interwoven with voices in opposition to the Summer Time Act and reflections by the musicians involved on the nature of collaboration, the passing of time and creativity.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 13th October, 6pm-7pm