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Four years in the making, The Speech Project is ground-breaking collection of new musical works by Gerry Diver inspired by and incorporating recordings of the spoken word of seminal Irish folk musicians including Christy Moore, Paddy Moloney of The Chieftans, Joe Cooley, Danny Meehan and more.

Uniquely Irish, ground-breaking in concept and stunningly beautiful, The Speech Project is performed by musicians including Gerry Diver, with special guest Lisa Knapp, interacting live with the spoken word recordings of the musicians used in the recordings, and accompanied by specially commissioned videos.

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Last session: Fri 16 Mar 2012 at 8:00 PM - This event has now passed

Derby Hall @ The Met

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The Speech Project

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