INTONE

INTONE - Ailís Ní Ríain & Nicola Dale

Ailís Ní Ríain - Composer & Writer & Nicola Dale - Visual Artist

INTONE is fully accessible. The entrance to the space is just off the street and there are no steps. 

Taking the unusual power of the crown and the cloak wielded by the Prince Bishops of Durham as their starting point, Ní Ríain and Dale present INTONE, an installation piece comprising music, poetry and sculpture. The work reflects on the powerful public roles these men held and considers the imagined private world of worry that permeates the minds of men of faith who have had political responsibility thrust upon them.

http://www.brassfestival.co.uk/events/intone-by-ailis-ni-riain-nicola-dale/

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

From 1075, the Prince Bishops were given powers enabling them to: hold their own parliament, raise their own armies, appoint sheriffs and Justices, administer their own laws, levy taxes and customs duties, create fairs and markets, issue charters, salvage shipwrecks, collect revenue from mines, administer the forests and mint their own coins. Indeed the Prince Bishops lived like kings in their ‘palaces’ in Durham City and Bishop Auckland.

Work in progress by visual artist Nicola Dale