Elvis Presley, Scottish poet Robbie Burns and a host of romantic entertainers and composers have all sung and written songs about love and, as a prelude to Valentine’s Day, Celtic harpist and soprano Hilary O’Neill and her daughter Lea are performing their music at Wallace House on February 8.
The show is aptly named “Pre-Valentine’s Day Concert” and, along with Lea singing harmony, Hilary will present in verse and song how the day for lovers is celebrated in different countries.
Elvis’s Love Me Tender, Dean Martin and The Beatles’ Besame Mucho, Burns’ My Love is Like a Red Red Rose are just three of the English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Irish and Scottish songs they will perform.
Irish-born Hilary is no stranger to one-woman shows, touring Germany and Switzerland with her harp for close on 20 years when she lived in Berlin, raising a family and studying music at the Conservatorium of Music.
She also lived in Adelaide for eight years where she was a member of the South Australia State Opera Company appearing in operas by composers like Verdi, Bizet, Mozart and Wagner.
She came to Noosa eight years ago and lives in Noosaville. She still performs overseas, returning to Germany three years ago. Last June she took her show to Ireland.
She agrees she hasn’t done much locally, “just a few concerts, the most recent being my ‘St Patrick Was a Gentleman’ solo concert at Cooroy.”
Pre-Valentine’s Day Concert Sunday, February 8. 2pm start at Wallace House, 1 Wallace House Drive, Noosaville. Tickets $35 available online at www. trybooking.com/DIDEY or at door. More information at www.hilaryo’neill.com
