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Cork, this poem has been described by Declan Kiberd as &#8216;<em>one of the <\/em><span><span><span><em>great elegies of European culture, an amazing combination of tradition and the individual talent \u2013 moving through moods of shock, tenderness, nostalgic reverie, personal outrage, vengeance and (in the end) immense dignity<\/em>.&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>The newly commissioned music will incorporate a bilingual performance of the work with v<\/span><\/span><\/span>ocalist Ceara Conway and actor Siobhan O&#8217;Kelly. 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