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Neal Kosaly-Meyer presents
Part II, Chapter 3 — performed in its entirety
with acute attention to musical detail
The Performance
The gargantuan eleventh chapter of James Joyce's final novel — performed in its entire 4½ to 5 hour length, including multiple intermissions — in an adventurously wild and musical performance, taking full advantage of the dramatic and liturgically suggestive qualities of the Chapel space.
This chapter delivers the experience of a long noisy evening at the Mullingar Pub, complete with wild yarns told, and radio and T.V. blaring in the background. Like the patrons and proprietor of the pub, we're all likely to experience delirious exhaustion before it's all over.
Stay to the end if you can manage it: James Joyce has a magical way of winding up an episode, and this chapter is no exception.Three intermissions will be observed to insure everyone's survival
The Performer
Since 2014, Neal Kosaly-Meyer has been performing the successive chapters of Finnegans Wake with careful attention to the book's special musicality.
Performances have been presented annually at the Chapel, and around the world — Portland, Antwerp, Mexico City, Dublin, Glasgow, and Basel.
This year he presents the extraordinary and central Part II, Chapter 3: one of the two very longest chapters in the book, and among the most theatrically alive.
Part II, Chapter 3 begins in:
Live Stream
The performance will be streamed live from the Chapel. The stream goes live at 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time on July 18, 2026. Return to this page then — the player will appear here.
