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The Culwick Choral Society is proud to present their 21st annual charity performances of Handel's Messiah on Wed. 1st and Thurs. 2nd December 2010. The Choir of over one hundred voices will be joined by four wonderful soloists in the glorious medieval St. Patrick's Cathedral Dublin, a mere stone's throw from Fishamble Street, site of the first performance of Messiah in 1742, proceeds from which were donated to local charities. The Culwick Choral Society continues that great tradition by donating proceeds from their annual Messiah performances to selected Irish charities. This year's charity is One Family, www.onefamily.ie, the leading provider of specialist support services for one-parent families in Ireland.
Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (soprano),
Chloe Hinton (alto),
Benjamin Hulett (tenor),
John-Owen Miley-Read (bass),
& Orchestra (Alan Smale, leader),
Bernie Sherlock (conductor).
Tickets: €30 from
ONE FAMILY,
Tel.: 1890 66 22 12,
Email: messiah@onefamily.ie,
Website: www.onefamily.ie/messiah.htm.
(NO BOOKING FEE)
Choir's website: www.culwick.org
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The Culwick Choral Society's annual celebration of Christmas has been delighting capacity audiences at The National Concert Hall for many years. Presenting favourite carols, much-loved Christmas songs and music, and featuring the wonderful fifth cantata from Bach's Christmas Oratorio, the Culwick dedicates this concert to the 60th anniversary of the UNHCR, the UN refugee agency.
Bring the family!
The Culwick Choral Society presents:
A GLORIOUS CHORAL CHRISTMAS!
The Culwick Choral Society with guest soloists:
Suzanne Savage soprano,
Jennifer Hughes alto,
Brian Gilligan tenor,
Gavan Ring bass.
The Culwick Ensemble (Brona Fitzgerald leader)
David Leigh Accompanist
BERNIE SHERLOCK Conductor
Olivia O'Leary, Compère
Cantata No.5, Bach's Christmas Oratorio
and
favourite carols, much-loved Christmas songs and music
NATIONAL CONCERT HALL
Thursday 9 December 2010, 8pm
Tickets: €15, €20, €25 (Choir Balcony €10), concessions
From: National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2.
Tel.01-4170000 or online at www.nch.ie
Dedicated to the 60th anniversary of UNHCR the UN Refugee Agency.
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Join the University of Dublin Choral Society in our upcoming celebration of the music of the twentieth-century British composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams. The main work being performed is Hodie, a Christmas cantata telling the story of the nativity and will feature the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Girls’ Choir. This will be only the third ever performance in Ireland and the first since 1982. The other works include Fantasia on Christmas Carols and the Serenade to Music, which draws its text from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. UDCS is also extremely proud to present the Irish premiere of Willow-Wood, a cantata for baritone solo and orchestra.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Hodie - Fantasia on Christmas Carols - Serenade to Music - Willow-Wood
Conducted by David Leigh
Aoife O’Connell (Soprano) - Eugene Ginty (Tenor) - Eoghan Desmond (Baritone)
Featuring Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Girls’ Choir and The Campanile Consort
Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th November 2010
Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin - 8pm sharp
Tickets: €15 or €10 concession (Available at Door)
More information at www.udcs.orgAbout Us:
Founded in 1837, The University of Dublin Choral Society is Trinity’s oldest and largest choir and is believed to be the oldest Choral Society among the universities of Great Britain and Ireland. Throughout its history,
UDCS has had the honour of presenting the first performances in Ireland of some thirty-five choral works including Bach’s Mass in B Minor (1908), Verdi’s Requiem (1876), and Mozart’s Grand Mass in C (1906). The tradition that members wear the formal academic gown for performances is upheld and concerts take place in the beautiful surroundings of the Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin.0 -
Fri 26 November 2010, 8pm
"By the Waters of Babylon"
Sibelius The Captive Queen, Op. 48 [15’] (Sung in Finnish)
Walton Belshazzar’s Feast [36’]
Nielsen Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 ‘The Inextinguishable’ [36’]
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Ashley Holland baritone
RTÉ Philharmonic Choir (chorus master Mark Duley)
Hannu Lintu conductor
Intellectually and musically riveting, Principal Guest Conductor Hannu Lintu’s programmes will be another highlight of the 2010–2011 season. Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast is an eclectic work for the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir to embrace, while Walton’s debt to the influence of Sibelius establishes a connection with the opening work, the rarely performed Captive Queen. The first of three Lintu concerts, this evening also highlights the Nielsen presence in the season – beginning with ‘The Inextinguishable’!
More details & tickets at http://www.nch.ie/Box-Office/Performances/2611-RTE-National-Symphony-Orchestra-2010%E2%80%932011-Sea.aspx?date=26/11/2010&time=20000 -
lovetosing wrote: »The Culwick Choral Society is proud to present their 21st annual charity performances of Handel's Messiah on Wed. 1st and Thurs. 2nd December 2010. The Choir of over one hundred voices will be joined by four wonderful soloists in the glorious medieval St. Patrick's Cathedral Dublin, a mere stone's throw from Fishamble Street, site of the first performance of Messiah in 1742, proceeds from which were donated to local charities. The Culwick Choral Society continues that great tradition by donating proceeds from their annual Messiah performances to selected Irish charities. This year's charity is One Family, www.onefamily.ie, the leading provider of specialist support services for one-parent families in Ireland.
Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (soprano),
Chloe Hinton (alto),
Benjamin Hulett (tenor),
John-Owen Miley-Read (bass),
& Orchestra (Alan Smale, leader),
Bernie Sherlock (conductor).
Tickets: €30 from
ONE FAMILY,
Tel.: 1890 66 22 12,
Email: messiah@onefamily.ie,
Website: www.onefamily.ie/messiah.htm.
(NO BOOKING FEE)
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Thought some of you North of the border might be interested in this event in earl 2011 --- with a note that we are currently auditioning for three male singing roles and a keyboard accompanist to complete our Belfast team - anyone interested should contact suitcaseworkshop@gmail.com for further info. please put DEVO WEEK as the subject.
An advance notice for The Suitcase - An Opera in Belfast at Crescent Arts Centre on Saturday, February 19th 2011.
Chicago Opera Vanguard explores the contents of a suitcase unopened for fifty years. A suitcase filled with letters sent across the American continent from one young man to another. Letters filled with questions about life, art, and the making of self; about the struggles of what it means to be a young gay man rubbing elbows with the queer elite of 1950 New York; about bars that catered to pre-liberation Manhattan and the clientele therein.
The Suitcase—an Opera is currently in development. Chicago Opera Vanguard will present sections and arias from the piece in collaboration with Belfast artists. Chicago Opera Vanguard is committed to creating accessible and exciting theatrical experiences, both concretely and virtually, by commissioning new works, giving a second voice to daring music-theatre pieces, and by completely re-imagining operatic favourites.
The Suitcase—an Opera is presented in association with Queen’s Quarter Weekends.Tickets are priced £5 and are now available via www.crescentarts.org or by calling Box Office on +44 (0) 28 9024 2338
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Hi all, just wanted to let you know about this series: 4 concerts over 4 days, featuring "Baroque Blockbusters" from Germany, France and Italy. Concerts take place at Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, on 18, 20, 22 and 23 Dublin at 8pm. Each event is an hour long and the programme includes suites by Bach, Rameau and the best of Vivaldi's Concerti da Camera.
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Just a reminder that The Suitcase - an Opera will play in Belfast's Crescent Arts Centre on Saturday, February 19th 2011 (+44 (028) 90 242338), 7pm, £5. Chicago Opera Vanguard will present sections and arias from their latest work, in collaboration with local artists.
As part of their Belfast residency, COV will offer “Devising Opera”, a two-session (3 hours each) daytime workshop on February 15 & 16 that will explore finding the theatrical, physical, and musical impetus behind found and devised texts.
Composer Eric Reda, Director Karen Yates and Writer/Performer David Kodeski will guide participants through a series of physical and vocal exercises aimed toward creating miniature operatic moments that will culminate in a daytime public presentation.
Participants will be required to research and then bring factual texts to the workshop that illustrate current policies (political and civic), news stories about gay issues, and views on homosexuality in Belfast and Northern Ireland as a whole. This focus complements the subject matter of The Suitcase - an Opera, which concerns a young gay man in New York City in 1950.
Those interested in participating must be comfortable with singing, rhythm, and music. They must be in good physical shape and be willing to improvise shamelessly.
If interested, please submit a statement of interest to suitcaseworkshop@gmail.com with DEVISING OPERA as the subject heading by 31st January. You will be notified within a week if you have been selected.
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Hi all, just wanted to let you all know about an upcoming concert that's part of the North Monastery Schools Cork Bicentenary CelebrationsCome celebrate our 200 years with Cara O'Sullivan, the Cork Garda Choir, the Wilcollane Singers and the North Monastery Choir in a programme of Classical, Operatic and Sacred Arias at the North Cathedral,Cork City on Friday 25th February 2011 at 8pm sharp (door open 7.30pm) Tickets €20 available from Pro Musica.
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Hi all - just a reminder about the one-off Belfast performance of The Suitcase - an Opera at Belfast's Crescent Arts Centre, Saturday week. Tickets are limited, so book now! Booking info: Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Rd. (+44 (0)28 9024 2338) 7pm, £5. URL: http://tiny.cc/vgmll
Chicago Opera Vanguard present sections and arias from their latest work, a true-life tale of sex and art in post WWII New York.
With a history of devising stage work from found texts, Writer/Performer David Kodeski, Composer Eric Reda and Director Karen Yates collaborate for the first time on what will be an unforgettable journey into an undiscovered record of American gay liberation.
Chicago Opera Vanguard is committed to creating accessible and exciting theatrical experiences, both concretely and virtually, by commissioning new works, giving a second voice to daring music-theatre pieces, and by completely re-imagining operatic favourites. Discover our work at www.chicagovanguard.org0 -
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Donizetti's PASQUAL€
Immerse yourself in Donizetti’s farcical world and enjoy glorious arias and delightful melodies performed by Opera Theatre Company’s chamber ensemble. Brimming with lyricism and high comedy this vivacious opera has something for everyone, with themes that still resonate today. PASQUAL€ is directed by Annilese Miskimmon with design by Aedín Cosgrove (Pan Pan theatre company).
Preview Thurs 17 Samuel Beckett Theatre
Opening Fri 18 Feb & Sat 19 Samuel Beckett Theatre
7:30pm Tickets 8962641 www.tcd.ie/drama Tickets €30 /25
PASQUAL€ TOUR DATES
17-Feb Preview Beckett Theatre 01 8962461 www.tcd.ie/drama 7.30pm
18/19 Feb Beckett Theatre 01 8962461 www.tcd.ie/drama 7.30pm
22-Feb Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire 01 231 2929 www.paviliontheatre.ie 8pm
24-Feb The Great Hall, Downpatrick 028 4461 2233 www.downartscentre.com 8pm
26-Feb Civic Theatre, Tallaght 01 4627477 www.civictheatre.ie 8pm
01-Mar Theatre Royal, Waterford 051 874402 www.theatreroyal.ie 7.30pm
03-Mar Royal Theatre, Castlebar 0818 300 000 www.theroyal.ie 8pm
04-Mar Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo 071 9161526 www.hawkswell.com 7.30pm
05-Mar Solstice Arts Centre, Navan 046 909 2300 www.solsticeartscentre.com 8pm
08-Mar University Concert Hall, Limerick 061 331549 www.uch.ie 8pm
10-Mar Siamsa Tire, Tralee 066 7123055 www.siamsatire.com 7.30pm
12-Mar GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow 059 9172400 www.gbshawtheatre.ie 7.30pm
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Some of the most striking voices in today’s classical composition are not coming out of the West but from far-flung outposts on the other side of the world. Such a voice is that of Dmitri Yanov Yanovsky. Chicago Tribune 2010
A new series of contemporary music and arts events, ‘Sounds of the Silk Road organised by the Louth Contemporary Music Society (LCMS), will be launched this April as part of the Drogheda Arts Festival.
The first performance of the series will feature work specially commissioned by the LCMS by Dmitri Yanov Yanovsky a composer from Uzbekistan a country at the cross-roads of the rich oriental and Islamic traditions of Central Asia. The work has been has written for world renowned Hilliard ensemble, Ivan Monighetti one of the world’s most accomplished cellists who stunned audiences with his performance at the Drogheda Arts Festival 2010 and of the foremost Irish musicians in the newly formed EQ Ensemble which includes Cliona Doris,harp, Malachy Robinson,bass, Elizabeth Cooney,violin, Cian O'Duill,viola, Maria McGarry,piano, Deirdre O'Leary, clarinet, Susan Doyle, flute, Chris Stynes and Maeve O'Hara, percussion.
The concert will take place in St Peter’s Church of Ireland Drogheda on the 29 April 2011 at 8pm.
This is the first time the Hilliard ensemble, have been involved with an Irish based commission and it is also Dmitri's first Irish commission. Dimitri Yanov-Yanovsky was born in 1963 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. As the musicologist Gerard McBurney says “His remarkable surroundings are vividly reflected in his music. What is most impressive is the skill with which he weaves the colourful threads of contradictory influences into a musical fabric always refined, beautifully patterned and absolutely personal”
The piece ‘Morning’ based on text from Robert Lax's poem ‘Morning’, from his book called Circus of the Sun described by the New York Times as one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. Lax was also a friend of the writer, monk and mystic Thomas Merton.
The performance will also include another of Dmitri's works called Nightmusic - Voices in the Leaves which was written for Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble.
World renowned Lydia Kavina will open the concert with a contemporary piece called Kitezh 19. Lydia plays music on a theremin, an electronic instrument which makes music without touching. Lydia has become an icon for performances with the Theramin and will be giving a workshop on the instrument for both beginners and advanced players whilst she is in Ireland.
The concert and events are the latest of several high profile art music events organised by the Louth Contemporary Music Society which have brought world renowned composers to Ireland, previously having successfully featured, Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Valentyn Silvestov and to the 2010 Drogheda Arts Festival, the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina.
Sounds of the Silk Road is presented by Louth Contemporary Music Society (LCMS) in association with Create Louth. The event is funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and financially supported by Create Louth.
Tickets for the performance priced €15 are available from www.centralticketbureau.com and Droichead Online Booking Service http://www.droicheadartscentre.com/booking.0 -
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INNSBRUCK MEETS DUBLIN
Wed April 20th, Christ Church Cathedral
Sacred Choral Music – ancient to contemporary
Ireland's international award-winning chamber choir New Dublin Voices joins forces with Vokalensemble Vocappella Innsbruck for a concert of sacred music – ranging from ancient to contemporary – on Holy Wednesday (April 20) in Dublin's Christ Church Cathedral.
Separately and together the two choirs undertake a gripping musical journey, from music long associated with Holy Week – including the famous Miserere by Allegri – to sacred works by living composers currently enjoying huge popularity – including Arvo Pärt, Eric Whitacre and Morten Lauridsen – to exciting new voices, including the Irish premieres of a Crucifixus by Stéphan Nicolay of France and Regina Caeli by the English Cecilia McDowell.
Other composers include Gesualdo, Poulenc, Michael McGlynn and Josep Vila i Casañas. The conductors for these performances are Bernie Sherlock and Claudio Büchler – known to Irish audiences from his previous work here with Opera Ireland and the National Chamber Choir – who will also direct the combined choirs in the concert's substantial closing item, the light-filled, multi-part Lux aeterna by Lauridsen with organist David Bremner.
Venue: Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Date: Wednesday, April 20
Time: 8pm
Tickets: €15 (€10 conc) www.tickets.ie or at the door
Programme:
Allegri Miserere
Lauridsen Lux aeterna
Pärt Magnificat
Pärt Nunc dimittis
Whitacre Lux arumque
Gesualdo O vos omnes
McGlynn O vos omnes
Nicolay Crucifixus (Irish premiere)
McDowell Regina caeli (Irish premiere)
Vila Sanctus-Benedictus
Bruckner Ave Maria
Bruckner Christus factus est
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The Sirin Choir from Moscow Russia sing church chants and spiritual verses in SIRIN CHOIR from Moscow Russia in St. Nicholas Church (The Green Church) Dundalk on 5 May 2011
… beautiful to hear and deeply affecting. (Irish Examiner, Ireland)
The amazing Sirin Choir from Russia will perform in St.Nicholas Church ( generally known as the Green Church) Dundalk on 5 May 2011. The programme will include modern day choral masterpieces such as Louth Contemporary Music Society Commissions Arvo Pärt’s The Deer’s Cry and John Tavener’s O My People along with a selection of Church Chants and Spiritual verses from the 15th and 16th centuries and a contemporary work by Ivan Moody.Some of the Church Chants will be performed a cappella with a selection of the spiritual verses accompanied by hurdy-gurdy, psaltery or violin. There will also be a choral workshop in Orthodox Chant given by Ivan Moody.
Sirin Choir was formed in 1989 by a group of professional musicians who took the name after a bird of Paradise from Russian Christian legends. Before that Andrey Kotov, Sirin’s Artistic Director spent many years studying Russian sacred folklore in rural settings where these ancient traditions are still preserved. His research has meant that Sirin is uniquely able to present repertoire ranging from the dark, sonorous style of Old Believers’ church to the haunting songs of spiritual wanderers.
The ensemble has presented its interpretation of Russian church and spiritual folk music on extensive concert tours in Russia and Europe and was multifold prizewinner of renowned choral competitions. Sirin took part in the 1st European Symposium for Choral Music in Ljubliana, World Symposium for Choral Music in Rotterdam, gave performances at various festivals, like the festival in Thoronet and the festival of Old Lyon (France), Musica Sacra in Marktoberdorf (Germany), Old Music in Jaroslaw (Poland), Musica Sacra in Maastricht ( Holland), Trialogos (Estonia), Isle de France , Lufthansa Baroque Festival (Great Britain), Cork International Choral festival (Ireland), Sacred Music in Fribourg (Switzerland), Festival of Sacred Music in Fez, Bangkok Christmas Festival (Thailand), Europalia (Belgium) and many others. Sirin's performances were included in the program for celebrating 2000 years of christianity in Jerusalem.
As a special request of Sirin, the Russian composer Vladimir Martynov set texts from the Old Testament's book The Lamentation of Jeremiah to music. The stage version of The Lamentation of Jeremiah, where all roles are performed by Sirin members, had more than 150 performances in Russia, France (as part of the official program of Avignon Theatre Festival), Italy, Germany, Estonia and Sweden. It was awarded with Golden Mask, the highest distinction in Russian theatre, as the best theatrical production of the year.
The composer and conductor Ivan Moody will provide a choral workshop on Orthodox chant. This workshop will introduce a number of strands of the rich and diverse traditions of Orthodox church music, including various kinds of monophonic chant (including Greek and Russian) and polyphonic choral music from such countries as Russia and Serbia. The music included will be presented as part of an open discussion of its history and context.
…consummate vocal skills and absolute professionalism. This choir deserves the mark “excellent and higher”. (Compact, Spain)
…the genuine feeling carried in the group’s performance stirred profound emotions… offering clear lessons to those who fancy the worldwide supremacy of the English choral tradition (The Independent, UK)
…beauty of this singing resembles the singing of seraphim (Esslingen Zeitung, Germany)
…Immediate shock from the first sounds… After listening to the recording you have only one wish: to hear this rare repertoire at a concert, to have direct contact with these superb and exciting voices. (Diapason, France)
Tickets for the Sirin Choir are available from www.centralticketbureau.com
The Ticket prices is €10
0818 205 205
UK: 0870 850 2896 www.louthcms.org
Tickets for the choral workshop are available by emailing choralworkshop@me.com
Tickets for the choral workshop cost €10
The choral workshop will take place in St. Nicholas from 2-5pm on 5 May 2011.
The Sirin Choir is funded by the Arts Council Touring Award and financially supported by Create Louth. The Concert’s sponsor is National Tile.
Concert Programme
1. In the Beginning was the Word (demestvenny chant.)
2. Praise the Lord from the Heavens (old believers’ chant)
3. Verses to St.Theodore the Tyro (spiritual verse)
4. Christ and the Poor Brethren (spitirual verse)
5. On the Ocean (spiritual verse)
6. John Tavener – O My People (Louth Contemporary Music Society Commission)
7. I Am the Unfruiful Tree (spiritual verse)
8. The Sinful Soul Laments and Moans (spiritual verse)
9. When I was Young (spiritual verse)
10. Arvo Pärt– The Deer’s Cry (Louth Contemporary Music Society Commission)
11. Trisagion (znamenny chant)
12. The Sinful Man Walked Through the Whole World (spiritual verse)
13. On This Holy Place (spiritual verse)
14. Today Christ is Born in Bethlehem (strochnoy chant.)
15. Ivan Moody – Bogoroditse Devo
16. Play, o World and Rejoice (spiritual verse)
17. Verses to St.Andrew (spiritual verse.)
18. Christ is Risen (Greek, Serbian and Russian chants)
19. On the Sion Mountain (Easter Chant)
20. Vladimir Martynov – Omnes Sancti (from “Games of Humans and Angels”)
21. This is Not Just Noise (Easter chant)
22. Holy Resurrection (Easter chant)
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ORTHODOX CHANT CHORAL WORKSHOP with Ivan Moody
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH (The Green Church)
Church Street, Dundalk
THURSDAY 5 MAY 2011
2.00–5.00 p.m.
As an introduction to the rich orthodox choral tradition that the Sirin Choir will perform in Dundalk, a Choral Workshop will take place focusing on orthodox chant with conductor/ composer and orthodox priest Ivan Moody in Dundalk.
Ivan Moody, Ph.D (b.1964), studied music and theology at the Universities of London, Joensuu and York. He studied composition with Brian Dennis, Sir John Tavener and William Brooks. His music has been performed and broadcast all over the world, and recorded on labels such as Hyperion, ECM, Telarc, Warner Classics and Sony.
His largest works to date are Passion and Resurrection (recorded on Hyperion CDA 66999) and the Akathistos Hymn (recorded on Gothic Records CD 49210). Recent significant works include Ravenna Sanctus, written for Chanticleer (2006: recorded on Warner Classics R2 146364), Stabat Mater (2008), for choir and string quartet, written for the Oslo International
Festival of Church Music and Moons and Suns (2008), written for Ars Nova Copenhagen and the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet.
Recent commissions include Canti della Rosa for The King’s Singers, Canticum Canticorum IV for Seattle Pro Musica and the piano quintet Nocturne of Light for Paul Barnes and the Chiara Quartet. Current projects include works for the English Chamber Choir, the American ensemble In Mulieribus and the German group Singphoniker.
As a conductor he works regularly with a number of choirs and ensembles in both Europe and America, having paid special attention to Orthodox church music from Bulgaria, Finland and Serbia. As a musicologist he has written extensively on both early and contemporary music.
He is a priest of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, serving as rector of the Parish of St John the Russian in Estoril, Portugal, and is currently Chairman of the International Society for Orthodox Music.
WORKSHOP DETAILS
This workshop will introduce a number of strands of the rich and diverse traditions of Orthodox church music, including various kinds of monophonic chant (including Greek and Russian) and polyphonic choral music from such countries as Russia and Serbia. The music included will be presented as part of an open discussion of its history and context.
Websites: http://www.ivanmoody.co.uk and http://www.isocm.com
ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE ABLE TO SIGHT READ.
Participation at the Workshop will only be available for Sirin Choir ticket holders.
Tickets are available for Sirin Choir’s performance which will take place on
5 May 2011 at 8pm in St. Nicholas Church (Green Church) Church Street, Dundalk from www.centralticketbureau.com. Tickets cost €10.
THE WORKSHOP COSTS €10. Places are limited.
Closing date to purchase workshop tickets is Friday 29 April 2011.
TO BOOK A PLACE ON THE WORKSHOP
Email – choralworkshop@me.com
listing your name, email,address, telephone number, voice (alto etc)and experience.
If you secure a place we will email you and you will be asked to post a cheque for €10 with your name and address
to –
Louth Contemporary Music Society
12a Wilton Green, Dundalk
Louth.
Alternatively you can pay at the workshop.
DON’T MISS OUT! PLACES ARE LIMITED.
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HANDEL'S MESSIAH.
Church of Saints Peter & Paul, Balbriggan.
Saturday 16 April 2011, 8pm.
THE CULWICK CHORAL SOCIETY;
Nicola Mulligan, soprano;
Laura Murphy, alto;
Brian Gilligan, tenor;
Gavan Ring, bass;
The Culwick Ensemble (leader Brona Fitzgerald);
David Leigh, organist;
BERNIE SHERLOCK , conductor.
TICKETS €12.
Available from:
The Parish Office. Monday to Thursday from 9.30 to 5.00pm.
The Parish Shop, after 10am Mass Monday to Thursday and at each Mass at weekends.
Goughs Shop (Vision Radio), Dublin Street, Balbriggan.
The Bagel Bar, Drogheda Street, Balbriggan.
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The Culwick Choral Society presents
A SEA SYMPHONY, Ralph Vaughan Williams
The sights and spirit of the sea come vividly to life in the Culwick's exciting programme featuring an extremely wide-ranging sample of marine-inspired music by Classical, Romantic, 20th century and contemporary composers. "Behold the sea itself!" (Whitman)
Vaughan Williams: A SEA SYMPHONY;
Mendelssohn: HEBRIDES OVERTURE;
Beethoven: CALM SEA AND PROSPEROUS VOYAGE;
Mäntyjärvi: CANTICUM CALAMITATIS MARITIMÆ.
The Culwick Choral Society and guests:
Cara O'Sullivan soprano;
Paul Carey Jones baritone;
New Dublin Voices;
& Orchestra (Alan Smale, leader);
Bernie Sherlock conductor.
Dedicated to the RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea, www.rnli.ie
Supported by RTÉ lyric fm
TICKET PRICE:
€15, €20, €25, €30 (concessions)
Available from:
National Concert Hall, Box Office, Tel.+353-1-4170000
Online booking www.nch.ie - No booking fee.
Visit choir's website at:
www.culwick.org
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Cork New Music Ensemble
Saturday, 21st of May
8:00 p.m.
Curtis Auditoriom
Cork School of Music.
Admissiom: 5 euro
The Cork New Music Ensemble is a recently formed group dedicated to performing newly composed works and other contemporary music.
For its debut performance the ensemble will perform nine new works by Irish composers.
Pieces to be performed (not necessarily in order of performance)
Sam Barker - Two Sonnets for Violin, Vibraphone and Double Bass
Sam Perkin - Prelude and Fugue For Marimba and Violin
Brendan O'Connor - Droplets on Staves for Chamber Ensemble
Siona Mahon - As the Leaf Withers for Chamber Ensemble
Patrick O'Connor - Evocation and King's Seranade for Soprano and Ensemble
Stephen Lane - Making Time for Piano and Vibraphone
Stephen Parker - Lullabies for an Estuary of Sculptures: Phillip Jackson, for Soprano and Ensemble
Pierre O'Reilly - Yello for two Pianos
David O'Regan - Sleepwalk for Flute and Vibraphone
The list of performers includes Aoife O'Donnovan (flute), Eoin Ducrot (violin), Alex Petcu (percussion), Shane Ladden (piano), Aoife Sadlier (cello), Kelley Lonergan (soprano), Conor Palliser (conducting some pieces) and many more.0 -
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Concert with Eden Chorale; Longford County Choir, Tredagh Singers, and newly established Midlands Baroque Orchestra in St. Mary's Church Edenderry, Sunday 15th May. Programme includes music by Handel, Gershwin and culminates with a performance of Vivaldi's Gloria. All proceeds to KARE and St. Mary's parish fund.0 -
Hi again, another great IBO concert coming up at the end of May - Haydn's famous symphonies "Le matin", "Le midi" and "Le soir" (no's 6,7,8) at Christ Church Cathedral Dublin (Fri 27 May @ 7pm) and St Iberius Church Wexford (Sat 28th May @ 1pm). A lovely hour of fabulous music. Baroque Rocks!!! See www.irishbaroqueorchestra.com.
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Hello all, I just want to direct your attention to a concert
that is happening on the 24th of this month in the National Concert Hall.
ICC New Works for Two Cellos performed by Ilse de Ziah and Lioba Petrie.
May 24th 2011 | 8.30pm (pre-concert talk 8.15pm) | Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin 2
This should be an interesting concert for both composers and performers
and even those who are interested in Irish music and composition as a whole.
So tell a friend and come along it should be a good night.
Student tickets are only €5!
This month the Irish Composers’ Collective monthly concert series will be all about the Cello
– two cellos to be precise – performed by cellists Ilse de Ziah and Lioba Petrie.
As with all Irish Composers’ Collective events, de Ziah and Petrie will perform
new and previously unperformed works by member composers.
This month’s line-up of premieres includes work by Derek Foott, Marc Tweedie,
David O’Regan, Bryan Dunphy, Ben McHugh and Daniel Barkley and
the concert will take place in the Kevin Barry Room of the National Concert Hall.
Ilse de Ziah has had a varied musical career, playing cello all over the world.
Her most recent work includes the Cork Opera House production of Dido and Aeneas,
the release of her CD and publishing of a book of Irish Airs for Solo Cello.
Ilse is also involved with the Australian contemporary music trio Ozmosis,
Scarlet String Quartet, and Baroque ensembles Retorika, and Beyond the Pale.
She is leader and tutor of the cello section of the Cork Symphony Orchestra
and has composed music for dance, theatre and film.
Lioba Petrie
Lioba Petrie is an active chamber musician and teacher.
Her interest in contemporary music began when she became a member of
the new music collective EAR (electro acoustic revue) with whom she performs regularly,
discovering fresh contemporary music and working closely with other composers.
In 2008 Lioba became a member of the Maconchy Project,
a celebration of the Irish composer Elizabeth Maconchy and two other female Irish composers:
Jane O’Leary and Linda Buckley.
Lioba is also a member of contemporary ensembles Somadrone and 3epkano
and has toured both nationally and internationally with the Limbik Theatre Company.
Irish Composers Collective
‘The ICC is a ready-made community of creators, performers, and listeners,
and they are blazing a trail for 21st-century music in Ireland.’ The Guardian
Eve Lalor, PR & Marketing Officer Tel: 086 3387901
press@irishcomposerscollective.com
The Irish Composers’ Collective was founded in 2003 and is a non-profit organisation
dedicated to providing Irish composers with a community for information,
education and the pooling of resources in order to create concerts of their music with professional musicians.
In particular, the Irish Composers' Collective strives to further the
professional development of their members at an early stage in their careers
and it has over 40 members from backgrounds as diverse as jazz, electronica and traditional music.
This event is in association with the National Concert Hall and is supported by the Arts Council.
LISTINGS INFORMATION:
Irish Composers’ Collective present Two Cellos – Ilse de Ziah & Lioba Petrie
24th January 2011 | Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin 2 | 8.30pm (pre-concert talk at
8pm) | Tickets €10 / €5 (conc.) from the National Concert Hall
Tickets €10 / €5 may be purchased from the National Concert Hall Box Office online at www.nch.ie,
in person or by telephone on 01 4170000
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eve Lalor (PR & Marketing) 086 3387901 | press@irishcomposerscollective.com
Natasa Peterson (Project Manager) 086 3711569 | projectmanager@irishcomposerscollective.com
www.irishcomposerscollective.com
UPCOMING CONCERTS IN 2011:
June 22nd, 2011 | David Bremner (Piano) and Elizabeth Hilliard (Voice) | 8.30pm (pre-concert talk 8.15pm) |
Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin 2
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Altissimo String Quintet
play music by Dvořák & Vaughan Williams
Thursday June 2'ond 1pm
Trinity Design Tower - Grand Canal Basin
Bronagh Fitzgerald (Violin)
Camille Bonnard (Violin)
Adele Johnson (viola)
Errika Horsley (viola)
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Multi-award-winning chamber choir New Dublin Voices presents:
SUMMER CONCERTS
A selection of highlights from the past year
NEW DUBLIN VOICES
Conductor, Bernie Sherlock
St. Thomas' Church, Mount Merrion
Saturday, June 11th @ 8pm
University Church, St. Stephen's Green
Thursday, June 16th @ 8pm
In 2010/2011, New Dublin Voices drew more crowds, did more world and Irish premieres, performed more strange and intriguing pieces as well as great classics, won more prizes, launched 2 CDs, and continued making sure audiences enjoyed listening as much as NDV did performing.
Now, to wrap up another wonderful season, NDV is giving two Dublin concerts full of highlights from the past 9 months. The wide range of NDV's repertoire will be on display, and there will be something for everyone.
€15 (€10 conc.) at the door
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The 8 Cellos of Celli Monighetti with special guest Franghiz Ali Zadeh.
The second concert in Louth Contemporary Music Society’s ‘Sounds of the Silk Road” series will take place on 22 October 2011 in St.Peter’s Church of Ireland Drogheda. The concert entitled Metamorphoses features the amazing Russian cellist Ivan Monighetti’s 8 cello ensemble Celli Monighetti with special guest Azerbaijani composer and pianist Franghiz Ali-Zadeh.
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The Dublin Bach Singers, an excellent chamber choir I have heard on a number of occasions, have invited Hans-Joachim Rotzsch to conduct their next concert. He was the Kantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig for around 20 years, the 15th successor of Bach in that job. There are quite a few clips of him singing (he was originally a tenor) and conducting on Youtube.
The program consists of works by Bach (naturally) Brahms and Mendelssohn. The concert will take place at the Pro-Cathedral, just off O'Connell Street, at 8pm on Sunday November 13th. I think this is a rare opportunity to hear a very good choir conducted by a unique conductor.0 -
Hey guys, anyone know if Einaudi is going to be playing a concert this year? Dublin isnt listed on the location list(nor is anywhere in Ireland for that matter), but i was wondering if anyone knew or heard any rumours? Hes played the past 2 years, so im hopeful!!
heres him from 2 years ago in the NCH
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In its first visit to Waterford, the internationally acclaimed and multi-award-winning chamber choir New Dublin Voices and its conductor Bernie Sherlock explore a Tale of Two Masses written almost 500 hundred years apart: the sublime Missa Aeterna Christi Munera by Palestrina, and the prophetic and unconventional Missa Tiburtina by Giles Swayne.
Fresh from its clean sweep of 6 awards at the 11th International Choir Contest of Flanders-Maasmechelen in Belgium (including Choir of the Festival and Best Contemporary Work), NDV will also pay tribute to Waterford-based composer, Ben Hanlon, who has written two works in the last two years for the choir. New Dublin Voices will also perform a selection of other sacred pieces including Beati Quorum Via by Stanford and Z. Randall Stroope’s The Conversion of Saul, his graphic and electrifying depiction of Paul’s experience on the road to Damascus.
Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, Saturday November 5th, 8pm
This programme will be repeated in Dublin in St. Ann’s Church Dawson St., on Friday November 11th at 8pm.
Tickets: €15/€10 (conc.) available at the door.
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NEW DUBLIN VOICES: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Fresh from sweeping all six available prizes at Flanders-Maasmechelen, Belgium's elite international choral competition, New Dublin Voices now brings all its energy and colour to the music of Christmas.
Also winners of last year's Lyric fm Choirs for Christmas competition, New Dublin Voices and its conductor Bernie Sherlock honour the spirit and tradition of Christmas with a beautiful selection of carols and songs – lively and quick, or deep and contemplative, very ancient and very new, old favourites, new sounds. There will be the world premieres of new carols by Irish composers Stephen Gardner and Jonathan Nangle, and the centerpiece is Benjamin Britten's moving and sublime A Ceremony of Carols.
New Dublin Voices is home for Christmas, performing in three different Dublin venues beginning December 9th in the National Concert Hall's John Field Room, and continuing on December 14th in Christ Church Cathedral. Music will be interspersed with seasonal readings, and the Saturday Family Matinée – the earlier of two concerts in Draíocht on December 17th – will feature a few surprises for kids (of all ages!).Details:
Friday, Dec. 9
NCH John Field Room, 1.05 pm
€16 / €12 (conc.)
(www.nch.ie) CONCERT SOLD OUT!
Wednesday, Dec. 14
Christ Church Cathedral, 8 pm
€15 / €10 (conc.)
(www.newdublinvoices.com/tickets)
Saturday, Dec. 17
Draíocht (Blanchardstown) 3 pm AND 8 pm
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Dublin Laptop Orchestra featuring Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on hardanger fiddle with dancer Nic Gareiss & special guests
Sunday 11th December 2011 – Doors 7.30pm, Show 8pm sharp!
Boys School @ Smock Alley Theatre, Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, Dublin 8
Dublin Laptop Orchestra – bring “the physicality and energy of acoustic music to electronic performance.” (Journal of Music)
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – “the most imaginative and fascinating musician in all of trad” (Irish Echo)
Nic Gareiss – “mesmerizing… a whirling dervish in tap shoes” (Bay City Times)
In collaboration with some of the most exciting musicians in traditional Irish music, the Dublin Laptop Orchestra are delighted to present a unique concert of new music at Smock Alley Theatre. The concert will feature a series of completely new pieces that combine Irish traditional music with live electronics. Laptops will be used to create complex rhythms and virtual droning fiddle strings, controllers will manipulate sound and allow it to blend with musicians in real-time, and the sounds of the performers themselves will even be used as raw material for completely improvised creations. This collaboration aims to infuse Irish traditional music with some of the potential that modern technology offers. Definitely not to be missed!
This collaboration was made possible through the generous support of the Arts Council’s Deis Fund for the Traditional Arts and the Trinity College Provost’s Fund for the Visual & Performing Arts.
Tickets: €10
Bookings: http://entertainment.ticketsolve.com/shows/126521177/events
Tickets also available at the door on the night
For more information about this concert and the Dublin Laptop Orchestra go to:
website: www.dublinlaptoporchestra.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/DublinLaptopOrchestra
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City of Cork Symphony Orchestra
Presents
BENEDETTI plays BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony no. 5
Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Thurs. 15th December at 8pm
City Hall, Cork
Conductor: Robert Houlihan
Soloist: Nicola Benedetti
Tickets: €45, €40, €20 at Pro Musica, Oliver Plunkett St. Tel. 021 4271659 (or should be available at the door on the night)0 -
The Royal Irish Academy of Music presents Handel’s Semele, a fully staged opera sung in English in the magnificent surroundings of St. Werburgh's Church (beside Christ Church Cathedral), Dublin 8, which takes place on January 16th (preview), 18th, 20th and 22nd at 7.30pm.
Directed by Thomas de Mallet Burgess, this exciting, large-scale production features the talented singers of the Academy accompanied by the RIAM Baroque Orchestra, David Adams conductor.
Tickets (€20) for the performances on January 18th, 20th and 22nd are available for purchase from Tickets Ireland (1890 305 305).
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Louth Contemporary Music Society presents a new arrangement of Seán Ó Riada’s Mass by Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky performed by the EQ Singers with Zoe Conway, fiddle, Laoise Kelly,harp & Mel Mercier, bodhrán conducted by Eamonn Dougan with a special guest performance by Iarla Ó Lionáird in St.Nicholas’ Church of Ireland (The Green Church)Dundalk Saturday 10 March 2012
The music of composer Seán Ó Riada, who is credited with re-igniting the popularity of Irish traditional music, is celebrated by Louth Contemporary Music Society (LCMS) in a unique performance of a new arrangement of his Mass on 10 March 2012 in Dundalk.
The new arrangement was completed by Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, a composer of international fame. A native of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he most recently has been a composer-in-residence at Harvard University and Dartmouth College. Yanov-Yanovsky has received commissions from celebrated musicians including the renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Kronos Quartet and Hilliard Ensemble. Yanov-Yanovsky’s music was first performed in Ireland at LCMS’s Sounds of the Silk Road Concert at Drogheda Arts Festival in 2011. Yanov-Yanovsky has arranged the mass for 16 voices, fiddle, harp and bodhrán.
The mass will be performed by the finest Irish professional singers in the newly formed EQ Singers, with Zoe Conway on fiddle, Laoise Kelly on harp and Mel Mercier on bodhrán. The choir and players will be conducted by Eamonn Dougan Associate Conductor of internationally renowned ensemble The Sixteen. The performance will take place in St. Nicholas’ Church of Ireland (The Green Church), Dundalk Co. Louth at 8pm on Saturday 10 March 2012.
Iarla Ó Lionáird will perform a selection of sacred hymns before the choral performance. It is fitting that Iarla Ó Lionáird will take part in this event. Iarla Ó Lionáird grew up in Cúil Aodha, Cork. His neighbour Seán Ó Riada was often in the Ó Lionáird home and the young Iarla was a member of Ó Riada’s choir, which he entered in childhood and remained in into his early twenties.
Additionally, Tomás Ó Canainn, author of ‘Seán Ó Riada - His Life and Work’, will give a talk on Ó Riada, his music and the masses in the Space,Town Hall Crowe St, Dundalk at 5pm on Saturday 10 March 2012. The talk is free but it is advised to book tickets in advance.
Eamonn Dougan, Associate Conductor of The Sixteen will be giving a choral workshop for amateur singers on the morning of the 10 March 2012. Singers will explore a selection a pieces while also working on warm ups, breathing techniques, stylistic advice, tuning and vocal blend. More details on the workshop are available by emailing choralworkshop@me.com.
Tickets for the concert cost €15 and are available from www.centralticketbureau.com.
The Ó Riada Mass has been funded by the Arts Council’s DEIS scheme and is financially supported by Foras na Gaeilge and Create Louth.
Further Information & listings see below or log onto: www.louthcms.org
LISTINGS INFORMATION:
St. Nicholas Church of Ireland (The Green Church), Dundalk, Co. Louth
Runs Saturday 10 March 2012 | 8.00pm | €15
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]The Irish Baroque Orchestra, directed by Grammy nomineee Monica Huggett, presents a beautiful and moving programme of works by Pergolesi, Vivaldi and Ferrandini during Lent 2012. Entitled “The Suffering of the Virgin”, the programme includes a very fine instrumental work by Vivaldi ("Al Santo Sepulcro") alongside Pergolesi's famous Stabat Mater (a hymn to Mary), and “Il Pianto di Maria” composed by Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710-91), from which the title of our touring project is drawn. Featured singers are Mary Nelson (soprano) and Stephen Wallace (countertenor). Info and online bookings at www.irishbaroqueorchestra.com.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Programme:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Pergolesi: Stabat Mater[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Vivaldi: [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Al Santo Sepulcro in E flat major, RV 130[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Ferrandini: Il Pianto di Maria[/FONT]
LISTINGS INFO:
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Wednesday 29 February: St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Start time: 7.30pm[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Tickets: [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]€[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]15 (conc [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]€[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]12)
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Online booking at [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]www.irishbaroqueorchestra.com[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif][/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif](no booking fees)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Telephone bookings : 01-4023518[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Promoted by the Irish Baroque Orchestra[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Thursday 1[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]st[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] March: Christ Church Cathedral Dublin[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Start time: 8pm[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Tickets: Priority seats [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]€[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]20 (conc [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]€[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]16), Unreserved seats [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]€[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]15 (conc [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]€[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]12)
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Online booking at [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]www.irishbaroqueorchestra.com[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif][/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif](no booking fees)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Telephone bookings : 01-4023518[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Promoted by the Irish Baroque Orchestra[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Friday 2[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]nd[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] March: Charleville Castle, Tullamore, Co Offaly[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Start time: 8pm[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Tickets: [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]€[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]15 (conc [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]€[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]12)
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Online booking at [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]www.irishbaroqueorchestra.com[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif][/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif](no booking fees)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Telephone bookings : 01-4023518[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]In person: Heartbeat City, Bridge Centre, Tullamore[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Promoted by the Irish Baroque Orchestra in association with Charleville Castle Heritage Trust.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Saturday 3[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]rd[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] March: Christ Church Cathedral Waterford[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif][/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Start Time: 8pm
Tickets: 16eu (12eu concessions)
Bookings: Tel 051-855038 (Garter Lane Arts Centre Box Office)
Info: [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]www.scow.ie[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
Promoted by: The Symphony Club of Waterford
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Presenting Kirkos, Dublin’s newest contemporary-music ensemble:
Kirkos Ensemble is a dynamic new contemporary-music ensemble founded by students of the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Kirkos is generously supported by the RIAM, but is run entirely (both artistically and administratively) by students, making it the RIAM’s only student-run ensemble.
Dublin is lucky enough to possess a new-music scene which punches well above its weight internationally, but what is missing here is the opportunity for young people to be involved in the music of today. Kirkos Ensemble has a mission to promote the performance of contemporary music by the country’s best young performers, and to provide a platform for young composers to have their works performed well. What makes Kirkos unique is our access to the RIAM’s pool of Ireland’s top emerging performers.
Kirkos Ensemble’s launch concert will be on 17th April at 8pm in St Ann's Church, Dawson Street. They will be performing works by students, teachers and alumni of the RIAM. Admission will be free and the concert will include seven world premieres, an Irish premiere and prize-winning composers and performers in a programme showcasing the huge variety in the output of the RIAM's composers. The concert will feature works by: Sebastian Adams, Breffni O'Byrne, Robert Coleman, Edgar Grunewald, Nori Krupp, Bill McGrath, Fergal Mulloy, Jonathan Nangle, Kevin O'Connell and Emma O'Halloran.
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Louth Contemporary Music Society in association with Drogheda Arts Festival
presents Arabian Waltz with
Rabih Abou Khalil , the EQ Ensemble and Elisaveta Blumina
in St.Peter’s Church of Ireland Drogheda
4 May 2012 at 8pm.
The shrewd, witty and inventive Abou Khalil - a world musician years before the phrase became a label -makes the hot, staccato Middle Eastern flavour and the seamless grooves of jazz mingle as if they were always meant to. John Fordham The Guardian
For nearly a quarter century, Lebanese-born oud master and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil has defied all of the artificial boundaries to create a musical world entirely his own. With his first Irish commission for Louth Contemporary Music Society, Rabih once again proves to be a truly visionary artist.
The concert will feature a magical programme of music ranging from Elisaveta Blumina performing piano works by Fazil Say and Alan Hovhaness to The EQ Ensemble performing John Surman’s Mimosa and Leylek Geldi for string quartet and bass. Rabih will perform solo on the oud and then will be joined by the EQ Ensemble for the world premiere of a new commission for string quartet, bass and oud. The new commission, funded by the Arts Council, will receive its world premiere on 4 May 2012 as part of the Drogheda Arts Festival.
Born and raised in the cosmopolitan climate of Beirut in the sixties and seventies, Rabih Abou-Khalil leaned to play the oud at the age of four. In the Arab world, this instrument is as popular as the guitar or the piano in the West and is the composer's instrument par excellence. An oud is a form of lute or mandolin played principally in Arab countries. The Lebanese civil war forced him to leave his country in 1978 to study classical flute in the German city of Munich, where he was tutored at the Munich Academy of Music by Walther Theurer.
Tickets for the concert cost €10 and are available from www.ctb.ie ( 0818 205 205)or the festival box office 353 (0)41 983 3946 or at www.droghedaartsfestival.ie.
LCMS will hold a wine reception at the interval for all ticket holders.
Rabih Abou Khalil’s first Irish commission was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
The Arabian Waltz concert is funded by Create Louth and the Arts Council. Louth Contemporary Music Society is supported by the Arts Council.
The Drogheda Arts Festival, the first festival of the summer, will run from 3rd – 7th May with new theatre, music, family events, visual arts and lots more.
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Carmina Burana
The Culwick Choral Society
National Concert Hall
Sunday, May 20, 8pm
Earthy tales of life, love, and lust – the Culwick presents Carl Orff’s immensely popular Carmina Burana – 130 voices singing words written centuries ago but still sounding fresh, spicy and real today in Orff's percussive and energetic setting.
The soloists are the outstanding Irish soprano Cara O'Sullivan with baritone Owen Gilhooley -- “scene-stealing” (Irish Times) as Papageno in OTC’s recent Magic Flute) --and rising young tenor Brian Gilligan. The part for children’s choir is sung by the multi-award-winning St. Brigid’s NS Choir from Castleknock under conductor Niamh Williams.
The concert begins with Bartók’s enchanting Hungarian Pictures, a suite of delightful and humorous snapshots of Hungarian peasant life. This is followed by Kodály’s Missa Brevis, a masterpiece which he completed while in hiding from German forces in the cellars of the Budapest Opera House in 1944. For this the choir is joined by alto Chloe Hinton and organist David Leigh.
Orff – Carmina Burana
Kodály – Missa Brevis
Bartók – Hungarian Pictures
The Culwick Choral Society and Orchestra
Cara O'Sullivan (soprano)
Chloe Hinton (alto)
Owen Gilhooley (baritone)
Brian Gilligan (tenor)
David Leigh (organ)
Leader: Alan Smale
Conductor: Bernie Sherlock
Sunday, May 20, 2012. National Concert Hall, Dublin 8pm.
Tickets: €15, €20, €25, €30 (concessions)
NCH Box Office Tel. (01) 417 0000
www.nch.ie
Visit choir website: www.culwick.org
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I'm doing some work with this Festival in June, which is bringing some amazing musicians to Ireland.
KBC Great Music in Irish Houses Festival
June 12-17, 2012
www.kbcgreatmusicinirishhouses.com
“For over 40 years this Festival has brought a wealth of extraordinary musical talent to Ireland”
Ciara Higgins, Artistic Director
The KBC Great Music in Irish Houses Festival brings some of the finest chamber musicians in the world to Ireland, and gives audiences an opportunity to see them perform in less formal surroundings.
With recession friendly prices for the times that we live in, half of the world-class concerts will have tickets available at €20 or less.
Highlights of the extraordinary musical talent programmed by Artistic Director Ciara Higgins for the 2012 Festival include:
• Two twentieth century landmark works at the core of the 2012 Festival.
The Irish premiere of Steve Reich’s powerful Drumming, with a début appearance by the exhilarating percussion ensemble, The Colin Currie Group, will mark the the Festival’s first performance ever in the National Concert Hall on June 17th.
Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, written in a prisoner of war camp in World War II will be performed on June 13th. The recent major transformation of Smock Alley in Temple Bar provides a dramatic setting for Finghin Collins, Carol McGonnell, Catherine Leonard and British cellist Guy Johnston to perform this extraordinary work.
• Opening the Festival this year is Rathfarnham Castle, which exemplifies the magnificent restoration work of the OPW, is the British Doric Quartet on June 12th. As well as quartets by Haydn and Schubert, these exciting musicians will perform Korngold’s Third Quartet, their recording of which has garnered international critical acclaim.
• While Ireland has a big international football match on June 14th in Euro 2012, music is not forgotten as guitarist Xuefei Yang pays her own musical salute to Spain and Ireland in a pre-match performance at the Little Museum of Dublin on Stephen’s Green.
• Following their début as a trio in Paris in 2010, three of our most creative musicians Dermot Dunne (accordion), Katherine Hunka (violin) and Carol McGonnell (clarinet) collaborate in an evocative programme of Dermot’s own brilliant musical arrangements on June 15th at the Royal College of Surgeons.
• The Elias Quartet, performing music by Beethoven and Schubert, makes the first of two Festival appearances on June 16th in Dublin’s Mansion House. On June 17th they partner guitarist-extraordinaire Xuefei Yang in a programme of Rodrigo, Bach, Boccherini and Dvořák in the Festival’s spiritual home, Castletown House.
• The brilliant young Irish mezzo-soprano, Tara Erraught will perform in the perennial Festival favourite Killruddery House in Co. Wicklow on June 16th. Dundalk-born Tara has had a meteoric career rise since her last Festival appearance in 2009. She is the youngest ever principal with the Vienna State Opera and will make her much-anticipated North American début during the 2012/2013 season.0 -
Co-Orch and Operation Smile Ireland will be hosting "Music to make a smile" at 8pm on Thursday, June 21st at The Village, 26 Wexford St., Dublin 2. Tickets are E20 and may be purchased in advance or at the door.
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John Zorn The Holy Visions
featuring the Irish Debut of iconic composer and instrumentalist John Zorn.
Thursday 4 October and Friday 5 October Dundalk, Louth Ireland
Louth Contemporary Music Society celebrates the first Irish visit of New York based iconic composer and instrumentalist John Zorn in a mini-festival entitled John Zorn The Holy Visions on 4 and 5 October 2012. The Holy Visions features three performances including two world premieres of Zorn’s music.
John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Drawing on his experience in a variety of genres including jazz, rock, classical, klezmer, film, cartoon, popular and improvised music, John Zorn has created an influential body of work that defies academic categories.
"My musical world is like a little prism. You look through it and it goes off in a million different directions. Since every genre is the same, all musicians should be equally respected. It doesn't matter if it's jazz, blues, or classical. They're all the same." John Zorn.
Zorn’s long time collaborator, the world-renowned Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista and his group Banquet of the Spirits, will perform music from their latest cd Caym: The Book of Angels which interprets Zorn’s sublime Masada songbook dedicated to the Jewish diaspora with a Brazilian and middle eastern twist. Banquet of the Spirits’ concert takes place on Thursday 4 October 2012 at 8pm in An Tain Theatre Dundalk.
The following evening, Friday 5 October 2012, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart will perform an astonishingly beautiful new Zorn vocal work The Holy Visions —a mystery play in eleven strophes — concerning the life, work and philosophy of Hildegard von Bingen for five female voices (2012) in St.Nicholas’ Church of Ireland Dundalk. The EQ Ensemble conducted by Gavin Moloney will open Friday’s concert with a world premiere performance of Zorn’s work Missa Sine Voces (2012), a beautiful instrumental miniature for five players written in the form of a Requiem Mass.
Performed as an encore to the Holy Visions concert earlier in the evening ( Friday 5 October 2012), Zorn returns to his first instrument for a very rare event—his first solo organ concert in Ireland when he will bring his compositional mind and improvisation skills to the beautiful Willis organ at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dundalk. The organ recital will take place in St. Patrick’s Cathedral Dundalk at 10.00 pm on Friday 5 October 2012. The organ recital is FREE to those who have purchased tickets for either the 4 or 5 October 2012 concerts.
John Zorn The Holy Visions is presented by Louth Contemporary Music Society. Louth Contemporary Music Society is financially supported by the Arts Council and Create Louth.
LISTINGS INFORMATION
Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits plays John Zorn’s Book of Angels
8pm on Thursday 4 October 2012
An Tain Theatre, The Town Hall, Dundalk
Tickets: €20/Concessions €15
Tel: 00 353 42 939 2919.
Email: antaintheatre@dundalktown.ie
The Holy Visions
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
EQ Ensemble
8pm on Friday 5 October 2012
St. Nicholas Church of Ireland Dundalk
Tickets €20/Concessions €15
www.centralticketbureau.com
ROI: 0818 205 205
UK: 0870 850 2896
Also available from An Tain Theatre Box Office: 00 353 42 9392919
Solo Organ Recital
John Zorn
10pm on Friday 5 October 2012
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Dundalk
The organ recital is FREE to those who have purchased tickets for either of the previous Zorn concerts on 4 or 5 October 2012. Tickets for the organ recital are only available by emailing eamonn@louthcms.org
Cyro Baptista will also give a percussion workshop for Music Generation Louth on Friday 5 October 2012. Details of Cyro Baptista’s workshop are available soon from www.musicgenerationlouth.ie0 -
VOICES BY THE SEA, SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH, 12 NOON TILL 9PM
Greystones RFC are pleased to announce the East Coast event of the summer, on the 30th June 2012 in Dr Hickey Park, Greystones, with gates open from 12 noon. “Voices by the Sea” is a day of music celebration, hosting many interesting styles of choirs and music of the highest calibre, performing for us, from many parts of Ireland. Our first choir will be taking the “North Beach Stage” at 12.30, while on our 2nd ”South Beach Stage”, entertainment will be provided by a mix of eclectic vocal and instrumental entertainers, both stages in tandem. As well as being a very important community event for the beautifully picturesque town of Greystones, nestling under the backdrop of the Co Wicklow hills, and overlooking two, quite glorious beaches, VBTS offers a wide variety of entertaining activity for locals and visitors alike, and for all family groups. Along with this high standard of performers, there will also be a vast array of amusements, demonstrations, and very many attractions on offer for the day. There will be a host of local sport clubs on hand to introduce you to the pleasures of what it is that they do, with showcases, demonstrations and fun challenges, so you never know, you may become their next sporting legend. It is envisaged that this event will attract numerous visitors to Greystones for their first time, giving them the opportunity to sample and enjoy this fabulous event, and we look forward to welcoming new friends to our town centre.
Access is so easy! With our train and DART services arriving straight into the town centre station, there will be a shuttle service to and from the ground for the day, or perhaps you might like the 8/10 minute walk. Covered seating will be available on-site.
The N11 dual carriageway (exit 11) enters Greystones adjacent to the Rugby Club, and there will be ample car parking facilities provided around the venue.
We are pleased to announce that the following are some of the amazing choirs and musicians who are performing across our two stages on the day, with more being added,
Hallelujah Gospel Choir Frank Kelly Family Chorale
Ireland Unlimited Pat Coldrick
Galway Tribal Choir Dublin Gospel Choir
Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir Bray Gospel Choir
Cantóirí Ranelagh Singers
Third Day Chorale The Blown Identity
In the field, it will be a day for all the family as, combined with the choirs, there will be a full range a activities for all, featuring Human Table Foosball, Bungee Run, Basketball Challenge, Gladiator Jousting and Rodeo Bull, plus lots lots more.
Bring your pooch down to join in the dog show and see who will be crowned cutest mutt in Greystones. (Dogs must be kept on leads at all times, and good hygiene is essential!)
Relive a bygone era of motoring with a vintage car display featuring over forty vehicles from Rolls Royce to DeLorean
Enjoy the spectacle of “The Travel Department” Hot Air Baloon.
Full catering will be provided on-site to cater for all tastes.
Tickets are €10 per adult and €5 per child and are available from Greystones RFC and Ticketmaster & on the day at the gate.
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/voicesbythesea
Web: www.greystonesrfc.ie
For further information and enquiries
Peter McParland
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Hilltown New Music Festival
Hilltown New Music Festival will feature the new contemporary music group Kirkos Ensemble, playing in a John Cage concert on Friday night and a concert of works by young Irish composers on Saturday afternoon.0 -
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Opera Antiqua presents a production of Arne's comic opera 'Thomas and Sally' featuring a cast of young Irish singers.
Friday October 26th, 8pm: St Philip's Church, Temple Road, Dartry, Dublin 6 (near Milltown Luas stop).
Tickets €15 (€12 concessions).
Saturday October 27th, 3.30pm: All Saints Church Grangegorman, Phibsborough Road, Dublin 7.
Matinee performance. Tickets €12 (€10 concessions).
Saturday October 27th, 8pm: St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin.
Tickets €15 (€12 concessions).
Numbers are limited: Tickets can be reserved by emailing operaantiqua@gmail.com.
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Reformation and Music 2012
WORKSHOP AND CONCERT
Luther hymns with audience participation
Saturday, 3 November 2012 2.00 pm
St Finian’s Lutheran Church,
Adelaide Road, Dublin 2
(opposite the Royal Eye & Ear Hospital)
Prof Werner Blau, Trinity College Dublin
The Reformation: Historical Aspects
Dr Helga Robinson-Hammerstein, Trinity College Dublin
The Reformation: Musicological Aspects
Dr Wolfgang Marx, University College Dublin
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Choral variations for Soprano and woodwind by Johann Sebastian Bach set to texts by Martin Luther
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LUTHER ORATORIO
Saturday, 17 November 2012 8.00 pm
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 8
Music by Andreas Hantke (1956– )
Three Miniatures (1990)
for violin and orchestra
“Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt” (2007)
for baritone and orchestra
“Stufen” (2011)
for mixed choir, a capella
Blues in F (1993)
for orchestra
St. John’s Blessing (2005)
for choir and orchestra
“Luther” (1997)
An oratorio for soloists, choir and instruments
Kantatenchor München (Cantata Choir, Munich)
Die Münchner Streicher (Munich String Ensemble)
Thomas Gropper Baritone
Konrad Wipp Speaker
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Messiah in Drogheda, December 8th, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.0
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The Culwick Choral Society (www.culwick.org) presents:
MESSIAH
George Frideric Handel.
Helen Hassett, soprano;
Stephen Wallace, countertenor;
Julian Hubbard, tenor;
Gavan Ring, bass.
Orchestra (Brona Fitzgerald, leader).
Bernie Sherlock, conductor.
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN.
Wednesday 21st November 2012, 8pm.
Thursday. 22nd November 2012, 8pm.
Doors open 7pm.
Proceeds in aid of MS Ireland.
Supported by RTÉ lyric fm.
This Messiah takes audiences back to the origin of Handel's first performance, as he rehearsed it in St Patrick's Cathedral Dublin in 1742. The Culwick Choral Society is proud to present their 23rd annual charity performances of Handel's Messiah on Wed. 21st and Thurs. 22nd November 2012. The Choir of over one hundred voices will be joined by four wonderful soloists in the glorious medieval St. Patrick's Cathedral, a mere stone's throw from Fishamble Street, site of the first performance of Messiah in 1742, proceeds from which were donated to local charities. The Culwick Choral Society continues that great tradition by donating proceeds from their annual Messiah performances to selected Irish charities. This year's charity is MS Ireland ([EMAIL="www.ms-society.ie"]www.ms-society.ie[/EMAIL]) the only national organisation providing information, support and advocacy services to the MS community.
Tickets: Euro 27.50
Available from:
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland,
80 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4.
Tel.: 01-6781609;
email: messiah@ms-society.ie; web: www.ms-society.ie.
No booking fee.
Tickets can be bought/collected from MS office, or posted for fee of €1.50.
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Tel.: 01-4539472
Telephone bookings only.
Ticketmaster
Tel.: 0818-719300;
web: www.ticketmaster.ie.
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MESSIAH
George Frideric Handel
The 2012 Culwick Choral Society MESSIAH performances at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin will take place on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd November 2012 at 8pm. All proceeds from the event will be donated to MS Ireland
Helen Hassett, soprano
Stephen Wallace, countertenor
Julian Hubbard, tenor
Gavan Ring, bass
Orchestra (Brona Fitzgerald, leader)
Bernie Sherlock, conductor
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN
Wednesday 21st November 2012, 8pm
Thursday. 22nd November 2012, 8pm
Doors open 7pm
Proceeds in aid of MS Ireland
Supported by RTÉ lyric fm.
This Messiah takes audiences back to the origin of Handel's first performance, as he rehearsed it in St Patrick's Cathedral Dublin in 1742. The Culwick Choral Society is proud to present their 23rd annual charity performances of Handel's Messiah on Wed. 21st and Thurs. 22nd November 2012. The Choir of over one hundred voices will be joined by four wonderful soloists in the glorious medieval St. Patrick's Cathedral, a mere stone's throw from Fishamble Street, site of the first performance of Messiah in 1742, proceeds from which were donated to local charities. The Culwick Choral Society continues that great tradition by donating proceeds from their annual Messiah performances to selected Irish charities. This year's charity is MS Ireland (http://www.ms-society.ie) the only national organisation providing information, support and advocacy services to the MS community.
Tickets: Euro 27.50
Available from:
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland,
80 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4.
Tel.: 01-6781609;
email: messiah@ms-society.ie;
web: http://www.ms-society.ie
No booking fee.
Tickets can be bought/collected from MS office, or posted for fee of €1.50.0 -
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