Thursday 1st May 2008, 5.40am
St. Anne's, Shandon, Cork (Shandon bells)

SHANDON SUNRISE

Cathal O'Baoill (Co.Down) & Stockholm's Musikgymnasium (Sweden)

Goldie fish to lead dawn chorus and herald in the summer.

The goldie fish will lead a dawn chorus o herald in the summer. At 5.52am, sunrise, on May morning, the dawn will be sung in from the tower of the iconic St Anne's, Shandon (Shandon bells) to mark this ancient celebration of the first day of summer. this atmospheric project is being organised by the congregation with a view to making it an annual event. It is suggested that people wishing to attend arrive at 5.40am.

PROGRAMME

• Holy Holy - Isaiah chapter 6, verse 3 | Hebrew, Greek & Irish
• Rì an Domhnaigh | Sean O`Riada

Entry: UNTICKETED & FREE OF CHARGE*
*Please note that due to space constraints, public will not be admitted to the bell tower itself however the performance can be enjoyed fram beneath Shandon.

COLLEGIUM MUSICUM
CHAMBER CHOIR, The Netherlands

This lunchtime concert is performed by the Chamber Choir of Collegium Musicum from the Neterherlands, in the unique surroundings of this extraordinary 12th century church.

PROGRAMME

• Three Motets | K. Nystedt (1915 -)
• Mass for four voices | W. Byrd (1540 - 1623)
• Three Sacred Hymns | A. Schnittke (1934 - 1998)
• Tre körvisor | W. Stenhammar (1871 - 1927)
• Blake Songs | K. Bikkembergs (1963 -)

Entry: UNTICKETED & FREE OF CHARGE

Thursday 1st May 2008, 4pm,
Honan Chapel, University College Cork

CANT'ELLA, Germany

Join CANT'ELLA mixed voice choir from Germany, for a special afternoon performande in the Honan Chapel.

PROGRAMME

• Shout with joy | Steinar Eielsen (1948 - )
• O LUX | Martin Folz (1961 - )
• Ascendit Deus in jubilatione | Jacobus Gallus (1551 – 1591)
• Kyrie | Hugo Hammarström (1891 – 1974)
• Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei | Carl Bertil Agnestig (1924 - )
• Requiem | Friedrich Kiel (1821 – 1885)
• A Choral Triptych | Leland B. Sateren (1913 – 1974)
• Vandrestjerner | Steinar Eielsen (1948 - )
• Ave Maria | Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1925)
• Ave Maria | Tomas Luis de Vittoria (1535 – 1611)
• Ave Maria | Siegfried Strohbach (1929 - )
• Ave Maria | Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934)
• Salve Regina | Javier Busto (1949 - )
• Ave Regina coelorum | Vytautas Miskinis (1954 - )
  
  Entry: Unticketed and Free of charge

Friday 2nd May 2008, 1.15pm,
CIT Cork School of Music,
Stack Auditorium


HELSINKI ACADEMIC
FEMALE CHOIR KYN, Finland

Join the Helsinki Academic Female Choir KYN, participants in this year's Fleischmann International Trophy Competition, for a special lunch time concert.

PROGRAMME

• Laulu perunoiden kiehuessa (Song while the potatoes are boiling) | Anna-Mari Kähärä / Jukka Itkonen (1963 -)
• Kaipaava (Longing) | Traditional Finnish / Jussi Chyenius
• Det gingo två flickor i rosende lund (There where two girls in the rosy grove) | Traditional Finnish / Jan Hellberg (1964 -)
• Den lyssnande Maria (Listening Mary) | Carl Jonas Love Almqvist / Anders Edenroth, arr. Kaija Viitasalo (1793 - 1866)
• Soikoon (Let it play) | Eeor Koivistoinen / Jan Hellberg (1946 -)
• Georgia On My Mind | Hoagy Carmichael / G. Puerling (1899 - 1981)
• It Don't Mean A Thing | Duke Ellington / Ned Bennett (1899 - 1974)
• Malaria | Jukka Linkola (1955 -)
• Femme fatale | Jukka Linkola (1955 -)
• Yön valossa pimeässä (In the dark light of the night) | Mirja Mäkelä (1968-)
• Tulisit (Come to me) | Anna-Mari Kähärä (1963 -)
• En mä tullut niin kuin ennen (I did not come like before) | Anna-Mari Kähärä (1963 -)
• Armahan kulk (The lover's path) | Traditional Finnish / Anna-Mari Kähärä (1963 -)
• The Joiku | Jukka Linkola (1955 -)

Entry: UNTICKETED & FREE OF CHARGE

Friday 2nd May 2008, 8pm
St. Michael's Church, Blackrock, Cork


COLLEGIUM MUSICUM
LEIDEN CHOIR & ORCHESTRA, The Netherlands




A full concert with inverval will be presented, with works by Rachmaninoc, De Bruin, Bach and others. All proceeds are in aid of Restoration Project.

PROGRAMME

CHOIR

• Nisi Gloriae Sitis | Marco C. de Bruin (1974 -)

CHAMBER CHOIR

• Three Sacred Hymns | A. Schnittke (1934 -1998)

ORCHESTRA

• Firebird Suite | I. Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)

CHOIR & ORCHESTRA

• St. John of Damascus | S. Taneyev (1856 - 1915)
• Nisi Gloriae Sitis | Marco C. de Bruin (1974 -)

INTERVAL

ORCHESTRA

• Musical Offering: Ricercare | J.S. Bach / arr. A. Webern (1685 -1750)

CHOIR

• (parts from) Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom | S. Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

CHOIR & ORCHESTRA

• St. John of Damascus | S. Taneyev (1856- 1915)

ENTRY: 20 (Tickets are available in Sacristy, Blackrock & Mahon Point Credit Unions and at the door)

Sunday 4th May, 6pm
St. Anne's Church of Ireland, Shandon
(with kind permission of the Rector of Shandon)

THE CLERKS CHORAL
OF ST. MARY'S COLLEGIATE CHURCH,
YOUGHAL

The Office of Compline

The College of Clerks Choral in Youghal is an ancient institution, founded in 1464 by Thomas, Earl of Desmond. The College originally consisted of eight fellows and eight singing clerks, but over the centuries this choral foundation was dissolved and reinstated a number of times. Finally, a large parish choir, the previous inheritor of this long choral tradition, folded up in the 1970s and the organ that was in the High Chancel was removed sometime later. However, in 2006, the Clerks Choral was reinstated as a choir to sing regularly in this ancient church. In 2007 a magnificent organ, built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, was acquired from a closed church in City of Bristol and placed at the head of the Great nave in the Collegiate Church. The Clerks Choral often gives secular recitals and RTE live broadcasts, in addition to the regular work of the choir.

ENTRY: UNTICKETED & FREE OF CHARGE