The Great Mystery Friday 28th April, 7.30pm St Fin Barre’s Cathedral The Great Mystery brought Chamber Choir Ireland back to the Cork International Choral Festival with a programme of Psalms, Madrigals and an affirmation of life. Following a glorious start to the season with A Letter of Rights, Chamber Choir Ireland returned to the Cork International Choral Festival as Choir-in-Residence, where it led an extended seminar session as part of the festival’s Choral Symposium, followed that evening by the annual Chamber Choir Ireland Gala Concert. The programme featured works from German composer Bernd Franke, the late Peter Maxwell Davies, the winning entry of the Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition as well as the central work to this programme; the world premiere performance of Ne Reminicaris by David Fennessy, the second in a triptych of pieces newly commisioned by CCI/CICF. Fennessy takes some influence from works by Orlandus Lassus as edited by British musicologist Clive Wearing – works which book-end this complete programme. The Great Mystery will also be performed in St Thomas’ Church, Belfast on the 23rd May and St Ann’s Church, Dublin on the 24th May. Psalmus Primus Poententialis: Psalm 6                Orlandus Lassus … Continue reading Chamber Choir Ireland