New Dublin Voices

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New Dublin Voices and conductor Bernie Sherlock present The Dark Cloths of Night, a richly varied programme specially chosen and balanced for a Festival late-night event.
The music ranges from the quiet spiritual power of Ich bin das Brot des Lebens by Wolfram Buchenberg to the almost cinematic glory of a brand-new Yeats setting, Aedh Wishes for the
Cloths of Heaven by Ben Heneghan.
The programme also features pieces by some of today’s leading Irish composers. These include Under-Song by Seán Doherty, and Jonathan Nangle’s haunting O Curlew. Biblical settings old and new place Byrd’s Haec dies alongside Caroline Shaw’s intimate response to Psalm 84, …and the swallow….

Ich bin das Brot des Lebens – Wolfram Buchenberg (Germany, b.1962)
In the Fields – Richard Barnard (UK, b. 1979)
Dum medium silentium – Vytautas Miškinis (Lithuania, b.1954)
O Curlew – Jonathan Nangle (Ireland, b. 1982)
White Birds – Laura Hawley (Canada, b. 1982)
and the swallow (psalm 84) – Caroline Shaw (USA, b. 1982)
Haec dies – William Byrd (England, b. 1540)
The Stolen Child – Jaakko Mantyjarvi (Finland, b. 1963)
Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven – Ben Heneghan (UK, b.1957)
The Island Itself – Sarah Quartel (Canada, b. 1982)
Under-Song – Seán Doherty (Ireland, b. 1984)

Acclaimed for a “choral effect… simply breathtaking… in its refined beauty” (The Sunday Business Post), New Dublin Voices is a leading Irish chamber choir. The ensemble has given the world premieres of over 95 works, demonstrating its commitment to championing new music while maintaining a vast repertoire that spans the centuries.
Founded in 2005 by its international award-winning conductor Bernie Sherlock, the choir is renowned for imaginative concert programming that aims to captivate, surprise and reward its audiences. International composers who have written for the choir include Ēriks Ešenvalds, Paweł Łukaszewski, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Vytautas Miškinis, Roxanna Panufnik and Sarah Quartel, often setting Irish poetry.
New Dublin Voices has won numerous prizes including five Grand Prix at competitions across Europe, and is regularly invited to perform at international festivals.

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