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Sunday 14th March
at 12 noon LIBERTY CHRISTIAN CHORALE (USA) & THE DE LA SALLE SENIOR CHOIR Tickets €7 / €5 / €12 family - available on the door
De La Salle Senior Choir was founded in 2000 and has built up a fine reputation since then, singing regularly in concerts and competitions. the group has performed with the NSO in the National Concert Hall and last year won first place at the Limerick Church Music Festival and second place in the Equal Voice Competition at the Cork Choral Festival. They will be joined in concert by the Liberty Christian Chorale from Texas, which was established in 2008. The Chorale began with 25 auditioned members and has grown to 45 members. The Chorale toured the Northeast United States last year in January. Past performances include singing the National Anthem at a New York Knick's game, St. Paul's Church at Ground Zero, the Shelter for Creative Living in Washington D.C. and the Washington National Cathedral.
WATERFORD NEW MUSIC WEEK 2010
Saturday 13th March at 8pm HYMN TO GAIA by Eric Sweeney Tickets €16 / €12 concessions - available on the door This concert sees the premiere of a major new work by Eric Sweeney sung by combined choirs from Dublin, Galway and Waterford with soloists, organ, narrator and ensemble.
WATERFORD NEW MUSIC WEEK 2010
Thursday 11th March at 8pm STOCKHAUSEN (DOCUMENTARY FILM) Tickets €10 available on the door As part of Waterford New Music Week 2010, this is a rare chance to see a screening of a film documentary on the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 – 2007) and a performance of Gesang der Jünglinge (Song of the Youth) which premiered in Cologne cathedral in 1956. Using a revolutionary spatialisation technique, layers of sound are moved around the cathedral from speaker to speaker. The music is based on the recorded voice of a choirboy singing part of the canticles.
Sunday 7th March 2010 at 12 noon CONCORDIA Tickets €7 / €5 / €12 family - available on the door
Concordia is a newly formed male vocal ensemble comprised of four Waterford based singers: Niall Crowley, Ruairi de Fréin, Dermot Doyle and Brendan Long. Exploring music from the Middle Ages to the present, their programme includes music by Perotin, Schubert, Poulenc as well as Irish composers Michael Holohan and Michael McGlynn. Joining Concordia, for this their debut performance, will be pianist Deirdre Long. |
FEBRUARY 2010
Thursday 25th February 2010
at 8pm
KILKENNY COLLEGE CHAMBER CHOIR
Sopranos: Evelyn Johnston & Aine Cosgrave
Classical Guitar: Jennifer Hartrey
Tickets €10 - available on the door
The Kilkenny College Chamber Choir was formed nine years ago from among the senior singing students in the school. They rehearse and perform, to a high standard, a wide ranging repertoire of choral music from the 15th to 20th centuries in up to 12 vocal parts. They have won major awards at competitions and festivals and broadcast on national television and radio and have recorded a CD. Their performance will include movements from works by Chillcot and Jenkins as well as a selection of motets and songs.
Evelyn Johnston, Aine Cosgrave and Jennifer Hartrey are music students at the Waterford Institute of Technology. Their programme will include works by Brahms and Debussy.
Proceeds of this concert will go toward Kilkenny College Music Department and the Mother’s Union Literacy Programme.
Sunday 21st February 2010
at 12 noon (COFFEE CONCERT)
JONATHAN MORRIS
PIANO RECITAL
Tickets €7 / €5 / €12 family - available on the door
Jonathan has won numerous awards including, in the past year, the Segal Cup for Pianoforte and the Tynan Cup for Piano Concerto at RIAM, First Prize at the Junior Concerto Competition at the Dublin Feis Ceoil, and overall winner for Senior Pianoforte at the Feis Maitiu in Cork. Jonathan was selected to take part in the Clandeboye International Festival, conducted by Barry Douglas last summer. He has recently been accepted into both the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Jonathan will be performing music by Chopin, Debussy and Beethoven.
Sunday 7th February
at 12 Noon
NORA RENDELL & BRIAN MILLER
Tickets €7 / €5 / €12 family - available on the door
Vancouver singer and flute player Norah Rendell and Minnesotan guitarist Brian Miller met while studying Irish traditional music in Limerick and Cork. Their duo performances clicked from the start. Since returning to North America in 2007, their debut album, Wait There Pretty One, has earned Norah a nomination for Canadian Traditional Singer of the Year. Norah and Brian are quickly becoming known as some of the best young interpreters of the traditional Irish music that emigrated to North America along with the Irish men and women who settled there as farmers, woodsmen, and fishermen among other pioneering occupations.
Thursday 4th February
at 8pm
VIENNA MOZART TRIO
Presented by Waterford Music Club
Tickets €15 / €5 students - available on the door
In it's 18 years of its existence the Vienna Mozart Trio has performed in all the major concert halls of Europe and Asia and is one of a small group of ensembles known in virtually all the important music centres. It’s members are not bound by any contracts with orchestras or other ensembles. Their artistic independence enables them to achieve a musically free and unconventional interpretation of utmost intensity. The musicians consider it as their vocation to convey music as a spontaneous and original experience. They are not three soloists who thrust themselves into the limelight, but a harmonized and flexible ensemble which enjoys making music together. The trio's repertoire comprises practically all the works for piano trio and they have developed a large international following for their distinctive style of playing.
"It is easy to appreciate the sophisticated playing of this fine ensemble, with their meaningful phrasing and expressive control of rhythmic inflection." Daily Telegraph
The programme comprises Haydn’s Piano Trio No 40 in F sharp minor Hb. XV26, Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 and Brahms Piano Trio in C Op.87.
Saturday 30th January 2010
at 8pm
WEXFORD SINFONIA
Presented by the Symphony Club of Waterford
Tickets €16/ €12 concessions - available on the door
Conductor: Fergus Sheil
Soloist: Sinead Campell
Made up of professional, semi-professional and amateur musicians from Ireland's southeast, Wexford Sinfonia makes a valuable contribution to the musical life of the region and presents regular concerts under its conductor Fergus Sheil. The concert programme includes Four Last Songs by Strauss, The Moldau by Smetana and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony.
Sunday 17th January 2010
at 12 Noon
BRIDGET KNOWLES - Mezzo Soprano
Accompanied on piano by Deirdre Long
Tickets €7 / €5 / €12 family - available on the door
Bridget Knowles (left), Deirdre Long (right)
A regular guest soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra and the RTE Concert Orchestra, Bridget’s extensive operatic experience includes performances with Opera Theatre Company and with the prestigious Glyndebourne Festival Opera in the UK. Deirdre Long is currently studying for a Masters degree in piano accompaniment in the Cork School of Music. She works as an accompanist for many singers, instrumentalists and choirs. As a soloist she has been awarded an LTCL from Trinity College London, and she has also performed in Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall in New York.
The programme includes the complete set of Seven Elizabethan Songs by Madeleine Dring as well as La Vie Anterieure, Chanson Triste and Phidylé by Duparc.
DECEMBER 2009
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Sunday 20th December 2009 4pm CIVIC CAROL SERVICE All are welcome Waterford’s most popular and longest running carol service features the choir of Christ Church Cathedral and the City of Waterford Brass, accompanying your favourite carols. Early arrival is advised.
Sunday 13th December 2009 12 noon - coffee concert HOOKS AND CROOKES Tickets €7 / €5 concs €12 family - pay at the door
Hooks and Crookes are Waterford's own Sea Shanty Group who sing for the enjoyment of our maritime musical heritage and audience enjoyment. This year they sang at Galway Port for the Round the World Yacht Race, travelled as guests to Langesund International Maritime Festival in Norway and most recently sang at the Appingedam Shantyfestival in The Netherlands. They will be joined by a guest instrumentalist to present a selection of sea songs sung on the decks of Tall Ships which sailed from Waterford Port in the 19th Century.
Saturday 12th December 2009 8pm CITY OF WATERFORD BRASS CHRISTMAS CONCERT With special guests Ad Hoc Chorale Tickets €10 - from 051 858 958
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Saturday 5th December 2009
8pm
CHRISTMAS VOICES
Tickets €18 / €16 concession - from 051 858 958
Ticket price includes mulled wine & warm mince pies
Christmas Voices is a unique evening of song and spoken word with an Advent theme. This heart warming evening feature soprano Caroline Reid O’Brien, baritone Eoin Power, harpist Lynn Saoirse, with seasonal readings by renowned Waterford writer Jim Nolan.
They will be joined by the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, led by Eric Sweeney.
Highlights will include Christmas favourites such as O Holy Night, Wexford Carol and In the Bleak Mid-Winter, as well as popular pieces including Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and Miss Fogarty’s Christmas Cake!
NOVEMBER 2009
Sunday 15th November 2009
12 noon - coffee concert
GAVIN WHELAN (TRAD)
Tickets €7 / €5 concs €12 family - pay at the door
Gavin Whelan is widely regarded as one of the finest exponents of the tin whistle. His eponymous debut recording propelled the tin whistle to centre stage, winning high praise from critics for his crisp, uncluttered phrasing and bright, clean tone. In 2002 he was nominated by Irish Music Magazine as Best Traditional Newcomer for that year. His playing has been hailed by one critic as "beautiful, captivating and formidable".
Saturday 7th November 2009
8pm
SONGS FOR CECILIA
CELINE BYRNE (soprano)
TARA ERRAUGHT (mezzo soprano)
DEARBHLA COLLINS (piano)
Tickets €16 / €12 concession - from 051 858 958
This concert showcases two of Ireland’s brightest operatic talents performing with a prize-winning solo pianist. Together this talented trio will take us through a delightful programme based on the theme “Songs for Cecilia” including a piece specially commissioned for this tour by RTE Lyric fm from Ian Wilson, songs and duets by Purcell, Mozart, Schumann, Strauss, Puccini as well as arias from Cosi fan Tutte, The Barber of Seville, Madam Butterfly and Norma. What a treat!
In association with Music Network 
Sunday 1st November 2009
12 noon - coffee concert
CRAOBH NUA
Tickets €7 / €5 concs €12 family - pay at the door
This group has come up through the local Cómhaltas music school in Waterford, and earlier this year played a number of concerts in Rochester, New York. During the summer, many of the group attended the Meitheal traditional Summer school in Limerick, where Aisling Finnegan won the Composition Competition with her magical tune The Lumenarium. The concert programme includes inventive arrangements of lively pieces from the illustrious music collection, Ancient Irish Music (1873), by the 19th century academic Dr. Patrick Weston Joyce (1827-1914), as well as some new marches and the best in traditional singing.
Don’t miss this concert as it will be a five star performance!
Sunday 25th October 2009
8pm
Tickets €20 all proceeds go to the repair of the cathedral organ
Tickets from 051 858958
Following the recent break-in and damage at the cathedral, the Waterford Omagh Peace Choir very kindly offered to perform a fund raising concert in aid of the organ. We hope you’ll take this great opportunity to listen to a wonderful choir perform, while supporting a very special cause!
Saturday 24th October 2009
with live organ accompaniment by Morgan Cooke
7pm - note start time
Tickets €12 / €10 available on the door
Tickets €12 / €10 concs
The silent film Metropolis is set in the future, when society has been divided into two rigid groups: one of planners or thinkers, who live high above the earth in luxury, and another of workers who live underground labouring to sustain the lives of the privileged. And like all good films there is a love story that crosses the divide, where the son of the boss falls in love with the beautiful worker in the machine room.
This is a wonderful opportunity to see a rare silent film in a unique setting - not to be missed.
Sunday 18th October 2009
12 noon - coffee concert
Tickets €7 / €5 concs €12 family - pay at the door
This talented young pianist recently performed Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 alongside the Toruńska Orkiestra Symfoniczna in Poland to great critical acclaim. Throughout his career Jason has won countless prizes for his vibrant performances and in 2008, he was broadcast on BBC radio 3 playing solo repertoire. The exciting programme includes music by Chopin, Liszt, Haydn and Bach.
Saturday 10th October 2009
8pm
MICK O'BRIEN (uileann pipes / flute / whistle)
CAOIMHÍN Ó RAGHALLAIGH (fiddle)
Three of Ireland’s finest traditional Irish musicians have come together for this unique performance at the cathedral. Sit back and enjoy an evening of foot tapping jigs and reels, as well as some haunting melodies from Rita Gallagher, considered by many to have one of the most mellifluous voices in the Irish tradition.
This is a must see concert!
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Sunday 4th October 2009 (Wexford) Tickets €7 / €5 concs €12 family - pay at the door Based in Wexford, Valda have won top prizes at the Cork and Sligo International Choral Competitions, as well as the coveted gold medal prize at the International Choral Festival in Verona in 2005. This is their first time to sing in Waterford and they are looking forward very much to singing in Christ Church Cathedral. The programme will span the centuries with sacred music from Tallis, madrigals by Dowland, as well as Billy Joel classics such as And So It Goes and Lullabye. |
SEPTEMBER 2009
Sunday 20th September 2009
12 noon (coffee concert)
Tramore Gospel Singers
Tickets €7 / €5 conc. Family €12. Available on the door
The very popular Tramore Gospel Singers first came together in 2004 and all songs are arranged by Jane O’Brien Moran. The Tramore Gospel Singers are regularly invited to sing in churches, at conferences, restaurants, parties and festivals and they are well received wherever they perform.
Saturday 12th September 2009
5.30pm - 6.30pm
Emma Kennedy (piano) &
Jennifer Hartry (guitar)
Admission Free
Waterford Harvest Festival
Sunday 6th September 2009
12 noon (coffee concert)
Cathal Breslin (piano) &
Gerald Peregrine (cello)
Tickets €7 / €5 conc. Family €12. Available on the door
Critically acclaimed Irish cellist Gerald Peregrine and pianist Cathal Breslin are both laureates of the Royal College of Music, London, and former Fulbright scholars. Both performers were also individual recipients of the National Concert Hall Rising Star debut recital. The programme includes much loved cello works by Debussy, Beethoven, and will also feature the beautiful Mendelssohn cello Sonata in honour of the composers 200th birth year.
Kindly supported by RTE Lyric fm
AUGUST 2009
Friday 28th August at 8pm
Cologne New Philharmonic
Chamber Orchestra
Tickets €18 adult / €16 seniors & students / €12 students & children
Tickets available from the cathedral gift shop, or by ringing 051 858 958.
Music lovers are getting ready for one of the most popular events at Christ Church Cathedral – the annual summer visit of the Cologne New Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Making its welcome fifth return to Waterford, the orchestra has been enchanting audiences for more than 30 years with its electrifying music, and its style of interpretation is characterised by spirit, vivacity and faithful rendition. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience one of Germany’s finest ensembles, performing a diverse and mouth watering programme of music including Vivaldi’s tremendously popular Four Seasons and Eine Kleine Nachtmusic by Mozart.
Heritage Week 2009
Christ Church Talks
On Tuesday 25th August at 1pm, Ken Wigham will give an informal talk on the restoration of the Fitzgerald Monument in the cathedral. The Fitzgerald monument, which predates the cathedral by almost ten years, was erected in 1770 by Richard Fitzgerald to commemorate his father Nicholas and his uncle John.
On Thursday 27th August at 1pm, Donal Moore will give an illustrated talk on the work of Waterford photographer Annie Brophy. This will coincide with an exhibition of her photographs entitled ‘More Wedding Bells’, which will be on show at the Cathedral from Friday 21st August to Saturday 26th August inclusive.
Admission to both talks is free
Sunday 16th August
12 noon (coffee concert)
Redmond O'Toole
Tickets €7 / €5 conc. Family €12. Available on the door
Due to the recent break-in, Christ Church Cathedral has had to make a change to its August music programme and sadly, the organ recital by Cecilia Kehoe will now not take place on August 16th as listed in the programme. However, the good news is that Redmond O’Toole has agreed to step in at the last minute and will perform a Coffee Concert at 12 noon on the 16th of August. Selected as the National Concert Hall 2009 "Rising Star" and appearing regularly as a guest of "The Chieftans" around the world, Redmond O'Toole is the first to adapt to Paul Galbraith's 8-string guitar, played in the position of a cello, which allows him an extension of range, colour and repertoire. Recent engagements have included the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, a BBC broadcast with the Ulster Orchestra and many solo concerts in Germany, Spain and Mexico. Through his unorthodox playing style and committed musicianship, Redmond O'Toole has emerged as one of the most innovative and exciting young guitarists in Europe. Cecilia Kehoe’s organ recital will be rescheduled to take place when the organ is fully repaired and operational.
Wednesday 5th August at 1pm
THE CHRIST CHURCH CHOIR OF MEN AND GIRLS (USA)
ADMISSION FREE
These Michigan based choristers perform regularly with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and have appeared at the United States Air Force Academy Chapel, Carnegie Hall, and Washington National Cathedral. In Europe, members have participated in concerts in St. Paul’s, London; Westminster Abbey; St. Patrick’s, Dublin; the Sistine Chapel; St. Peter’s, Rome; Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris; as well as major concert halls and cathedrals in Sweden, Finland, and Denmark.
Sunday 2nd August at 12 noon
(this concert had to be cancelled due to damage to the organ caused by a break-in to the cathedral)
HILARY DICKINSON GUTER - organ
Currently serving as the Director of Music for St. Brigids, Stillorgan and All Saints, Blackrock, Hilary has performed on the Cathedral organs of Waterford, Armagh, Derry, Kildare and Christ Church, Dublin. The recital will include Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in a Minor (BWV 543) and Ciacona in c Minor by Buxtehude (1637-1707).
JULY 2009
Please note that despite the damage caused to the
cathedral in the past few days, Phantom of the Opera
will go ahead as planned.
Friday 31st July 2009 at 10pm SOLD OUT
EXTRA NIGHT ADDED - Sat 1st August at 10pm
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) PG rating
With live organ accompaniment by Eric Sweeney
by kind permission of the British Film Institute
Tickets €12
Early booking is advised - tickets may be purchased at the Cathedral gift shop
or by ringing 051 858958
Regarded by many as the first great horror film, this version stars Lon Chaney, as Erik, the horribly disfigured Phantom who leads a menacing existence in the catacombs and dungeons beneath the Paris Opera. When the film was first released in 1925, it shocked audiences across the world, and many weak hearted patrons fainted at the sight of Chaney’s hideous make-up.
Sunday 5th July 2009 at 12 noon
AILIE ROBERTSON TRIO
Harp | Guitar | Percussion
Tickets €7 / €5 concession / €12 family
One of Scotland's leading young harpists, Ailie Robertson fronts a contemporary, dynamic trio of harp, guitar and percussion. There are jigs, reels and polkas to get the feet tapping while her slow airs have been described as 'heart-achingly beautiful'. Ailie Robertson's eloquent, deeply expressive harp playing, combined with the masterful control of lead, harmony and rhythm from the guitar, and the percussionist's canny blend of sensitivity and effervescensce creates a three-way musical conversation that ranges from soulful reflection to exciting, high octane dance tunes.
PAY AT THE DOOR
Saturday 4th July 2009 at 8pm
WATERFORD OMAGH PEACE CHOIR
Tickets €15 / €10 concession
Tickets available at the Cathedral gift shop
or by ringing 051 858958
Comprising 25 members from Waterford and Omagh, the choir will sing tracks from their new CD ‘Songs for the Soul’ at what promises to be an uplifting and memorable night. The choir was formed in the aftermath of the Omagh bomb in 1998 and through their music, they promote a message of peace and reconciliation. Whether it’s the chilling stillness of Danny Boy or the upbeat Shackles, each song has a spiritual resonance that reverberates long after the night is over.
Wednesday 1st July 2009 at 8pm
THOMAS HEYWOOD - organ
Tickets €12 / €10 concession
The internationally acclaimed organ virtuoso Thomas Heywood enjoys an outstanding reputation as one of the world’s finest concert organists and he makes a very welcome return to Christ Church this summer. The exciting concert programme includes music by Chopin, Wagner, Elgar and Beethoven.
JUNE 2009
Sunday 21st June at 12 noon
ALVA O'LOUGHLIN KENNEDY (Gospel)
Tickets €7 / €5 concs / €12 family - pay at the door
Alva O’Loughlin Kennedy’s powerful voice delivers inspirational and gospel music guaranteed to move the soul. Her vast vocal range and penetrating gospel tone always leaves the audience wanting more. Alva has been exciting audiences in theatres across the country with her inspirational and gospel show, “Go Light Your World”. She will be treating the Christ Church Cathedral audience to an acoustic version of her programme and will be performing songs such as traditional hymns like “How Great Thou Art” and “Amazing Grace” to contemporary inspirational pieces such as “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “From a Distance”. Alva is an Irish, Dublin-based contemporary gospel singer. She was born in Sligo and has been singing since the tender age of five in school, church and theatre. Her TV appearances include The Late Late Show, Seoige & O'Shea, BBC NI Children In Need, and the Special Olympics Ireland Opening Ceremony. Alva has performed in many major venues including the National Concert Hall, Odyssey Arena Belfast, The Point Theatre, Vicar Street, The Gaiety Theatre and the Pavillion Theatre. With a variety of music to suit all tastes, this concert will leave you feeling uplifted!
Saturday 13th June at 8pm
DUBLIN ORCHESTRAL PLAYERS
presented by the Symphony Club of Waterford
Tickets €16 / €12 Pay at the door
The Dublin Orchestral Players is a long established amateur orchestra who gave their first performance in Dublin in 1940. The programme will include excerpts from Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream, Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez and Haydn's Symphony No. 101, The Clock. Conductor: Ciarán Crilly, Soloist: Michel O'Toole
Sunday 7th June at 12 noon
MARK KEANE & SANDRA MURPHY
Tickets €7 /€ 5 conc / €12 family. Pay at the door
Galway based organist Mark Keane will be joined in concert by soprano Sandra Murphy for a programme which will include Handel's Ombra Mai Fu and Oh had I Jubal's Lyre, as well as Mendelssohn's O for the Wings of a Dove, O Rest in the Lord and War March of the Priests.
Friday 5th June at 8pm
AD HOC CHORALE
Tickets €15 / €12 concs. Pay at the door
Ad Hoc Chorale was founded in October 2003 by a group of friends who love to sing. Since then they have performed in concert in Waterford and Kilkenny. They have also taken part in many competitions. In October 2007 they took part in a workshop with the Swingle Singers as part of the Imagine Festival in Christchurch Cathedral in Waterford. They have performed twice as part of Christchurch’s Coffee Concert series including a performance of Faure’s Requiem. In May 2008 they won the Premier Mixed Voice competition in the Cork Choral Festival and in October enjoyed a very successful trip to the Sligo Choral Festival, winning two competitions there.
Ad Hoc Chorale are somewhat unique in the world of choral singing with no less than five of the choir members conducting the choir this evening. Ad Hoc Chorale present a programme of opposites with music all the way from Byrd to the Beatles, stopping off at many different places on the way.
We are delighted to have Richard Coady, piano, as soloist.
MAY 2009
Sunday 31st May 2009 at 12 noon
EBLANA TRIO WITH VERONICA MCSWINEY
Tickets €7 /€ 5 conc / €12 family. Pay at the door
Renowned pianist Veronica McSwiney will be joined by violinist Aisling O’Dea (Scottish Chamber Orchestra) and cellist Julia Graham (BBC Symphony) to perform this hour long concert, which will include Mendelssohn’s Trio in D minor and Beethoven’s Sonata in C for Cello and piano.
Sunday 17th May at 12 noon
VOCI (female choir)
Tickets €7 / €5 concs / €12 family, pay at the door
Fresh from competing at the 2009 Cork Choral Festival (where they came 3rd in the National Competition for Popular Music) this female voiced choir from Waterford led by Ann Barry, will perform a programme which will include sacred music by Mendelssohn, as well as some much loved classics such as Gerswin For Girls, When I Fall in Love and Wayfarin’ Stranger. Founded in 2005, the choir took 2nd place in both the ladies competition and the Sacred Music competition at the AIMS festival in New Ross in 2007. A highlight of the concert at Christ Church Cathedral will be the first performance in Waterford of a hauntingly beautiful piece of music entitled Fill a Rún (Come, my treasured one), which was especially written for the choir by local composer Greg Scanlon.
Voci will be accompanied on piano by Richard Coady.
Sunday 3rd May at 12 noon
PAT CONNERY & LIZ O’RIORDAN - TRAD
Tickets €7 / €5 concs / €12 family. Pay at the door
Liz O Riordan and Pat Connery perform an intimate and highly entertaining summer-themed programme of songs and music mixed with seasonal poetry. The programme will include traditional songs such as The Groves of Glanmire, Sliabh Geal gCua, and The Bantry Girl’s Lament. Liz and Pat will include songs local to the area especially for their concert in Waterford. The songs are accompanied by piano, fiddle, uilleann pipes, concertina, guitar, bodhrán and tin whistle.
APRIL 2009
Saturday 25th April at 8pm
JOHN ROBERTS WATERFORD FESTIVAL CONCERT
RTÉ Cór na nÓg - Choral
Jonanthan Morris – Classical
Waterford Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann - Trad
Tickets €15 / €12 from 051 858958
This festival concert is a wonderful opportunity to see talented young singers and musicians perform an evening of choral, classical and traditional Irish music.
Dublin based RTÉ Cór na nÓg is a dynamic children’s choir founded in 1987 with unique performance opportunities and excellence in music training under the directorship of Máire Mannion. The choir broadcasts regularly on television with RTÉ religious programmes, and on Lyric FM.
A native of Wexford, Jonathan Morris is currently studying Pianoforte Stage nine under Hugh Tinney at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. At 17 years old, he has already been awarded numerous scholarships and awards at RIAM including the Segal cup for Pianoforte and the Tynan Cup for Piano Concerto. Other prizes include 1st place for Under 25 Pianoforte at the Kilcoole Music Festival, Overall Winner for Senior Pianoforte at the Feis Maitiu in Cork, Overall Winner at the Fintan O'Carroll Feis at WIT, and Newtown Secondary School Bursary.
Waterford Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann have recently returned from the US, where they performed several concerts in Rochester, New York, as part of the St, Patrick’s Day celebrations there. This popular group perform regularly in Christ Church Cathedral.
Tickets €15 / €12 from 051 858958
EASTER EVENTS AT THE CATHEDRAL
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Wednesday 8th April at 8pm
Fauré's Requiem will be sung by the cathedral choir together with seasonal readings and reflections . All are welcome (one hour duration)
Sunday 5th April at 12 noon
FIONNUALA MOYNIHAN - Coffee Concert
Fionnuala has been awarded many prizes both at home and abroad including a Bank of Ireland Millenium Scholarship, the prestigious Maura Tessier Bursary and the Rena Menasche Award from the Tel-Hai Piano Masterclass series held in Israel. She has given recitals and concerto performances in England, France, Holland, Italy, Israel, U.S.A and Hungary as well as in Irish venues such as the John Field Room at the National Concert Hall, Áras an Uachtarán, Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Cork Opera House and Bantry House. The programme will include Schubert’s Sonata D960 in B Flat major and Bach’s Aria variata in A minor.
Ticket price includes free coffee & tea
Saturday 4th April at 8pm
MADRIGALLERY
Tickets €15 / €10 concs. Book at 051 855038 / www.garterlane.ie
The choir Madrigallery return to Christ Church following their very successful visit in December. In this concert, they present Requiem by John Rutter, which is scored for choir, chamber ensemble and soprano solo. The soloist will be Rosín O Grady, who will also perform the cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (BWV 199) for Soprano and Oboe by J.S. Bach. Former principal oboist of the National Symphony Orchestra, Matthew Manning, will join with Eric Sweeney, Organ, in completing the line up for this solo voice cantata.
A new work by Eric Sweeney will also receive its first public performance at what is the final concert in the New Music Week series of performances.
The concert wil be conducted by Kevin O’Carroll.
Wednesday 2nd April at 1pm
CONCERT OF ERIC SWEENEY'S WORK
Waterford Institute of Technology Music Students
Free Admission
A retrospective selection of the music of the Waterford based composer Eric Sweeney will be performed by music students of the BA Music course at Waterford Institute of Technology, featuring works for piano, strings, wind and voice. Performers will include Richard Coady, Rebecca Carroll, James Warren, Ruthie Edgeworth, Ruth Gallagher, John Noonan and Aine Cosgrave.
MARCH 2009
An evening of music by
WILLIAM VINCENT WALLACE
Friday 20th March at 8pm
Tickets €16 / €12 concession
The music department of the Waterford Institute of Technology will present an evening of music by the Waterford composer William Vincent Wallace (1812 – 1865). Introduced by David Grant, the programme will include extracts from Lurline, The Amber Witch and The Desert Flower, his 3rd, 4th and 6th operas respectively. Wallace is best known for his opera Maritana which was performed at Drury Lane in 1845.
KILKENNY GOSPEL CHOIR
Sunday 15th March at 12 noon
Tickets €7 / €5 concs / €12 family
Founded in 2000, the internationally renowned Kilkenny Gospel Choir is a multi-denominational and multi-cultural group, whose repertoire consists of African spirituals and Afro-American gospel.
The Kilkenny Gospel Choir have sung in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, on Today with Pat Kenny on RTE Radio One, and most recently, they performed for Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.
The concert will take us on a journey from old Southern Gospel spirituals such as Oh Freedom right up to the new movement of gospel music, with pieces such as Everytime I feel the Spirit.
SYLVIA O'BRIEN - OPERA ARIAS
Sunday 1st March at 12 noon
Tickets €7 / €5 concs / €12 family
Equally at home in the classical and contemporary repertoire, Sylvia O’Brien has impressed audiences in opera, oratorio and chamber music. She is a regular guest with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, RTECO and the Orchestra of St. Cecilia, and has performed with the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the German NDR/ Sylvia has performed in premieres of operatic and chamber works by major Irish composers and worked with leading Irish contemporary ensembles. The exciting programme includes arias from well known operas such as Carmen, La Traviata, and La Boheme.
Sylvia will be accompanied by prize winning Russian pianist Hanna Shybayeva. Hanna is currently living in The Hague and has given many concerts in the Netherlands and Germany.
Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award.
FEBRUARY 2009
BEYOND THE PALE - BAROQUE
Sunday 15th February at 12 noon
Tickets €7 / €5 concs / €12 family
Marja Tuhkanen (Baroque Violin) Conor O’Connell (Recorders)
James Taylor (Harpsichord) Ilse de Ziah (Baroque Cello)
Beyond the Pale was founded in 2006 by four Cork based musicians with a shared interest in the performance of Baroque music. Boasting a wealth of performance experience in Ireland and abroad, each of the four musicians brings to the group a distinctive approach to historically-informed interpretation of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. Since their first concert in December 2006, Beyond the Pale have played in both Ireland and abroad, including at the High Wycombe Arts Festival near London and at the East Cork Early Music Festival. The concert programme will include music by Castello, Pelemann and Quantz, as well as pieces by the Irish composer Turlough O’Carolan.
ERIC SWEENEY - ORGAN RECITAL
Sunday 8th February at 12 noon - Free Admission
In the first of a series of free organ recitals throughout 2009, Eric Sweeney’s programme will include Fantasia in G by Bach, some witty French salon music by Lefebure-Wely, as well as a selection of his own work. Eric studied organ in Belgium and Italy and has given recitals all over Europe and North America.
MARCO GRISANTI & CONSTANTIN ZANIDACHE
Tuesday 3rd February at 8pm (one hour duration)
Tickets €12 / €10 concession, pay on the door
In a rare opportunity to hear these two performers of international standing, the Italian pianist Marco Grisanti will be accompanied on viola by Constantin Zanidache for a concert programme which will include Sonata for Viola and Piano Op. 11 Nr.4 by Hindemith, Le Grand Tango by Astor Piazzolla, and Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor by Franz Schubert.
Marco Grisanti teaches chamber music at the State Music Conservatory in Campobasso and has performed with the American Brass Quintet, Wolfgang Boettcher and Miriam Fried among others. He performs regularly on Italian Radio and Television. A native of Romania, Constantin Zanidache resides in Cork, and is a lecturer of viola and chamber music at the Cork School of Music. He has performed as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin Orchestra Players and the Cork Chamber Orchestra.
JANUARY 2009
DAN CAROLLO AND MARTIN NOLAN
Sunday 18th January at 12 noon
Tickets €7 / 5 conc / €12 family
A delight to music lovers of all ages, uilleann piper Martin Nolan and guitarist Dan Carollo bring a diverse repertoire of Irish traditional music, including traditional hymns and original compositions. Born in Dublin, Martin took his first lessons from John Keenan Sr., father of piper Paddy Keenan. Martin has a wealth of playing experience, touring Europe, the UK, India, New Zealand and Canada. Dan Carollo, a Seattle native who re-located to Bray in 2007, compliments Martin with his finely-crafted fingerstyle and rhythm guitar.
DECEMBER 2008
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Saturday 20th December at 8pm
THE WINTER GARDEN
Tickets €16 / €12 conc. Book Tickets: Christ Church at 051 858958
The Winter Garden is a unique evening of song and spoken word with a Christmas theme, featuring renowned Waterford writer Jim Nolan, Soprano Caroline Reid-O’Brien, Baritone Eoin Power, harpist Lynn Saoirse and several other well known Waterford voices.
Highlights will include O Holy Night and extracts from works by Patrick Kavanagh, Sean Dunne and Brendan Kennelly.
Saturday 20th December at 2.30pm
SUZUKI PLAYERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Tickets €7 / 5 conc. Family €12 Pay at the door
The Suzuki Players make a welcome return to Christ Church to celebrate Christmas, featuring over 50 violinists between the ages of 3 and 14.
Sunday 7th December at 12 noon
SARAH MCQUAID
Tickets €7 / 5 conc. Family €12 Pay at the door
Born in Madrid, raised in Chicago and holding dual Irish and American citizenship, singer/guitarist and songwriter Sarah McQuaid lived in Ireland from 1994 to 2007. With her particular mix of folk and traditional Irish music, she “casts a lingering spell” – Folk Roots.
Saturday 6th December at 8pm
MADRIGALLERY
Carols - Ancient & Modern
Tickets €12 / €10 conc. Book Tickets: Garter Lane at 051 855038
The very popular choir Madrigallery return to Christ Church where they will present an interesting mix of carols, both ancient and modern. The programme contains traditional carols such as’ Herrick’s Carol’ and ‘The Lute Book Lullaby’ as well as less familiar compositions such as ‘O Magnum Mysterium’ by Venezuelan composer Carrillo. The programme also features guitarist Joe Whelan who will not only perform solo but will also join with the choir in a refreshing slant on the carol concert. The concert will be conducted by Madrigallery’s regular conductor, Kevin O’Carroll.
NOVEMBER 2008
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Coffee Concert
Sunday 30th November at 12 noon
Tickets €7 / 5 conc. Family €12 Pay at the door
The choir of Christ Church Cathedral will perform a concert of sacred music including the ‘Miserere’ by Allegri and Parry’s
‘I Was Glad’, as well as music with an Advent flavour, including ‘Hymn to the Mother of God’ by John Tavener and Eric Sweeney’s 'Magnificat'.
TRAD SUAS
Saturday 22nd November at 8pm
Tickets €16 / €12 concessions. Book tickets at 051 858 958
This Music Network concert is a wonderful opportunity to hear some of Ireland’s top Traditional Irish musicians perform in Waterford. Featuring John Carty (fiddle/banjo/flute) Micheal O Raghallaigh (concertina) and Mick O'Brien (uilleann pipes/flute/whistle). This is a must see concert!
RUSSIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Friday 14th November at 8pm
Tickets €20 / €15 conc. Book Tickets: Christ Church at 051 858958
Formed in 2001, this 20 strong chamber orchestra has recently toured the USA, Sweden and Germany. The exciting concert programme will include Barber’s ‘Adagio for Strings’, Grieg’s ‘Holberg Suite’, ‘Spring’ from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, as well as works by Bach and Elgar.
EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
In association with Imagine Arts Festival and Symphony Club of Waterford
Sunday 2nd November at 3pm
Tickets €16 / €12. Book Tickets through Garter Lane at 051 855038
Christ Church Cathedral presents the European Union Chamber Orchestra for their third visit to Waterford. The concert programme will includes Vivaldi’s ‘Flute Concerto’, Mozart’s Adagio K.411, Bach’s Suite in No.2 in B minor for Flute and Strings, Tchaikovsky’s ‘Serenade for Strings’ and the world premiere of the specially commissioned ‘Slow Air’ by Eric Sweeney.
SOUTH, Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic
with live piano accompaniment by Phill Collins
Saturday 1st November at 7pm (note starting time)
Tickets €12 / €10 concession. Bookings to Garter Lane at 051 855038
Christ Church Cathedral and Imagine Arts Festival present the 1919 film South, which tells the sotry of the Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton on his hill-fated trip of 1914. Having sailed south, their ship breaks in the ice, and Shackleton and a crew of five (including Kerry man Tom Crean) embarked on a hazardous 800 mile journey to South Georgia Island to mount a rescue mission. This film is made up from the original footage taken by one of the expedition's crew.
OCTOBER 2008
THE AMEN TRIO
NÓIRÍN NÍ RIAIN
MÍCHEÁL P Ó SÚILLEABHÁIN and EOIN Ó SÚILLEABHÁIN
Friday 31st October at 8pm
Tickets €25 / €23 conc. Book Tickets: Garter Lane at 051 855 038
A rare opportunity to see Noirin Ni Riann in concert, when she will be joined by her sons Eoin and Mícheál in an evening of sacred and spiritual singing, in the atmospheric setting of Christ Church Cathedral. In association with Imagine Arts Festival.
Sponsored by the Tower Hotel Group
SEE EDUCATION & OUTREACH FOR DETAILS OF WORKSHOP WITH NÓIRÍN
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Coffee Concert
SUNDAY 19TH OCTOBER AT 12 NOON (duration one hour)
Tickets €7 / €5 concession. €12 for a family
Gabriela (piano) and Ruxandra (violin), both originally from Romania and now based in Cork, where they teach at the CIT School of Music. They have performed concerts and won awards throughout Europe, USA, Canada and the Far East. The concert programme will include works by Szymanowski and Schubert.
FESTIVAL FAVOURITES
Waterford International Festival of Light Opera
Saturday 18th October at 8pm
Tickets €20 / €15 conc. Book Tickets: Garter Lane at 051 855 038
Although the Theatre Royal is closed for renovations you can still hear the sounds of the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera this October. Why not join fellow musical theatre enthusiasts in Christ Church Cathedral where you will be treated to a quality evening’s entertainment.
Performers include previous festival award winners.
WATERFORD COMHALTAS CEOLTOIRI ÉIREANN
Sunday 5th October at 12 noon
Tickets €7 / 5 conc. Family €12 Pay at the door
This ten piece group have come up through the Comhaltas music school in Waterford. The programme for this concert will include a body of music rich in feeling and emotion: some lively pieces by young composer Zoë Conway, a salute to the most celebrated Irish Harper Turlough O'Carolan as well as the best of traditional singing.
This concert will be a musical experience to lift the spirits of the audience.
DULCET & PENYBONTFAWR MALE VOICE CHOIR (Wales)
Saturday 4th October at 8pm
Tickets €16 / €12 conc. Book Tickets: Christ Church at 051 858 958
Annette Howley (mezzo-soprano), Rachel Breen (lyric-soprano) and Jacqueline Hutchinson (mezzo-soprano) formed Dulcet in 2001. The trio have a wide-ranging repertoire including Irish, classical and sacred music. They will be joined in concert by the Pentybontfawr Male Voice Choir from the Tanat Valley in Wales.
The concert programme will include Carrickfergus (Traditional air), and music by Rutter and Irving Berlin, there is a Green Hill Far Away (Irish Hymn), Men of Harlech, and Yr Anthem Geltaidd (the celtic anthem).
Proceeds will go towards the restoration of the Fitzgerald Monument
CHRIST CHURCH TALKS
Friday 3rd October at 11am
Eamonn McEneaney will give a talk on the recent pilgrimage from Waterford to Santiago de Compostela
Admission is free and all are welcome
SEPTEMBER 2008
CHRIST CHURCH TALKS
Tuesday 30th September at 11am
Julian Walton will give a talk on the history of Christ Church Cathedral
Admission is free and all are welcome
CHRIST CHURCH TALKS
Monday 29th September at 11am
Donal Moore (city archivist) will give a talk on the photographer Annie Brophy
Admission is free and all are welcome
WEDDING BELLS
Annie Brophy’s Wedding Photographs (1920’s-1970’s)
Friday 29th August to Thursday 25th September
EXTENDED TO SAT 4TH OCTOBER
Annie Brophy photographed the people of Waterford and the surrounding counties for over half of the 20th century. Annie was truly a photographic artist and all her photographs are wonderfully posed, composed and produced. They still take pride of place in many homes throughout the South-East.
This exhibition concentrates on her wedding portraiture and covers the entire length of her long and productive career. Wherever possible the people in the photographs will be identified.
Come along to see these faces from the past on one of the most important days in their life. You never know who you might recognise!
PICOLLO LASSO (Choir)
Coffee Concert
Sunday 21st September at 12 noon
Tickets €7 / 5 conc. Family €12
ticket price includes complimentary coffee or tea
Directed by Ite O’Donovan, Piccolo Lasso is a junior choir from Dublin which caters for young boys and girls aged from nine to sixteen years. Piccolo Lasso have broadcast on RTE television and radio on numerous occasions. Their programme will include the Missa Brevis by Eric Sweeney which they will sing in Westminster Cathedral in October.
PETER MILLER, GUITAR (Australia)
Coffee Concert
Sunday 7th September at 12 noon
Tickets €7 / 5 conc. Family €12. Pay at the door
Ticket price includes complimentary coffee or tea
On tour from Queensland’s Gold Coast, finger style guitarist Peter Miller’s live performances are an atmospheric mixture of solo and layered guitar pieces using a loop station (JamMan) to build the multiple guitar parts.
Listen to a sample of Peter’s music at www.myspace.com/petermillerguitarstyle
"Peter Miller has the rare talent to enable the guitar to voice its soul"
André Germain, Canada
WIT Brass Ensemble
Saturday 6th September at 3pm
Admission Free
This concert is in association with Terra Madra Ireland
Visit www.terramadraireland.com for further details
The programme will include a selection of classical and light music for brass quintet and will be directed by Jonathan Bulfin
AUGUST 2008
KELVIN ENSEMBLE (Scotland)
Lunchtime Concert
Saturday 23rd August at 1pm. Tickets €7 / €5 conc. €12 for a family
The Kelvin Ensemble is the student Chamber Orchestra of the University of Glasgow. The concert programme will include Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’, and ‘Pelleas and Melisande’ by Sibelius. The conductor will be Gordon Bragg.
Pay at the door
AARON MARCHANT, ORGAN RECITAL
Coffee Concert
Sunday 17th August at 12 noon. Admission Free
In the second of our Summer Organ Music concerts, Dubliner Aaron Marchant will make his Waterford debut at Christ Church. Aaron is a Performance Degree student at the DIT Conservatory of Music, has performed with James Nelson of the Celtic Tenors and is a current performer with the contemporary music group Relief.
Saturday 16th August at 8pm
Tickets €18 Adult / €16 Seniors & Unwaged / €12 Students & Children
The Cologne New Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra returns to Waterford for a third consecutive year after sell-out performances and a standing ovation at the cathedral last summer. This chamber orchestra has been enchanting audiences across Europe for over thirty years. Their style of interpretation is characterized by spirit, vivacity and faithful rendition. The concert programme includes Pachelbel’s Canon, and music to ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by Mendelssohn, along with works by Vivaldi, Mozart and Bach.
Early booking is advised
CITY OF WATERFORD BRASS ENSEMBLE
Coffee Concert
Sunday 3rd August at 12 noon. Admission Free
Now in it’s 76th year, this hugely popular and much loved Waterford brass band will perform an hour long concert as part of the Spraoi Festival celebrations.
JULY 2008
EBLANA ENSEMBLE
Sunday 27th July at 12 noon
Coffee Concert
Tickets €7 / 5 conc. Family €12. Pay at the door
Ticket price includes complimentary coffee or tea
Sunday 6th July at 12 noon
Coffee Concert
DEIRDRE LONG, PIANO
Tickets €7 / 5 conc. Family €12. Pay at the door
Ticket price includes complimentary coffee or tea
A native of Waterford City, Deirdre Long is a final year degree student in the Cork School of Music, specializing in piano performance. She recently won the CSM Piano Accompaniment Competition. The programme will include works by Bach, Mozart, Ravel and Chopin.
JUNE 2008
Tuesday 24th June at 1pm
Mona Shores High School Orchestra (USA)
Admission Free
This 40 strong orchestra from Michigan will perform an exciting programme ranging from Corelli's Concerto Gross op.6 no.2 in F major to 'The Stars and Stripes Forever' by Sousa.
Sunday 15th June at 12 noon
COFFEE CONCERT
Eric Sweeney, Organ Recital
Admission free
In the first in our 2008 Summer Free Organ Music Series. the programme will include Cesar Frank’s Grand Piece Symphonique, Charles Ive’s delightfully tongue-in-cheek ‘Variations on America’ and original compositions by Eric Sweeney. Eric studied organ in Belgium and Italy and has given recitals all over Europe and North America.
Sun 1st June at 12 noon
COFFEE CONCERT
GERALD PEREGRINE Cello
Tickets €7 / €5 concession. Family €12
Cellist Gerald Peregrine presents a recital of well loved cello classics, alongside popular song classics from his debut album 'Heavenly'. A chance to indulge in the sound of some mellow cello!'
'Gerald Peregrine plays the cello as if born to it' - The Irish Times
MAY 2008
Sunday 25th May at 12 noon
COFFEE CONCERT - THE SUZUKI PLAYERS
featuring over 50 violinists between the ages of 3 and 14
Conducted by Brian Brown and accompanied by Marian Ingoldsby
Tickets €7 / €5 concession. Family €12
‘All in a Day…’ by Marian Ingoldsby will receive its premier during this concert, which will also include music by Bach, Handel, Dvorak and Vivaldi.
Friday 23rd May at 8pm
VOCI Ladies Choir
with guests including Ad Hoc Chorale
in aid of the South Eastern Cancer Foundation
Tickets €15 / €12 concession
Tuesday 20th May at 8pm
TOBAR AN CHEOIL
Traditional Music & Song
Brian McNamara (uilleann pipes), Gráinne Hambly (concertina, harp) and Éamon Ó Donnchadha (sean nós singing, flute)
Tickets €15 / €12 concession
On this traditional Irish music tour, three maestros go back to basics, exploring the ancient roots of Celtic music – geantraí, goltraí and suantraí – happy songs, laments and lullabies.
‘The playing is rich and intoxicating. Highlights? Too many to list.’
- The Living Tradition & Irish Music Magazine
Thursday 8th May at 1pm
De La Salle and Friends at Christ Church
Admission Free
Featuring the De La Salle Choirs, the Menapia String Quartet and
the De La Salle Brass Ensemble.
The programme will include original compositions by Ben Hanlon
Sunday 4th May at 12 noon
COFFEE CONCERT
Redmond O'Toole, 8 string Guitar
. Tickets €7 / 5 conc. Family €12
Redmond O'Toole plays an 8-string 'Brahms guitar' in the cello position connected to a
special resonating box.
In 2007, as well as embarking on two Irish tours, Redmond performed in Mexico and Germany, making guest appearances with the Chieftans and the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast and at the Sionna Festival in Limerick.
APRIL 2008
Wednesday 30th April at 8pm
COLLEGIUM MUSICUM (The Netherlands)
UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA
Tickets €7 / €5.50 concession
This 130 strong choir and orchestra’s programme at Christ Church Cathedral will include works by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Taneyev, Schnittke and Stravinsky. They will be conducted by Gilles Michels (choir) and Quentin Clare (orchestra).
Saturday 26th April at 8pm
John Roberts Festival Concert
In association with the
Symphony Club of Waterford and Artswave
Royal Irish Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra
Morriston Rugby Male Voice Choir (Wales)
Rhocesi Female Octet (Wales)
Tickets €15 / 12 concession
Tickets for this event may be pre-booked through Garter Lane at 051 855038
Saturday 19th April at 8pm
AOIFE NIC ATHLAOICH & CLÍODNA SHANAHAN
PIANO AND CELLO
Tickets €15 / €12 concession
Aoife and Clíodna have been playing as a duo since they were invited to perform at the Clandeboye Festival in August 2006.
Since then, they have performed at the Victoria & Albert Museum concert series, the Londons City Showcase 2007, St. Stephen’s Gloucester Road concert series and Elizabeth Maconchy’s centenary concert. The programme will include works by Debussy, Beethoven and Raymond Deane.
Tuesday 8th April at 8pm
San Clemente High School Choir (United States)
The De La Salle Senior Choir
City of Waterford Brass
Tickets €5 / Family €10
This highly acclaimed American youth choir will present a program entitled "Sacred Sounds - Sacred Spaces" which will include sacred works from Brahms, Palestrina, Busto, Aguiar and Gathrow. They will be joined in concert by the very popular De La Salle Senior Choir and the City of Waterford Brass
Sunday 6th April at 12 noon
COFFEE CONCERT
Bridget Knowles - Mezzo Soprano
Accompanied by Eric Sweeney on Piano
Tickets €7 / 5 conc. Family €12
A regular guest soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra and the RTE Concert Orchestra, Bridget’s extensive operatic experience includes performances with Opera Theatre Company and with the prestigious Glyndebourne Festival Opera in the UK. Bridget’s programme will include songs by Purcell, Handel, Strauss and Fauré.
MARCH 2008
FESTIVAL CHORAL EUCHARIST
Sunday 23rd March at 10am. All welcome
Christ Church Cathedral choir will perform Mozart’s Coronation Mass as part of the Easter Sunday celebrations.
PIANO, VOICE AND TRADITIONAL FLUTE
Wednesday 12th March at 12 noon. Admission Free
The second of two concerts by three final year students of the BA Music Degree in WIT. Tara Gallagher (Voice), Eadoin Walsh (Piano) and Leah Clark (Traditional Flute) will come together to perform works by Mozart, Handel, Poulenc, Brahms and Rossini, as well as a selection of traditional Irish music.
COFFEE CONCERT - CAROLINE REID-O’BRIEN (Soprano)
accompanied by Yvonne Collier on Piano
With Aine McCarthy-Kent (flute) and Damien O'Brien (piano)
Sunday 2nd March at 12 noon
Tickets €7 / €5 conc. Family €12
A native of Waterford city, Caroline has been studying singing with Regina Hanley at the WIT Music School for the past four years.Caroline is a member of the Janus Choral Ensemble and their many recitals have included performances at the National Concert Hall, Dublin and City Hall, Cork. Caroline’s programme will include I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls from The Bohemian Girl by Balfe and Vilia from the Merry Widow by Lehar. Aine McCarthy-Kent is a member of the Dublin based group Rua, with whom she has recorded three albums.
FEBRUARY 2008
COFFEE CONCERT - TOMMIE CUNNIFFE TRIO (Irish Traditional)
Sunday 24th February at 12 noon
Admission €7 / 5 conc. Family €12
Tommie Cunniffe’s new album ‘Unbuttoned’ was recently released in Ireland through a series of concerts to great acclaim. He was a recent guest on Radio One's The Late Session and his album has been picked up for distribution by Ossian in the USA. He will be accompanied by special guests on guitar and percussion.
PIANO, VOICE AND TRADITIONAL FLUTE Wednesday 20th February at 1.15pm. Admission free
The first of two lunch time concerts featuring Tara Gallagher (Donegal), Leah Clark (Wicklow) and Eadaoin Walsh (Waterford). All three performers are in their final year of the BA Music Degree in WIT. A varied and exciting programme will include works by Purcell and Mahler from Tara Gallagher (Voice), Debussy and Brahms from Eadaoin Walsh (Piano) and a feast of Irish traditional jigs, waltzes, slow airs and polkas from Leah Clarke (Traditional Flute).
NEW MUSIC WEEK 2008 AT CHRIST CHURCH
LUNCH TIME CONCERT
SIMON MAWHINNEY (Piano)
Tuesday 5th February 2008 at 1pm
Admission Free
Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus (Twenty glimpses of the child Jesus) Part Two
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was one of the leading composers of the twentieth century and he remains a central influence on the most significant developments in contemporary culture. Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus was written over a six-month period in 1944 and constitutes a mystical contemplation of the birth of Christ.
LUNCH TIME CONCERT
SIMON MAWHINNEY (Piano)
Monday 4th February 2008 at 1pm
Admission Free
Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus (Twenty glimpses of the child Jesus) Part One
Simon Mawhinney was born in County Down and was educated at the universities of Oxford, York and Queen’s, Belfast, where he was appointed Lecturer in Music in June 2006. His compositions have been performed throughout the world by international leading performers and ensembles and have received a wide range of awards and prizes, including the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize. He recently recorded his large-scale piano work Reflux for broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
BARRACK STREET BAND
Sunday 3rd February 2008 at 8PM
Tickets €7 / 5 conc.
A concert of Irish contemporary compositions for Wind Band featuring the Barrack Street Band, conducted by Mark Fitzgerald. This fifty member band is one of the oldest in Ireland and has entertained generations of Waterfordians since its first performance at the May procession in Mount Sion in 1870. The programme will include Finnegan’s Wake by A.J. Potter, Song of Lir by Fergal Carroll, A Wexford Rhapsody by T.C. Kelly and Soundshock by Eibhlis Farrell.
COFFEE CONCERT - DAVID LEIGH (Organ)
Sunday 3rd February 2008 at 12 noon
Tickets €7 / 5 conc. Family €12
David Leigh is the assistant organist at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin and director of the Cathedral Girls' Choir. He combines these roles with a freelance career as an organist, continuo and orchestral keyboard player, in addition to directing the Gaudete Singers and Res Nova.
David performed a programme of music by the French composer Oliver Messiaen, organist at La Sainte Trinité in Paris from 1931 to his death in 1992. Messiaen is noted for his composition Quartet for the End of Time, written while a prisoner of war in 1941.
FESTIVAL SERVICE
Sunday 3rd February at 10am - All Welcome
Christ Church Cathedral Choir sang a special service to celebrate New Music Week 2008. Music included Messiaen’s O Sacrum Convivium, excerpts from La Nativité and a Eucharist setting by William Matthias.
JANUARY 2008
COFFEE CONCERT - FAURÉ'S REQUIEM
Sunday January 27th at 12 noon
Ad Hoc Chorale was conducted by Cian O’Carroll with soloists Stephanie Foley (soprano), Eoin Power (baritone) and Colin Nichols (organ).
DECEMBER 2007
Civic Carol Service
Sunday 23rd December, 4 pm, All Welcome
Waterford’s most popular carol service features Christ Church Cathedral Choir and City of Waterford Brass accompanying your favourite carols. Early arrival advised.
London Irish Camerata
Wednesday 5th December 8 pm. Tickets €15 / €10 concession
This new and exciting chamber orchestra comprises some of the most talented young Irish musicians who are studying at the top music conservatories and working in London. Featured soloists are Nicola Sweeney (violin, pictured) and Finghin Collins (piano, pictured). The ensemble are in receipt of an Arts Council Touring Experiment award for this Winter Tour.
Ad Hoc Chorale
Sunday 2nd December, 12 midday. Tickets €5 / €10 family
Ad Hoc Chorale was founded in October 2003 and literally met “ad hoc” in one or other of the members’ houses to have some fun singing. Since then they have performed in concert in Waterford and Kilkenny and as part of the Welsh-Irish “Green Dragon Festival”. In 2004 they competed in the AIMS Choral Festival in New Ross, winning the Waterford Crystal trophy for Choirs of under 40 voices. They will be joined by special guests Sweeney Toddlers. To start the festive Season both choirs will sing Christmas music old and new. We hope you’ll enjoy and join in!
Service of Advent Carols & Readings
Sunday 2nd December, 7 pm, All Welcome
To usher in the Christmas season all are welcome to join with the Christ Church Cathedral Choir for a
programme of carols and readings on an Advent theme.
London Conchord Ensemble with Daniel Norman (tenor)
Thursday 29th November, 8 pm. Tickets €16 / €12 concession
The Ensemble clicks perfectly, the playing seemingly effortless and a regard for precision never stifling the musicians’ natural feeling for life and breath’ BBC Music Magazine
The London Conchord Ensemble (oboe, violins and cello) will be joined by Daniel Norman (tenor) to perform a beautiful programme including work by Haydn, Vaughan Williams and Mozart. The Ensemble performs across the UK, Europe and North America, have a busy recording career and make regular live appearances on BBC Radio 3. The group’s performance level, impressive stage presence and infectious personality make them one not to be missed!
The Barrack Street Concert Band
Friday 16th November, 8 pm Tickets €12 / €10 conc.
This fifty member band is one of the oldest in Ireland, established in 1870. This year's gala concert will include a wide variety of music from classics to modern. The band is directed by Mark Fitzgerald and will be joined by special guests on the night.
Camerata Cantabile
Friday 9th November, 8 pm. Tickets €12 / €10 concession
From the heart of Spain this twenty five voice choir is visiting Ireland for the first time to sing ‘Sounds of Spain and South America’. The choir was established in 2000 and has since won awards and been broadcast on Spanish National Television. They are conducted by Vanessa Satur.
Piano Ensemble:Meet the Composer
Sunday 4th November, 12 midday. Tickets €5 / €10 family
Eric Sweeney and friends play some of his recent compositions for multiple keyboards in the informal setting of a coffee concert. The music will be discussed, analysed and performed by the musicians and audience comments and questions are welcomed.
OCTOBER
FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AT CHRIST CHURCH
Rhayader Male Voice Choir & Waterford Male Voice Choir
Saturday 20th October, 8 pm. Tickets €12 / €10 concession
The Rhayader Male Voice Choir is visiting Ireland from its homeland in Mid Wales to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. The thirty five voice choir will sing a programme of traditional and spiritual songs. They are directed by David Hatton and accompanied by Bethan Rees. The Waterford Male Voice Choir (pictured), directed by Niall Crowley was founded in 2001 and since that time has flourished in both their membership and musical ability. Last year the choir took national titles at the Arklow Music Festival and AIMS New Ross Choral Festival. They have travelled twice to sing, to great acclaim, in the home of male voice choirs, Wales, and are greatly looking forward to this upcoming Celtic get together.
FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AT CHRIST CHURCH
Harvest Festival Eucharist
Sunday 21st October, 10 am. All Welcome
This year’s Harvest Festival Eucharist will be a Memorial Service for the late Eric de Courcey, organist of the cathedral for over forty years. The service will include a setting of the Eucharist, hymns and anthem by Eric de Courcey. All are welcome to attend.
FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AT CHRIST CHURCH
The Organ at Christ Church, with Bernard Share & Eric Sweeney
Sunday 21st October, 12 midday. Tickets €5 / €10 family
A festival of music at Christ Church would not be complete without celebrating the magnificent Elliot-Jones organ. Christ Church’s beautiful organ was originally built by Thomas Elliot in 1817 and restoration was completed in 2003 by Kenneth Jones. Bernard Share, who recently completed a series of radio programmes on the pipe organ, will give a workshop for adults and children alike, explaining the history and workings of the organ. The many features will be illustrated by the cathedral organist Eric Sweeney.
FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AT CHRIST CHURCH
Michael McHale Pianist
Tuesday 23rd October 8 pm. Tickets €16 / €12 concession
Thanks to generous funding from the Community Foundation for Ireland, the cathedral has been able to purchase a Yamaha C5 grand piano. One of the leading young Irish pianists of his generation, Michael McHale will perform the inaugural recital. Michael won the Brennan and Field prizes at the 2006 AXA Dublin International Piano Competition and featured as a ‘rising star’ in International Piano magazine following his performance with the Hallé Orchestra at the Piano 2006 Festival in Manchester.
FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AT CHRIST CHURCH
SWINGLE SINGERS
Friday 26th October 8 pm. Tickets €35 / €25 concession
Everything about the Swingle Singers is flawless Los Angeles Times
The Festival at Christ Church and the people at Imagine have come together to bring an exceptional treat to Waterford audiences. There are few music lovers in this world who haven’t heard the name the swingle singers. Since the release of their ground-breaking debut album Jazz Sébastien Bach in 1963, this eight-voice a cappella group has performed in every continent and on the world’s most famous stages. The current line-up of young, gorgeous and talented singers will perform a dazzling programme with music from traditional swung Bach to newer latin-jazz sounds.
Supported by Aer Arann and Shaws Waterford.
FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AT CHRIST CHURCH
City of Waterford Brass
Sunday 28th October, 8 pm. Tickets €12 / €10 concession
This gala concert will be a celebration of 75 years of music making in Waterford and beyond. Guest soloists include Brendan Doyle (Saxophone) David Quinlan (Soprano Cornet) Brendan Long (Trombone) and Stephanie Foley (Vocal). City of Waterford Brass will be under the direction of Julie Quinlan. The second half of the concert will be performed by City of Waterford All Star Brass; where friends from near and far will join the current members of the band. The All Star Brass will be conducted by Fergus O’ Carroll (courtesy of the NSO) The programme of music promises to be exciting from traditional brass to well-loved favourites.
DUO:NOW Guitar & Flute
Sunday 7th October, 12 midday. Tickets €5 / €10 family
German duo Marco Schmidt (guitar) and Matthias Nahmmacher (flute) take a quick stop in Waterford for an hour-long coffee concert while doing a concert tour of Ireland. Matthias studied flute in Hamburg, while Marco studied piano at the academies of Vienna and Cologne. Their programme will include music by J. S. Bach, Francesco Molino and Chick Corea.
European Union Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday 16th October, 8 pm. Tickets €16 / €12 concession
In association with Symphony Club of Waterford
SEPTEMBER 2007
THOMAS HEYWOOD Organist
Wednesday 26th September 8 pm
Tickets €15 / €10 concession
This is the second in a series of three concerts by Thomas Heywood at Christ Church this year (see 22nd August). The stunning programme will feature one great classic after another with music by Rossini, Rachmaninoff, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, Verdi and Sibelius.
ERIC SWEENEY Organist
Sunday 2nd September, 12 Midday
Admission Free
Eric Sweeney will close the summer free organ music series with music by Bach; Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, and Widor; Symphony No. 5 for Organ. Eric will include excerpts from his recent commission The Mass of St. Patrick, which was premiered and broadcast from St. Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin this year on St. Patrick’s Day. Eric studied organ in Belgium and Italy and has given recitals all over Europe and North America. In 2003 he released a CD of original choral & organ music recorded on Christ Church Cathedral's Elliot-Jones Organ 'handled with compositional imagination, flair and skill'. Supported by Waterford City Council
THE OUTSIDE TRACK Irish Traditional Music
Friday 7th September, 8 pm
Admission €15 / €10 concession
The Outside Track formed when they were all students at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick, and is quickly earning itself a reputation as one of the most exciting new bands on the traditional music scene. With a truly diverse line-up, from Scotland, England, Ireland and Canada, they combine music from all their different cultures to form a distinct and dynamic musical sound. Flute, harp, fiddle, guitar, accordion and vocals combine in expressive, energetic arrangements that deliver traditional music with a modern twist. The Outside Track's debut CD, Tracking, was recorded in late 2006 and released in June 2007 on the UK-based Bedspring label.
An Evening of Irish & Breton Traditional Music
Emer Mayock flute, whistle, uilleann pipes & fiddle
Jean-Michel Veillon flute
Donal Siggons guitar, bouzouki & mandolin
Saturday 15th September, 8 pm. Admission €15 / €12
‘Consorting lithely on flute, cello, pipes, whistle and fiddle, she waltzes, jigs and reels like few others. Exceptional music, remarkable musician.’ ***** The Irish Times on Emer Mayock.
Three exceptional musicians will come together from Dublin, Mayo and the north coast of Brittany to provide a memorable night of music. Emer Mayock has produced two cds and performed widely working with musicians Donal Lunny, Paddy Glackin, singer Damien Dempsey, The Irish Chamber Choir and the Italian baroque ensemble il Giardino Armonico, among others. Donal Siggins is a composer and is active in touring and recording. Jean-Michel Veillon has toured Europe and the US extensively and has achieved widespread recognition as one of the world’s premier traditional flute players. Together they will present an evening of traditional and new music from Ireland and Brittany.
AUGUST
DE FANFARE VAN DE VIERDE HOEDANIGHEID (HOLLAND)
The Fourth Capacity Brass Band
Sunday 5th August, Midday, Admission Free
As part of the Spraoi weekend, Christ Church will present a free and fun recital for all the family. This 17 piece band from Boxmeer, Holland brings together musicians from diverse musical backgrounds leading to a carnival style repertoire. With large wind and rhythm sections, their performances always guarantee quite a few surprises for musicians as well as audience!
COLOGNE NEW PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Saturday 18th August, 8 pm.
Tickets €18, €15 OAP, €12 students & children
The Cologne New Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra returns to Waterford after their sell-out performance and standing ovation at the cathedral last summer. This core chamber orchestra has been enchanting audiences across Europe for over thirty years. Their style of interpretation is characterized by spirit, vivacity and faithful rendition. Their programme will include Vivaldi, La Tempesta di Mare; J.S. Bach, Suite No. 2 in B Minor; Mozart, Divertimento in B Major; Rossini Sonata No. 3 for String Orchestra.
THOMAS HEYWOOD Organist
Wednesday 22nd August 8 pm
Tickets €15 / €10 concession
This is the second in a series of three concerts by Thomas Heywood at Christ Church this year. The programme will include music by Handel, Mascagni, Verdi, Debussy and Vittorio Monti. When Thomas played on the cathedral’s Elliot-Jones organ in 2004 a Waterford reviewer wrote ‘It is the virtuoso playing that picks you up on a current of music that fills the cathedral, fills your heart and delights the soul.’ Touring extensively around the world, Heywood has an amazingly comprehensive repertoire of over 5,000 works. In 2007 his demanding schedule again incorporates nearly six months touring in Concert Halls, Town Halls, Cathedrals and Churches throughout North America, the UK and Europe.
"Even if you think you don’t like organ recitals, don’t even think of missing him."
The Dallas Morning News, USA
ST. FIN BARRE'S CATHEDRAL CHOIR Evensong
Sunday 26th August 7.30 pm
Admission Free, All Welcome
St. Fin Barre's is well known for its high musical standards. Over many centuries the Cathedral has maintained a fine choral tradition in the heart of the city of Cork. Colin Nicholls is Organist and Master of the Choristers. In addition to his cathedral position, he is the lecturer in organ studies at the Cork School of Music and directs the East Cork Choral Society. In December 2003, he was awarded an Honorary M.A. by the National University of Ireland in recognition of his services to music throughout the city, county and nation. This will be his final performance with the choir prior to his retirement.
JULY 2007
ELIZABETH COONEY & REDMOND O'TOOLE
FRIDAY 6th JULY 8 pm, Tickets €15 / €10
Two of Ireland's finest young musicians come together for a nationwide tour in June-July 2007. The duo gave their first recital last November in the Royal Dublin Society's 2006 Chamber Music Weekend. Selected as the 2006 Naional Concert Hall 'Rising Star', Cork-born London-based Elizabeth Cooney has given many concerto performances and played in top venues in the UK, Europe and the USA, including Carnegie Hall. A member of the Syrius Trio, she has a broad range of chamber music partners. From Bray, Redmond O'Toole is the first guitarist in the world to adapt to Paul Galbraith's new groundbreaking technique of performing on an eight-string guitar in the cello position. O'Toole was until recently based in Germany, where his recitals continue to receive public and critical acclaim. He has just returned from a highly successful concert tour of Mexico and the Carribean. Programme: Penderecki, Rodrigo, De Falla, Villa Lobos, Dwyer, Giuliani.
DAVID LEIGH
SUNDAY 2nd July, Midday, Admission Free
David Leigh will perform the second in a series of free summer organ recitals celebrating the unique world-class Elliot Jones organ. David is assistant organist of St. Patrick's cathedral in Dublin and director of the Cathedral Girls' Choir. He combines these roles with a busy freelance career as an organist, continuo and orchestral keyboard player, in addition to directing the Gaudete Singers and Res Nova. His programme will include music by J.S. Bach, Enrico Bossi and Jehan Elain. Supported by Waterford City Council.
JUNE 2007
THOMAS HEYWOOD
at Christ Church Cathedral
WEDNESDAY 27th June 8 pm, Tickets €15 / €10
The internationally acclaimed organ virtuoso Thomas Heywood enjoys an outstanding reputation as one of the world's finest concert organists. The 33 year old 'Wizard from Oz' is celebrated as 'an acknowledged master' for his spoken introductions and truly unique ability to make the greatest music of all time come alive on the King of Instruments. This is the first in a series of three concerts by Thomas at the cathedral this year, culminating in a performance during the cathedral's 'Festival of Music' 20th - 27th October 2007. Thomas will be taking the audience on a tour of the finest and most famous classical and romantic music - and a showcase of the finest music celebrating the anniversaries of Sir Edward Elgar (150th), Edvard Grieg (100th) and Jean Sibelius (50th).
BACKBEAT PERCUSSION QUARTET
at Christ Church Cathedral
FRIDAY 22nd JUNE 8 pm, Tickets €16 / €12 concession
Be amazed by an exhilerating performance from BackBeat Percussion Quartet which will leave you positively enthused. This programme focused on music by Irish composers, also features the world premiere of a new work by Ann Cleare and the Irish premiere of Donnacha Dennehy's Table Manners.
AGUSTÍN MARURI
at Christ Church Cathedral
TUESDAY 19TH JUNE 8 pm, TICKETS €15, €10 concession
Agustin Maruri has given masterclasses and concerts in five continents and has performed in venues such as The Grand Theatre(La Habana), National Hall (Madrid), and Votivkirche (Vienna). He has produced 20 cds which are distributed worldwide receiving audiences' and critics' recognition. For his Waterford performance he will perform music by Mauro Giuliani, Tisserand and Segovia. Agustín will also perform in the foyer of Waterford Regional Hospital as part of Waterford Healing Arts 'Healing Sounds' programme at 1.30 pm.
HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHOIR
at Christ Church Cathedral
WEDNESDAY 13TH JUNE 8 pm, ADMISSION FREE
The Holy Cross Lutheran Choir comes all the way from Wichita, Kansas, USA. The choir of over thirty voices will be conducted by their director of forty years Dr. Harrison Broughton. Their programme will include American folk hymns and spirituals.
All are welcome.
MALCOLM PROUD
at Christ Church Cathedral
SUNDAY 3RD JUNE 12 NOON, ADMISSION FREE
Malcolm Proud is a lecturer on the BA Degree Course in Music at WIT and organist and choirmaster at St. Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny. He has given organ recitals across Europe and throughout Ireland. Malcolm will play pieces from the Clavierueburg 3 by J.S. Bach. Suppported by Waterford City Council.
CARLOW YOUNG ARTIST'S CHOIR
at Christ Church Cathedral
SATURDAY 12TH MAY, 8 PM TICKETS €5 / €10 FAMILY from 051 874 402
Carlow Young Artist's Choir's concert tour programme features the Faure Requiem, contemporary choral repetoire by major international composers and newly commissioned pieces by Irish composers Ian Wilson and Sue Furlong. This is CYAC's inaugural national tour and is unique in featuring a youth ensemble performing a challenging and diverse range of repetoire to an exceptionally high standard. Supported by The Arts Council and Carlow County Council.
TRAD MHÓR
at Christ Church Cathedral
SUNDAY 6th MAY, 12 NOON TICKETS €5 / €10 FAMILY from 051 874 402
Trad Mhór, a Tramore based traditional Irish group will play a variety of different tune types including jigs, reels, hornpipes, Irish ballads and Newfoundland tunes in their performance. This seven-piece band consists of Mick Cullen (mandolin & mandola), Liam Nolan (mandolin, mandola & bodhrán), Ritchie McDonald (bass & vocals), Dave McGough (low whistle, guitar, vocals, mandolin), Jenny Burn (flute), Bridget O'Connell (fiddle) and Mark Waters (vocal & guitar). The band regularly performs at sessions and concerts in the Waterford area and have performed at international festivals including the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in 1995.
Bridget O'Connell is currently writing a Ph.d. on fiddle playing in Newfoundland. During her visit there she met a great fiddle player from the Port au Port Peninsula named Alphonsus Young. Recently, Alphonsus' grand-daughter Jeania has been diagnosed with aggressive throat cancer. This concert is to raise funds for Jeania and her family in the difficult times ahead.
CHORALLEN & MADRIGALLERY CHAMBER CHOIRS
at Christ Church Cathedral
SUNDAY 29TH APRIL, 12 NOON TICKETS €5 / €10 FAMILY from 051 874 402
The all female choir 'Chorallen' hails from the beautiful city of Lubeck, Northern Germany and are in Ireland on the invitation of Waterford's own chamber choir 'Madrigallery'. Chorallen will present samples of their zesty and contagiously cheerful programme. The Waterford chamber choir Madrigallery was founded fifteen years ago and has been very successful in competitions having won top awards at choral festivals in Cork, Sligo, Navan and at AIMS Choral Festival.
NATIONAL CONCERT HALL EDUCATION & COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Presents The WhistleBlast Quartet
To celebrate the reopening of the cathedral, the National Concert Hall Education and Outreach programme is coming to Waterford. The programme was established in 1998 and exists to provide a programme of events for all people in Ireland, regardless of age, background or geographic location, where they can experience music within an informal environment. The Whistle Blast Quartet produces recitals and children's workshops in an imaginative style to encourage in those who are not normally exposed to classical music, a taste for more. The quartet will visit schools in Waterford city and county over the week culminating in family recitals in Lismore Courthouse on Friday 27th April at 7 pm and Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday 28th April at 7 pm.
FAMILY CONCERTS WITH THE WHISTLEBLAST QUARTET
at Lismore Courthouse Theatre
FRIDAY 27th APRIL, 7 PM,
Tickets €5 / €10 families available on door from 6.30 pm
at Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford
SATURDAY 28th APRIL, 7 PM
Tickets €5 / €10 families available on door from 6.30 pm
As a finale to their three days of workshops in Waterford city and county, The WhistleBlast Quartet will perform hour long family concerts at Lismore Courthouse on Friday 27th April and at Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday 28th April at the earlier than usual time of 7 pm. The quartet are Mary Curran (french horn), Sile Daly (oboe, cor anglais), Ken Edge (clarinet, saxes) and Andrew Sinnott (piano). The members of the quartet are all fulltime freelance musicians working with RTE orchestras, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Opera Theatre Company, shows, recordings and many children's outreach programmes as individuals and for the National Concert Hall. The concert will include both light and 'serious' music with some audience participation! This concert forms part of the John Roberts Festival programme. The festival celebrates the life of Georgian Waterford-born architect John Roberts (1714-1796) through lectures, concerts, talks and events. John Roberts designed Christ Church Cathedral, which after five years and almost €5 million euro heen restored to its original splendour. It is appropriate that this year's festival will celebrate the cathedral's architect with music for Waterford's families as Christ Church Cathedral is a gift from one generation to the next.
Children of all ages are very welcome!!
DUBLIN GUITAR QUARTET
at Christ Church Cathedral
SATURDAY 21ST APRIL, 8 PM TICKETS €14/ €10 CONC. from 051 874 402
The Dublin Guitar Quartet members are Brian Bolger, Pat Brunnock, Cian O'Hara and Ciaran Rosney who as an ensemble have gained a strong following in rock and classical circles with their virtousic performances and extraordinary sets of instrumental music. This unique group showcases eight-string and eleven-string guitars enabling them to develop an entirely new repertoire for the guitar quartet. The concert will include works by Leo Brouwer, Philip Glass, David Flynn, Eric Sweeney and Henryk Gorecki. Supported by Music Network
IRISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA & RESURGAM
at College Street Chapel, WIT
WEDNESDAY 4TH APRIL, 8 PM TICKETS €16, €12 from 051 874 402
The Irish Baroque Orchestra present the much loved Bach St. John Passion at a time of year in which its powerful message will have added resonances, promising an uplifting seasonal and musical experience. St. John Passion will be directed by Mark Duley with Maya Homburger (guest leader & violin). Soloists include Lynda Lee (soprano), Robin Trischler (tenor), Owen Willetts (countertenor), Andrew Greenan (bass), Andrew Carwood (Evangelist) and Michael George (Christus). Note: venue is College Street Chapel, WIT. Co-promotion with Symphony Club of Waterford
NAPA VALLEY CHOIR at College Street Chapel, WIT
MONDAY 2nd APRIL, 8 PM, ADMISSION FREE
RETIRING COLLECTION IN AID OF DUNMORE EAST TRAWLER TRAGEDY APPEAL
Napa Valley School Choirs from California's wine growing region have toured the world winning top awards at international competitions in Austria, Australia, Ireland, and Hawaii and at national events in New York City, Williamsburg and Orlando. This marks the Napa High School Choirs' third performance tour of Ireland. 120 voices will join in song in aid of the Dunmore East Trawler Tragedy Appeal. Note: venue is College Street Chapel, WIT.
MARCH 2007
DULCET at St. Olaf's Hall
SUNDAY 25TH MARCH, 12 NOON TICKETS €5, €10 FAMILY
Annette Howley (mezzo-soprano), Rachel Breen (lyric-soprano) and Jacqueline Hutchinson (mezzo-soprano) formed Dulcet in 2001. The trio have gone from strength to strength with highlights including the recording of a four track cd, performances on RTE Lyricfm and Radio One's Rattlebag and Failte Isteach. They have a wide-ranging repertoire from Irish to classical, Gershwin, Rogers and Hammerstein, sacred music and musical theatre favourites.
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SUNDAY 4TH MARCH, 12 NOON TICKETS €5, €10 FAMILY
Christ Church continues to provide a platform for emerging professional musicians giving audiences access to the best in young talent. Final year student's on WIT's Music Degree course will sing excerpts from Mozart's opera 'The Marraige of Figaro'. Laura Kavanagh, Catriona Tynan, Genevieve Molloy and Fintan Scanlon have studied voice with Anne Woodworth and will be accompanied by Yvonne Collier
FEBRUARY 2007
MEET THE COMPOSER!
WITH JOHN GODFREY
SUNDAY 25TH FEBRUARY, 12 NOON, TICKETS €5, €10 FAMILY
John Godfrey was born in England and studied music & composition at University of York. While a student there he gained an enthusiasm for both composition and performance of new music. In 1989 he formed the new music group Icebreaker, which went on to become one ofthe most successful ensembles in its field, recording and performing extensively in Europe and America. Upon leaving Icebreaker in 1997 John was invited to join Crash Ensemble, a Dublin-based new music group with whom he performs as pianist, electric guitarist and occasional MD / conductor. John's compositional background is rooted in minimalism and more recently he is developing an extensive new repertoire of knowledge about music technology. Come and listen to original work by John Godfrey, hear it introduced by the composer adn ask questions about the music making process. It will be an hour long concert, with free refreshments and colouring provided for smaller children.
MEET THE COMPOSER!
WITH BR. BEN HANLON & DE LA SALLE BOYS CHOIR
SUNDAY 4TH FEBRUARY, 12 NOON, ADMISSION FREE
IN ASSOCIATION WITH WATERFORD NEW MUSIC WEEK 2007
Ever wondered how music is put together? Now is your opportunity to listen to original work, hear it discussed, and even ask questions about the music making process. Br. Ben Hanlon has been involved in music making and performance for many years and is currently studying for a Masters in Composition at Waterford Institute of Technology. He is Director of Music in De la Salle Secondary School adn has written many original works fo rthe boys choir. This is a chance for composer, performers and audience to sing, listen and talk about new music in a relaxed and informal setting. It will be an hour long coffee concert, with free refreshments and colouring provided for smaller children.
JANUARY 2007
NORAH RENDELL & BRIAN MILLER
SUNDAY 21st JANUARY 2007, 12 NOON Tickets €5 & €10 family
This is Norah Rendell's third time to play as part of the Christ Church Cathedral programme. The traditional flute player and singer hails from Vancouver and is currently studying from an MA at the Irish Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick. She will be joined by guitarist Brian Miller who comes all the way from Minnesota USA. The duo are currently recording their first album.
DECEMBER 2006
CIVIC CAROL SERVICE
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY,
BARRONSTRAND STREET
Sunday 17th December 3.30 pm No Admission Fee
This year Waterford's most popular carol service took place in the Catholic Cathedral on Barronstrand Street. Come and enjoy Christ Church Cathedral Choir and City of Waterford Brass accompanying your favourite carols. Early arrival advised.
SERVICE OF ADVENT CAROLS & READINGS
Sunday 3rd December 7 pm No Admission Fee
To usher in the Christmas season the Christ Church Cathedral Choir
sang a programme of carols Advent theme.
DANESCASTLE SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL MUSICIANS
Sunday 3rd December 12 noon Tickets €5 & €10 family
Danescastle Music Group was founded more than twenty years ago and the pupils have played at countless events and won numerous awards over the years. Founded by Martha Torpey and John Marshall it now caters for approx 150 pupils between the ages of 4 and 20. Danescastle pupils have traveled the length and breadth of Ireland performing and competing at many musical festivals. They also play at many local events in their native Carrig on Bannow. A big highlight of the pupils year is their annual visit to play in St. David's Cathedral in Wales. They were joined by their musical director Aine Kennedy.
NOVEMBER 2006
COLM MCDONAGH
Sunday 5th November 12 noon Tickets €5 & €10 family
Classical guitarist Colm McDonagh is a first year MMus student in Trinity College of Music in London studying with Graham Anthony Devine. He received a BA Music in WIT where he studied with Michael O'Toole and was previously an award winning student at Walton's New School of Music where he was taught by David Hennessey. He has attended master classes with world class virtousos such as Juan Martin, Carlos Bonell adn John Williams. His programme includes music by Scarlatti, Bach and Albeniz.
OCTOBER 2006
TRENT OPERA
Miscellany of Light Opera Delights!
Sunday 1st October 12 Noon Tickets €5 & €10 family
Trent Opera from England are bringing their production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' to Waterford's International Festival of Light Opera. They will sing a selection of songs from this and other productions in a midday concert for all the family.
HARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICE
Sunday 8th October 10 am No Admission Fee
The Harvest Thanksgiving service is an annual service of the Church of Ireland in which the congregation offer praise and thanks for the wonders of creation. During the service children present a montage of harvest scenes. All are welcome to attend.
NORAH RENDELL& AILIE ROBERTSON
TRADITIONAL IRISH FLUTE, HARP & VOCALS
Sunday 17th September 12 noon Tickets €5 & €10 family
Flautist, whistle player and singer Norah Rendell is from Vancouver, Canada. She began her professional music career playing recorder as featured soloist with the McGill Baroque Orchestra and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra in Canada. From early music her interest shifted to traditional Irish music and she took up the flute while travelling through Ireland in 2003. She has been funded by the Canadian Council for the Arts to study flute on the MA course at the Irish Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick.
Ailie Robertson comes from Edinburgh Scotland and started playing harp when she was eleven, under the expert tuition of Isobel Mieras. While brought up mainly on Scottish music, she has always had a passion for Irish music, and is also an accomplished concert harpist. Having completed her BA in Cambridge, she undertook an MA in Irish Traditional Music at the Irish Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick. Together Norah and Ailie will play an hour long concert of music and song for all the family.
AUGUST 2006
ST. BRIGID'S CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Sunday 27th August 12 noon Tickets €5 & €10 family
On their first visit to Waterford, St. Brigid's Cathedral Choir sang from their cd Ceol Cill Dara, released this year. They were acccompanied by organist Hilary Dickinson-Guter and directed by Derek Verso.
THE ROGERSTONE BRASS BAND
Saturday 26th August 7.30 pm Tickets €5
The Rogerstone Brass Band from South Wales performed a mixture of Big Band music, hymns and traditional march music.
THE OUTSIDE TRACK, TRADITIONAL
Saturday 19th August, 8 pm Tickets €15 & €10
The Outside Track formed in October 2005 at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. Irish guitarist Alan Jordan, Scottish harpist Ailie Robertson, Canadian flautist and vocalist Norah Rendell, English fiddler and vocalist Patricia Clark and Scottish accordionist and vocalist Fiona Black, together weave the contrasting timbres of flute, harp, fiddle, guitar, accordion and vocals into colourful arrangements with unexpected textures.
COLOGNE NEW PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Friday 11th August 8 pm Tickets €15 & €12 concession
Since its foundation in 1972 CNPO has comprised players from over fifty nations. It aims to inspire people who may not necessarily have come into contact with classical music before. To achieve this, CNPO has developed its own highly individual style of interpretation - engaging and direct while still remaining true to the intentions of the composer.
Artistic director and conductor Volker Hartung has led the orchestra on several tours throughout Europe. Volker Hartung is one of the most interesting personalities on the conducting scene today. His unmistakable conducting style and skill in handling orchstras and soloists make him very popular wherever he works. He has been Principal Conductor of the Junge Philharmonie Koln (Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra ) since 1986 and has appeared with the Orchestra at numbrous International Music Festivals. The orchestra will play 'Summer' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons and music from Bach, Tchaikovski and Mozart.
THOMAS HEYWOOD, ORGANIST
Sunday 6th August, 12 noon Admission Free
'The most compelling music making of any kind I've heard in ages'
The Dallas Morning News, USA
The cathedral is delighted to welcome back the internationally acclaimed organ virtouso Thomas Heywood, who enjoys an outstanding reputation as one of the world's finest concert organists. As the first and only Australian musician in history to live as a professional concert organist, 32 year-old Heywood is renowned for his truly unique ability tomake the greatest music of all time come alive on teh King of Instruments. Touring extensively around the world, Heywood has an amazingly comprehensive repertouire of over 5,000 works. His Christ Church performance will include music from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite and Bach's classic Fantasia & Fugue in G minor.
Our summer series of free organ recitals is kindly supported by
Waterford CIty Council.
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NATIONAL YOUTH CHOIR OF WALES
'The National Youth Choir of Wales lit up Christ Church Cathedral last Saturday 29th July, with a spirited and powerful concert of songs that underlined the
depth and quality of talent that they have in abundance.'
Liam Murphy, Munster Express 4th August 2006
Cor Cenedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru, the National Youth Choir of Wales, was formed by the Welsh Amateur Music Federation in 1984 to support both the long-standing choral tradition of Wales and the development needed for that tradition to flourish. Members of the choir, aged between 16 an 21 years, are drawn from all parts of Wales. NYCW has given concerts in London, Berlin, Leipzig, Bruges, Brussels, Paris, Vienna and Budapest, in addition to performing throughout Wales, and at many of the major cathedrals in England. It broadcasts regularly on television and radio. Their Irish programme included works by Byrd, Tomkins, Mozart, Michael Haydn, Britten and a new commission by Hector McDonald, together with spirituals and Welsh traditional songs.
GUTTORM GULENG, ORGANIST
Sunday 16th July, 12 noon Admission Free
Norwegian organist Guttorm Guleng won 1st prize at the most recent Dublin International Organ competition. He started playing the organ with Magne Hansen and Bjorn and Andor Drage in Bodo. He continued with Karstein AEro, and is currently under private tuition by Andreas Liebig in Oslo and Professor Hans Fagius in Copenhagen. Guleng has given recitals in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland. His programme included music by Bach, Dupre and Grieg. Our summer series of free organ recitals is kindly supported by Waterford CIty Council.
MADELEINE DOHERTY, HARPIST
Sunday 2nd July, 12 noon Tickets €5 & €10 family
Trained as a Celtic harpist and singer in Ireland, Madeleine won a scholarship to study concert harp in the US. As a solo artist she has toured Europe, the US and the Caribbean and has recorded for radio and television in Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium and America. A long time member of the RTE Philharmonic Choir, Madeleine is now a freelance concert harpist and singer. She plays both celtic and concert harp.
JUNE 2006
IRISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
Wednesday 28th June, 8 pm Tickets €15 & €10 concession
'Director and violinist Monica Huggett was wonderful...Malcolm Proud is splendid...Laoise O'Brien and Kate Hearne were wonderful...a joy of music'.
Liam Murphy, Munster Express, 7th July 2006
The Irish Baroque Orchestra is Ireland's only professional period instrument orchestra. The orchestra gives Irish audiences the rare and precious opportunity to hear seventeenth and eighteenth century music on baroque instruments or modern replicas. They presented a programme of sparkling Bach orchestral works for various combinations of instruments, featuring recorders, flute and the breathtaking violinist Monica Huggett. At the core of the programme were the well known and much loved Brandenburg Concertos 3,4 & 5.
In association with Symphony Club of Waterford.
AGUSTIN MARURI, CLASSICAL GUITAR
Saturday 24th June, 8 pm Tickets €15 & €10 concession
Augustin Maruri has given concerts in five continents and has performed in venues such as The Grand Theatre (La Habana), National Hall (Madrid), Royal Dublin Society, Tuomikirkon (Helsinki), Votivkirche (Vienna), and many more. He has given masterclasses as invited Professor at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, the Cork School of Music, the New Delhi Schools of Music and the Peking Superior Conservatory. He has produced 20 cds which are distributed worldwide receiving audience and critical recognition. His programme included music by de Falla, Tisserand and Piazzola.
FIRST PARISH SENIOR CHOIR
Tuesday 20th June, 8 pm Admission Free
The First Parish Senior Choir is an 50 voice group choir who provide choral music at the First Parish Church in Brunswick, Maine, USA. Over the years, the choir has performed a number of major works with full orchestra, including Bach's Mass in B Minor; Mendelssohn's St. Paul and Elijah and Brahm's Requiem. For their Irish tour they sang songs from the Shaker community and American spirituals. Conductor Ray Cornils has performed throughout the USA, Europe and New Zealand. Organ accompaniment was by Julia Morris-Myers.
TOSCA, OPERA
Tosca...a tale of love, lust, deceit and murder
'TOSCA, Puccini's greatest classic opera, was given the most spectacular, highly atmospheric and original treatment ever seen in this country.'
Eddie Hearne, Waterford News & Star 23.6.06
'Michael Hunt, with his exciting event opera version of Puccini's emotional and musically powerful TOSCA set a wonderful standard.'
Liam Murphy, Munster Express 23.6.06
'This production acheived...its main goals, to take opera out of the opera house, to engage its audience, and to make a splash by being different.'
Michael Dervan, Irish Times, 17.6.06
Puccini's Tosca is a delightful and unforgettable experience for both new opera fans and long time opera lovers. This melodious and melo-dramatic score of ovewhelming passion plays against the panoramic politics of soon-to-be Napoleon's Rome. This special Theatre Royal co-production involving Waterford's SPRAOI and Christ Church Cathedral featured a local choir (Chorus Master Kevin O'Carroll) and a large instrumental ensemble. Audiences were transported from the Cathedral to the Theatre and back outside the Bishop's Palace for the dramatic climax of this stunning drama. TOSCA featured an internationally renowned cast including Italian baritone Mario Melone, Canadian soprano Constance Novis and Canadian tenor David Curry.
ERIC SWEENEY, ORGANIST
Sunday 4th June, 12 noon Admission Free
Eric Sweeney played the first of Christ Church Cathedral's summer series of free organ recitals. Eric studied organ is Belguin and Italy and has given recitals all over Europe and North America. In 2003 he released a CD of original choral & organ music recorded on the Cathedral's Elliot Organ 'handled with compositional imagination, flair and skill'. He is a member of Aosdana and was a member of the Arts Council from 1989 to 1993. He is Head of the School of Music at WIT. Eric played a programme of popular organ classics including Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, the Grand March from Aida, Barber's Adagio and the Prince of Denmark's March. Our summer series of free organ recitals is kindly supported by Waterford CIty Council.
MAY 2006
Cork Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, 6th May 8pm Tickets €15 / €10 conc.
Conductor and soloist: Keith Pascoe
The Cork Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1934 by the late Professor Aloys Fleischmann and it draws its membership from Cork city and county, providing an opportunity for adult musicians to perform a variety of music for the public.
The programme included Mozart: Sonfonie Concertante and Stanford: Symphony No. 7
Soloists Simon Aspell, Viola and Keith Pascoe, Violin.
Conductor: Keith Pascoe
Leader: Brian Murphy
In association with the Symphony Club of Waterford
Joe Whelan, Classical Guitar and Jenny Burns, Flautist
Sunday, 7th May at 12.00 noon
Tickets €5 / €10 family including coffee
Joe Whelan studied classical guitar under Michael O'Toole at the Waterford Institute of Technology, graduating with a Master of Arts in Music Performance in 2005. Although he has gained a reputation as a solo guitar performer, ensemble playing remains a vital part of his musical activity.
Jenny Burns was born in Surrey where she began her musical career as a principal orchestral player. She gained much experience during extensive tours of the UK and continental Europe with both the Croydon Schools of Symphony and Croydon Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. Following further flute studies at Essex University, she was appointed flute teacher at Colchester Institute of Music and maintained her performance interests playing with the Institute's Symphonic Wind Band, and Symphonic Orchestra. Now living in Waterford, Jenny continues to work with a wide variety of musical ensembles.
Joe and Jenny first played together in 2004, performing early 19th century flute and guitar duets, but they share a particular interest in the music of 20th century composers and they have chosen a diverse collection of works from Bartok, Piazzolla, Rodrigo and Castlenuovo-Tedesco for their 2006 programme.
Quintessential Vocal Ensemble
Wednesday, 3rd May 8 pm - Free concert
For over twelve years, the QVE has brought together an exceptional standard of performance and a love of the choral art to become one of the most accomplished choirs in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The choir draws together 40 young adult members with diverse backgrounds in music, work and study.
QVE is known for its versatile a capella repertoire, including sacred, spiritual, folk, jazz and works by contemporary composers. The choir has recorded two CDs and is the recipient of multiple awards from th Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod in Wales, the CBC National Radio Competition for Amateur Choirs, and the National Music Festival of Canada.
Between 1.00 and 1.50 pm QVE will gave a special workshop for primary school pupils in Waterford.
With special thanks to the Ireland Newfoundland Partnership
APRIL 2006
John Roberts Waterford - Gala Concert
Saturday, 29th April 8pm Tickets €15 / €12 conc.
Artswave, in association with Christ Church Cathedral, Garter Lane Arts Centre and John Roberts Waterford, presented a Gala Concert featuring Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion from Wales. The music school was founded in 1993 to promote high standards among its members, aged between 6 to 18 years. Directed by Islwyn Evans and accompanied by Stephen Pilkington, they performed 'Mabonogi', composed by Mererid Hopewood and Hector McDonald and based on Welsh legends.
This piece was forwarded by the Kilkenny Choir and Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Philip Edmondson and Karl Rochford.
Lund Symphonic Band
Tuesday, 11th April 8pm FREE CONCERT
The Lund Symphonic Band is a wind orchestra from Sweden with between 50 to 60 musicians, aged between 14 and 20 years old. LSB have toured throughout Europe and have won First Prize in the 2001 annual Youth Orchestra Festival in Neerpelt, Belgium as well as First Prize in concerclass in Scamocin, Poland. Their conductor, Roger Andersson, was awareded a Gold Award at the same time.
The LSB presented a varied programme, including music with a "latino feeling"; the Festival March for HM the Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (M. Janhagen); Pictures at an Exhibition (M. Moussorgsky); Raiders of the Lost Ark (J. Williams); Tune from Lastringe (Trad.); Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar (Lloyd Webber) and many more well-loved pieces.
Waterford Male Voice Choir
Sunday, 2nd April 12noon. Tickets €5 / €10 family
Since its foundation in 2001, WMVC has flourished in terms of its membership, performance and repertoire. The Choir has performed widely in concerts and competitions in Waterford and the South East, including the Arklow and AIMS music festivals. During 2005, they performed in the Tall Ships Race and in Wales, for their first concert outside Ireland. Due to the success of this concert, the Choir will return on Wales in 2006. Accompanied by Sinead Dempsey and under the musical direction of Niall Crowley.
March 2006
Jimmy O'Brien Moran, Uilleann Pipes
Sunday, 26th March 12noon. Tickets €5 / €10 family
The Cathedral was delighted to welcome back Tramore-based piper Jimmy O'Brien Moran. A former members of Scullion, he has been playing pipes for more that thirty years and has travelled throughout Europe, North America and New Zealand, where he performs, teaches the pipes and lectures on Irish music. He released a solo CD in 1996 and frequently features on radio and television. His style is rooted in the heart of the piping tradition and is much influenced by the music of Willie Clancy and Seamus Ennis. His pipes, made by Colgan (c.1825) were presented to him by the late Sean Reid of Ennis, Co. Clare.
Antionette Baker, Organ Julie O'Sullivan, Vocalist
Sunday, 5th March 12 noon. Tickets €5 / €10 family
A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Antoinette Baker also ha an M.A. in Interpretation and Performance (Organ) from St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, andan F.T.C.L. She studied organ with Peter Sweeney at the College of Music, Dublin. Antoinette has performed at various venues in Ireland, including Galway Cathedral; St. Finn Barre's Cathedral, Cork; Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin; St. Michael's Church, Dun Laoghaire and the National Concert Hall. For five years, from the age of 18, Antoinette was organist at St. Aidan's Cathedral, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, but now is organist at St. Peter's Church, Bandon. Antoinette teaches piano with the County Cork School of Music (V.E.C.) and often accompanies singers, choirs and instrumentalists for exams, competitions and concerts. She was accompanied by Julie Baker, an Hons BMus graduate of UCC who is currently a vocal student of Bob Beare. She will sing pieces by Boyce, Handel and Head.
FEBRUARY 2006
Kadin Sarkilari, Early music from Andalucia to Baghdad
Friday, 17th February, 8pm Tickets €12, €10
The audience was entranced by an intoxicating combination of vocals, harps, lutes and percussion. Kadin Sarkilari performed an eclectic blend of anonymous Sephardic melodies, harem songs and troubadour canso and descort of the medieval Mediterranean world. Giving voice to the songs first sung by real-life Sheherazades from Andalucia to Baghdad, the ensemble featured Gislea Bellsola (vocals), Anges Agopian (quanun), Anello Capuano (oud, saz and percussion) and Guy Robert (lute and harp).
"...a subtle blend of the sophisticataed rules of 'written' music and of age-old folk orality".
Diapson
Chester Beatty Library
Vanessa & Caroline Sadlier
Sunday 5th February, 12 noon Tickets €5, €10 family
Waterford based soprano sisters Vanessa & Caroline Sadlier have recently released twocds, one of Celtic & Irish music and one of Sacred & Church pieces. Vanessa has studiedmusic at Waterford Institute of Technology, and at Trinity College & the Conservatory of Music Dublin. She performs regularly as soprano soloist in oratorio, opera, recitals and concerts and has worked with Opera Ireland and many well known choral groups. Caroline studied singing at Waterford Institute of Technology and has won many competitions including the Fintan O'Carroll senior singing competition and a Gold Medal from the Royal Irish Academy of Music. They sang a varied programme of light classical and popular pieces including classical Irish song and Sacred pieces.
Beatrix Hermann, Organ Stefan Knust, Cello
New Music Week
Monday 6th February, 3pm
Pre-performance talk - admittance free
Monday 6th February, 8 pm Tickets €10, €6
German organist Beatrix Hermann has studied music in Dublin, London and Germany and performed solo-recitals in Ireland, Germany and France. She has made recordings and been broadcast across Europe specialising in performances of contemporary music. She was joined by German cellist Stefan Knust.
JANUARY 2006
Slide
Saturday 21st January, 8 pm Tickets €15, €12
Playing with dexterous ease and playful exuberance Slide are the living proof of how innovation need not compromise tradition. Having recorded two well acclaimed albums; The Flying Pig and Harmonic Motion Slide are just about to start on a third release which they hope to be out in mid 2006.
"Slide... the future of Irish traditional music" Myles Dungan Radio 1
DECEMBER 2005
Civic Carol Service
Sunday 18th December, 4 pm No Admission Fee
Waterford's most popular carol service featured Christ Church
Cathedral Choir and City of Waterford Brass accompanying
favourite carols.
City of Waterford Brass and Thomas Francis Meagher Fife & Drum Band
Saturday 10th December, 8 pm Tickets €8
Two of Waterford's bands joined together for the first time, directed by Julie Quinlan. The programme included popular classics and Christmas themed music. City of Waterford Brass was established in 1932 and were delighted to welcome the Thomas Francis Meagher Fife & Drum Band to join them for their first concert ever together.
Ariel Hernandez & Dermot Dunne
Sunday 4th December, 12 noon Tickets €5, €10 family
Buenos Aires native Ariel Hernandez and Ireland's leading classical accordionist Dermot Dunne played an hour long 'coffee concert'. They invited the audiece to hear Ariel's compositions, the rough hewn folk style of Northern Argentina known as chacarera and the mysterious tango from Buenos Aires, to which the inspired playing of Dunne will provide a superb counterpoint.
NOVEMBER 2005
Kiernan Quartet
Tuesday 29th November 8 pm Tickets €15 / €10 concession
The Helsinki-based classical flute & string trio combination made its debut tour to Ireland this winter. They played works by Crussell, Mozart, Beethoven adn Sibelius, which were all intended as Christmas gifts by the composers. The Kiernan Quartet was formed during Summer 2005 to revie a body of classical repertoire that has largely been lost from the performance stage during the last century. The members have worked closely in the post in various chamber ensembles in Finland adn decided to create a quartet that would bring this music to a greater public in an energetic and enthusiastic manner. Francis Kiernan (flute) is an Irish musician who has studied at WIT Ireland, Conservatoire de Musique de Geneve and privately with Julius Baker before coming to Helsinki to complete a PhD in performance at the request of the Finnish Academy and under the tutelage of Patrick Gallois.
Marjaana Holva (violin) has been one of the founding members of the world renowned Tempera Quartet, and has recently toured Japan, Spain and France with Sinfonia Finlandia. She has studied at both Sibelius Academy and Melbourne Conservatory. Lotta Poijarvi (viola) holds the principal viola position at the Finnish National Opera. With an active orchestral and chamber music career she is in much demand both in Finland and abroad. Having studied at Sibelius Academy and various institutions throughout Europe she has gained a reputation for her passion energetic performance adn uncompromising attention to stylistic detail. Markus Hohti (cello) is an accomplished chamber musician whose freelance peroformance career sees him working regularly for Avanti!, YLE (Finnish National Broadcaster) and iwth EU ensembles. He has studied at Sibelius Academy and Basel Conservatory.
The quartet also played a school's concert as part of Christ Church Cathedral's music education programme. Supported by Waterford City Council.
Grace Project Fundraiser; WIT Traditional Music Group
Sunday 27th November, 12 noon Tickets €5, €10 family
This concert of traditional music coincided with '16 Days of Action Against Violence Against Women', part of a global campaign for women's rights. It also marked the beginning of Grace: a series of events celebrating the 21st anniversary of Waterford Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre and the courage of those who sought help and healing through its services. At the core of these events was an exhibition of original art at The Granary, Waterford, opening Dcember 3rd.
The performers for the event are all students on the BA in Music in WIT, Laura Butler (flute), Catherine Horgan (fiddle), Karen Johnston (accordion), Deirdre McDonald (concertina & accordion) and Mark Robinson (guitar).
Service of Advent Carols & Readings
Sunday 27th November, 8 pm No Admission Fee
To usher in the Christmas season all were welcomed to join with the Christ Church Cathedral Choir for a programme of carols and readings on an advent theme.
Windmill Project Fundraiser; Madrigallery & Sweeney Toddlers
Sunday 13th November, 12 midday Tickets €5, €10 family
The chamber choir Madrigallery was founded twelve years ago and has been very successful in competition having won top awards at choral festivals in Cork, Sligo, Navan and at AIMS Choral Festival. The choir's repetoire includes music from the 16th century right through to today. Sweeney Toddlers are a barbershop quintet formed in 2003. They performed for the first time earlier this year at the New Ross Festival and at Waterford Sings. Proceeds of this concert went to the Windmill Arts Project. Supported by Network Ireland.
FESTIVAL OF ORGAN MUSIC
CELEBRATING CHRIST CHURCH CATEHDRAL, PAST PRESENT & FUTURE
Friday 4th November to Sunday 6th November
Festival weekend tours
The Cathedral was open to visitors over the festival weekend on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am - 1 pm & 2 - 5 pm on Saturday, and midday to 5 pm on Sunday. There were tours each day at 3 pm. Admission and tours were free of charge.
Festival weekend education
'This was just brilliant, all the children and I were totally engrossed. It was very interesting, informative and we heard lovely organ music - as a teacher I could not look for more.' Teacher, Gaelscoil na nDeise
The festival education programme included cathedral tours and organ workshops for local primary school children, a masterclass with Johan Hermans for organ students from around the country and composition erformances by local secondary school students. Some feedback comments were:
Anders Johnsson
Friday 4th November, 8 pm Tickets €10, €6 concession
Swedish organist Anders Johnsson has pursued organ studies under Per Ryden, Hans Hellsten, Mikael Wahlin and Jean Boyer, as well as in the master's calss at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen led by Hans Fagius. Christ Church Cathedral was delighted to welcome Anders for his debut concert in Ireland. His concert programme included Swedish pieces by Lindberg and Rinck. This recital was kindly supported by the Swedish Embassy.
School's Concert
Saturday 5th November, 12 midday No Admission Fee
Organist Cecilia Keogh worked with secondary school music students to compose a piece of music to be arranged and played for organ at this informal 'coffee concert'.
Johan Hermans
Saturday 5th November, 8 pm Tickets €10, €6 concession
Signalling another Irish debut performance, Belgian organist Johan Hermans played a programme including music by Debussy, Bach and Belgian composer Peeters. Johan Hermans teaches organ performance and chamber music at the Music Conservatory of Hasselt (Belgium). He has studied at the Lemmens Institute in Louvain and the Royal Conservartory of Liege. His activity as an organist and lecturer has taken him across Europe, the UK, the USA, Russia, South America and Japan.
Ecumenical Service
Sunday 6th November, 11 am
All were welcomed to an ecumenical service with readings by members of different religious communities, popular hymns and choral music for organ and choir, including music by Brahms and Haydn led by the Christ Church Cathedral choir.
Silent Movie Special
Sunday 6th November, 8 pm Tickets €5
The era of silent cinema was brought back to life with this screening of the silent classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The film was accompanied by an improvised score for organ by composer and Christ Church organist Eric Sweeney, bringing the festival weekend to a close.
OCTOBER 2005
Maighread & Triona Ni Dhomhnaill
Saturday 29th October, 8 pm Tickets €18, €15
'beautiful haunting resonance, lyrical singing....excellent stuff' The Munster Express 11th November 2005
"Sisters in song with heart gripping voices and distinct timbre" The Irish Times
"Former Bothy Band singer Tiona Ni Dhomhnaill combines with her sister Maighread to form what is perhaps the most stunning Irish singing that can be heard today." The Boston Globe
Sisters Maighread and Triona Ni Dhomhnaill belong to one of the most renowned singing families of the Donegal Gaeltacht. The unique style and repertoire of traditional singing, which they represent so gloriously, comes down to them through generations of the O Domhnaill family. Originally this kind of traditional singing described as 'sean nos', literally 'old style' was sung unaccompanied and was melodic. Maighread and Triona are among the finest of the younger generation of traditional singers who continue to sing in the old way. Added to this is their distinctive unison and harmonic interpretations of Donegal songs and their fluent and accomplished singing to instrumental accompaniment. Their live performances are unforgettable heart rending events marked by high tides of emotion running on both sides of the stage. The sound of their solo and combined voices is indescribable but lingers in the memory forever. No opportunity to hear them should be missed. The listener will be enriched immeasurably by the experience.
William Dowdall & John Feeley
Flute & Guitar
Saturday 15th October, 8 pm Tickets €12, €10
Dublin born William Dowdall combines a busy career as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher with his duties as Principal Flute with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), RTE Concert Orchestra and the Irish Chamber Orchestra, he has given solo performances in Europe, USA, China and New Zealand. John Feeley has been described by the Washington Post as 'Ireland's leading classical guitarist' and by Michael Dervan in the Irish Times as 'a trailblazer... when it comes to the guitar and guitar-playing in Ireland'. In addition to solo and chamber concerts he has performed widely with numerous orchestras including the American Symphony Orchestra. William Dowdall and John Feeley are highly regarded for their performances of new works by Irish composers. Their programme will include world premiers by Ian Wilson and Eric Sweeney as well as works by Gragnani, Schubert and Paganini.
Coffee Concert, Bridget O'Connell & Dylan Bible
Fiddle & Guitar
Sunday 2nd October, 12 noon Tickets €5, €10 family
Bridget O'Connell is from Thurles and was taught by the renowned fiddle player Kathleen Nesbitt. She went on to do a music degree at WIT and an MA in Performance in traditional music in the University of Limerick. She teaches both classical and traditional music in cork and Waterford and performs regularly in the Waterford area. Dylan Bible is well known to Waterford audiences and is adept at a great diversity of guitar styles including traditional and jazz. He completed a degree in jazz music at the University of Leeds in 1999 and currently lectures at WIT.
SEPTEMBER 2005
RTE Vanbrugh Quartet
Thursday 29th September, 8 pm Tickets €15, €12 concession
The RTE Vanbrugh Quartet begins its first tour of the 2005-2006 season in Waterford with a programme including Beethoven's melodic and dramatic Op. 18 No. 6 quartet, Debussy's exotic and atmospheric Quartet in G minor, and Queen's University Belfast Professor, Piers Hellawell's recent 'Driftwood on Sand' quartet. With over twenty years experience performing in Ireland, the Quartet has sustained the reputation as being, as The Sunday Business Post described, 'one of the most dynamic and popular string quartets on the circuit', its diverse repertoire having received accolades world-wide.
Micheal O'Siadhail, Eric Sweeney & musicians
Poetry & Music
Saturday 24th September, 8 pm Tickets €10, €7
Micheal O'Siadhail's new book 'Love Life' is published by Bloodaxe this September (2005). Among his many books are 'The Gossamer Wall', 'Our Double Time' and 'Poems 1975 - 1995'. His award-winning work has been translated to several languages, including Japanese and German. He has read and broadcast his poetry widely in Ireland, Britain, Europe, North America and Japan. Musicians will play original work by Eric Sweeney for multiple keyboards. Sweeney began composing in the late 1960s. As well as many commissions form several important organizations and festivals his music represented Ireland at the International Rostrum of Composers in Paris on five occasions. His works have been broadcast on many European networks as well as in the USA and Canada.
Coffee Concert, Stephen Mackey & Cecilia Keogh
Clarinet & Organ
Sunday 4th September, 12 noon Tickets €5, €10 family
Stephen Mackey is a native of Kerry but completed his degree and MA in performance at Waterford Institute of Technology where he now teaches. He performs regularly in various ensembles on both saxophone and clarinet playing in a wide variety of styles including jazz and classical. Cecilia Keogh began studying music as a child in London and later studied at the Cork School of Music and UCC. In 2001 she graduated with a Masters Degree in Church Music from the University of Michigan, USA.
AUGUST 2005
Peter Sweeney, Music for Organ - Summer Series
Sunday 21st August, 6 pm Tickets €5
Peter Sweeney delighted his audience with work by Sibelius, Guilmant, Dupre and Bruckner. Peter is an organ soloist of international standing. He has given recitals throughout Europe, North America & Canada and performs & records regularly with the National Symphony Orchestra and the RTE Concert Orchestra. He recently played the opening concert for the Kenneth Jones Organ at the conservatory of Fang Zhuang in Beijing.
Peter Barley, Music for Organ - Summer Series
Sunday 14th August, 6 pm Tickets €5
Peter Barley played a magnificent programme of Germanic Organ Music from Mendelssohn to Hindemith for his Christ Church Cathedral recital. Peter Barley studied music at Oxford and Cambridge and was a postgraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music, London. He is currently Organist and Master of the Choristers at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Prior to this he was Director of Music at St. Marylebone, London and recorded three cds with the choir there. As an organist, Barley has appeared at many major venues, including Westminister Cathedral and Saint Paul's Cathedral.
Irish Guitar Trio
Friday 12th August, 8 pm Tickets €10, €7 concession
The Irish Guitar Trio is a new and exciting group featuring the guitarists Brendan Walsh, Ciaran Rosney and Keith O'Donnell. The trio plays a wide variety of music including contemporary, classical, Spanish and Irish traditional. Hailing from all parts of the country the trio's members are all competition winners and boast tuition from some of the world's best guitarists. Check out www.irishguitartrio.com for more information. For their Waterford performance they played music by Vivaldi, Haydn, Albeniz, de Falla, Hindemith, Chadwick and Koshkin.
Coffee Concert, Regina Hanley & Eric Sweeney
Voice & Organ
Sunday 7th August, 12 noon Tickets €5, €10 family
Soprano, Regina Hanley has worked with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Glyndebourne Opera, Scottish Opera, English National Opera and many opera companies here in Ireland; Opera Ireland, Wexford Festival Opera adn Opera Theatre Company. Hanley is a founder member of PrimaDiva who recently released their cd 'The Only Sound'. Eric Sweeney will accompany on organ.
JULY 2005
Eric Sweeney, Music for Organ - Summer Series
Sunday 24th July, 6 pm Tickets €5
Eric Sweeney brought excitement to a dismally wet summer evening on Sunday July 24th. His organ playing is always a joy and add to this his own composition 'The Bright Seraphim' and you had an occasion of fireworks and pleasure.'
Liam Murphy, Munster Express, 5th August 2005
Eric Sweeney studied organ in Belgium and Italy and has given recitals all over Europe and North America. In 2003 he released a cd of original choral & organ music recorded on teh Cathedral's Elliot-Jones organ ' handled with compositional imagination, flair and skill'. He performed a recital of French romantic music.
Mark Keane, Music for Organ - Summer Series
Sunday 17th July, 6 pm Tickets €5
Mark Keane has studied music in Dublin, Limerick, London and Amserdam and is currently organist at the Church of Christ the King, Galway. He has won many prizes for organ performance and has performed extensively throughout Europe, Australia and the US. For his performance on the Cathedral's Elliot-Jones organ Mark played works by Bach.
Irish Youth Choir
Friday 8th July, 8 pm
Tickets €12 adult, €10 concession, €36 family ticket
The two sections of Marion Ingoldsby's work that we heard had a glorious resonance and section two - 'White Bird' has a thrilling repeating line of 'Rise, Beautiful Emblem of Purity! Rise' that sent shivers of anticipation down my spine... The Waterford Larks and Waterford Boys Singers under baton of Niall Crowley delighted a capacity audience with wonderful confident work.
Liam Murphy, Munster Express, 15th July 2005
To mark the Tall Ships visit to Waterford, the Irish Youth Choir performed the world premier of Where Birds & Angels Dwell, a commission for mixed voice choir and piano by Marian Ingoldsby, celebrating the shared vocal, sea and cultural traditions of Newfoundland, Canada and Ireland. Since 1982 young singers between the ages of 17 and 29 years have secured their places annually with the Irish Youth choir through nation-wide auditions, forming a large mixed-voice choir of the best young Irish voices. Over the last 22 years and under the baton of founder-conductor Geoffrey Spratt, the IYC has performed with professional soloists and orchestras in all of Ireland's leading concert halls. For the IYC's performance at Christ Church Ciara Moroney accompanied on piano. The programme included Songs from Lyonnesse by Gerard Victory and songs from the Waterford Larks and Waterford Boys Choir. The concert was recorded by Lyricfm for broadcast as part of the Lyric Concert series on Thursdays at 9 pm.
JUNE 2005
Braemsnaes Choir
Tuesday 28th June, 1 pm
Admission Free
Christ Church Cathedral was delighted to welcome The Braemsnaes Choir from the island of Zealand in Denmark. They are a forty voice adult choir and their repertoire includes ballads, folk music, gospel and church music and African American spirituals. They have previously toured to Luxembourg, France and Germany and this was their first visit to Ireland. The group also sang at Waterford Regional Hospital as part of the Healing Sounds programme.
Coyote Mountain Suzuki Strings
Saturday 18th June, 8 pm
Admission free
The Coyote Mountain Suzuki Strings come from Tulsa Oklahoma and consist of violin and viola students ranging in age from 4 years to adult directed by Karen Harmon and Jody Naifeh. The programme was classical and begins at the level of the youngest who plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. The performance included the Bach Minuets, Dvorak's Humoresque, Vivaldi Concerto, and the Bach Double Concerto. The advanced orchestral performance was the Gustav Holst St. Paul's Suite Jig and Finale. The group also gave a performance in Waterford Regional Hospital as part of the Waterford Healing Arts Trust programme.
Coffee Concert
Kilkenny Chamber Orchestra
Sunday 5th June, 12 noon
Tickets €5, €10 family ticket (includes coffee)
Founded by its director, Richard Nicholls three years ago the Kilkenny Chamber Orchestra is an amateur orchestra numbering some thirty players. It has a wide variety of repertoire, ranging from Bach to Britten, and Handel to Trimble, including premieres of new works. Through weekly rehearsals the orchestra gives three concerts a year and has performed with a number of local choirs, including a tour to Paris with the Kilkenny Choir. The coffee concert programme included Mozart's Symphony No. 25 in G Minor and Barber's Adagio for Strings.
MAY 2005
Guinness Choir
Musical Director: David Milne
with Peter Sweeney on organ
Saturday 28th May, 8 pm
Tickets €15, €12 concession
The Guinness Choir from Dublin was formed in 1951 by Victor Leeson. Originally called the St James's Gate Musical Society, it soon established itself as one of Ireland's leading choirs. Its repertoire includes a wide range of choral music, mostly oratorio, from the 16th century to the present day. Recent performances have included works by Berlioz, Bach, Stravinsky and Verdi. This programme features two canticles by Britten and his setting of the extraordinary poem "Jubilate Agno" by Christopher Smart and the exuberant "Messa di Gloria" by the youthful Puccini. Soloists are Paula Greenwood : Soprano, Tanya Sewell: Contralto, Andrew Boushell : Tenor, Eoin Supple: Bass. The choir is very much looking forward to the concert, the performance will be repeated in Dublin's Pro-Cathedral on the following evening.
ADHOC
Wednesday 25th May, 1 pm, Admission Free
Ad Hoc is a mixed voice choir of sixteen singers from Waterford city, originally brought together by Pamela Harrison. Their premier performance was in Christ Church Cathedral in April 2004. They have since gone on to win at the AIMS Chamber Choir Festival in New Ross in May 2004 and to perform for Kilkenny's Celtic Music Festival in October 2004. The chorale will sing a selection from their repertoire including some religious music, arrangements of Irish music and some easy listening. This concert is part of the City Council Arts Office Artbyte series, offering free Wednesday lunchtime concerts at venues around the city through the summer.
Symphonic Wind Orchestra Vorspessart
Tuesday 17th May, 8 pm
Tickets €10, €7 concession
The visit of the sixty strong German Vorspessart Symphonic Wind Orchestra to Christ Church Cathedral was a glorious evening of virtuoso playing and crowd-pleasing music.
Liam Murphy, Munster Express, 27th May
The Symphonic Wind Orchestra from south west Germany and their guests City of Waterford Brass intend to raise the roof of the Cathedral. The Orchestra, conducted by Harald Krebs, is composed of sixty five musicians dedicated to promoting modern symphonic wind music. . City of Waterford Brass was established in 1932 and will celebrate its 75th birthday in 2007. The group visited Germany in 1987 and 1997 and on those trips established links with musicians from Symphonic Wind Orchestra Vorspessart. The Cathedral is delighted to welcome the orchestra to the city on this their first tour of Ireland.
Coffee Concert
Cecilia Keogh
Sunday 1st May, 12 noon
Tickets €5, €10 family ticket (includes coffee)
Organist Cecilia Kehoe studied at the Cork School of Music where she achieved first place in her class in piano performance and graduated with a diploma in Piano Teaching in 1989. She was Organ Scholar at St. Finbarr's Cathedral in Cork graduating from the B. Mus. from UCC in 1997. In 2001 she graduated with a Masters Degree in Music from the University of Michigan, USA. Her coffee concert programme will included J. S. Bach, Fantasia and Fugue in G minor; Franz Liszt, Prelude nad Fugue on B.A.C.H. and Noel Rawsthorne, Hornpipe Humeresque.
APRIL 2005
Coffee Concert
WIT Traditional Music Group
Sunday 3rd April, 12 noon
Tickets €5, €10 family ticket (includes coffee)
For those who enjoyed Comhaltas Ceoltoiri's concert in March, more traditional airs will fill the cathedral in April with the WIT Traditional Music Group. The group was formed in 1999 and comprises full-time students of the Institute. Since its inception the group has performed at many events including the Aberdeen International Youth Festival; Tional an tSamhraidh, Dungarvan and the UCC Tradfest. The group currently rehearses under the direction of Bridget O'Connell, Lecturer in Music at WIT.
MARCH 2005
Coffee Concert
Craobh Cathair Phortláirge
Sunday 6th March, noon
Tickets €5, €10 family ticket (includes coffee)
All the members of this young group are members of Craobh Cathair Phortláirge, the Waterford branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann, which was founded in 1951 to promote Irish traditional music, song and dance. Nóra Kavanagh is teacher and musical director of the group and has won all Ireland medals on piano and flute. She completed her Masters in Music performance and research at W.I.T. in 2001. The group, all of whom are aged between 12 and 19 years have been performing together for the past two years. Their most recent performance was at St. David's Cathedral Wales as part of the Artswave project. The programme will include traditional dance tunes alongside more contemporary pieces composed by Charlie Lennon, Michael Rooney and Nóra Kavanagh.
Gerard Gillen & Eamonn Nolan
Organ & Trumpet
Thursday 10th March, 8 pm
Tickets €12
Waterford Music Club present an evening of organ and trumpet with Gerard Gillen and Eamonn Nolan. Gerard Gillen is widely regarded as one of Ireland's leading church and concert organists. A First Class Honours graduate of University College, Dublin, Oxford University and the Royal Conservatoire of Music, Antwerp, Professor Gillen has an international reputation as an organ recitalist and has given over 700 recitals throughout Europe and America. Eamonn Nolan began playing trumpet in the Rathfarnham Concert Band before studying for five years at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. Now working as a freelance trumpet player based in Dublin, Eamonn enjoys a varied musical life, appearing with the NSOI, RTECO, Orchestra of St Cecilia, Opera Theatre Company and many other groups.
Waterford Combined Schools Choir
Jerusalem Joy
Tuesday 22nd March, 8 pm
Tickets €5, €10 family ticket
The Waterford City Schools Choir was born through the efforts of the City to give a worthy welcome to Malta on the Day of Accession to the EU on May 1 2004 and continues as a choir set aside to celebrate special occasions in the city's annual calendar. It is drawn from several schools across the city, under the patronage of the Office of the Mayor and the Catholic and Church of Ireland Bishops of Waterford, conducted by Cormac O'Duffy. For Easter week, the choir will perform Roger Jones' 'Jerusalem Joy'.
Waterford City Choir
Stainer's Crucifixion
Thursday 24th March, 8 pm
Admission Free
The Waterford City Choir was founded in 1993 by Ann Barry. It now numbers over thirty members who come from both the city and county of Waterford. Brian Brown took over directorship of the choir in 2003 and they return to Christ Church to perform Stainer's Crucifixion. John Stainer (1840 - 1901) wrote the work, an oratorium on Easter and the Passion, in 1887. Composer and organist Eric Sweeney will accompany the choir.
Reedley College Orchestra
Saturday 26th March, 8 pm
Admission Free
The Reedley College Orchestra come from the Central Valley of California. The members are a combination of professional musicians, college students and community musicians. The orchestra is conducted by Colleen M. Snyder who has taught instrumental and choral music in colleges and universities in the states of California and Washington. The performance will feature music of both European and American composers.
FEBRUARY 2005
Colm McDonagh
Classical Guitar Coffee Concert
Sunday 6th February, noon
Tickets €5, €10 family ticket (includes coffee)
Classical guitarist Colm McDonagh is a final year BA Music student at WIT where he studies guitar with Michael O'Toole. Previously he was an award winning student at Walton's New School of Music where he was taught by David Hennessy. He has attended master classes with world class virtuosos such as Juan Martin, Carols Bonell and John Williams. His programme includes music by Scarlatti, Bach and Albeniz.
Irish Baroque Orchestra
Sunday 27th February, 8 pm
Tickets €15, €12 concession
The Irish Baroque Orchestra is Ireland's only professional period instrument orchestra. Established in 1996 by Mark Duley and Thérese Timoney, the orchestra gives Irish audiences the rare and precious opportunity to hear this music in live performances that recreate the vivid colours and testures of the baroque sound world. Conductor Monica Huggett is one of the world's foremost baroque violinists. For many years she was the concertmaster of Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; currently she is artistic director of the Portland Baroque Orchestra. The programme is to include Rameau's sumptuous Pièce de Concert (in a special arrangement for strings), and concertos by Handel and Vivaldi.
In association with Symphony Club of Waterford
JANUARY 2005
Jimmy O'Brien Moran
Uileann Pipes Coffee Concert
Sunday 2nd January, noon
Tickets €5, €10 family ticket (includes coffee)
Jimmy O'Brien Moran is a piper from Tramore, Co. Waterford. A former member of Scullion he has been playing pipes for almost 30 years and has travelled throughout Europe, North America and NewZealand, performing, teaching the pipes and lecturing on Irish music. He released a solo CD in 1996 and frequently features on radio and television. His style is rooted in the heart of the piping tradition and is much influenced by the music Willie Clancy and Seamus Ennis.
2004
December
Coffee Concert Madrigallery
Sunday 5th December
noon
Tickets €5, €10 family ticket (includes coffee)
The chamber choir "Madrigallery" was founded eleven years ago and has been very successful in competition having won top awards in Cork Choral Festival, Sligo Choral Festival, AIMS Choral Festival and Navan Choral Festival. The choir's repertoire includes music from the 16th Century right through to today. The choir has also had several works specifically written for them, including a special commission by Colin Mawby and are taking part in the Prague 18th International Choral Festival in October 2004.
A Baroque Christmas Celebration Waterford Institute of Technology Choir and Orchestra
Thursday 16th December
8 pm
Tickets €10 and €6 concession
After their sell-out performance of Messiah last year the WIT choir and orchestra return to Christ Church with a programme of well known pieces for the Christmas season. The seventy strong WIT choir and the thirty piece orchestra were founded by Eric Sweeney in 1982 and give two major concerts each year. Their repertoire ranges from baroque and classical masterpieces to works by contemporary composers. The Christmas programme will include Bach's Magnificat, Vivaldi's Gloria and Corelli's Christmas concerto.
Civic Carol Service
Sunday 19th December
4 pm
No admission fee
Waterford's most popular carol service features City of Waterford Brass, Christ Church Cathedral Choir and Madrigallery accompanying your favourite carols. Early arrival advised.
November
Coffee Concert Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
Sunday 7th November
noon
Tickets €5, €10 family ticket (includes coffee)
Based in Manchester, the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet have performed extensively throughout the UK since their formation five years ago. The quartet is dedicated to exploring and expanding the diversity of music for four guitars, from Renaissance lute works to contemporary pieces by leading composers.
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ORGAN FESTIVAL
Friday 12th to Sunday 14th November
Sat/Sun Cathedral open 2-5 pm
free admission Free Guided Tours 3 pm
Christ Church's Elliot Organ was built in 1815 by a renowned master Organ builder Thomas Elliot. The instrument which had not been played for thirty years has now been magnificently restored at a cost of almost half a million euro. The festival celebrates the Cathedral Organ, the only Elliot organ in Ireland and of great importance in international terms.
Children from schools around the city will visit the Cathedral and learn about the workings of pipe organs during the week running up to the festival. Their impressions will be on display in the Cathedral over the festival weekend.
As part of the festival programme St. Finn Barre's Chamber Choir will sing in WRH for Waterford Healing Arts on Saturday 13th.
Peter Sweeney, Festival Gala Concert
Friday 12th November
8 pm
Free Admission,
advance booking of free tickets advised.
Following Peter Sweeney's brilliantly successful performance for the Elliot Organ inauguration in 2003, Christ Church is delighted to welcome him back for a gala concert. Peter is an organ soloist of international standing. He has given recitals throughout Europe, North America and Canada and performs and records regularly with the National Symphony Orchestra and RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
St. Finn Barre's Chamber Choir - Voices and Organ
Saturday 13th November, noon Tickets €5, €10 family ticket (includes coffee)
This festival coffee concert is performed by the Choral Scholars of St Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork. The choir sings at the Wednesday and Sunday choral services each week. This programme takes the form of a sequence of sacred music for the church's year, the pieces being selected from five centuries of the repetoire.
Colin Nicholls - Organist
Saturday 13th November
6 pm
Tickets €6, €4 concession
Colin Nicholls has been Organist and Choirmaster of St Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork, since 1984, and he is Lecturer in Organ at Cork School of Music. His progamme includes music by Bach, Wesley, Mendelssohn and Heiller.
Tanya Sewell with Eric Sweeney - Voice and Organ
Sunday 14th November, noon
Tickets €5, €10 family ticket (includes coffee)
Mezzo soprano Tanya Sewell is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and is currently singing with Edith Forrest and repetiteur Alison Young. A multiple prize winner her soloist engagements have included Mozart's Requiem with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Sligo Orpheus Choir and Handel's Messiah in the National Concert Hall with the Guinness Choir. Tanya will be accompanied by the Cathedral's organist, composer Eric Sweeney.
Three Cathedral Choirs
Sunday 14th November
8 pm
Tickets €10, €6 (concession)
A historic concert features the three Cathedral Choirs of the South East, Waterford, Kilkenny and Lismore coming together for the first time to present a programme of well known choral items. The choirs will be accompanied by the three Cathedral organists, Malcolm Proud, Eric Sweeney and Jan Van Putten.
A Service of Advent Carols and Readings
Sunday 28th November
8 pm
No admission fee
To usher in the Christmas season all are welcome to join with the Christ Church Cathedral Choir for a programme of carols and readings on an advent theme.
October
Waterford Arts Festival
Sunday 24th October
David Agnew, accompanied by Eric Sweeney will play a programme of popular classics. David has studied with the world's greatest oboists Heinz Holliger and Maurice Bourgue at the International Masterclass in London, Paris, Avignon and Cologne. He has performed as soloist with the RTE Concert Orchestra and all over the world playing a wide range of music from traditional through pop to classical. Following on a chart-topping single success with the instrumental 'Gabriel's Oboe' (the theme from the film the Mission), David went on to release six successful cds, including three cds of Celtic Music.
The Waterford based musician and composer Eric Sweeney will accompany David Agnew. Eric studied in Ireland, England, Belgium and Italy and has been composing since the late 1960s. He is Head of the Music Department at Waterford Institute of Technology.
Harvest Festival Service
Sunday 10th October
The Harvest Thanksgiving service is an annual service of the Church of Ireland in which the congregation offer praise and thanks for the wonders of God's creation. During the service some of the traditional harvest hymns are sung and the children present a montage of harvest scenes.
All denominations are welcome to attend
Liskerret Male Voice Choir
Wednesday 6th October
Christ Church Cathedral welcomes The Liskerret Male Voice Choir from South East Cornwall. The choir's objective is to promote the art of male choral music while helping charitable causes. The evening's programme will include music from their 2003 cd 'Working Man'; popular and religious songs including a selection from Les Miserables and Schubert's Sanctus.
The Christ Church coffee concert series
Sunday 3rd October -
Traditional Flute & Guitar - NÓRA KAVANAGH & PAUL GRANT
Traditional flute player Nóra Kavanagh graduated from WIT in 1994 with the first, first class honors degree awarded for the BA Music course. She has studied flute with Dr. Hammy Hamilton, Paul McGrattan and Fintan Vallely and completed an MA in music performance in 2001.She is accompanied by Paul Grant who is noted for his art of guitar accompaniment. He has recorded and played extensively with the renowned Clancy family. Music for the coffee concert will include Irish traditional dance music, laments and the music of O’Carolan.
Gala Concert – In aid of The Jonah Project
25th April
The Jonah Project is a completely self funded school which provides one to one education for Autistic Children in the Waterford area. The concert featured the cream of Waterford’s musical talent including nine choirs (Newtown School Chamber Choir, De la Salle Senior Choir, and WIT Choir among others) and three instrumental groups.
Fauré - Requiem Special Concert in Aid of Waterford Hospice, 6th April
The programme included music for holy week. Conducted by Eric Sweeney and accompanied by Jan van Putten, organist at Lismore Cathedral, playing the restored Elliot Organ. A wonderful opportunity to hear Fauré’s best loved choral work, sung by this well regarded choir in aid of a worthy cause.
Organ Recital - Raymond O Donnell - Sunday March 28th - 6pm
Music by Pierre du Mage (1674-1751), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 1750), Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
2003
Inaugural Organ Recital by Peter Sweeney
Sunday 12th Oct, 6pm
Moherentanz - T Susato; Sonata in G, Sonata in D - D Scarlatti; 3 Chorale Preludes - J.S. Bach; Toccata and Fugue in d minor - J.S. Bach: The Widening Gyre (first performance) - Eric Sweeney, commissioned to mark the inauguration of the restored Elliot Organ; Trumpet Tune in D - D. N. Johnson; Adagio (2nd movt. Symphony 6) C.M.Widor; Variations de Concer op.1 - J. Bonnet.
All are welcome - no tickets required
ANÚNA returns to Christ Church Cathedral
October 25th.
The music of the ancient Celts has been all but lost except for a handful of strange and beautiful fragments. The haunting sound-world created by Anúna breaks down the barriers between the spiritual and the sacred, the real and the unreal through the use of ritualistic movement, tempered with an engaging presentation by the performers.
May 2003, The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin,
Andrew Johnstone, Director, Malcolm Proud, harpsicord/organ, Sarah Cunningham, viola de bamba,
2002
June 2002
The Copenhagen Brass Band
programme included a selection of Danish music and excerpts from the world's most popular operas and musicals.
June 2002
Canoldir Male Voice Choir from Wales.
The event was run in conjunction with the City Council Arts office.
February 2002
Irish fiddle virtuoso Martin Hayes & American Guitarist Dennis Cahill, a rare musical kinship, ranked them among the most memorable partnerships of our era.
Sept 2001
Opera Theatre Company (OTC) presented Erismena by Cavalli. A rare masterpiece.
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