1916: An Evening of Reflection
Thursday 28th April at 7:30pm
Saint Werburgh's Church, Werburgh Street, Dublin 8
To commemorate the 1916 Rising, the Dublin Bach Singers will perform a programme of Irish songs at St. Werburgh’s Church, a very fitting venue as it is the burial place of the 1798 rebels.
The choral arrangements of classic Irish songs, three of which are in Irish, include The Lark in the Clear Air, The Foggy Dew, The Coulin, Dúlamán, Óró, ‘s é do bheatha ‘bhaile and Danny Boy, and these will be a beautiful and fitting commemoration of the musical, cultural and linguistic legacy of the Rising and independence.
The songs will be interspersed with readings, both in English and Irish, which will elucidate the significance of each song.
Tickets are €15 and are available here: http://bit.ly/1WhGQmT
Thursday 28th April at 7:30pm
Saint Werburgh's Church, Werburgh Street, Dublin 8
To commemorate the 1916 Rising, the Dublin Bach Singers will perform a programme of Irish songs at St. Werburgh’s Church, a very fitting venue as it is the burial place of the 1798 rebels.
The choral arrangements of classic Irish songs, three of which are in Irish, include The Lark in the Clear Air, The Foggy Dew, The Coulin, Dúlamán, Óró, ‘s é do bheatha ‘bhaile and Danny Boy, and these will be a beautiful and fitting commemoration of the musical, cultural and linguistic legacy of the Rising and independence.
The songs will be interspersed with readings, both in English and Irish, which will elucidate the significance of each song.
Tickets are €15 and are available here: http://bit.ly/1WhGQmT
Bach: Mass in A major & Cantata 161
Dublin Bach Singers
Orchestra of St Cecelia Blánaid Murphy, conductor Mass in A Major, BWV 234 Cantata No. 161, 'Komm, süße Todesstunde' Sunday 27 January 2013, 3.30pm St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 Tickets €20 available from www.centralticketbureau.com 0818 205 205 From the Pro-Cathedral Office (01) 874 5441 or on the door |
Handel's Messiah
Dublin Bach Singers
The Palestrina Choir
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls' Choir
Orchestra of St Cecilia
Lynda Lee, soprano
Martha Bredin, alto
Jacek Wislocki, tenor
Nathan Morrison, bass
Blánaid Murphy, conductor
Friday 21st December 2012 at 8pm
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Tickets €20 in aid of St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Charities
The Palestrina Choir
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls' Choir
Orchestra of St Cecilia
Lynda Lee, soprano
Martha Bredin, alto
Jacek Wislocki, tenor
Nathan Morrison, bass
Blánaid Murphy, conductor
Friday 21st December 2012 at 8pm
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Tickets €20 in aid of St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Charities
Bach: Mass in G Major & Cantata 147
Dublin Bach Singers
Orchestra of St Cecelia
Blánaid Murphy, conductor
Mass in G Major, BWV 236
Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
Sunday 25 November 2012, 3.30pm
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Tickets €20
available from
www.centralticketbureau.com
0818 205 205
From the Pro-Cathedral Office (01) 874 5441
or on the door
Orchestra of St Cecelia
Blánaid Murphy, conductor
Mass in G Major, BWV 236
Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
Sunday 25 November 2012, 3.30pm
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Tickets €20
available from
www.centralticketbureau.com
0818 205 205
From the Pro-Cathedral Office (01) 874 5441
or on the door
Musicam Gaudiam - Music of Joy
Dublin Bach Singers
Orchestra of St Cecilia
Blánaid Murphy, conductor
Monteverdi: Christe Adoramus Te, Beatus Vir
Schütz: Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt
Händel: Dixit Dominus
Sunday May 27th 2012 @ 8pm
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Tickets €15 at the door
Join the Dublin Bach Singers and the Orchestra of St. Cecilia, conducted by Blánaid Murphy, for ‘Musicum Gaudiam’ (Music of Joy), an evening of exquisite, uplifting music in the heart of Dublin city.
The concert, which takes place in the glorious setting of St Mary’s Pro Cathedral on Sunday May 27th at 8pm, will feature a programme of thrilling and complex Baroque music, including Handel’s virtuosic tour de force Dixit Dominus, Monteverdi’s dramatic Beatus Vir and Heinrich Schütz’s majestic setting of Psalm 100 Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle welt. Dixit Dominus (a setting of Psalm 110) was written during Handel’s time in Italy when he was just 22 years old, and is one of his most radical works devised on a grand scale, full of Italian flair. The work is in eight movements, scored for five-part chorus, soloists, strings and continuo. Beatus Vir was published in Monteverdi’s 1641 collection Selva Morale e Spirituali. The motet, a setting of Psalm 112, is a superb example of the composer’s dramatic style. It contrasts pairs or small groups of voices with the weight of the full chorus, a technique known as stile concertato - one of the most characteristic features of baroque music. The piece is scored for six-part chorus and soloists, with organ, basso continuo and two obligato violin parts. The setting of Psalm 100 by Schütz, published in his Psalmen Davids 1619, is called an echo Psalm. The echo effects that appear throughout are not only particularly appropriate to the text but a beloved effect in the Venetian polychoral style. The overall effect is brilliant and triumphal, exemplifying a militant and unshakeable faith.
Tickets, priced €15, will be available at the door.
Orchestra of St Cecilia
Blánaid Murphy, conductor
Monteverdi: Christe Adoramus Te, Beatus Vir
Schütz: Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt
Händel: Dixit Dominus
Sunday May 27th 2012 @ 8pm
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Tickets €15 at the door
Join the Dublin Bach Singers and the Orchestra of St. Cecilia, conducted by Blánaid Murphy, for ‘Musicum Gaudiam’ (Music of Joy), an evening of exquisite, uplifting music in the heart of Dublin city.
The concert, which takes place in the glorious setting of St Mary’s Pro Cathedral on Sunday May 27th at 8pm, will feature a programme of thrilling and complex Baroque music, including Handel’s virtuosic tour de force Dixit Dominus, Monteverdi’s dramatic Beatus Vir and Heinrich Schütz’s majestic setting of Psalm 100 Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle welt. Dixit Dominus (a setting of Psalm 110) was written during Handel’s time in Italy when he was just 22 years old, and is one of his most radical works devised on a grand scale, full of Italian flair. The work is in eight movements, scored for five-part chorus, soloists, strings and continuo. Beatus Vir was published in Monteverdi’s 1641 collection Selva Morale e Spirituali. The motet, a setting of Psalm 112, is a superb example of the composer’s dramatic style. It contrasts pairs or small groups of voices with the weight of the full chorus, a technique known as stile concertato - one of the most characteristic features of baroque music. The piece is scored for six-part chorus and soloists, with organ, basso continuo and two obligato violin parts. The setting of Psalm 100 by Schütz, published in his Psalmen Davids 1619, is called an echo Psalm. The echo effects that appear throughout are not only particularly appropriate to the text but a beloved effect in the Venetian polychoral style. The overall effect is brilliant and triumphal, exemplifying a militant and unshakeable faith.
Tickets, priced €15, will be available at the door.
Bach's St Matthew Passion
The Palestrina Choir
Dublin Bach Singers
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls' Choir
Jacek Wislocki, Evangelist
Nathan Morrison, Christus
& Soloists
Orchestra of St Cecilia
Blánaid Murphy, conductor
Sunday 25 March 2012
Part I: 4:30-6pm; Part II: 8-10pm
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Tickets €25 Available from
Central Ticket Bureau
www.centralticketbureau.com
Tel: 0818 205 205
Pro-Cathedral Office
Tel: (01) 874 5441
Or at the Door
The Dublin Bach Singers, The Palestrina Choir and St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Girls’ Choir are joining forces with the Orchestra of St. Cecilia and an impressive line up of soloists (including current and past alumni of the Opera Theatre Company’s Young Artists’ Programme), under the baton of Blánaid Murphy, to perform one of the timeless masterworks of choral music: J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. This towering masterpiece, the ultimate depiction of the torture and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, will be performed at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 on Sunday 25th March (Part 1: 4.30pm-6pm, Part Two: 8pm-10pm).
First heard at Good Friday vesper services at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig in 1727, the St. Matthew Passion was Bach’s second setting of the Passion narrative and was clearly intended to top the achievements of his St John Passion, presented three years earlier. Bach’s requirements for the St Matthew Passion are twice as demanding. Set for double choir, plus children’s or treble choir, two orchestras, two continuo groups and seven soloists, this scoring underlines the solemnity of the work and projects the grand dimensions of Bach's conception of this Passion setting.
Conductor, and musical director of all three choirs involved in the project, Blánaid Murphy explains: “Bach combines a range of musical styles appropriate to the range of dramatic expression needed to tell the story of the Passion: the massive opening chorus of an interlocking double choir with a children's chorus soaring over top invites the listener to come and share in the Passion while intimate arias and recitatives establish dramatic characters before expanding to points of climax that achieve exceptional expression. If you don’t know this piece, or only know its reputation, we hope to inspire you with something special at this traditionally holy season.”
Tenor Jacek Wislocki is the Evangelist, Bach’s principal storyteller in the piece, while OTC Young Artist 2011 Nathan Morrison performs the role of Christus. They are joined by Tristan Caldwell (Pilatus), Grace Birmingham (soprano), Sharon Carty (alto), Eamonn Mulhall (tenor), Christopher Cull (bass) and Rory Musgrave (bass). Sung in the original German – and assisted by the sublime acoustics of the intimate space of St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral – this concert promises to be one of Dublin’s 2012 musical highlights.
Tickets are €25 and are available from www.centralticketbureau.com, the Pro-Cathedral Office (01-8745441) or on the door.
Dublin Bach Singers
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls' Choir
Jacek Wislocki, Evangelist
Nathan Morrison, Christus
& Soloists
Orchestra of St Cecilia
Blánaid Murphy, conductor
Sunday 25 March 2012
Part I: 4:30-6pm; Part II: 8-10pm
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Tickets €25 Available from
Central Ticket Bureau
www.centralticketbureau.com
Tel: 0818 205 205
Pro-Cathedral Office
Tel: (01) 874 5441
Or at the Door
The Dublin Bach Singers, The Palestrina Choir and St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Girls’ Choir are joining forces with the Orchestra of St. Cecilia and an impressive line up of soloists (including current and past alumni of the Opera Theatre Company’s Young Artists’ Programme), under the baton of Blánaid Murphy, to perform one of the timeless masterworks of choral music: J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. This towering masterpiece, the ultimate depiction of the torture and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, will be performed at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 on Sunday 25th March (Part 1: 4.30pm-6pm, Part Two: 8pm-10pm).
First heard at Good Friday vesper services at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig in 1727, the St. Matthew Passion was Bach’s second setting of the Passion narrative and was clearly intended to top the achievements of his St John Passion, presented three years earlier. Bach’s requirements for the St Matthew Passion are twice as demanding. Set for double choir, plus children’s or treble choir, two orchestras, two continuo groups and seven soloists, this scoring underlines the solemnity of the work and projects the grand dimensions of Bach's conception of this Passion setting.
Conductor, and musical director of all three choirs involved in the project, Blánaid Murphy explains: “Bach combines a range of musical styles appropriate to the range of dramatic expression needed to tell the story of the Passion: the massive opening chorus of an interlocking double choir with a children's chorus soaring over top invites the listener to come and share in the Passion while intimate arias and recitatives establish dramatic characters before expanding to points of climax that achieve exceptional expression. If you don’t know this piece, or only know its reputation, we hope to inspire you with something special at this traditionally holy season.”
Tenor Jacek Wislocki is the Evangelist, Bach’s principal storyteller in the piece, while OTC Young Artist 2011 Nathan Morrison performs the role of Christus. They are joined by Tristan Caldwell (Pilatus), Grace Birmingham (soprano), Sharon Carty (alto), Eamonn Mulhall (tenor), Christopher Cull (bass) and Rory Musgrave (bass). Sung in the original German – and assisted by the sublime acoustics of the intimate space of St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral – this concert promises to be one of Dublin’s 2012 musical highlights.
Tickets are €25 and are available from www.centralticketbureau.com, the Pro-Cathedral Office (01-8745441) or on the door.
Handel's Messiah
Dublin Bach Singers
The Palestrina Choir
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls' Choir
Soloist from Choirs
Orchestra of St Cecilia
Blánaid Murphy, conductor
Tuesday 20th December 2011 at 8pm
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Tickets €20 in aid of St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Fund
Please join us for our annual candlelit performance of Handel’sMessiah at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral on Tuesday 20th December 2011 at 8pm.
Attending performances of Messiah has become a Dublintraditional as part of celebrating Christmas. This is perhaps becauseMessiah was composed and first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742, in Fishamble Street in the very heart of Dublin.
The music for Messiah was completed in 24 days of swift composition from 22nd August to 14th September 1741.
At the end of his manuscript Handel wrote the letters "SDG"--Soli Deo Gloria, "To God alone the glory". This inscription, taken with the speed of composition, has encouraged the story that Handel wrote the music in a fervour of divine inspiration in which, as he wrote the "Hallelujah" chorus, "he saw all heaven before him"!
In early March 1742 Handel began discussions with the appropriate committees for a charity concert, to be given in April, at which he intended to present Messiah. He sought and was given permission from St Patrick's and Christ Church cathedrals to use their choirs for this occasion. These forces amounted to 16 men and 16 boy choristers; several of the men were allocated solo parts. The women soloists were Christina Maria Avoglio, who had sung the main soprano roles in the two subscription series, and Susannah Cibber, an established stage actress and contralto.
The three charities that were to benefit from the performance werePrisoners' Debt Relief, the Mercer's Hospital, and the Charitable Infirmary.
In fact, the Messiah became Handel’s best known work and without doubt one of the most popular works in history through its annual charitable performances in Handel's oratorio seasons and charitable benefit concerts at the Foundling Hospital.
This long-standing association with charitable performances is continued at the candle-lit performance of Messiah on Tuesday 20th December at the Pro-Cathedral as all performers (orchestral players, soloists, choirs and conductor) will give their services gratis and therefore absolutely all money raised will go to support the St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Fund.
The Palestrina Choir
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls' Choir
Soloist from Choirs
Orchestra of St Cecilia
Blánaid Murphy, conductor
Tuesday 20th December 2011 at 8pm
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Tickets €20 in aid of St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Fund
Please join us for our annual candlelit performance of Handel’sMessiah at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral on Tuesday 20th December 2011 at 8pm.
Attending performances of Messiah has become a Dublintraditional as part of celebrating Christmas. This is perhaps becauseMessiah was composed and first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742, in Fishamble Street in the very heart of Dublin.
The music for Messiah was completed in 24 days of swift composition from 22nd August to 14th September 1741.
At the end of his manuscript Handel wrote the letters "SDG"--Soli Deo Gloria, "To God alone the glory". This inscription, taken with the speed of composition, has encouraged the story that Handel wrote the music in a fervour of divine inspiration in which, as he wrote the "Hallelujah" chorus, "he saw all heaven before him"!
In early March 1742 Handel began discussions with the appropriate committees for a charity concert, to be given in April, at which he intended to present Messiah. He sought and was given permission from St Patrick's and Christ Church cathedrals to use their choirs for this occasion. These forces amounted to 16 men and 16 boy choristers; several of the men were allocated solo parts. The women soloists were Christina Maria Avoglio, who had sung the main soprano roles in the two subscription series, and Susannah Cibber, an established stage actress and contralto.
The three charities that were to benefit from the performance werePrisoners' Debt Relief, the Mercer's Hospital, and the Charitable Infirmary.
In fact, the Messiah became Handel’s best known work and without doubt one of the most popular works in history through its annual charitable performances in Handel's oratorio seasons and charitable benefit concerts at the Foundling Hospital.
This long-standing association with charitable performances is continued at the candle-lit performance of Messiah on Tuesday 20th December at the Pro-Cathedral as all performers (orchestral players, soloists, choirs and conductor) will give their services gratis and therefore absolutely all money raised will go to support the St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Fund.
Christmas with the Dublin Bach Singers
Dublin Bach Singers
Blanaid Murphy, director
David O'Shea, accompanist
Thursday 15th December 2011 @ 8pm
Dublin Unitarian Church, Stephen's Green
Admission €10
Family Ticket (2 adults, 2 children) €30
Join Dublin Bach Singers and director Blánaid Murphy for a festive evening filled with seasonal musical treats! There will also be a raffle and it will be followed by Mulled Wine and Mince Pies! The perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit!
Blanaid Murphy, director
David O'Shea, accompanist
Thursday 15th December 2011 @ 8pm
Dublin Unitarian Church, Stephen's Green
Admission €10
Family Ticket (2 adults, 2 children) €30
Join Dublin Bach Singers and director Blánaid Murphy for a festive evening filled with seasonal musical treats! There will also be a raffle and it will be followed by Mulled Wine and Mince Pies! The perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit!
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch conducts Dublin Bach Singers
Bach: Gloria from Mass in B Minor, Lobet dem Herrn
Mendelssohn: Excerpts from Te Deum in D
Brahms: Marienlieder, Geistliches Lied
Sunday 13th November 2011 @ 8pm
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Tickets €20
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch is the fifteenth direct successor to J. S. Bach as Kantor at the Thomaskirche, Leipzig, a position he held from 1972 until 1991. A Leipzig native, he was educated at Musisches Gymnasium Frankfurt and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig, where he later became a professor. As well as conducting, he is an organist, academic and accomplished tenor.
The Dublin Bach Singers, under the direction of Blánaid Murphy, were formed in 2002 and since then they have played a pivotal role in the performance of Bach in Dublin. They performed annually in the Orchestra of St Cecilia’s Bach Cantatas Series at St Ann’s Church, Dawson St and had the privilege of being invited to sing the final concert of the 10-year series. In addition to this, they have performed Bach’s St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Mass in B minor several times, plus the Ascention and Easter Oratorios, Magnificat and several Motets.
On Sunday November 13th at 8pm in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch will conduct Dublin Bach Singers in a performance of Bach’s Lobet Den Herrn, excerpts from the Gloria of Bach’s Mass in B Minor, selections from Mendelssohn’s Te Deum in D and Brahms’ Geistliches Lied and Marienlieder.
Tickets priced at €20 are available at the door or from www.centralticketbureau.com
Mendelssohn: Excerpts from Te Deum in D
Brahms: Marienlieder, Geistliches Lied
Sunday 13th November 2011 @ 8pm
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Tickets €20
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch is the fifteenth direct successor to J. S. Bach as Kantor at the Thomaskirche, Leipzig, a position he held from 1972 until 1991. A Leipzig native, he was educated at Musisches Gymnasium Frankfurt and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig, where he later became a professor. As well as conducting, he is an organist, academic and accomplished tenor.
The Dublin Bach Singers, under the direction of Blánaid Murphy, were formed in 2002 and since then they have played a pivotal role in the performance of Bach in Dublin. They performed annually in the Orchestra of St Cecilia’s Bach Cantatas Series at St Ann’s Church, Dawson St and had the privilege of being invited to sing the final concert of the 10-year series. In addition to this, they have performed Bach’s St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Mass in B minor several times, plus the Ascention and Easter Oratorios, Magnificat and several Motets.
On Sunday November 13th at 8pm in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch will conduct Dublin Bach Singers in a performance of Bach’s Lobet Den Herrn, excerpts from the Gloria of Bach’s Mass in B Minor, selections from Mendelssohn’s Te Deum in D and Brahms’ Geistliches Lied and Marienlieder.
Tickets priced at €20 are available at the door or from www.centralticketbureau.com
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