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8:00 PM
The Goethe-Institut Choir at the Cork International Choral Festival 2018
Opening Gala Concert|
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Cork City Hall, Bantry, Co. Cork
- Price €21 / €26
Opening Gala Concert : ‘A Celebration of Irish Music’
Founded in 1954, the Cork International Choral Festival is held annually. Cork welcomes choirs from across the world for a programme of Gala concerts, National and International Competitions, and world-class performances, as thousands of participants bring the city to life for a celebration of choral music in all its many forms.
This year’s Opening Gala Concert will bring the works of two Irish composers to Cork: Aloys Fleischmann’s Clare’s Dragoons (Owen Gilhooly – Tenor) and Bernard Geary’s In Praise of a City (Mairead Buicke – Soprano) along with many other Irish works performed by the Band of the Defence Forces along with a bespoke Festival Chorus comprised of the Goethe-Institut Choir, Viva Voce Choir and East Cork Choral Society, conducted by Lt. Col. Mark Armstrong.
Aloys Fleischmann was born in Munich to Irish-based German parents. He graduated from University College Cork. As founder of the Cork Symphony Orchestra (1934) but also our own Cork International Choral and Folk Dance Festival (1954), he was a highly influential figure in musical life in Ireland. Fleischmann embraced the Gaelic culture in his work, and Clare’s Dragoons is no stranger to that: based on a work by the poet and patriot Thomas Davis, it is a triumphant call to celebrate the nation of Ireland.
Bernard Geary was born in Cork. His compositions include orchestral, choral, chamber and instrumental works and have been performed and broadcast throughout Ireland as well as in Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany. In Praise of a City was completed in Autumn 1984 and received its Premiere performance by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, soloist, and choir, at the New Year Gala Concert in Cork City on January 1 st 1985. The work is based on texts drawn from the writings of Edmund Spenser, Seán Ó Faoláin, Father Prout, and an anonymous 14th century poet.
While originally scored for orchestra, both works have been newly orchestrated for wind band, soprano soloist and mixed voice choir especially for the Opening Gala Concert of the 2018 Festival.
Tickets are available here.
Supported by the Goethe-Institut Irland.
The picture is subject to a CC-license (Creative Commons). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Cork_City_Hall01_2009-04-30.jpg
Founded in 1954, the Cork International Choral Festival is held annually. Cork welcomes choirs from across the world for a programme of Gala concerts, National and International Competitions, and world-class performances, as thousands of participants bring the city to life for a celebration of choral music in all its many forms.
This year’s Opening Gala Concert will bring the works of two Irish composers to Cork: Aloys Fleischmann’s Clare’s Dragoons (Owen Gilhooly – Tenor) and Bernard Geary’s In Praise of a City (Mairead Buicke – Soprano) along with many other Irish works performed by the Band of the Defence Forces along with a bespoke Festival Chorus comprised of the Goethe-Institut Choir, Viva Voce Choir and East Cork Choral Society, conducted by Lt. Col. Mark Armstrong.
Aloys Fleischmann was born in Munich to Irish-based German parents. He graduated from University College Cork. As founder of the Cork Symphony Orchestra (1934) but also our own Cork International Choral and Folk Dance Festival (1954), he was a highly influential figure in musical life in Ireland. Fleischmann embraced the Gaelic culture in his work, and Clare’s Dragoons is no stranger to that: based on a work by the poet and patriot Thomas Davis, it is a triumphant call to celebrate the nation of Ireland.
Bernard Geary was born in Cork. His compositions include orchestral, choral, chamber and instrumental works and have been performed and broadcast throughout Ireland as well as in Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany. In Praise of a City was completed in Autumn 1984 and received its Premiere performance by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, soloist, and choir, at the New Year Gala Concert in Cork City on January 1 st 1985. The work is based on texts drawn from the writings of Edmund Spenser, Seán Ó Faoláin, Father Prout, and an anonymous 14th century poet.
While originally scored for orchestra, both works have been newly orchestrated for wind band, soprano soloist and mixed voice choir especially for the Opening Gala Concert of the 2018 Festival.
Tickets are available here.
Supported by the Goethe-Institut Irland.
The picture is subject to a CC-license (Creative Commons). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Cork_City_Hall01_2009-04-30.jpg
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Location
Cork City Hall
Anglesea St. Ballintemple
Bantry, Co. Cork
Ireland
Anglesea St. Ballintemple
Bantry, Co. Cork
Ireland