From the soaring medieval visions of Hildegard of Bingen to the refined Renaissance harmonies of Sulpitia Cesis and Raffaella Aleotti, Chamber Choir Ireland, under the direction of Owain Park, celebrates the enduring beauty of the choral tradition.
The programme weaves late Romantic gems by Clara Schumann and Amy Beach together with luminous works by contemporary composers, including the captivating voices of Caroline Shaw and Shruthi Rajasekar. A centrepiece is Thea Musgrave’s Rorate caeli, a vivid choral tour de force for double choir.
“Chamber Choir Ireland always sing incredibly, their sound rich and with unparalleled precision and control. Their musicality is matched by an adventurous spirit in programming.”
The Journal of Music, 2024
Programme:
Roxanna Panufnik: O Hearken
Joanna Marsh: Fading from ‘Arabesques’
Cecilia McDowall: Standing as I do before God
Joanna Ward: brambles fewer
Thea Musgrave: Rorate caeli
Marian Ingoldsby: Primrose
Clara Schumann: Abendfeier in Venedig
Judith Bingham: Les Saintes Maries de la Mer
Leonora D’Este: Sicut Lilium
Hildegard ofBingen: Alleluia, O Virgo mediatrix
Vittoria Aleotti: Al turbar de bei lumi
Amy Beach: Dusk in June
Judith Weir: Vertue
Caroline Shaw: and the swallow