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THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR VIRTUAL FESTIVAL!

We hope you have enjoyed the weekend as much as we have!

Thank you to all of the choirs, choral directors, performers, venues, technical crew, editors and everyone else who worked so hard to make this Festival happen. And thank you to you, our audiences, for making our 2021 Virtual Festival very special.

Particular thanks to our supporters, without whom this year’s Festival could not have taken place – the Arts Council, Limerick City & County Council, Sing Ireland, the European Choral Association, and RTÉ Supporting the Arts.

We look forward to a time when we can sing together again, but in the meantime, please scroll back through our Virtual Festival page to enjoy all the events from the weekend.

Sunday 13th June - Chamber Choir Ireland, 7pm

CHAMBER CHOIR IRELAND - lIVE STREAMED CONCERT!

Garnering a strong reputation for its unique approach to creative commissioning, recording and programming, Chamber Choir Ireland is the country’s flagship choral ensemble and national chamber choir under the Artistic Direction of the multi-award-winning conductor, Paul Hillier. 

For this unique concert, under guest conductor Andrew Synnott, Chamber Choir Ireland will perform works by David Lang including a selection from The Writings, four movements composed over the course of 14 years. Each movement is based on a book from The Writings of the Hebrew Bible which, according to the composer, deal with 'life and death, courage, love, companionship, regret.’

On the music itself, Lang explains 'I thought that if I took some of the language that seemed universal in each of these writings and set it to music I might be able to make my own emotional catalog, and that I would be able to use the music to get to the humanity that is at the core of these very human texts.’

Programme:
again from the writings
for love is strong from the writings
Give Me
i want to live
i live in pain from love fail
head, heart from love fail
where you go from the writings
solitary from the writings

Chamber Choir Ireland Artistic Director
Paul Hillier

Guest Conductor
Andrew Synnott

 

Patron
Michael D Higgins
President of Ireland

 

Sopranos
Abbi Temple
Felicity Hayward
Charlotte Trepess
Sarah Keating

 

Altos
Christina Whyte
Leanne Fitzgerald
Stephen Wallace
Margaret Bridge

 

Tenors
Alan Leech
Stuart Kinsella
Shane Barriscale
Christopher Bowen

 

Basses
Jeffrey Ledwidge
Paul McGough
Eoghan Desmond
William Gaunt

 

Chief Executive
Majella Hollywood

 

Concerts’ Manager
David Darcy

 

Marketing & Development Manager
Aoife Cuthbert

Sunday 13th June - In Conversation, 4pm

Limerick sings in conversation

Choral Programming with Bernie Sherlock, James Davey & Michael Barrett

Join renowned international choral conductors Michael Barrett (University of Pretoria Camerata), James Davey (Chantage) and Bernie Sherlock (New Dublin Voices, Irish Youth Choirs) in conversation with RTÉ lyric fm’s Liz Nolan.

Their wide-ranging discussion will include choral programming for different contexts – concerts, competitions, radio, internet, etc – and the techniques conductors use for things like improving ensemble, fixing intonation, and getting to the heart of a piece.

Saturday 12th June - Choral Trail 4, 4pm

Choral Trail 4

Kingdom Singers (Scotland)
Ae Fond Kiss, Robert Burns

The ABCs & The Al Cappellas (Cork)
Feelin' Good,  Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse 

North Bay Choral Society (Canada)
You Raise Me Up, Brendan Graham & Rolf Lovland, arr. Roger Emerson

 

Aoide Voices (Limerick)
A Million Dreams, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, arr. Mac Huff 

Milton Keynes Community Choir (England)
Sing For Joy, Ian Riley

Friday 11th June - Anúna in Concert, 7.30pm

ANÚNA IN CONCERT

From the chants of medieval monks to the words of the great modern poets, an ANÚNA concert is a uniquely beautiful experience that combines atmospheric costumes, candles and movement into a haunting sonic tapestry.

This performance, led by composer/artistic director Michael McGlynn, was recorded at University Concert Hall in 2017 to celebrate ANÚNA's 30th anniversary. It features a span of material from the group's varied and eclectic repertoire, including songs from the tradition, the medieval era and works composed around the writings of the great Irish poets.

Please note this concert was filmed live at University Concert Hall in 2017.

Friday 11th June - Choral Trail 2, 4pm

CHORAL TRAIL 2

Coral de la Universitat d'Alacant (Spain)
Hine Ma Tov, Trad. Hebrew Song, arr. James Desjardins

Voces Bravas (Spain)
El sitio de mi recreo, Antonio Vega, arr. Sonía Megías

Zanggroep We Willen Zo Graag (Netherlands)
Zeven dagen lang, E.Shuman, A.Shuman & M.Brown, arr. Carry van der Gulik
Vaarwel tabé, Liliuokalani, arr. Carry van der Gulik

Discovery Gospel Choir (Waterford) & Malawi Choir
Ciúin, Rónán Ó Snodaigh, arr. Róisin Dexter

Friday 11th June - Choral Trail 1, 1pm

CHORAL TRAIL 1

Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ Choir (Limerick)
Glow, Eric Whitacre 

Limerick Youth Choir
Prayer of St Francis, Allen Pote, arr. Robert Delgado 

Presentation Ballyphehane Transition Year Choir (Cork)
Super Trouper, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus 

The Bella Donnas, St Aloysius' College Carrigtwohill (Cork)
I Have A Dream, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

Cruinniú na nÓg (Ireland)
Oró Sé Do Bheatha Bhaile, Trad. Irish Song, arr. Mark Armstrong

Friday 11th June - OPENING OUTDOOR CHORUS, 12pm

OPENING OUTDOOR CHORUS

Somewhere Out There

This year’s Limerick Sings International Choral Festival opens with a very special, virtual Outdoor Chorus. Representatives of five of Limerick’s most renowned choirs – Aoide Voices, Limerick Chamber Choir, Limerick Choral Union, Limerick Youth Choir and Voices of Limerick – came together at iconic locations throughout the city to perform Somewhere Out There, under the direction of Máire Keary-Scanlon.

 Written by James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, and first performed by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram for the soundtrack of An American Tail (1986), Somewhere Out There is a poignant yet hopeful song about reuniting with loved ones, suitably apt for the times we are in.