music for tipperary

Music for Tipperary presented Music for the Golden Vale, a performance featuring contemporary Irish works sung by the National Chamber Choir in Cashel Cathedral, John’s St., Cashel on 4 September 2009. In a programme dedicated specifcally to the Tipperary audience and featuring a new work commissioned for Tipperary , the National Chamber Choir performed under conductor, James Wood and were joined by traditional singer, Iarla Ó Lionáird. The world premiere of The Beloved and Her Lover, a specially commissioned work by Irish composer Ian Wilson, was performed on the evening and the programme also included pieces by Palestrina, Lesur and Irish composers Rhona Clarke and Elaine Agnew.

The evening was a wonderful success and information will be coming shortly on more Music for Tipperary events.

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Music for Tipperary presents Music for the Golden Vale

Tickets priced €15/€10 are available at tel. 087 061 3679, email musicfortipperary@gmail.com or on the door. Doors open at 7.30pm and the performance starts at 8pm.

This performance is promoted by Music for Tipperary with support from the Arts Council, RTÉ Lyric fm and South Tipperary County Council.

Conductor, James Wood says:

“Ian Wilson’s new work for the National Chamber Choir of Ireland and sean-nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird is based on the dialogue between the Beloved and her Lover in the Song of Songs. These exotic and sensuous poems have inspired composers for centuries, and in this programme you can hear contemporary settings of these celebrated poems not only by Ian Wilson, but also by Elaine Agnew and Daniel Lesur set against Palestrina’s classic and timeless settings of the very same texts. The programme is complemented by Rhona Clarke’s setting of The Kiss by Ulick O’Connor.”

With the kind support of The Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist and St Patrick’s Rock, Cashel

This peformance will be recorded for broadcast by RTÉ Lyric fm