Past Concerts and Events
22 May 1982 Monkstown Parish Church
Haydn: The Creation
Violet Twomey (soprano), Frank Dunne (tenor), William Young (bass)
Orchestra, leader: Audrey Park
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
18 December 1982, Monkstown Parish Church
Haydn: St. Nicholas Mass
Mozart: Exultate Jubilate
Handel: Messiah (excerpts)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Rita Harpur (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (contralto)
Peter Kerr (tenor), Roland Purcell (baritone)
Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
14 May 1983, Monkstown Parish Church, and
15 May 1983, Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, Bray
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Nicola Sharkey (soprano), Patricia Bardon (contralto)
Peter Kerr (tenor), William Young (bass)
David Adams (organ)
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
14 October 1983, National Concert Hall
Franz Lehar: The Merry Widow (A Concert Performance, broadcast on RTE Radio on Christmas Day 1983)
Joan Merrigan, Philip Byrne, Mary Sheridan de Bruin, Louis Browne
RTE Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Proinnsías Ó Duinn
3 and 4 December 1983, National Concert Hall
Christmas Concert, with Dublin County Choir
Joan Merrigan (soprano)
Dublin Concert Band
Conductors: Séamus Crimmins, Colin Block
4 February 1984, Monkstown Parish Church
Mozart: Mass in C minor
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Maighréad McCrann (violin)
Nicola Sharkey (soprano), Thérèse Feighan (mezzo-soprano)
David English (tenor), Roland Purcell (baritone)
Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
16 June 1984, Carysfort College Blackrock
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Fauré: Pavane
Sea Shanties
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Nicola Sharkey (soprano), Norman Williams (counter-tenor)
Roland Purcell (baritone)
Dublin Boy Singers, Musical Director: Frank Hughes
Roy Holmes, Clive Shannon (pianos)
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
23 October 1984, National Concert Hall (repeated April 1985)
Shaun Davey: The Pilgrim
Rita Connolly (vocalist), Liam Ó Floinn (uillean pipes)
Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir
RTE Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Proinnsías Ó Duinn
8 December 1984, Monkstown Parish Church
Christmas Concert
Mary Sheridan de Bruin (soprano), Austin Gaffney (baritone)
Dublin Boy Singers, Conductor: Frank Hughes
Stedfast Band, Conductor: Stanley Dyke
Alison Young (organ)
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
2 February 1985, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Lascia ch'io pianga; Care selve
Mozart: Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle
Handel: The King Shall Rejoice
Fauré: Requiem
Nicola Sharkey (soprano), Peter McBrien (baritone)
Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
23 November 1985, Monkstown Parish Church
Haydn: Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Little Organ Mass)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
Irene Sandford (soprano), Roland Purcell (baritone)
Una Hunt (piano)
Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
7 December 1985, Monkstown Parish Church
Christmas Concert
Mary Sheridan de Bruin (soprano), Liam Devally (compère)
Dublin College of Music Junior Choir
Stedfast Band
Alison Young (organ)
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
8 March 1986, St. Patrick's Church, Dalkey
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
Roland Purcell (baritone)
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
Various Dates through 1986, Various Dublin Churches
Haydn: Little Organ Mass
Mary Clarke/Thérèse Feighan (soprano)
Clive Shannon (organ)
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
24 May 1986, National Concert Hall
Bruckner: Missa Solemnis in B flat minor
Mozart: Requiem
Irene Sandford (soprano), Daphne Arlow (contralto)
Frank Dunne (tenor), Andrew Murphy (bass)
Testore Orchestra, leader: Audrey Park
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
7 December 1986, St. Michael's Church, Dun Laoghaire
Music for Christmas
Mary Sheridan de Bruin (soprano)
Capriol Consort
Clive Shannon (organ)
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
22 December 1986, National Concert Hall
Christmas is Coming
(in aid of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland)
Dublin Orchestra for Young Players
Conductors: Gareth Hudson, Séamus Crimmins, John Finucane
4 April 1987, Examination Hall, Trinity College
Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Virginia Kerr (soprano), Patricia Bardon (contralto)
Paul McCann (tenor), Conor Biggs (bass)
Roy Holmes, Clive Shannon (pianos), David Milne (harmonium)
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
29 April 1987, Masonic Hall, Molesworth Street
Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
as 4 April except Emmanuel Lawler (tenor) in place of Paul McCann
21 June 1987, St. Michael's Church, Dun Laoghaire
(at opening Mass for Dun Laoghaire Summer Festival)
Mozart: Missa in C K167
12 December 1987, Monkstown Parish Church
Music for Christmas
(including Gerald Finzi: In Terra Pax)
Dublin Boy Singers (conductor: Frank Hughes)
Mary Clarke (soprano), Nigel Williams (baritone)
Alison Young (organ)
Hibernian Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
25 February 1988, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire
A Little Light Music
(including Stanford: Songs of the Fleet)
Nora Ring (soprano), Jack O'Kelly (baritone)
Clive Shannon (piamo)
Bernadette Comerford (compère)
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
7 May 1988, Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E minor
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D
Cherubini: Requiem in C minor
William Dowdall (flute)
Chamber Orchestra, leader: Audrey Collins
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
11 February 1989, Monkstown Parish Church
200th Anniversary Celebration of Monkstowm Parish Church
(including Mozart: Vespers K 339)
Anne O'Byrne (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (alto)
Peter Kerr (tenor), Paul McNamara (bass)
Barbara McCaughey (compère)
David Milne (organ)
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
27 May 1989, Monkstown Parish Church
Mozart: Vespers K 339
Mozart: Mass in C minor
Nicola Sharkey (soprano), Thérèse Feighan (mezzo-soprano)
Emmanuel Lawler (tenor), Paul McNamara (bass)
Testore Orchestra, leader: Audrey Collins
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
10 December 1989, St. Michael's Church, Dun Laoghaire
The Glory of Christmas
(including Britten's St. Nicholas Cantata)
Peter Kerr (tenor) Cantairí Óga átha Cliath and members of the Dublin Boy Singers
Una Hunt, Roy Holmes (piano), Clive Shannon (organ)
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
26 May 1990, Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Thérèse Feighan (soprano), Patricia Bardon (contralto)
Paul McCann (tenor), Ciaran Rocks (bass)
Margaret O'Sullivan, Roy Holmes (pianos), Clive Shannon (harmonium)
Conductor: Séamus Crimmins
1 December 1990, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Anne O'Byrne (soprano), Colette McGahon (alto)
Paul Kelly (tenor), Paul McNamara (bass)
Orchestra, leader: Camilla Gunzl
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
11 May 1991, Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Handel: The King Shall Rejoice
Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Cara O'Sullivan (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (contralto)
Emmanuel Lawler (tenor), Paul McNamara (bass)
Matthew Manning (oboe)
Orchestra, leader: Camilla Gunzl
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
8 December 1991, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Anne-Marie Keaney (soprano), Buddug Verona James (alto)
Emmanuel Lawler (tenor), Paul McNamara (bass)
David Milne (organ)
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
29 February 1992, National Concert Hall
(Tenth Anniversary Concert)
Mozart: Requiem
Handel: The Anthem on the Peace
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major
Cara O'Sullivan (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (alto)
Niall Morris (tenor), Martin Higgins (bass)
Mary Collins (piano)
Irish Chamber Orchestra, leader: Fionnuala Hunt
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
14, 15 May 1992, Point Depot
(Trinity College 400th anniversary celebration, with other Dublin choirs)
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
Gerald Barry: Flamboys
Jo-Anne Pickens, Julie Kennard, Mary Hegarty (sopranos)
Bernadette Greevy, Catherine Denley (altos)
John Mitchinson (tenor), Jason Howard (baritone)
David Wilson-Johnson (bass)
National Symphony Orchestra, RTE Concert Orchestra
Chorus Master: Colin Mawby
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes
6 December 1992, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Lynda Lee (soprano), Sheila McCarthy (alto)
Paul Kelly (tenor), Paul McNamara (bass)
Apollo Chamber Orchestra, leader: Camilla Gunzl
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
27 February 1993, National Concert Hall
in association with The Phoenix Singers (Chorus Master: Peter McBrien)
Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
Tartini: Trumpet Concerto in D
Niall Morris (tenor), Nigel Leeson-Williams (bass-baritone)
Mark O'Keffe (trumpet)
Irish Chamber Orchestra, leader: Mary Gallagher
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
27 November 1993, Marian College, Ballsbridge
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Nicola Sharkey (soprano), Niall Morris (tenor), Nick Sears (baritone)
Tallaght Boys' Choir, Conductor: Geraldine McDonnell
Pianos: Linda Byrne, Clive Shannon
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
9 April 1994, National Concert Hall
(in support of Pain Awareness Support Team)
Mozart: Mass in C minor
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D (Prague)
Cara O'Sullivan (soprano), Lynda Lee (soprano)
Emmanuel Lawler (tenor), Paul McNamara (bass)
Irish Chamber Orchestra, leader: Fionnuala Hunt
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
11 June 1994, Christ Church Cathedral
A Summer Concert, including Vivaldi: Gloria
Cara O'Sullivan (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (alto)
Graham Hastings and Eoin Daly (trumpets)
Mark Duley (organ)
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
29 and 30 September 1994, Point Depot
Verdi: Aida (concert performance, with other Dublin choirs, recorded for Naxos)
National Symphony Orchestra, leader: Alan Smale
Conductor: Rico Saccani
11 December 1994, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Mary Clarke (soprano), Sheila McCarthy (alto)
Paul Kelly (tenor), Martin Higgins (bass)
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
8 April 1995, National Concert Hall
Brahms: German Requiem
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor (Unfinished)
Mary Callan Clarke (soprano), Philip O'Reilly (baritone)
Orchestra
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
25 November 1995, National Concert Hall
Barra Ó Tuama Opera Gala
9 December 1995, St. Michael's Church, Dun Laoghaire
Music for Christmas
(including John Rutter: Gloria, Part 1)
Dublin Concert Band, Conductor: Brian Daly
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
29 March 1996, Christ Church, Delgany
Fauré: Requiem
Eileen Bardin (soprano), Philip O'Reilly (bass)
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
2 May 1996, National Concert Hall
Barra Ó Tuama Opera Gala
José Cura (tenor), Virginia Kerr (soprano)
Piano: Christopher McManus
24 November 1996, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Una Tucker (soprano), Barbara O'Neill (alto)
James Nelson (tenor), Graham Dinnage (bass)
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
8 December 1996, Christ Church, Delgany
Handel: Messiah for All
as 24 November except Paul Kelly (tenor) instead of James Nelson
25 January 1997, National Concert Hall
Barra Ó Tuama Opera Gala
Roberto Aronica (tenor), Cara O'Sullivan (soprano)
Roberto Salvatori (baritone)
Piano: Christopher McManus
26 April 1997, National Concert Hall
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Mozart: Exultate Jubilate
Handel: Water Music (5 movements)
Handel: The King Shall Rejoice
Majella Cullagh (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (alto)
James Nelson (tenor), Philip O'Reilly (bass)
Orchestra, leader: Alan Smale
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
25 October 1997, Christ Church, Solihull, Birmingham
(with the Chandos Choir, Solihull)
John Rutter: Requiem
William Mathias: Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
Schubert: Mass in G
Catherine Mason (soprano)
Stephen Davis (tenor), Peter Scurlock (baritone)
Stephen Perrins (organ), Chandos Instrumental Ensemble
Conductor: Michael Savage
1 November 1997, St. Patrick's Cathedral
(with the Chandos Choir, Solihull)
John Rutter: Requiem
William Mathias: Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
Schubert: Mass in G
Sinéad Blanchfield (soprano)
James Nelson (tenor), Aran Maree (bass)
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
Conductor: David Carmody
14 March 1998, RDS
Barra Ó Tuama Opera Gala
José Cura (tenor)
National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Annissimov
16 May 1998, Glenstal Abbey, Co. Limerick
Duruflé: Requiem
Stanford: Justorum Animae
Cora Newman (mezzo-soprano), Philip O'Reilly (bass)
David Adams (organ)
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
6 December 1998, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Elizabeth Woods (soprano), Cora Newman (alto)
Anthony Norton (tenor), Sam McIlroy (bass)
David Milne (organ)
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
10 April 1999, National Concert Hall
Haydn: The Creation
Majella Cullagh (soprano)
Emmanuel Lawler (tenor), Philip O'Reilly (bass)
Orchestra, leader: Alan Smale
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
12 June 1999, Christ Church Cathedral
A Summer Concert, including Mozart: Vespers K339
(in aid of the restoration of St. John's Church, Sandymount)
Toni Walsh (soprano), Cora Newman (alto)
Emmanuel Lawler (tenor), Philip O'Reilly (bass)
David Adams (organ)
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
5 December 1999, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Toni Walsh (soprano), Margaret Killian (alto)
Paul McNamara (tenor), Philip O'Reilly (bass)
Orchestra
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
13 March 2000, National Concert Hall
Concert in aid of National Children's Hospital
including the Garda Band and Fiona Murphy (mezzo-soprano)
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
8 April 2000, Monkstown Parish Church
Mozart: Mass in C K317 (The Coronation Mass)
Dvorak: Mass in D Op.86
Michelle Sheridan (soprano), Anne Marie Gibbons (alto)
Robert Linehan (tenor), Roland Davitt (bass)
David Adams (organ)
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
7 June 2000, National Concert Hall
Freemasons of Ireland 275th Anniversary Concert
Virginia Kerr (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (alto)
Anthony Norton (tenor), Roland Davitt (bass)
Irish Sinfonia
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
21 June 2000, Gaiety Theatre
Gala Concert as part of Anna Livia Opera Festival
Jimmy Vaughan (piano)
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
14 September 2000, National Concert Hall
Soundbridge Concert in aid of the Irish Youth Foundation
(including extracts from Handel's Messiah)
Yokohama Chorus Group with the men of DLCS
Orchestra of Saint Cecilia
Conductor: Hirofumi Misawa
3 December 2000, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Margaret Collins (soprano), Niamh O'Hanlon (alto)
Eamonn Bonner (tenor), Eunan McDonald (bass)
Orchestra
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
10 December 2000, St. Michael's Church, Gorey
(in aid of St. Joseph's Day Care Centre, Gorey)
Handel: Choruses from Messiah
David Bremner (Organ)
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
5 May 2001, National Concert Hall
Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass
Bruckner: Mass in D minor
Elizabeth Woods (soprano), Victoria Massey (alto)
Niall Chorell (tenor), Philip O'Reilly (bass)
David Bremner (organ)
Irish Sinfonia
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
2 December 2001, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Toni Walsh (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (alto)
Robert Linehan (tenor), Philip O'Reilly (bass)
Orchestra
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
9 December 2001, St. Michael's Church, Gorey
(in aid of Gorey Gambia Youth Project)
Popular Choral Pieces and Choruses from Messiah
Tom Mansell (Keyboard)
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
25 May 2002, National Concert Hall
Haydn: The Seasons
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
Niall Chorell (tenor), Philip O'Reilly (bass)
Irish Sinfonia
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
17 November 2002, St. Mary's Church, Leixlip
John Rutter: Requiem
and some short choral pieces
Bronagh Byrne (soprano)
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
1 December 2002, Monkstown Parish Church
(with members of Tsukuba Philharmonic Choir, Japan)
Handel: Messiah for All
Daire Halpin (soprano), Niamh O'Hanlon (alto)
Robert Linehan (tenor), Brendan Weakliam (bass)
Orchestra
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
29 March 2003, National Concert Hall
Fauré: Requiem
Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Cara O'Sullivan (soprano), Anne Marie Gibbons (mezzo-soprano)
Emmanuel Lawler (tenor), Mark Beesley (bass)
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
David Brophy, Alison Thomas (pianos), Mark Duley (harmonium)
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
25 May 2003, St. Michael's Church, Dun Laoghaire
A Summer Concert
(including John Rutter: Requiem)
Sarah Power (soprano)
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
7 December 2003, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Sarah Power (soprano), Elizabeth Pink (alto)
Niall Chorell (tenor), John Dempsey (bass)
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
14 December 2003, National Concert Hall
Handel: Messiah for All
Daire Halpin (soprano), Niamh O'Hanlon (alto)
Robert Linehan (tenor), John Molloy (bass)
Orchestra of Saint Cecilia
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
27 March 2004, National Concert Hall
Brahms: Requiem
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor
OCarroll: Requiem Aeternam
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Virginia Kerr (soprano), Philip O'Reilly (bass)
Irish Sinfonia, leader: Clodagh Vedres
Conductor: Fergus O'Carroll
22 May 2004, St. Paul's Church, Glenageary
A Summer Concert
(including Haydn: Heiligmesse)
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
Ulysses Orchestra, leader: Kenneth Rice
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
12 December 2004, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Deirdre Moynihan (soprano), Tanya Sewell (alto)
Alan Leech (tenor), John Molloy (bass)
David Bremner (organ)
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
16 January 2005, Monkstown Parish Church
(A special concert in aid of S.E. Asia Disaster Relief)
Choruses from Handel's Messiah
David Leigh (organ)
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
12 March 2005, National Concert Hall
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass), Lynda Lee (soprano)
Colette McGahon (mezzo-soprano), Niall Chorell (tenor)
Irish Sinfonia, leader: Clodagh Vedres
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
28 May 2005, St. Paul's Church, Glenageary
Dvorak: Mass in D Op.86
Mozart: Veni Sancte Spiritus and De Profundis
Mendelssohn: Choruses from Elijah
John Dexter (organ)
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
11 December 2005, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Deirdre Moynihan (soprano), Tanya Sewell (alto)
Peter Kelly (tenor), John Molloy (bass)
David Leigh (organ)
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
11 March 2006, National Concert Hall
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Stanford: Songs of the Fleet
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Franzita Whelan (soprano), James Rutherford (bass-baritone)
Orchestra of St. Cecilia, leader: Bronagh Fitzgerald
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
21 May 2006, Monkstown Parish Church
A Summer Concert
(including Haydn: Little Organ Mass)
Kathleen Tynan (soprano)
Siobhan Kilkelly (organ)
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
2 December 2006, St. Mary's Church, Enniskerry
Handel: Messiah
Soloists, organist and conductor as on 3 December
3 December 2006, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Deirdre Moynihan (soprano), Tanya Sewell (alto)
Robert Linehan (tenor), Michael Parle (bass)
David Leigh (organ)
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
21 December 2006, National Concert Hall
Christmas Carol Singalong (promoted by Raymond Gubbay)
Rebecca Thornhill (vocalist), Martin King (compère)
Dublin Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Balcombe
3 March 2007, National Concert Hall
Haydn: The Creation
Kathleen Tynan (soprano), Paul Austin Kelly (tenor)
Philip O'Reilly (bass)
Irish Sinfonia, leader: Elaine Clark
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
26 May 2007, National Basketball Arena, Tallaght
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
(with RTE Philharmonic Choir, CÓr na nÓg, Tallaght Choral Society,
Our Lady's Choral Society, Guinness Choir, Lassus Scholars)
Franzita Whelan, Mairéad Buicke, Rebecca Ryan (sopranos)
Ann Murray, Jean Rigby (mezzo-sopranos)
Alan Woodrow (tenor), Ashley Holland (baritone)
Frode Olsen (bass)
National Symphony Orchestra
Choral Director: Mark Duley
Conductor: Gerhard Markson
2 December 2007, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Anna Devin (soprano), Máire Flavin (alto)
David Martin (tenor), Ciarán Judge (bass)
Orchestra of St. Cecilia
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
1 March 2008, National Concert Hall
Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Britten: Simple Symphony
Virginia Kerr (soprano), Colette McGahon (mezzo-soprano)
Stephen Rooke (tenor), Philip O'Reilly (bass)
Orchestra, leader: Kenneth Rice
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
18 May 2008, Monkstown Parish Church
A Summer Concert
Fauré: Requiem
Tippett: Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Anna Devin (soprano)
Jamie Rock (baritone)
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
Guest Choir: Friendship Community Choir, Athens, Georgia, USA
Conductor: Kevin Kelly
7 December 2008, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Róisín O'Grady (soprano), Cora Newman Riley (alto)
Dean Power (tenor), Ciarán Judge (bass)
Orchestra of St. Cecilia
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
21 March 2009, National Concert Hall
Handel: Samson
Cara O'Sullivan (soprano), Colette McGahon (mezzo-soprano)
Paul Austin Kelly (tenor), Philip O'Reilly (bass), Keel Watson (bass)
The Handel Anniversary Players, leader: Kenneth Rice
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
17 May 2009, Monkstown Parish Church
A Summer Concert
including Schubert: Mass in G
Róisín O'Grady (soprano), Dean Power (tenor), Ciarán Judge (bass)
Martin Johnson (cello)
Fergal Caulfield (piano)
Conductor: Andrew Synnott
6 December 2009, Monkstown Parish Church
Handel: Messiah for All
Gabriela Istoc (soprano), Victoria Massey (alto)
Peter O'Donohue (tenor), Christopher Cull (bass)
Fergal Caulfiled (organ)
Conductor: David Brophy
7 March 2010, The O2
Star Wars: In Concert
A multi-media event with orchestra and choir
10 April 2010, Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
A Choir at the Movies – choral music from the cinema
Fergal Caulfield (piano)
Conductor: David Brophy
21 May 2010, Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
Love is in the Air – an evening of love songs spanning four centuries
Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (soprano)
Fergal Caulfield (piano)
Conductor: David Brophy
22 November 2010, The O2, Dublin
An Evening with Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
Sabina Cvilak (Soprano)
Div4s
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society
Orchestra
Conductor: Marcello Rota
27 November 2010, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
A Romanian Journey
Davey Voices from the Merry Cemetery
Davey Vanturile, Valurile (O Winds and Waves)
Trad. (arr. Davey) Christmas Carols: The Joys of Mary, Carol of the Birds, Happy the Child, The Moon Shines Bright
Trad. A Romanian Christmas Carol
Davey The Winter's End
Davey Bealtaine na Maighdine
Davey The Deer's Cry
Davey Newfoundland from The Brendan Voyage
Davey Choral Finale
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Rita Connolly vocalist and Liam O'Flynn uilleann pipes/whistle
With additional guests Des Moore guitar, Noel Eccles solo percussion, David Leigh, organist/keyboards and Eóin Ó Beaglaioch, concertina/accordion
The Men's Choir of the Faculty of Theology from Sibiu
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society
David Brophy conductor
Supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute and the Romanian Embassy in Dublin
Introduction by the Romanian Ambassador, His Excellency Iulian Buga
5 December 2010, Monkstown Parish Church
Messiah For All
Edel Shannon (soprano)
Cora Newman Riley (alto)
Brian Gilligan (tenor)
Jeffrey Ledwidge (bass)
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
plus trumpets and timpani
Conductor: David Brophy
12 December 2010, St Patrick's Church, Greystones
Handel's Messiah
Clare Kavanagh (soprano)
Dara McMahon (alto)
Ross Scanlon (tenor)
Gerry Noonan (bass)
Fergal Caulfield (organ)
plus trumpets and timpani
Conductor: David Brophy