Welcome Throughout the last few years, we have been heartened by the audience reaction to Chamber Choir Ireland’s programming – encapsulating everything from early music to brand new commissions. Our 2020 year will see an increased number of performances including extended national touring in the latter part of the year, five newly commissioned works by both Irish and international composers, more collaborations with our fellow Irish performing groups and Festivals, more guest directors, and the beginning of a new series entitled Masters of the Baroque following on from our hugely successful Before Bach and After series in 2018/2019. But, to the first half of 2020. We begin in January with three titans of contemporary music: Arvo Pärt | David Lang | Louis Andriessen including Pärt’s deeply moving setting of the incantation attributed to St. Patrick, The Deer’s Cry in Carlingford and Dublin. We return to New Music Dublin in March and welcome back to Dublin Guest Director, Nils Schweckendiek (Finland) in a programme which will include two new commissions by young prize-winning composers: Aftab Darvishi (Iran) and Jug Marković (Serbia). We are delighted to partner with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra for their Good Friday performance in April of Bach’s St John Passion under the direction of David Hill (UK), and return for our annual residency at Cork International Choral Festival in May which will include a newly commissioned work by Irish composer, Amanda Feery. To close out the first half of the year, we begin our exploration of Masters of the Baroque with works by Schütz and Monteverdi in Wexford and Dublin.
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