International Competition

SATURDAY 26TH OCTOBER ST. COLUMB’S HALL, 7.30PM - 10.30PM

Presented by Stephen McCauley

The International Competition will undoubtedly be the highlight of the City of Derry International Choral Festival, featuring seven competitors from Belarus, England, Ireland and Italy who will compete for a prestigious bespoke trophy, designed by international artist Maurice Harron.

PROGRAMME

OPEN ARTS CHOIR, NORTHERN IRELAND

1. Nil sé ina Lá - Traditional, arr. B. Whyte & U. McCann 2. Esti Dal - Zoltán Kodåly 3. Il est Bel et Bon - Pierre Passerau 4. The Blue Bird - C. V. Stanford 5. Short People - Randy Newman, arr. S. Carrington

AD SOLEM, ENGLAND

1. The Silver Swan - Orlando Gibbons 2. The Dove Descending - Igor Stravinsky 3. Behold, O God Our Defender - David Bednall 4. I Sat Down Under His Shadow - Edward Bairstow

POLIFONICA, BELARUS

1. Easter Canon - N. Diletsky 2. Large Field with Ripe Rye was Talking - Belarussian Folk Song, arr. L. Zakhlevny 3. Words - Andres Edenroth

COIS CLADAIGH, IRELAND

1. Beannacht - Eamon Murray 2. O Vos Omnes - Jacquet of Mantua 3. Kiitkem Südamest Mariat - Urmas Sisask 4. Seachtain - Micheal O’Súilleabhán 5. Hodie Christus Natus Est - Alessandro Bassano

INTERVAL

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VOCI NUOVE, IRELAND

1. Bogoroditse Djevo - Arvo Pärt 2. Si Ch’Io Vorrei Morire - Claudio Monteverdi 3. The Wishing Tree - Joby Talbot 4. Molaimus go léir an tAon-Mhac Críost - Ben Hanlon

NEW DUBLIN VOICES, IRELAND

1. O Dolcezze Amarissime - Schütz 2. Regina Caeli - Rhona Clarke 3. Stetit Angelus - Rihards Dubra 4. Psalm 96: Sing - Merrill Bradshaw

RUDA POLIFONICO, ITALY

1. De Maria Virgine 1. Totus Tuus - Ambrož Čopi 2. Imitatione del Veneziano - Orazio Vecchi 3. Preghiera - Gioachino Rossini 4. Die Nacht - Franz Schubert

GOSPEL SINGERS INCOGNITO, ENGLAND (NON-COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE)

1. Total Praise - Richard Smallwood 2. Greatest Day - Take That, arr. Y. M. Sinclair, N. Davis, G. Windrass, M. Brooks 3. Bless the Lord - Matt Redman, arr. Nichola Davis 4. This Little Light of Mine - Anon.

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