Chamber Choir Ireland at soundfestival 2023


King's College Chapel, Aberdeen

27 October 2023 6:00pm


Programme

Thomas Tallis (England, 1505-1585)Lamentations of Jeremiah I
David Fennessy (Ireland, b. 1976)Letter to Michael
Rhona Clarke (Ireland, b. 1958)Requiem
Cassandra Miller (Canada, b. 1976)The City, Full of People

Performers

Chamber Choir Ireland
Paul HillierConductor

Each year, soundfestival showcases the variety of innovative music being created today, from classical to jazz, electroacoustic, and sound art.

This October, Chamber Choir Ireland will set a meditative scene with Tallis' Lamentations, before performing some of the best contemporary choral music by Irish composers and commissioners in recent years.

David Fennessy's Letter to Michael reads the unsent letters of a desperate woman. Rhona Clarke's Requiem omits judgement, embracing perpetual light. Cassandra Miller's The City, Full of People, inspired by the opening Lamentations, closes the concert in a ‘cacophony of private secrets’.