Things That Never Die
Date: Sunday 1st May 2022
Time: 11.30am
Venue: Main Stage, National Concert Hall
Tickets €6
Cór na nÓg
Cór Linn
Carole O'Connor, piano
Nicky Bailey, percussion
Mary Amond O'Brien, director
Bob Chilcott Green Songs:
Be Cool
Keep It Good
Nozone
Peter Leavy Four Seasonal Songs: [NMD commission, World Premiere]
Spring is The Time
Trick or Treat
Sing Unto The Green Holly
In Summer
Traditional Irish / arr. David Hayes Beidh Aonach Amárach
Ferdia Ó Cairbre / Charles Dickens Things That Never Die [World Premiere]
Esther Ayomide Adanikin / arr. Ferdia Ó Cairbre Hope Filled Change [World Premiere]
Now settled in their new NCH home, the choirs will perform an uplifting, eclectic mix of repertoire including six world premieres - a set of four pieces by Peter Leavy and two by Cór Linn members Esther Adanikin and Ferdia Ó Cairbre. Accompanist Carole O’Connor with Nicky Bailey on percussion will add to the mix, and the performance will be directed, with her usual enthusiasm, by Mary Amond O’Brien.
The Choirs’ last NMD performance in March 2020 was highly praised, and this concert promises to be a further celebration of youthful music-making!
“Right from the beginning, this concert had a magical quality and turned out to be one of the unexpected highlights of the festival “ - Adrian Smith, Journalofmusic.com