Date | Venue | Works performed | Conductor | Remarks |
17 March 2001 | Kostel Svatého Salvátora (Church of the Holy Saviour), Prague | Aifreann (Ó Riada) Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré) Ave Verum (Mozart) Hail Glorious Saint Patrick | Brian Ingoldsby | |
April 2001 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Dvořák: Stabat Mater; Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor | Colin Block | 25th anniversary concert |
22 & 23 December 2002 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | A Christmas Festival | Colin Block | Presented by Niamh Murray (soprano) |
12 April 2003 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Masterworks and more Including: Rejoice in the Lamb (Britten) Ó féachaigí fíor-chorp an Chríost (Ingoldsby: 1st performance) Five Negro spirituals from A child of our time (Tippett) In the mood (Garland) Chichester Psalms (Bernstein) Ave Maria (Mendelssohn) The Pink Panther (Mancini) Porgy and Bess medley (Gershwin) | Colin Block | With John Dexter (organ) and Celine Kelly (piano). Other performers: Niamh Murray, Yvonne Woods (sopranos), Paul Kelly (tenor), Philip O’Reilly (bass) |
2003 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Excerpts from operettas incl. ‘Heia’ (Kalman, The Gipsy Princess), ‘The girl with the brogue’ (Monckton, The Arcadians), ‘Bachelor Gay’ (Simpson, Maid of the Mountains), Act 2 finale from La Belle Hélène (Offenbach), The Blue Danube (Strauss), Medley from Les Misérables (Boublil) | Aidan Faughey | Show promoted by Jim Molloy |
18 October 2003 | Mahony Hall, The Helix, DCU campus, Dublin | Rutter: Requiem Carl Jenkins: The Armed Man: a mass for peace | Colin Block | Irish première of the Jenkins. Orchestra of St Cecilia (leader: Mary Gallagher). Rutter: Sylvia O’Brien (soprano), Celine Kelly (organ). Jenkins: Joanna Higgins (soprano), Clíona McDonough (contralto), Jeffrey Ledwidge (bass) |
15 May 2004 | Mahony Hall, The Helix, DCU campus, Dublin | Dvořák: Stabat Mater; Walton: Belshazzar’s feast | Colin Block | A co-production with the Culwick Choral Society. Soloists: Sylvia O’Brien (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (contralto), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Ian Caddy (bass). Orchestra of St Cecilia (leader: Mary Gallagher) |