Choir performances 2011 to 2015

DateVenueWorks performedConductorRemarks
16 April 2011National Concert Hall, Dublin* Together/Ensemble/Le Chéile(Moccio/Frew/LeFlamme/Villeneuve/Ingoldsby; arr. Block)
* Easter Hymn from Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni)
* Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré)
* When the saints go marching in (trad. arr. Rutter)
* Táladh Chríosta (trad. arr. Ingoldsby)
* Seventy-six Trombones (Stickles)
* The Lord bless you and keep you (Rutter)
* Latin Magnificat (Schütz)
‘Sleep well’ from St John Passion (Bach)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury arr. Block)
She moved through the fair (trad. arr. Dexter)
‘In sempiternam’ from Stabat Mater (Rossini)
* asterisked items performed jointly with Choeur Polyphonique		Colin Block, Jean-Eudes BeaulieuJoint presentation of Dublin County Choir and le Choeur Polyphonique de Lévis (Québec)
1 April 2012National Concert Hall, DublinDvořák: RequiemColin BlockPerformance in memoriam Václav Havel (1936—2011).
Orchestra of St Cecilia; Sylvia O’Brien (soprano); Edel O’Brien (contralto); Eamonn Mulhall (tenor); Philip O’Reilly (bass)
December 2012National Concert Hall, DublinChristmas Family GalaJohn DexterPresenter: Niamh Murray (soprano)
Incl. RIAM Symphonic Wind Ensemble;
Billie Barry Stage School; Wesley College Choir; WIT Choir; Celine Kelly (piano); David Grealy (organ)
8 May 2013National Concert Hall, DublinGabrieli: In ecclesiis
Ingoldsby: Magnificat (Mórann m’anam an Tiarna)
Chilcott: Little Jazz Mass
McAuliffe: Gloria
Gabrieli: O magnum mysterium
Gabrieli: Gloria
Rutter: Gloria
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb		Colin BlockWith Earlsfort Brass Ensemble.
Soloists Kay Lynch (soprano), Mark Chambers (countertenor), Jacek Wislocki (tenor), Jeffrey Ledwidge (bass).
John Dexter (organ), Celine Kelly (piano)
8 December 2013National Concert Hall, DublinChristmas Family Gala
(matinée and evening performances)		John DexterPresenter: Niamh Murray (soprano)
Incl. RIAM Concert Band;
Choir of St Brigid’s NS, Castleknock; Billie Barry Stage School; 4-in-a-bar barbershop quartet; Notre Dame junior school choir
11 May 2014National Concert Hall, DublinMagic Moments: songs of Burt Bacharach and the Beatles
Incl. Bacharach: Magic Moments; Anyone who had a heart; I say a little prayer; Close to you; I’ll never fall in love; What the world needs now; Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head; Alfie; Wishin’ and hopin’; Lost horizon; Arthur’s theme; That’s what friends are for
Beatles: Blackbird; When I’m 64; If I fell; Penny Lane; Here, there and everywhere; and medley.		Colin BlockBand led by Philip Myatt (bass guitar) with Keith Donald (lead singer)
7 December 2014National Concert Hall, DublinChristmas Family Gala 
(matinée and evening performances)		John DexterPresenter: Niamh Murray (soprano)
Incl. RIAM Concert Band;
Sandford Park School Choir; Billie Barry Stage School; 4-in-a-bar barbershop quartet
 
16 & 17 May 2015Christ Church Cathedral, DublinHaydn: Maria Theresa mass
Jenkins: The Peacemakers		Colin BlockSoloists: Róisín O’Grady (soprano), Clíona McDonough (contralto), Stuart Kinsella (tenor), Jeffrey Ledwidge (bass). Dublin Sinfonietta (leader Elaine Clark)
December 2015National Concert Hall, DublinChristmas Family GalaJohn DexterPresenter: Niamh Murray (soprano)
Incl. RIAM Concert Band;
Billie Barry Stage School; 
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