Date | Venue | Works performed | Conductor | Remarks |
14 March 1981 | Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin | Carmina Burana (Orff: version for piano and percussion accompaniment) Programme also included other works such as: Windmills of your mind Love is Blue Seiber: Yugoslav Folk Songs Bruckner: Locus iste | Colin Block | Choir’s first major concert. Soloists: Padraig O’Rourke (baritone), Cindy Byrne (soprano), Peter Kerr (tenor); Linda Byrne and Clive Shannon (pianos), Choristers of St Bartholomew’s Church (choirmaster David Milne) |
April 1981 | Arklow Music Festival | Colin Block | Competition winners | |
8 November 1981 | Navan Choral Festival | Brahms: ‘Der Todt ist verschlungen’ from Ein deutsches Requiem | Colin Block | |
1 December 1981 | St Michael’s Church, Dún Laoghaire | Sacred music with organ accompaniment; Works by Parry, Britten, Brahms, Mozart, Victoria, Berlioz. | Colin Block | Organist: David Milne; soloist: Frank Patterson (tenor) |
April 1982 | Isle of Man Choral Festival | Incl. ‘In Summertime on Bredon’ | Colin Block | First non-Manx winners of the Transvaal Shield |
13 November 1982 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Beethoven: Mass in C Kinsella: Jubilate Deo (first performance) | Colin Block | Choir’s first performance with professional orchestra and soloists. Kinsella work commissioned by Choir |
26 March 1983 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Orff: Carmina Burana; Victoria: O magnum mysterium; Mozart: Ave verum K.618 | Colin Block | |
April 1983 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Gilbert and Sullivan festival Including excerpts from The Pirates of Penzance and Princess Ida | Proinsias Ó Duinn | RTÉ Concert Orchestra; concert promoted by RTÉ |
28 October 1983 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Trad. arr Sargent: Little David play on your harp; trad. arr. Rowley: The lark in the clear air; Wagner: Pilgrims’ chorus from Tannhäuser; Strauss: Nuns’ chorus from Casanova; Seiber: See the bold hussars; Sullivan: excerpts from The pirates of Penzance | Kenneth Alwyn | BBC/RTÉ co-production “Friday night is Music Night” (live broadcast) |
19 November 1983 | St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin | Britten: St Nicolas; Berlioz: Epilogue from L’enfance du Christ | Colin Block | St Patrick’s Cathedral choristers (choirmaster John Dexter); Peter Kerr (tenor) |
3 & 4 December 1983 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | a wide selection of Christmas and festive numbers, incl. Silent Night (arr. Block), Let the Bells Ring | Colin Block | Christmas Festival promoted by Des Maccabee |
28 May 1984 | Liberty Hall, Dublin | Colin Block | ITGWU 75th anniversary concert | |
21 September 1984 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Beethoven: Mass in C op. 86 | Colman Pearce | RTÉ promotion, with RTÉ Symphony Orchestra and soloists |
20 April 1985 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | ‘Vienna Gold & Silver’: Lehár: The Count of Luxembourg, The Gipsy Baron, The Merry Widow (all excerpts) and Gold and Silver Waltz; Strauss: Die Fledermaus (excerpts); Kalman: The Gipsy Princess (excerpt); Zeller: The Bird Seller (excerpt) | Proinsias Ó Duinn | RTÉ promotion, with RTÉ Concert Orchestra and soloists |
27 September 1985 | National concert Hall, Dublin | Orff: Carmina Burana | Albert Rosen | RTÉ promotion. RTÉ Symphony Orchestra; Sheila Armstrong (soprano), James Bowman (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass); Dublin Boy Singers (director Frank Hughes) |