Eric Sweeney - A Celebration
Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford
Eric Sweeney - A Celebration
Christchurch Cathedral, Waterford, Saturday 28th October at 3.30pm. Free admission, retiring collection in aid of St Vincent De Paul.
Featuring Finghin Collins, David Adams, Ronan Guilfoyle, Greg Felton, Michael O'Toole, Elspeth Hayes, Eoin Power, Catherine Sweeney, Úna Connery, David Forde, Simon Harden, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, The Waterford Chamber Choir.
Presented by Evonne Ferguson - Director of the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland.
PROGRAMME
Eric Sweeney - The Bright Seraphim (1992)
David Adams (Organ)
Gráinne Mulvey - Eternity is Now (2008)
Elspeth Hayes (Mezzo)
Eric Sweeney - Three Irish Folk Tunes (2003) - allegro-largo-allegro -
Micheal O’Toole (Guitar)
Ronan Guilfoyle - Improvisation on “Duo” by Eric Sweeney (1991)
Ronan Guilfoyle (Bass), Greg Felton (Piano)
Eric Sweeney - Lament for Deirdre (1989) - text by Ulick O’Connor
Memorials (1993) - text by John Ennis
Waterford Chamber Choir, David Forde (Conductor)
Interval
Eric Sweeney - Songs of Love and Death (2019 - première)
I. Wilt thou be gone (from “Romeo and Juliet” – Shakespeare)
II.The Yew Tree / The Rock (anon.)
III. A Shepherd and his Nymph (Elizabethan pastoral – Nicholas Breton)
IV. After Death (Christina Rossetti)
V. Liebestod (from “Othello” – Shakespeare)
Elspeth Hayes (Mezzo), Eoin Power (Baritone), Catherine Sweeney (Flute), Úna Connery (Piano).
Eric Sweeney - The Secret Rose (2003)
David Adams (Organ)
Eric Sweeney - Evening at Hook Lighthouse (2015)
Finghin Collins (Piano)
Eric Sweeney - Kyrie from the Mass of St Patrick (2006)
Christ is the World’s Redeemer (1999)
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Waterford Chamber Choir, David Forde (Conductor), Simon Harden (Organ)
Eric Sweeney - Postlude from the Mass of St Patrick (2006)
Simon Harden (Organ)
Free Admission
Retiring collection in aid of Waterford St Vincent de Paul