St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls' Choir: International Women's Day Recital

8 March 2025 19:00

St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral

The St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls' Choir, conducted by Blanaid Murphy present a varied programme of music for upper voices by female composers including works by CMC Composer Rhona Clarke, Eibhlís Farrell and Anne-Marie O'Farrell. Featuring a recent work by CMC Scholar-in-Residence, composer and educator Laura Sheils.

The centre piece of the concert will be the premiere of a setting of Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis written for the Girls' Choir by Rhona Clarke.

These pieces are featured on the St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls' Choir recently released CD - Vox Feminina II - which will be available for purchase after the recital.

Programme

O Virtus Sapientiae – Hildegard von Bingen (Unknown)
Soloist: Clodagh Barrett

Ave Maria – Rebecca Clarke (1937)

Amhrán Naomh Bhríghid – Eibhlís Farrell (2014)
Soloist: Maria Motsonelidze

How Beautiful Are the Feet - Julia Perry (1951)

Give Us Grace – Jonanna L’Estrange (2018)

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis - Rhona Clarke (premiere performance)
Soloists: Maeve Mullvaney and Aoife Burke

Jubilate Deo – Laura Sheils (2024)

Praise the Lord of Love – Anne-Marie O’Farrell (2019)

Tickets

Free event, no booking needed.

Venue

St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral

Dublin 1
Ireland