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The list of performances below is not exhaustive, but gives a flavour of the repertoire the choir has performed down through the years.
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2012 |
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Christmas Concert - "Candlelight" |
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Dec 15th |
Galway Cathedral |
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ConTempo 10th Anniversary Concert Tour |
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Oct 26th |
St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway |
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W.A. Mozart |
Te Deum |
K 141 |
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Clifden Arts Week Performance |
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Sept 29th |
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Volvo Ocean Race Performance |
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Jul 1st |
Volvo Festival Stage, Galway |
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Summer Concert with Sunus |
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Jun 28th |
St. Mary's Dominican Church, The Claddagh |
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Ultimate Choral Classics
with the RTE Concert Orchestra, Richard Balcombe conducting |
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Mar 22nd |
NCH, Dublin |
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G. F. Handel |
Zadok the Priest |
HWV 258 |
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2011 |
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Messiah
with the Irish Philharmonic Orchestra, David Brophy conducting |
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Dec 4th, 11th |
Grand Canal Theatre, Dublin |
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G. F. Handel |
Messiah |
HWV 56 |
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A Gilbert & Sullivan Extravaganza
with the RTE Concert Orchestra, John Wilson conducting |
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October 22nd |
Leisureland, Galway |
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October 23rd |
NCH, Dublin |
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Gilbert & Sullivan |
Excerpts from:
Ruddigore, HMS Pinafore, The Gondoliers and The Pirates of Penzance |
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Gilbert & Sullivan |
Trial By Jury |
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Summer Concert |
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May 28th |
St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway |
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The Armed Man
with the RTE Concert Orchestra, Karl Jenkins conducting |
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April 28th |
Leisureland, Galway |
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Karl Jenkins |
The Armed Man |
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Karl Jenkins |
Te Deum |
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Karl Jenkins |
Palladio |
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2010 |
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Annual Concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra |
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June 10th |
Leisureland, Galway |
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June 11th |
National Concert Hall, Dublin |
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Giacomo Puccini |
Messa a Quatri Voci ("Messa di Gloria") in A |
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Maurice Durufle |
Requiem |
Op. 9 |
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2009 |
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Christmas Concert - "I Heard A Voice From Heaven" |
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Dec 12th, 13th |
Franciscan Abbey, Galway |
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Programme t.b.c. |
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National Choral Singing Day Concert in aid of Galway Mental Health Association |
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Oct 9th |
St. Nicholas Collegiate Church, Galway |
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Live TV Broadcast with the RTE Concert Orchestra, David Brophy conductor |
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Sept 13th |
Mount Argus Church, Dublin |
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Joseph Haydn |
Missa in Tempore Belli
("Mass in time of war", "Paukenmesse") |
H. 22/9 |
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Annual Concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra |
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June 11th |
Leisureland, Galway Review (Galway Advertiser)
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June 12th |
National Concert Hall, Dublin |
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Joseph Haydn |
Te Deum in C Major
("fur die Kaiserin Marie Therese") |
H. 23c:2 |
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Joseph Haydn |
Missa in Tempore Belli
("Mass in time of war", "Paukenmesse") |
H. 22/9 |
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Karl Jenkins |
The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace
Programme Notes
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2008 | | | | | | | | | Dec 13th | Christmas Concert - "Thou Shalt Know Him When He Comes" | | | Galway Cathedral
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2007 | | | | Dec. 15th | Christmas Concert - "From Song To Silence" | | | Galway Cathedral | | Morten Lauridsen | O Magnum Mysterium | | | Franz Biebl | Ave Maria | | | Javier Busto | Ave Maria (SSAA) | | | | | | | | Annual Concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra | May 3rd | National Concert Hall, Dublin | May 4th | Leisureland, Galway | | W. A. Mozart | Vespers Solemnes de Confessore | K 339 | | W. A. Mozart | Regina Coeli in B-flat | K 127 | | G. F. Handel | The King Shall Rejoice | HWV 188 | | G. F. Handel | Laudate Pueri Dominum in D-major | HWV 237 |
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2006 | | | | July 23rd | Galway Arts Festival with the ConTempo Quartet | | The Augustinian Church, Galway | | W. A. Mozart | Te Deum | K 141 | | W. A. Mozart | Regina Coeli in C-major | K 276 | | | | | | July 13th
| Galway Cathedral Recitals Series | | | | | | June 11th
| Dun Laoghaire Organ Concerts Series
| | | | | | | Annual Concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra | June 1st | National Concert Hall, Dublin | June 2nd | Leisureland, Galway | | W. A. Mozart | Venite Populi | K 260 | | W. A. Mozart | Vesperae de Dominica | K 321 | | Carl Orff | Carmina Burana | |
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2005 | | | | Nov 29th | Christmas Concert with the ConTempo Quartet | | Pergolesi | Magnificat | | | | | | June 25th | Cork Midsummer Festival | | St. Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork | | As part of Cork's celebrations on being designated European City of Culture, 2005, the choir was invited to give the closing performance of the Midsummer Festival, as representatives of Galway, one of the cities who had also sought the designation. | | | | | | Annual Concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra | June 1st | National Concert Hall, Dublin | May 29th | Leisureland, Galway | | J. S. Bach | Magnificat in D-major | BWV 243 | | John Rutter | Requiem | |
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2004 | | | | | | Christmas Concert |
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| Nov 28th
| Galway Cathedral |
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| | | Gabriel Fauré | Requiem | Op. 48 | | | C.V. Stanford | Magnificat | | | | | | | | Annual Concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra | Jan 29th | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Jan 30th | Leisureland, Galway | | G.F.Handel | Israel in Egypt | HWV 54 |
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2003 | | | | | | | | | June 20th | Honorary Conferring of Dr. Nelson Mandela | | National University of Ireland, Galway |
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2002 | | | | | Annual Concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra | Nov | National Concert Hall, Dublin | | | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs
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| Missa Solemnis (Great Mass) in C-minor | K 427
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2001 | | | | Dec. 8th | "Messiah For All" | | | National Concert Hall, Dublin | | Audrey Corbett, conductor | | | | | | | | Annual Concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra | Dec 1st | Leisureland, Galway | Nov 30th | National Concert Hall, Dublin | | Ludwig van Beethoven | Mass in C | Op. 86 | | Ludwig van Beethoven | Choral Fantasy | Op. 80 | | | | | | Concert with Our Lady's Choral Society. Tallaght | Jan 27th | Leisureland, Galway | | Verdi | Requiem |
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2000 | | | | | Annual Concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra | Oct 27th | National Concert Hall, Dublin | | Claude Debussy | L'Enfant Prodigue | L 57
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1999 | | | | | | Christmas Concert - "Celebrating the Threshold"
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| Mass No. 2 in E-minor
| WAB 27
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| Requiem in D-minor
| K. 626
| | | | | | July | Choir of the World Competition | | | Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, Llangollen, Wales | | | | | | | | | | |
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1998 | | | | | G. F. Handel | Messiah | HWV 56 | | | | | | | | Opera Gala with Barra O Tuama
| Nov 15th
| Leisureland, Galway
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1997 | | | | | G. F. Handel | Messiah | HWV 56 | | | | | | | | Opera Gala with Barra O Tuama
| Nov 15th
| Leisureland, Galway
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1996 | | | | Nov 6th
| Gala Concert to Celebrate Athlone IT's 25th Anniversary | | | | (with RTE CO and Mary Hegarty) | | | | | | | | | | | | Gabriel Fauré | Requiem | Op. 48 | | Francis Poulenc | Gloria | FP 177 | | | | | | | | "A Night At The Opera"
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| The Town Hall Theatre, Galway
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1995 | | | | | John Rutter | Magnificat |
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1994 | | | | | Joseph Haydn | Missa Cellensis
("Cäcilienmesse", "St. Cecilia's Mass") | H. 22/5 | | Maurice Duruflé | Requiem | Op. 9 |
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1993 | | | | | | Christmas Festival Concert, Athlone
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| Requiem
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1992 | | | | | G. F. Handel | Messiah | HWV 56 | | Ludwig van Beethoven | Missa Solemnis in D Major | Op. 123 | | | | | | | | Thalassa - Songs Of The Western Sea (Premiere) | | March 17th
| Leisureland, Galway
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1991 | | | | | W. A. Mozart | Requiem Mass in D Minor | K. 626 |
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1990 | | | | | Joseph Haydn | Missa in Augustiis ("Nelson Mass") | H. 22/11 | | W. A. Mozart | Vespers Solemnes de Confessore | K 339 |
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1989 | | | | Nov 1st
| "A Galway Christmas" | | | | Galway Cathedral
| | | | The recording was broadcast by RTE in December 1989, and is available on the DVD "An Irish Christmas". | | | | | | | | | Annual Concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra | | Oct 20th | National Concert Hall, Dublin | | | Joseph Haydn | Die Schöpfung ("The Creation") | H. 21/2 | | Giuseppe Verdi | Requiem | |
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1988 | | | | | Carl Maria von Weber | Missa Sancta No. 1 in E Flat | J224 |
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1987 | | | | | G. F. Handel | Messiah | HWV 56 |
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1986 | | | | | J. S. Bach | Cantata No. 129
"Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott" | BWV 129 | | Antonio Vivaldi | Gloria | RV 589 | | J. S. Bach | Magnificat | BWV 243 |
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1985 | | | | | Ludwig van Beethoven | Mass in C Major | Op. 86 | | Joseph Haydn | Theresienmesse | H. 22/12 | | Joseph Haydn | Harmoniemesse | H. 22/14 | | W.A.Mozart | Requiem Mass in D Minor | K. 626 | | | | | | | | The Music of Shaun Davey | |
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1984 | | | | | G. F. Handel | Messiah | HWV 56 |
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1983 | | | | | G. F. Handel | Messiah | HWV 56 |
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