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Pipeworks Festival Programme - 20-29 June 2008
 Friday 20 June 2008 |
The festival opens right in the heart of Dublin in the city’s oldest cathedral, with two events that establish the themes running through the entire programme. At 6.30 pm Ireland’s premiere choral ensemble, the National Chamber Choir, performs Messiaen’s Cinq Rechants under the direction of Catherine Simonpietri, interspersed with organ improvisations by British virtuoso David Briggs.
A reception for Pipeworks Friends in the cathedral crypt follows, during which the nave of the cathedral is transformed into a cinema for the 9 pm free screening of the 1939 silent movie classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame as David Briggs improvises the soundtrack on the cathedral organ.
Festival Fanfare, 6.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
National Chamber Choir
Catherine Simonpietri, conductor
David Briggs, organ
| Cinq Rechants, with organ improvisations by David Briggs | Olivier Messiaen (1908–92) |
Tickets: €15 / €10 (concession) |
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Festival Fanfare, 9 pm, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Silent film The Hunchback of Notre Dame Free entry. |
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| Saturday 21 June 2008 |
Pipeworks in Kilkenny, 8 pm, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
Pipeworks joins in the festivities surrounding the opening of the newly rebuilt Bevington organ in Kilkenny’s stunning medieval cathedral. An afternoon programme of events, including a talk by Prof. Gerard Gillen and Evensong sung by the cathedral choir, concludes with a recital by celebrated American virtuoso and Pipeworks jury member David Higgs. A celebratory tone is set by works ranging from the profound to the profane: Bach, Kittel, Pärt, Bolcom, Conte, Lefebure-Wely, Karg-Elert and concluding with Liszt’s dazzling Prelude and Fugue on BACH. Special travel arrangements by rail are available for Pipeworks friends and sponsors.
David Higgs, organ
Programme
| Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) |
Fantasia and Fugue in g, BWV 542 |
| Johann Christian Kittel (1732–1809) | Two Preludes: |
| Arvo Pärt (b.1935) | Annum Per Annum 1. Prelude 2. Kyrie 3. Gloria 4. Credo 5. Sanctus 6. Agnus Dei 7. Postlude |
| David Conte (b.1955) | Soliloquy |
| William Bolcom (b.1938) | Free Fantasia on ‘O Zion Haste’ and ‘How Firm a Foundation’ |
| Louis-James-Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817–69) |
Bolero de Concert |
| Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877–1933) | Harmonies du Soir, Op. 72, No.1 |
| Franz Liszt (1811–86) | Prelude and Fugue on B.A.C.H. |
in association with Music in Kilkenny
Tickets: €20 / €15 (concession)
Booking 056 776 1497 through Music in Kilkenny
| Sunday 22 June 2008 |
The Three Choirs Evensong, 3.15 pm, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
Dublin’s three cathedral choirs sing Evensong in St Patrick’s Cathedral at 3.15 pm, with orchestral accompaniment provided by the Dublin Baroque Players under the direction by Peter Barley, Judy Martin and Blanaid Murphy.
Dublin Baroque Players
St Patrick’s Cathedral Choir
Peter Barley, organist and master of the choristers
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Judy Martin, director
Palestrina Choir, St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral
Blanaid Murphy, director
Programme
| Canticles: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924) |
Evening Service in A, |
| Anthem: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) |
O clap your hands |
| Anthem: Edward Elgar (1857–1934) |
Give unto the Lord |
Free admission
Pipeworks in Dun Laoghaire, 8 pm, St Michael’s Church, Dun Laoghaire
German organist and Pipeworks juror Margareta Hürholz plays works by Mozart, Messiaen, Bach and Alain on the renowned Rieger organ.
Margareta Hürholz, organ
Programme
| W.A. Mozart (1756–91) |
Sonate in C KV 278 for organ solo edited by Zsigmond Szathmáry |
| Olivier Messiaen (1908–92) | Desseins éternels from La Nativité du Seigneur |
| J.S. Bach (1685–1750) | Ricercare a 6 BWV 1079 from The Musical Offering |
| Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654 |
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| Fuga in Eb BWV 522 |
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| Olivier Messiaen | Chants d’Oiseaux from Livre d’Orgue |
| Jehan Alain (1911–40) | Postlude pour l'Office de Complies |
| Olivier Messiaen | Offrande et Alléluia from Le Livre du Saint Sacrement |
In association with Dun Laoghaire Summer Organ Concerts Tickets: €12 / €8 (concession) |
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| Monday 23 June 2008 |
Attracting the finest young organists from around the globe, the competition is at the heart of every Pipeworks festival and features sixteen carefully selected players from Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA and Ireland. The quarter-finals start off on Monday 23 June 2008.
Dublin International Organ Competition - Quarterfinals,
starting 9.25 am and 2 pm, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Free entry.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen, the most significant composer of twentieth century organ music, Pipeworks presents his entire corpus of works, played by Dublin-based virtuosi David Leigh and Tristan Russcher. The Messiaen Centenary Celebration kicks off today at 1.15 pm in Dublin's Pro-Cathedral.
Messiaen Centenary Celebration, 1.15 pm, St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Dublin
Tristan Russcher: La Nativité
Tickets:€10 / €8 (concession)
Booking through Central Ticket Bureau on www.ctb.ie or phone 0818 205 205
Carlo Curley, 8 pm, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
Flamboyant and entertaining American organist Carlo Curley makes a return visit to Dublin to perform on the mighty Willis organ of St Patrick’s. Screens will enable the audience to see the performer in action at the console.
Tickets: €22 / €15 (concession)
Booking through St Patrick’s Cathedral website www.stpatrickscathedral.ie or phone (01) 453 9472
| Tuesday 24 June 2008 |
Dublin International Organ Competition - Quarterfinals, starting 9.25 am and 2 pm, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Free admission
Pulling out all the stops, 10.30 am, St Bartholomew’s Church Clyde Rd, Dublin
Carlo Curley introduces primary schoolchildren to the magical mystery of the organ.
Free admission
Reserve a place by calling (01) 417 0000
in association with National Concert Hall Learn and Explore programme
Messiaen Centenary Celebration, 1.15 pm, St Teresa’s Church, Clarendon
Street, Dublin
David Leigh: Messe de la Pentecôte
Tickets:€10 / €8 (concession)
Booking through Central Ticket Bureau on www.ctb.ie or phone 0818 205 205
Pipeworks and Poland, 6 pm, St Audeon's Church, Dublin
Pipeworks and the Polish congregation of St Audoen’s Church, High Street, are delighted to welcome to Ireland the award-winning Academic Choir of the Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice. The choir will sing at Mass in St Audoen’s on Sunday 22 June at 6 pm, and present a concert including music from the Polish folk tradition in the same church on Tuesday 24 June at 6 pm.
Academic Choir of the Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice
Tomasz Giedwiłło, conductor
Gaude Mater Polonia |
Old Polish hymn |
Psalm 11 Panu ja ufam |
Mikolaj Gomolka |
Psalm 24 Niescie chwale mocarze |
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Juz sie zmierzka |
Waclaw z Szamotul |
Omni die dic Marie |
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki |
Unser Vater |
Gotfried August Homilus |
Chwali dusze |
Romuald Twardowski |
Tebe pojem |
Stean St. Mokranjac |
Bogoroditse Djevo |
Arvo Part |
Bogoroditse Djevo |
Siergiej Rachmaninow |
Modlitwa do Bogarodzicy |
Jozef Swider |
Domine miserere |
Rudi Tas |
Pater noster |
Norbert Blacha |
Regina coeli |
Romuald Twardowski |
Krakowiak |
Stanislaw Kazuro |
Prsi prsi |
Miroslav Hronek |
Vjeniki |
Fiodor Rubcov |
Kolysanka |
Jan Maklakiewicz |
Na glinianym wazoniku |
Stanislaw Wiechowicz |
Tickets: €15 / €10 (concession)
Booking through Central Ticket Bureau on www.ctb.ie or phone 0818 205 205
Messiaen Centenary Celebration, 9 pm, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
Tristan Russcher: Meditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité
Tickets: €15 / €10 (concession)
Booking through Central Ticket Bureau on www.ctb.ie or phone 0818 205 205
| Wednesday 25 June 2008 |
Messiaen Centenary Celebration, 1.15 pm, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dundalk
David Leigh & Tristan Russcher: L'Ascension
Tickets: €10 / €8 (concession)
Booking through Central Ticket Bureau on www.ctb.ie or phone 0818 205 205
Masterclass, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dundalk
10.45 am - 1 pm
Margareta Hürholz: Messiaen
2.45 - 5 pm
David Higgs: Anglo-German romantic connections (any work by Stanford, Schumann or Brahms)
Observers €10
phone 085 786 8860
Pipeworks in Dundalk, 7 pm, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dundalk
Pipeworks juror Daniel Roth, organist of the famous Parisian church of St Sulpice, presents French symphonic masterworks on the superb Father Willis organ in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dundalk. This recital concludes a day of events in Dundalk featuring this magnificent instrument. Special travel arrangements by rail are available for Pipeworks friends and sponsors.
Daniel Roth, organ
Programme
| A.P.F. Boëly (1755–1858) |
Fantaisie et Fugue in Bb |
Quatuor in g |
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| Allegro in f |
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| César Franck (1822–1890) | Allegretto (2nd movement) from Symphony in d for orchestra, transcribed for organ |
| Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937) | Intermezzo fromOrgan Symphony No. 6 in g Op. 42 No. 2 |
| Charles Tournemire (1870–1939) | Fresque symphonique sacrée Op. 76 |
| Jehan Alain (1911–40) | Deuxième Fantaisie |
| Daniel Roth (b.1942) | Fantaisie fuguée sur Regina caeli |
| Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006) | Esquisses symphoniques en forme des variations op. 45 vii. Allegro giocoso x. Allegro ritmico |
| Improvisation |
Tickets: €15 / €10 (concession)
Booking through Central Ticket Bureau on www.ctb.ie or phone 0818 205 205
| Thursday 26 June 2008 |
Dublin International Organ Competition - Semifinals,
starting 9.25am and 2pm, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Free admission
Messiaen Centenary Celebration, 1.15 pm, St Teresa’s Church, Clarendon
Street, Dublin
Tristan Russcher: Livre d'Orgue
Tickets: €10 / €8 (concession)
Booking through Central Ticket Bureau on www.ctb.ie or phone 0818 205 205
St John's Night, 6.30 pm, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
As part of its Baltic Blues series, the National Chamber Choir presents works from the Baltic countries in honour of the feast of St John, directed by Kaspar Putnins.
National Chamber Choir
Kaspars Putnins, conductor
Programme
| Peteris Vasks (b.1946) |
Mother Sun |
| Peteris Plakidis (b.1947) | Choral symphony ‘Destiny’ |
| Veljo Tormis (b.1930) | Three parts from the Latvian Burdon Songs |
| Tower Bell of My Village |
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| Juris Karlsons | The Unclosed Ring |
Tickets: €14 / €12 (concession) |
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Messiaen Centenary Celebration, 9 pm, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
David Leigh: Livre du Saint-Sacrement
Tickets: €15 / €10 (concession)
Booking through Central Ticket Bureau on www.ctb.ie or phone 0818 205 205
| Friday 27 June 2008 |
Messiaen Centenary Celebration, 1.15 pm, St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin
David Leigh: Les Corps Glorieux
Tickets: €10 / €8 (concession)
Booking through Central Ticket Bureau on www.ctb.ie or phone 0818 205 205
Masterclass, St Audoen's Church (RC), High Street, Dublin
10.45 am - 1 pm
Hans Fagius: The Mendelssohn organ (any work or movement by Mendelssohn)
Masterclass, St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin
2.45 - 5 pm
Daniel Roth: Franck
Observers €10
phone 085 786 8860
Pipeworks Festival Gala Concert, 8 pm, National Concert Hall, Dublin
The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jean Thorel performs the original orchestral version of Messiaen’s L’Ascension, and is joined by Pipeworks juror Thomas Trotter in a performance of Poulenc’s Organ Concerto. The choir of St Patrick’s Cathedral and the Palestrina Choir of St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral join the orchestra for Fauré’s timeless, and much loved, Requiem.
Amy Moore, soprano
Philip O’Reilly, baritone
St Patrick’s Cathedral Choir
Peter Barley, organist and master of the choristers
Palestrina Choir, St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral
Blanaid Murphy, director
Thomas Trotter, organ
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Jean Thorel, conductor
Programme
| Messiaen (1908–92) |
L’Ascension |
| Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) | Organ Concerto |
| Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) | Requiem (chamber version) |
in association with RTÉ Tickets: €10 / €16 / €22 / €28 / €33 |
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| Saturday 28 June 2008 |
Coffee Concert, 11 am, St Audoen’s Church, High Street, Dublin
Swedish organist and Pipeworks juror Hans Fagius plays the venerable 1861 Walker organ. Please see the programme below. Coffee and cookies will be served in the adjoining courtyard.
Hans Fagius, organ
Programme
| Felix Mendelssohn (1809–37) |
Three preludes and Fugues op. 37 No. 1 in c No. 2 in G No. 3 in d |
| Benjamin Staern (b.1978) | Fluxus |
| Charles Marie Widor (1844–1937) | Organ Symphony no. 6 g op. 42 no. 2 1. Allegro 2. Adagio 3. Intermezzo 4. Cantabile 5. Finale |
Tickets: €15 / €10 (concession)
Booking through Central Ticket Bureau on www.ctb.ie or phone 0818 205 205
Choral Cornucopia, 3pm, City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin
New Dublin Voices
Mornington Singers
Cois Cladaigh
Resurgam
Free entry.
Masterclass, Trinity College Chapel, Dublin
15.30–18.15
Thomas Trotter: Mozart and the King of Instruments (any Mozart work)
Observers €10
phone 085 786 8860
Dublin International Organ Competition - Finals, 7.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Tickets: €15 / €10 (concession)
Booking through Central Ticket Bureau on www.ctb.ie or phone 0818 205 205
| Sunday 29 June 2008 |
Festival Finale, 5 pm, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
Three of Ireland’s finest chamber choirs – New Dublin Voices, the Mornington Singers and Galway’s Cois Cladaigh – help Pipeworks bring the festival to a resounding close by singing at various city centre venues on Saturday 28 June, and on Sunday by joining Resurgam under the direction of Mark Duley, Pipeworks’ artistic director, in the presentation of a Vespers in seventeenth century Lutheran manner. With massed choral forces, brass accompaniment and the glorious acoustic of Ireland’s largest cathedral, this event promises a rousing conclusion to the festival.
Lutheran Vespers in seventeenth century style.
New Dublin Voices
Mornington Singers
Cois Cladaigh
Resurgam
Mark Duley, conductor.
Tickets: €15 / €10 (concession)
Booking through the
St Patrick’s Cathedral website www.stpatrickscathedral.ie or phone (01) 453 9472
Pipeworks in Wexford, 7 pm, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Bride Street
Pipeworks in Galway, 8 pm, Galway Cathedral
Daniel Roth gives the first concert in Galway Cathedral's annual summer
series, on the Cathedral's magnificent recently-rebuilt Trevor Crowe organ.
Daniel Roth, organ
Programme:
| Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785 - 1858) |
Fantasy & fugue in B flat major Quartet in G minor Allegro in F minor |
| César Franck (1822 - 1890) | Symphony in D minor, transcribed for the organ |
| Charles Marie Widor (1844 - 1937) | Symphony no. 6 in G minor, op. 42 no. 2 - iii. Intermezzo |
| Charles Tournemire (1870 - 1939) | Fresque symphonique sacrée, op. 76 |
| Jehan Alain (1911-1940) | Diexième fantaisie |
| Daniel Roth (b. 1942) | Fantaisie fuguée sur Regina Cæli |
| Rolande Falcinelli (1920 - 2006) | Esquisses symphoniques, op. 45 - vii. Allegro giocoso - x. Allegro ritmico |
| Improvisation |
In association with Galway Cathedral Recitals.
For further information please see the Galway Cathedral website: www.galwaycathedral.org/recitals
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