Mags GarganThe Mayo International Choral Festival is presenting an inaugural concert at the newly refurbished Knock Basilica, to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising and World War I on Saturday, May 14 at 8pm.
The concert will be presented by RTĖ Lyric FM’s Liz Nolan and will include excerpts from Karl Jenkins’ choral sensation, The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. In addition, the orchestra will perform an Elegy Suite for 1916 by the distinguished composer Patrick Cassidy, together with some of his most acclaimed pieces including well known Aria, Vide Cor Meum.
Members of the Ballina Chamber Choir, Cór Mhaigh Eo and Dún Laoghaire Choral Society will come together to form a 120-strong choir to collaborate on this project.
To purchase tickets see: www.mayochoral.com