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Thomas Moore Recital
The first volume of Thomas Moore’s Irish Melodies was published 200 years ago this year. In order to celebrate this key repertoire and its author – who is really nothing less than the bard of the island of Ireland (and whose mother was from Wexford)
This concert features many of the prize winners from the “Celtic Harp” singing competition held in the National Concert Hall in January. They will be performing a selection of Moore’s songs to piano accompaniment
And to heighten this celebration, an exhibition which boasts a series of interesting panels, along with audio and visual material, will be on display at Wexford Town Library from October 8th – October 29th. For full details please contact Wexford Town Library.
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Carmina Burana
Orff’s Carmina Burana is one of the best-known and best-loved pieces in the orchestral choral repertoire, a collection of (as he put it) profane songs based on a thirteenth-century Bavarian manuscript. This will be performed in a rare arrangement with two pianos and percussion.
- Carl Orff
In a break with recent tradition, this fixture of the Wexford Festival Calendar will be repeated, with performances on 26th October and 2nd November.
Book NowPrague Chamber Choir
The Repertoire for the ever popular annual Prague Chamber Choir Recital has not yet been announced. Details will be posted to the website in the coming weeks.
Book NowLunch Time Recitals
The traditional weekday lunchtime appointment remains one of the defining features of the Festival. Individual Festival singers will have the chance to shine in their own piano-accompanied solo numbers, performed (sometimes with the help of an instrument of their own) for a select audience in St. Iberius Church. Prepare for about fifty minutes of pre-prandial bliss.
Book NowThe Gala Concert
The Gala Concert, a Festival favourite, will feature a collection of party pieces from the members of the Festival company. The lateness of the hour only contributes to the special atmosphere that always accompanies this unmissable event. We greatly appreciate the fact that artists waive their fees – all proceeds go towards the new Wexford Opera House.
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"There are two big opera anniversaries this year: 150 years since the birth of Puccini, and
100 years since the death of
Rimsky-Korsakov. We are managing to celebrate both. The choice of Snegurochka to the
main stage gives us an opportunity to introduce audiences to a masterpiece very rarely performed
outside Russia. Two long running themes of the Festival, the
exploration of neglected but worthy opera in English and that of pre-Verdian Italian opera, are
developed this year in the shape
of the Mines of Sulphur and Tutti in
Maschera"
- David Agler - Artistic Director
