6 GALA CONCERTS OPENING GALA CONCERT A Celebration of Scandinavian Music Wednesday 1st May, 8pm, Cork City Hall Tickets: €21, €26, €31
EVOCATIONS Helene Stureborg’s Chamber Choir (Sweden) Friday 3rd May 2019, 10.30pm Cathedral of St Mary & St Anne (North Cathedral) Tickets €16
JOIN US IN CORK FOR FIVE DAYS OF SONG AND SPECTACLE! #LoveChoral… relish in and be captivated by the Festival highlights at our main Gala Concerts every night throughout the festival…
#LoveHarmony… follow the Choral Trail, as it winds its way around Cork city and county, staging a fabulous array of national and international choirs… - Fleischmann Choir - The CSM Junior & Senior Children’s Chorus - The CSM Youth Vocal Ensemble - The CSM Symphony Orchestra
- Kim Sheehan (Soprano) - Breiffni Horgan (Tenor) - Rory Dunne (Baritone) - Brendan Collins (Bass) - Molly O’ Shea (Leader) - Conor Palliser (Conductor)
THURSDAY NIGHT GALA CONCERT - PUST 2nd May 8pm, Cork City Hall
#LoveSinging… various opportunities to participate: Evocations, noted for its sacred and reflective atmosphere presents one of Sweden’s top award-winning chamber choirs
FLEISCHMANN INTERNATIONAL GALA CONCERT Saturday 4th May 2019, 3pm & 8pm, Cork City Hall Tickets: €16, €21, €26 (both 3pm & 8pm sessions) €10 entry to 3pm session ONLY
at the much loved Big Sing in Cork City Hall, the Festival Club always ends in a sing-song; and at our Church Performances and National Competitions...
1st ~ 5th MAY 2019 BRINGING CORK TO LIFE WITH SONG
EVENT GUIDE
#LoveListening… consider the concepts and opinions of musical experts at our Choral Symposium and Friendship Concerts bringing a wide variety of nationalities together in the universal language of music…
#CorkChoral… 17 International Choirs, 80 National Choirs, 5,000 performers, 60 Venues, 6 Headline Gala Concerts Join us for the 65th Cork International Choral Festival and come together for five days of song in Cork!
PUST beholds six of the most beautiful Nordic Voices in a Magical, Powerful and Playful unity. Tickets: €21, €26, €31
CHAMBER CHOIR IRELAND (Choir in Residence) Before Bach and After lll
Witness some of the world’s top amateur choirs
CLOSING GALA CONCERT Sunday 5th May 2019, 8pm, Cork City Hall Tickets: €21, €26, €31
Friday 3rd May 2019, 7.30pm St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral Paul Hillier (Conductor) Tickets €21
A joyful celebration of song and colour
BOOKINGS: www.corkchoral.ie or 083 400 7059 Please note a booking fee of €1 per ticket applies
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TIME
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Sing For Your Life! Choir, AUSTRALIA, 9.15am, Cork Airport, Free Entry
MORNING 9.00am 12.00pm
Composers in the Classroom, 10.00am, Vertigo County Hall, Free Entry
SATURDAY
National Competitions: Mixed Choirs, Ireland’s Choir of the Year, & Youth Choir, 9.45am, City Hall Cork, €5 Entry
Choir Voicing Workshop - Kevin O’Carroll, 10.00am, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music, Free Entry
Korellerna, SWEDEN, 10.00am, Church of St Mary & St John, Ballincollig, Free Entry
The Women’s Choral Society of the University of Oslo, NORWAY, 10.00am, Holy Cross Church, Mahon, Free Entry
Helsinki Academic Male Choir, FINLAND,10.00am Glanmire Community College
Hamburg Academy of Music & Theatre, GERMANY, 10.30am, Descent of the Holy Spirit Church, Dennehys Cross, Free Entry
Sing For Your Life! Choir, AUSTRALIA, 10.30am, Charles Fort, Kinsale *Admission Fee May Apply
National Competition for Schools [PRIMARY] 11.00am, Cork City Hall, €5 Entry
Petrosyan Chamber Choir, UKRAINE, 11.00am, Carrigtwohill Community College
SUNDAY
National Competitions: Chamber Choirs/ Ensembles, Female, & Male Choirs, 9.30am, City Hall Cork, €5 Entry
Dominanta Choir, POLAND, 11.00am, Freemasons’ Hall, Tuckey St. Free Entry
Petrosyan Chamber Choir, UKRAINE, 10.30am, Church of the Resurrection, Farranree, Free Entry
National Competition for Schools (Post- Primary Equal Voice) School Choirs, 11am, Cork City Hall, €5 Entry
Addictio Chamber Choir, FINLAND, 11.00am, Killavullen National School
Kamarikuoro Nasi, FINLAND, 11.00am, St. Columba’s Church, Douglas, Free Entry
The Women’s Choral Society of the University of Oslo, NORWAY, 11am, Nano Nagle Place, Free Entry
KGBL Chamber Choir, SLOVENIA, 11.00am, Ovens National School
Helene Stureborg’s Chamber Choir, SWEDEN, 11.00am, St. Michael’s Church, Blackrock, Free Entry
Petrosyan Chamber Choir, UKRIANE, 11.00am, Tory Top Library, Free Entry
Meet & Greet - International Non- Competitive Choirs, 11.00am, Cork City Hall, Free Entry
Addictio Chamber Choir, FINLAND, 11.00am, St. Patrick’s Church, Rochestown, Free Entry
PUST - Open Rehearsal 11.00am, CIT Auditorium, Free Entry
Hamburg Academy of Music & Theatre, GERMANY, 11.00am, Edmund Rice College, Carrigaline
Dominanta Choir, POLAND, 11.30am, Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne (North Cathedral), Free Entry Helsinki Academic Male Choir KYL, FINLAND, 11.30am, Church of the Incarnation, Frankfield, Free Entry
MID DAY 12.00pm 3.00pm
The Carrigaline Choral Group, IRELAND, 11.30am, Church of the Real Presence, Curraheen Road, Free Entry
Hamburg Academy of Music & Theatre, GERMANY, 12.30pm, Bishopstown Library, Free Entry
The Big Sing, 12.00pm, Cork City Hall, Free Entry
Portadown Male Voice Choir, IRELAND, 11.30am, Goggins Hill Church, Ballinhassig Parish
Sing for your Life, AUSTRALIA, 12.00pm, Emmet Place Food Market, Free Entry
KGBL Chamber Choir, SLOVENIA, 12.00pm, St. Francis Church, Liberty St., Free Entry
Petrosyan Chamber Choir Concert, UKRAINE, 12.30pm, St. Brogans College, Bandon
Cheep Trill, AUSTRALIA, Bella Voce, Lunds Studentsangerskor, 12.30pm, Emmet Place Food Market, SWEDEN, 12.00pm, Church of the Free Entry Annunciation, Blackpool, Free Entry
øre-sound, DENMARK, 1pm, Crawford Art Gallery, Free Entry
Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir, IRELAND, 1.00pm, Nano Nagle Place, Free Entry
Sing for your Life, AUSTRALIA, 12.00pm, Our Lady Crowned Church, Mayfield, Free Entry
Hamburg Academy of Music & Theatre, Germany & Korrallerna, SWEDEN, 1.10pm, Goldie Chapel, Nano Nagle Place, Free Entry
Euphonics, IRELAND 1.00pm, Emmet Place Food Market, Free Entry
Madrigal 75, IRELAND, 12.00pm, St. Joseph’s Church, Glanmire, Free Entry
St. Finbarre’s Cathedral Organ Recital, 1.10pm, Free Entry
Guys & Dolls, Ireland, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School, 1.00pm, €10/€8 conc.
The Hill Harmonics Choir, RELAND, 12.00pm, St. Joseph’s SMA Church, Blackrock Road, Free Entry
Petrosyan Chamber Choir, UKRAINE & Cheep Trill, AUSTRALIA, 1.10pm, Triskel Christchurch,
The European School of Brussels Secondary Choir, Belgium, 1.10pm, St. Colman’s Cathedral Cobh, Free Entry
City of Cork Male Voice Choir, IRELAND, 1.00pm, St Augustines Church Priory. Free Entry
Azimuts, FRANCE, 1.10pm, Vertigo County Hall, Free Entry
Helene Stureborg’s Chamber Choir, SWEDEN, Kinsale Methodist Church, 1.10pm, Free Entry Cork Church Choir, IRELAND, 1.30pm, GPO Oliver Plunkett Street, Free Entry
Choirs in the Atrium, Clayton Hotel, 1.30 – 6.00pm Free Entry
Choirs in the Atrium, Clayton Hotel, 1.30 – 6.00pm Free Entry
National Competitions: Light, Jazz and Popular Music, 2.00pm City Hall Cork, €5 Entry
Cheep Trill, AUSTRALIA, 2.00pm, Blarney Castle* Park Admission Fees Apply
Azimuts, FRANCE, 1.30pm, Emmet Place Food Market, Free Entry
National Competition: Church Music, 2.15pm, St. Finbarre’s Cathedral, €5 Entry
Sing For Your Life! Choir, AUSTRALIA, 2.30pm, Hollyhill Library, Free Entry
Inside The Performance - 2.00pm, Curtis Auditorium & Doolan Room Cork School of Music & Millennium Hall, City Hall, Free Entry
Voice Production with Alan Leech, 1.30pm, Doolan Room CIT Cork School of Music, Free Entry
National Competition: Schools [POST-PRIMARY MIXED VOICE], 2.30pm, Cork City Hall, €5 Entry
Kamarikuoro Nasi, FINLAND, 2.15pm, Blackpool Library, Free Entry
øre-sound, Denmark, 2.15pm, Emmet Place Food Market, Free Entry
The Women’s Choral Society of the University of Oslo, NORWAY, 2.30pm, Ashton College, Cork The European School of Brussels, BELGIUM, 2.00pm, Cork City Library, Free Entry
The Voices of Cork, 3.00pm, Emmet Place Food Market, Free Entry
AFTERNOON 3.00-6.00pm Hamburg Academy of Music & Theatre, GERMANY, 3.00pm, Cork University Hospital, Free Entry
Sing for your Life, AUSTRALIA, 3.00pm, Cork City Library, Free Entry
Fleischmann International Gala Concert, 3.00pm, Cork City Hall, €10 Cork Contemporary Choir, 3.45pm, Emmet Place Food Market, Free Entry
Azimuts, FRANCE, 4.40pm, Cork Airport, Free Entry
The European School of Brussels, BELGIUM, 4.00pm, Crawford Art Gallery, Free Entry
Meet & Greet - International Competitive Choirs, 4.00pm Cork City Hall, Free Entry
Sing For Your Life! Choir, AUSTRALIA 4.00pm Crawford Art Gallery, Free Entry
Petrosyan Chamber Choir, UKRAINE, 4.00pm, Blackrock Castle Observatory, Free Entry
The Composer Speaks - Michael Holohan, 4.15pm, Doolan Room CIT School of Music, Free Entry
Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir, 4.15pm, Emmet Place Food Market, Free Entry
Cheep Trill, AUSTRALIA, 4.15pm, Maldron Hotel, Free Entry
øre-sound, DENMARK, 5.00pm, Clayton Hotel, Free Entry
Cork Church Choir, 5.00pm, Emmet Place Food Market, Free Entry
Core Singing - Dr Trish Rooney, 5.00pm, Doolan Room, CIT School of Music, Free Entry
Alexander Technique Workshop 5.15pm, Doolan Room, CIT School of Music, Free Entry
Cór Cois Abhann, 5.30pm, Emmet Place Food Market, Free Entry
EVENING 6.00-8.00pm
Festival Awards, 5.15pm, Cork City Hall, €5 Entry
Azimuts FRANCE, 6.00pm St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Emmet Pl, Youghal. Azimuts, FRANCE, 6.00pm, On the Pig’s Back, Douglas, Free Entry
Hamburg Academy of Music & Theatre, GERMANY, 6.00pm, GPO, Free Entry
Dominanta Choir, POLAND, 6.00pm, The Shelbourne Bar, Free Entry
Sing for your Life, AUSTRALIA, 6pm, The Shelbourne Bar, Free Entry
NIGHT 8.00-10.30pm
Opening Gala Concert, 8.00pm, City Hall, Entry Fee €21, €26, €31
PUST 8.00pm, Cork City Hall Entry Fee €21, €26, €31
The Women’s Choral Society of the University of Oslo, NORWAY, 6.30pm, The River Lee, Free Entry
The European School of Brussels Secondary Choir, BELGIUM, 6.00pm, St. Joseph’s SMA Church, Wilton, Free Entry
Cheep Trill, AUSTRALIA, 7.00pm, Tequila Jack’s, Free Entry
Gaudete, IRELAND, 7.00pm, St. James Church, Ballinora, Free Entry
PUST, NORWAY, St James Chapel, Dingle, Co. Kerry, 7.00pm, €15 Entry
Azimuts, FRANCE, 7.00.pm, Ballinhassig Parish Ballyheada Church, Free Entry
Chamber Choir Ireland, St. Finbarre’s Cathedral, 7.30pm,€21 Entry
Sing For Your Life! Choir, AUSTRALIA 7.30pm, Tequila Jack’s, Free Entry
øre-sound, DENMARK, 7.30pm, The Imperial, Free Entry
Fleischmann International Gala Concert, Cork City Hall, 8.00pm, Entry Fee €16, €21, €26
EVOCATIONS: Helene Stureborg’s Chamber Choir, SWEDEN, 10.30pm, Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne (North Cathedral) €16 Entry Gala Concert
Fringe Concerts
Choral Gatherings
Education
National Competitions
Festival Awards
Sacred & Interchange Trail
The Clerks Choral of St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Church of St. Anne, Shandon, 6.00pm, Free Entry
Closing Gala, City Hall, Cork, 8.00pm, Entry Fee €21, €26, €31