Christ Church (Dublin) Events: 1 - 28 February 2009

[Christ Church Cathedral Dublin]

C H R I S T  C H U R C H  C A T H E D R A L  D U B L I N
S u n d a y  1  -  S a t u r d a y  2 8  F e b r u a r y  2 0 0 9
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D i a r y  O v e r v i e w
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Sunday 1 February 2009
  17.00 - Candlemas Procession
Monday 2 February 2009
  13.15 - Concert: St Paul's Academy
Wednesday 4 February 2009
  18.00 - Choral Evensong (Girls' Choir & Lay Vicars Choral)
Saturday 7 February 2009
  17.00 - Choral Evensong (Lay Vicars Choral & Gap Year Scholars)
Wednesday 11 February 2009
  18.00 - Choral Evensong (Girls' Choir & Lay Vicars Choral)
Saturday 14 February 2009
  17.00 - Choral Evensong (Lay Vicars Choral & Gap Year Scholars)
Saturday 21 February 2009
  17.00 - Choral Evensong (Piccolo Lasso)
Sunday 22 February 2009
  11.00 - Cathedral Eucharist (Lassus Scholars)
  15.30 - Service of Thanksgiving for the Gift of Sport
Ash Wednesday 25 February 2009
  18.00 - Cathedral Eucharist (Cathedral Choirs)
  20.00 - Concert: Dublin University Orchestral Society
Friday 27 February 2009
  19.30 - Crypt Table Quiz
Saturday 28 February 2009
  17.00 - Choral Vespers (Cathedral Choir & RSCM workshop)
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FULL DIARY DETAILS
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Sunday 1 February 2009 - Candlemas Procession (17.00)
Candlelit procession sung by the cathedral choir including
works by Byrd, Hadley, Holst and Howells.
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Monday 2 February 2009 - St Paul's Academy Concert (13.15)
The choir of St Paul's Academy, London, directed by Siobhan
Presencer, and accompanied by pianist David Fairburn will
perform a lunchtime concert in the cathedral on Monday 2
February 2009 at 1.15pm. The choir was formed in 2007
and this is their first tour. David Fairburn is a jazz pianist
who studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Further details of the choir can be found online at:
http://cccdub.ie/whatsnew/diary/2009/st-pauls-acad/st-pauls-acad.html
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Wednesday 4 February 2009 - Choral Evensong (18.00)
Sung by the cathedral girls' choir and a consort of lay
vicars choral. Sanders, 'Festal responses', Canticles:
Plainsong 'Magnificat' and Holst 'Nunc Dimittis', and
anthem: Eccard 'When to the temple Mary went'.
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Saturday 7 February 2009 - Choral Evensong (17.00)
Sung by the lay vicars choral and gap year scholars
Sanders 'Festal responses', canticles: Tallis 'Dorian Service'
and anthem: Tallis 'Te lucis ante terminum'.
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Wednesday 11 February 2009 - Choral Evensong (18.00)
Sung by the cathedral girls' choir and and a consort of
lay vicars choral. Leighton 'Preces and responses',
Revell 'Canticles' and anthem Stopford 'We three Kings'.
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Saturday 14 February 2009 - Choral Evensong (17.00)
Sung by the lay vicars choral and gap year scholars.
Leighton 'Preces and responses', Howells 'Evening Service
in B minor' and anthem: White 'Christe qui lux es et dies (IV)'.
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Saturday 21 February 2009 - Choral Evensong (17.00)
Sung by the Piccolo Lasso. Archer responses,
canticles: Dyson in C Minor and anthem by
Maurice Green 'O Praise the Lord'
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Sunday 22 February 2009 - Cathedral Eucharist (11.00)
Sung by the Lassus Scholars. Eucharist setting:
Joseph Haydn 'Missa Cellensis in C' and motet by
Thomas Tallis 'O Nata Lux'.
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Sunday 22 February 2009 - Gift of Sport Service (15.30)
The sixtieth annual service of thanksgiving for the gift of sport
will be held at the cathedral on Sunday 22 February 2009
at 3.30pm. The guest speaker will be Doreen Howe, the
President of the Irish Hockey Foundation and there will
be a collection in aid of Blackrock Hospice. All are most
welcome. For further details of the service see online at:
http://cccdub.ie/dean/services/sports-service-2009.html
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Ash Wednesday 25 February 2009 - Cathedral Eucharist (18.00)
Sung by the cathedral choirs. Eucharist setting: Jackson
'Communion Service in G', communion motet: Wesley 'Wash
me throughly', and anthem Hilton 'Lord for thy tender mercy’s sake'.
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Ash Wednesday 25 February 2009 - Orchestral Concert (20.00)
Dublin University Orchestral Society will hold their Hilary Term
concert in the cathedral on Wednesday 25 February at 8.00pm.
Works performed will include: Tchaikovsky 'Symphony No. 6',
Mozart 'Flute and Harp Concerto' and Rossini 'Overture to the
Barber of Seville'. Conducted by Michael Day, the soloists are
Niall Murphy and Aine Balfe. For details of the Dublin University
Orchestral Society, see online at: http://orchsoc.csc.tcdlife.ie
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Friday 27 February 2009 - Crypt Table Quiz (19.30)
The third annual table quiz will be held in the crypt on Friday
27 February 2009 at 7.30pm in aid of ALONE and
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders).
The cost is 40 euro for a table of four, which will include
a raffle on the night and refreshments. For details see:
http://cccdub.ie/whatsnew/diary/2009/table-quiz/table-quiz-2009.html
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Saturday 28 February 2009 - Choral Vespers (17.00)
Sung to chant by the cathedral choir and the participants from a
Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) workshop. The workshop
which begins at 11.00 and explores the versatility of plainsong will
be led by Eamonn Manning of Schola Gregoriana Belfast. All welcome.
For details of the RSCM Gregorian plainsong workshop, see online at:
http://rscmireland.richardbloomfield.com/events/gregorian-chant-workshop-1/
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All are most welcome to attend all cathedral services and
events. Details of these can usually be found online at:
http://cccdub.ie/whatsnew/diary/diary.html or
http://cccdub.mhsoftware.com
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Visit the CATHEDRAL SHOP online now at:
http://christchurchdublin.ie/shop/

See the Dean's Vicar's Review of FEBRUARY 2009:
http://cccdub.ie/whatsnew/review/review.html

Visit Cultivate, a cultural centre in Essex Street West,
http://cultivate.ie

Why not visit Dvblinia, the medieval exhibition,
or their website available at: http://dublinia.ie.
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