Everyday Wonders

Cór Linn

Cór na nÓg

Ciarán Kelly, Cór Linn conductor

Mary Amond O’Brien, Cór na nÓg conductor

Carole O’Connor, piano accompanist

Bogdan Sofei, solo violin

Des Lacey, percussion

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Ferdia Ó Cairbre Today is Here (2023) [world premiere]

music by Ferdia Ó Cairbre.
words Fr. Eddie Fitzgerald and Lena Amond.

Ferdia Ó Cairbre For Our World (2024) [world premiere]

music by Ferdia Ó Cairbre (New Music Dublin commission)
words by Mattie Stepanek (age 11)

Gracie Gilmartin A Lullaby (2024) [world premiere]

music by Gracie Gilmartin
words by James Agee

Ollie Lambert The Lake Isle of Innisfree (2024) [world premiere]

music by Ollie Lambert (New Music Dublin commission)

Cecilia MacDowell Everyday Wonders: The Girl From Aleppo (2018)

music by Cecilia MacDowell
words by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
Solo violin: Bogdan Sofei

Nick Page A Promise I Will Keep (2006)

music by Nick Page
words by Nick Page and Nita Penfold

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NCH Choirs Cór Linn and Cór na nÓg make a welcome return to the festival with their usual mix of entertaining yet thought-provoking repertoire, in a performance showcasing the very best of youth music-making.

At the heart of this concert, Cecilia MacDowell’s haunting Everyday Wonders - The Girl from Aleppo tells the incredible true story of disabled Kurdish teenager who fled from Aleppo with her sister to start a new life in Germany. Performed alongside Nick Page’s emotive A Promise I Will Keep and three world premieres – NMD commissions from Ferdia Ó Cairbre, Ollie Lambert and Cór Linn teenager Gracie Gilmartin – this is sure to be an uplifting and engaging Sunday afternoon at NMD.