We were delighted to perform in a free concert with other local and visiting musicians in St. Finian’s Church, Adelaide Road, Dublin 2.

Our programme reprised Nystedt’s complete Prayers of Kierkegaard, setting texts by the eponymous Danish Lutheran philosopher, along with the Agnus Dei by our own Joost Slingerland.

Cuore also reprised In you Lord, I have taken refuge by Galen Mac Cába and Now Thank We All Our God arranged by Sigrid Anita Haugen. Both pieces were written for their child’s baptism in the same church a few months previously

This concert launched an Ecumenical and International Workshop on Contemporary Church Music, organised by The Lutheran Church in Ireland: In our troubling times, music is a powerful source of spiritual expression and nourishment.

Cuore remain very grateful to all at St. Finian’s for providing a wonderful venue for our weekly rehearsals.

Cuore Chamber Choir and conductor Amy Ryan proudly presented In Springtime, a special concert of reflective and uplifting contemporary choral music.

In addition to the Irish premiere of Knut Nystedt’s arrestingly beautiful Prayers of Kierkegaard, this concert included the world premiere of A Can of Lilt by Cuore alumna, Anne-Marie O’Farrell, commissioned by Cuore with funding from the Arts Council of Ireland.

We also presented a number of other concert premieres and reprised other music written for Cuore or by Cuore members, including the world premiere of Hymn to Aphrodite by Cuore alto Carmel Whelan, and the concert premiere of In you, Lord, I have taken refuge by Norway-based Irish composer, Galen Mac Cába.

After our overall win last year, we’re delighted to receive a ⭐ Special Commendation ⭐ (Best Overall Choir Category) in this year’s RTÉ lyric fm Choirs for Christmas Recording Competition.🎄

Our entry this year was Puer natus est by Georg Grün, a live recording of the Irish premiere at our Christmas concert in 2024.

Huge congratulations to all awardees & commendees. It was wonderful to see the record number of entries and to hear the high standards from all across Ireland. You can listen to all the entries on the RTÉ website.

Thank you to our wonderful audience of over 400 people who joined us for a festive evening of uplifting choral music from around the world and across the ages in the beautiful acoustic of St Mary’s Church, Haddington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

We performed festive favourites, music by Busto, McDowell and Whitacre, the Irish premieres of contemporary carols by Jonathan Dove and Ola Gjeilo. and the world premiere of a new carol by Rhona Clarke.

Plus special guests from the Royal Irish Academy of Music Junior Choir conducted by Brian Dungan.