Cuore are fundraising now for our first professional recording, planned for 2026, to feature premiere recordings of music written for us, including:

• A Can of Lilt (2026). A tour de force of mouth sounds, extended vocal techniques, and lilting of originally composed material at times evoking traditional Irish style, with modal fusion of tonalities. Commissioned by Cuore from alumna Anne-Marie O’Farrell with the support of the Arts Council.
• To a Child Dancing Upon the Shore (2025). A beautiful setting of the evocative W. B. Yeats poem. Commissioned by Cuore from emerging Polish composer Michał Ziółkowski to celebrate our 10th anniversary.
• Other music (TBD) written for Cuore and/or by current and former members.

If you’re inspired by what we do and would like to support our first commercial recording or to fund other commissions, we’d love to hear from you!

Join 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.

To include Irish premieres.

Tickets available now from Eventbrite or on the door. Buy now for super-early bird discount!

There will be no interval and the concert will last about 75 minutes.

Thank you to our wonderful audience of 250 people who came to our anniversary concert, celebrating the rich musical tapestry we’ve woven since our first concert in April 2015.

We took a retrospective journey through the first decade of Cuore’s music-making, revisiting choir and audience favourites, and hidden gems from our repertoire. We were delighted to be joined by many alumni in the audience, and especially those who accepted our invitation to sing Kodály’s ‘Esti Dal’ with us.

We were also thrilled to present the world premiere of our anniversary commission in the presence of the celebrated Polish composer Michał Ziółkowski, with his beautiful setting of the evocative W. B. Yeats poem, To a Child Dancing Upon the Shore, crafted especially for Cuore’s 10th anniversary.

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

A beautiful venue, stunning new music, and festive favourites performed by an award-winning choir. The perfect way to start your Christmas!

We were delighted to see so many friendly faces at our special Stanford 100 concert in St. Stephen’s Pepper Canister Church. Our audience experienced the sounds of Joyce’s Dublin as we performed a selection of Charles Villiers Stanford’s choral and organ works, marking the centenary of his death.

For this performance, Cuore were joined by special guest Siobhán Kilkelly on organ.

Cuore stepped into spring with a vibrant and uplifting evening of choral music, for our first concert in the beautiful acoustic of St Mary’s Haddington Road.

Our audience heard us preview our repertoire for the prestigious Ave Verum International Choral Competition in Austria, featuring the Irish premieres of Non nobis, Domine by Erika Budai and In Taberna by Michał Ziółkowski.

Below is a list of pieces premiered by Cuore. Titles below link to performances by Cuore, where available. More details about our past Irish premieres and world premieres can be found on individual event pages.

We welcome financial support to help fund future premieres and commissions, and to support the livelihoods of living composers. If you are looking for high-quality Irish choral sheet music, we can recommend The Contemporary Music Centre, Seolta Music and Cailíno Music Publishers.