A chance to experience some of the magic from the brilliant Concert For Peace, recorded by RTÉ lyric fm on May 14th, 2016 at Knock Basilica. To be aired for the first time 7pm, Tuesday 21st June ‘The Lyric Concert’, RTÉ lyric fm. The programme includes excerpts from Sir Karl Jenkins’ choral sensation The Armed Man : A Mass for Peace and Patrick Cassidy’s Elegy Suite for 1916, and features the RTÉ Concert Orchestra with Conductor David Brophy and soloists Anne Marie Gibbons, Owen Gilhooly and Sibéal Ní Chasaide. The concert also features a 120 member Peace Choir, comprising of Ballina Chamber Choir, Cór Mhaigh Eo & Dún Laoghaire Choral Society. The concert was presented by Mayo International Coral Festival in association with the Western Development Commission.
Images courtesy of Alison Lauredo and Mayo International Choral Festival
A Concert For Peace, presented by the Mayo International Choral Festival at Knock Basilica, May 14th, in association with the Western Development CommissionDavid Brophy conducts the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the 120-strong Peace Choir at the Concert For Peace, held at Knock Basilica, May 14th. The concert was presented by the Mayo International Choral Festival in association with the Western Development Commission.The stunning setting of Knock Basilica was the perfect backdrop to the Concert For Peace, Saturday May 14th, hosted by the Mayo International Choral Festival. The sell-out concert also featured a 120-strong Peace Choir, soloists Mezzo Soprano Anne Marie Gibbons, Tenor Owen Gilhooly and Sibéal Ní Chasaide singing Mise Éire. Photo: Alison LaredoSibéal Ní Chasaide singing Mise Éire with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra at the Concert For Peace in Knock Basilica, presented by the Mayo International Choral Festival in association with the Western Development Commission. The event also featured the 120-strong Peace Choir, which can be seen in the background. Photo: Alison LaredoSeventeen year old Sibéal Ní Chasaide singing Mise Éire at the sold out ’Concert For Peace’ at Knock Basilica, presented by the Mayo International Choral Festival in association with the Western Development Commission. Photo: Alison LaredoThe President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins and Sabina Higgins at the Concert for Peace, Knock Basilica, Saturday May 14th, pictured with Mezzo Soprano Anne Marie Gibbons and Tenor Owen Gilhooly. The sell-out concert, hosted by the Mayo International Choral Festival, also featured the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and a 120 strong peace choir, under the baton of conductor David Brophy. Photo: Alison Laredo
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