29.05.2012
Saint Bartholomew’s Girls Choir to Visit Killiskey Church
The girls and gentlemen of Saint Bartholomew’s Church Choir, Dublin, together with their Director of Music, Tristan Russcher, visit Nuns Cross Church, Killiskey, Ashford, on Sunday June 17 to sing a traditional Service of Choral Evensong at 7.30 pm.
The service in Killiskey Church has been organised
by Canon John Clarke and the Revd Ken Rue as part of the preparation for the
Confirmation group who are due to be confirmed by the Archbishop later this
year.
The music for the service will include some well
known congregational hymns, a setting of the Evening Canticles by Irish born
composer, Charles Villiers Stanford, and an anthem by Baroque composer and
sometime organist of Westminster Abbey, Henry Purcell.
The girls and gentlemen of Saint Bartholomew’s
Choir have performed in Cathedrals in Dublin, Armagh, Kilkenny, Cashel and Cork
as well as visiting St Mark’s Cathedral in Venice for a concert tour in 2009.
Their CD “ And the house was filled with smoke “ recorded in December 2011 will
be available for sale after the service.
This will be the second occasion that a Choir from
Saint Bartholomew’s Church will have visited Killiskey Church. On a previous
occasion the boys and gentlemen performed a concert in aid of the Church
Restoration Fund in May 2002.