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NEW COMPOSITIONS @ CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN |
Christ Church Cathedral Dublin Festival Composition Competition |
| Winners |
Composer |
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Text |
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| 2007 |
David
Bremner (2nd prize) |
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| 2007 |
Aengus
Ó Maoláin (1st prize) |
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The Judge will come suddenly and what everyone has done will
be revealed. Therefore with fear we cry out in the early morning:
Holy, Holy, Holy are You, O God. Through the prayers of the
Mother of God, have mercy on us. Amen. (Orthodox Prayer) |
SSAATTBB |
| 2006 |
Paul
Flynn |
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O Eternal Trinity (Text: St. Catherine of Siena
(1347-1380))
Act of Thanksgiving to the Trinity, from
St. Catherine's Dialogue on Divine Providence
O Eternal God! O Eternal Trinity! Through the union of Thy divine
nature Thou hast made so precious the Blood of Thine only-begotten
Son! O eternal Trinity, Thou art as deep a mystery as the sea,
in whom the more I seek, the more I find; and the more I find,
the more I seek. For even immersed in the depths of Thee, my
soul is never satisfied, always famished and hungering for Thee,
eternal Trinity, wishing and desiring to see Thee, the True
Light.
O eternal Trinity, with the light of understanding I have tasted
and seen the depths of Thy mystery and the beauty of Thy creation.
In seeing myself in Thee, I have seen that I will become like
Thee. O eternal Father, from Thy power and Thy wisdom clearly
Thou hast given to me a share of that wisdom which belongs to
Thine Only-begotten Son. And truly hast the Holy Spirit, who
procedeth from Thee, Father and Son, given to me the desire
to love Thee.
O eternal Trinity, Thou art my maker and I am Thy creation.
Illuminated by Thee, I have learned that Thou hast made me a
new creation through the Blood of Thine Only-begotten Son because
Thou art captivated by love at the beauty of Thy creation.
O eternal Trinity, O Divinity, O unfathomable abyss, O deepest
sea, what greater gift could Thou givest me then Thy very Self?
Thou art a fire that burns eternally yet never consumed, a fire
that consumes with Thy heat my self-love. Again and again Thou
art the fire who taketh away all cold heartedness and illuminateth
the mind by Thy light, the light with which Thou hast made me
to know Thy truth.
By this mirrored light I know Thou are the highest good, a good
above all good, a fortunate good, an incomprehensible good,
an unmeasurable good, a beauty above all beauty, a wisdom above
all wisdom, for Thou art wisdom itself, the the food of angels,
the fire of love that Thou givest to man.
Thou art the garment covering our nakedness. Thou feedest our
family with Thy sweetness, a sweetness Thou art from which there
is no trace of bitterness. O Eternal Trinity! Amen.
St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) |
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| Other Compositions |
| 2008 |
Ian Sexton |
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Bí, a Íosa, im chroíse, anthem first
performed on Saturday 11 October 2008, at 17.00. |
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| 2008 |
Felicity McElroy |
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Bí, a Íosa, im chroíse, introit first
performed on Saturday 11 October 2008, at 17.00. |
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| 2008 |
Simon
MacHale |
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Preces and responses as Gaeilge |
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| 2007 |
Seóirse Bodley |
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Amra Cholm Cille |
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| 2007 |
Simon
MacHale |
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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis as Gaeilge (Forthcoming
September 2007) |
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| 2006 |
Simon
MacHale |
'An Nollaig', first performed at a carol service on 17 December
2006 and also the service of nine lessons and carols that year. |
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| 2006 |
Caitríona
Ní Dhubhghaill |
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Urnaí na Nóna (Responses for Evensong) (2002)
First
performed Saturday 8 July 2006 |
SATB |
| 2002 |
Caitríona
Ní Dhubhghaill |
Cainticí Mhuire & Shimeon (Magnificat & Nunc
Dimittus) (2000)
Premiere information June 2002. Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
Performers Christ Church Cathedral Choir, conductor Mark Duley. |
SATB [div.] |
| 2003 |
Peter
Parshall |
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Andrew
Synnott |
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Christus est stella matutina |
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| 1994 |
Andrew
Synnott |
Surge
Amica Mea (Song of Solomon)
Commissioned by Christ Church Cathedral.
Premiere information 9 February 1994. National Concert Hall,
Dublin. Performers Christ Church Cathedral Choir, conductor
Mark Duley.
Andrew Synnott was a former
organ scholar (1992-3) |
SATB |
| 1993 |
Séamus
de Barra |
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Tibi
laus, tibi gloria
Text: Breviarium Romanum, Missale Romanum; Psalms 103, 30
Commissioned by The Friends of Christ Church Cathedral, to celebrate
the 500th anniversary of founding of the Cathedral Choir.
Premiere: 4 July 1993. Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. Barbara
Dagg (org), Christ Church Cathedral Choir, conductor Mark Duley. |
SSAATTBB, Org |
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