Songs of the Soul

“Exceptional things only happen when the passion of individuals nourish an idea,” Pärt tells me. “When Eamonn approached me in 2006 and asked for a new work, I felt this passion. It, and the story of Ireland, inspired me to createThe Deer’s Cry, which ever since has been very close to my heart. I gratefully remember my collaboration with him and his society. The music world needs such committed fighters as Eamonn Quinn.”Arvo Pärt speaking to The Guardian about Louth Contemporary Music's Eamonn QuinnThe Guardian June 2017

Louth Contemporary Music Society

Music by Sarah Davachi, Beat Furrer and Kevin Volans performed by Chamber Choir Ireland conducted by Nils Schweckendiek

St.Nicholas Church of Ireland

Echoes

The 2025 instalment of the Louth Contemporary Music Festival takes place as usual at various venues in Dundalk over a weekend in early summer. Events start on the evening of Friday June 13 and continue the next day from lunchtime to nightfall.

The final concert, at 8 p.m. in St Nicholas Church of Ireland, brings on Chamber Choir Ireland in music of peace, strangeness, and hope. Kevin Volans gives unearthly harmonies to words by St John of the Cross; Sarah Davachi comes from Canada with a new meditation, and Beat Furrer’s enigmatic works add layers of intrigue and wonder. Like so much of today’s choral music, the programme echoes the prayers of long ago and asks: Can these be our prayers too? Funded by the Arts Council and supported by The Arts Service of Louth County Council. Supported by RTÉ Supporting the Arts with the friendly support of the Ernst Von Siemens Music Foundation, Louth County Council Festival Grants Initiative 2025 and the Goethe Institute.

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