Northern Lights with Guest Director Sofi Jeannin

Sofi Jeannin joins Chamber Choir Ireland as Guest Director for Northern Lights, celebrating all that is beautiful about the meadows, hills, and forests of the Scandinavian countryside, and the hush that falls over it all as darkness draws close.

From the pastoral picture of dusk in the mountains painted by Hugo Alfvén in 'Aftonen' (Evening); to the sense of space and peace created by close dissonances, as night descends on a snowy scene in Karin Rehnqvist's Natt över Jorden (Night over Earth); followed by 'Till Österland', a serenade to the medieval Österland region of Finland, and the deep valleys, crystal rivers, and evergreen trees of this near-mythological place.

Programme

'Aftonen' (Evening)

'Uti vår hage' (Out in our Meadow)

'O jungfrun hon går i ringen' (And the Maiden Joins the Ring)

- Hugo Alfvén (Sweden, 1872-1960)

Tre körvisor (Three choral ballads) - Wilhelm Stenhammar (Sweden, 1871-1927)

Natt över Jorden (Night over Earth) - Karin Rehnqvist (Sweden, b. 1957)

Excerpts from Partsongs op 18 - Jean Sibelius (Finland, 1865-1957)

Lorca Suite - Einojuhani Rautavaara (Finland, 1928-2016)

Four Shakespeare Songs - Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (Finland, b.1963)

'Till Österland' (To the East) - Traditional Arr. by Håkan Parkman (Sweden, 1955-1988)

Doors open at 5:45PM, concert to begin at 6:30PM. Please arrive at least 30 minutes before the beginning of the concert to allow the Chamber Choir Ireland team to seat audience members safely.

Face masks must be worn inside the venue at all times, in keeping with the current Government mandate.

Chamber Choir is funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaion and Dublin City Council, is a resident ensemble at the National Concert Hall, and associate artists at Dublin City University.