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Kildare Choral and Organ Festival honouring women in music

Niamh O'Donoghue, 16 Aug

The 2024 Kildare Choral and Organ Festival, which takes place in St

Brigid’s Cathedral up to August 28, marks the 1500th anniversary of the

death of St Brigid with a range of performances from acclaimed women

musicians in Ireland.

The annual festival, this year explores the theme, ‘Women in music

honouring Brigid 1500’. It began on Wednesday August 14, 7.30pm, with

an organ recital from Dr Carole O’Connor, organist and choir director

of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Whitefriar Street, Dublin.

The second night of the Festival, Friday August 23, will feature a

choral performance from the celebrated Irish female vocal ensemble,

Dulciana. Since its very inception, part of Dulciana’s mission has been

the promotion of music by female composers, both those neglected by

history, and those currently making history. They are particularly firm

supporters of contemporary female Irish composers.

The closing night of the Festival, Wednesday, August 28 will feature

Tatiana Konina on organ and Aoise O’Dwyer on viola. Tatiana is the

Director of Music and Organist of Christ Church, Bray and Aoise is a

violist, music educator and orchestral musician from Tullamore, Co.

Offaly.

Commenting on the Festival, the Dean of St Brigid’s Cathedral, Kildare,

Very Rev Isobel Jackson said, “Last year’s Festival marked the 800th

anniversary of the construction of St Brigid’s Cathedral, so this year

we wanted to celebrate the founder of our ancient hilltop site, St

Brigid herself. She is strongly associated with the arts, so it is

wonderful to think that 1500 years after her death, glorious sacred

music continues to reverberate on the site she founded”.

Tickets are €15 per concert or €40 for the whole festival. They can be

purchased online on Eventbrite (see links below) or at the door on the

night of the concerts.

Ticket links:

Dulciana (23 August):

https://www.eventbrite.ie/.../kildare-choral-and-organ...

Tatiana Konina and Aoise O’Dwyer (28 August):

https://www.eventbrite.ie/.../kildare-choral-and-organ...

For more information, see https://stbrigidscathedral.com/