Wednesday 28^th April 2010, 8pm, City Hall, Cork

This year’s Opening Gala Concert, voices from Cork and Dachau join forces to pay tribute to the legacy of a musical son of both cities: Professor Aloys Fleischmann. The Irish composer, conductor, scholar, campaigner, organiser, professor of music at University College and Freeman of the City of Cork was also the founder of the Cork International Choral Festival  in 1954. We are delighted that this year’s Opening Concert should form a part of the yearlong and city wide celebrations to mark Fleischmann’s great contribution to the cultural life of Cork.

This concert is presented by the Fleischmann Choir and the Liedertafel, Dachau, together with the Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra and French horn solo from Conor Palliser. There is even a role for the audience, as you are invited to raise your voice to take part in Fleischmann’s Song of the Provinces.

Programme 

Mass in D by Dvorak [Fleischmann Choir & James Taylor, organ]

Hunter's Moon by Gilbert Vinter for French Horn & Orchestra [Conor Palliser with the Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra]

Song of the Provinces by Aloys Fleischmann for Choir [combined Liedertafel (Dachau) & Fleischmann Choir], Orchestra [Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra] and Audience

Fleischmann Choir, conductor: Geoffrey Spratt
Liedertafel, Dachau, director: Peter Frank
Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra (Leader: Hugh Murray), conductor: Geoffrey Spratt
French horn soloist, Conor Palliser

For more information on the Fleischmann Centenary celebrations, see here.

Pre-Concert Music Provided by Band of the 1 Southern Brigade 

Conductor: Capt. Brian Prendergast