The Stanford Festival 2010 is presented by the Stanford Society, an international body whose mission is to promote the music of Irish composer, Charles Villiers Stanford. This is the first time the festival has been hosted in Dublin, the city of Stanford's birth.
The festival includes lectures by some of the world's leading experts on Stanford, as well as performances of some of Stanford's best known compositions for choir, organ and symphony orchestra. The highlight of the festival is a concert by the Hibernian Orchestra entitled 'An Irish Rhapsody' (Christ Church Cathedral, Saturday 16 October at 8pm). The orchestra will be joined by violinist Nicola Sweeney, and features two of Stanford's famous Irish rhapsodies, as well as Vaughan Williams' haunting work, 'The Lark Ascending'.
Fri 15 Oct - St Stephen's Church, Upr Mount St 7.30pm
Choral & organ concert: Piccolo Lasso Choir / Feis Ceoil
winners / Darren Magee and Seán Óg Boylan /
Lassus Scholars Choir. €10 / €5.
Sat 16 Oct - Christ Church Cathedral
11.30 , 2.00 and 3.30 Lectures by Adèle Commins,
Prof. Harry White and Dr Paul Rodmell
5.00 Choral Evensong: music by Stanford
5.45 Book launch: An Chláirseach agus an Choróin: Seacht
gCeolsiansa Stanford, Liam Mac Cóil
8.00 The Hibernian Orchestra / Nicola Sweeney, violin /
John Finucane, clarinet and conductor. €15 / €12.
Sun 17 Oct - St Patrick's Cathedral
11.30 Sung Eucharist: Stanford in B flat
2.00 Lecture by Prof. Jeremy Dibble in St Patrick's Deanery
3.15 Choral Evensong: music by Stanford
4.30 Stanford Song Recital :Debbie Armstrong and
Claire Wallace
For fuller information visit www.thestanfordsociety.org
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford was born in Dublin in 1852 and received his early musical training at St Patrick's Cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral and St Stephen's Church (the 'Pepper Canister' Church). He moved to Cambridge in 1870 and went on to build a stellar musical career. He was appointed Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music in 1883 and Professor of Music at Cambridge University in 1888. Stanford was knighted in 1902 and his ashes were interred in Westminster Abbey following his death in 1924. Stanford was a prolific composer, completing seven symphonies, eight string quartets, nine operas, more than 300 songs, 30 large scale choral works and a large body of chamber music. He also composed a substantial number of works for the organ and anthems and settings for Anglican Matins, Evensong and Eucharist, which are still widely used in church music.
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