Loneliness and togetherness: Chamber Choir Ireland in Dundalk

Chamber Choir Ireland surround the audience at St Nicholas’ Church, Dundalk

Emily Dickinson’s “I have no life but this”, c. 1846

Cassandra Miller and Chamber Choir Ireland

By Lawrence Dunn, 19 June 2023

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“the music surrounds, you inhabit it”

Reviewed at St Nicholas Church, Dundalk on 16 June 2023

Smith, Folio (World premiere)

Shaw, How to Fold the Wind

Miller, The City, Full of People (World premiere)

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Paul Hillier, Conductor

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Lawrence Dunn

Lawrence is commissioning editor at Bachtrack. He is a composer, improviser, pianist and writer. He has taught at Cambridge, Huddersfield and Sheffield universities. He has written music for, among others the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, Slagwerk Den Haag, Philip Thomas, Juliet Fraser, Ilya Gringolts, Plus-Minus, Exaudi, Apartment House and Explore Ensemble.