Everyday Wonders

Cór Linn
Cór na nÓg
Ciarán Kelly, Cór Linn conductor
Mary Amond O’Brien, Cór na nÓg conductor
Carole O’Connor, piano accompanist
Bogdan Sofei, solo violin
Des Lacey, percussion

Ferdia Ó Cairbre Today is Here (2023) [world premiere]
Ferdia Ó Cairbre For Our World (2024) [world premiere]
Gracie Gilmartin A Lullaby (2024) [world premiere]
Ollie Lambert The Lake Isle of Innisfree (2024) [world premiere]
Cecilia MacDowell Everyday Wonders: The Girl From Aleppo (2018)
Nick Page A Promise I Will Keep (2006)

NCH Choirs Cór Linn and Cór na nÓg make a welcome return to the festival with their usual mix of entertaining yet thought-provoking repertoire, in a performance showcasing the very best of youth music-making.

At the heart of this concert, Cecilia MacDowell’s haunting Everyday Wonders - The Girl from Aleppo tells the incredible true story of disabled Kurdish teenager who fled from Aleppo with her sister to start a new life in Germany. Performed alongside Nick Page’s emotive A Promise I Will Keep and three world premieres – NMD commissions from Ferdia Ó Cairbre, Ollie Lambert and Cór Linn teenager Gracie Gilmartin – this is sure to be an uplifting and engaging Sunday afternoon at NMD.

Presented by New Music Dublin in partnership with NCH & RTÉ and supported by The Arts Council