This year’s artwork, entitled “Wonderfully Made”, was created by the mother-daughter team Tarani Napa and Tevairangi Napa.
This year’s Women’s World Day of Prayer service will be held in the Methodist Centenary Church (Leeson Park) on Saturday, 8 March at 11.00am. The order of service has been prepared by the churches of the Cook Islands, with its theme—I Made You Wonderful—inspired by psalm 139. All are welcome.
More information about the artists, the Cook Islands, and the annual World Day of Prayer may be found here.
The Gaudete Singers return to Saint Bartholomew’s for their spring concert, Vinea Mea Electa: Music for Lent by Poulenc and Vaughan Williams. This performance will showcase two sacred masterpieces of the early twentieth century that, although both contemporary, represent very different and contrasting styles. Vinea Mea Electa is the second of Francis Poulec’s Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence, a series of four Lenten motets produced during a period of mourning for his friend and fellow composer Pierre-Octave Ferroud. The Gaudete Singers will perform all four of these motets before moving on to Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G minor. Although Vaughan Williams was a self-declared agnostic, he composed several well-received liturgical pieces throughout his career. Mass in G minor reflects the influence of Byrd and Tallis, but in the distinctive twentieth century style for which Vaughan Williams is known.
Tickets are €20 (€15 concession; €5 students) and available at the door. Payment may be made by cash or card. All tickets include a glass of wine or soft drink after the concert.
23.15: Midnight Mass of Christmas
Setting: Widor Messe solennelle
Anthem: Stewart On this day
11.00: Solemn Eucharist of Christmas Day
Setting: Haydn Little Organ Mass
Anthem: Dexter The holly and the ivy
9.00: Said Eucharist
11.00: Solemn Eucharist
13.00: Said Eucharist [The naming and circumcision of Christ]
All services will be held in Saint Bartholomew’s.
Quartet Slavey is a Bulgarian vocal group specialising in traditional folk music, and we are pleased to welcome their unique sound to Saint Bartholomew’s on Saturday, 7 December at 5.00pm for an a cappella Christmas performance. Their repertoire comprises folk music from all parts of Bulgaria, along with Church Slavonic chants from the 19th and 20th centuries and original arrangements of some of Bulgaria’s best-known composers. The creation of Nadka Karadjova, known as “the nightingale of Bulgaria,” Quartet Slavey has performed over 3000 concerts worldwide since its founding in 1991. They have also featured on Hollywood soundtracks and collaborated with numerous pop singers. Admission to this concert is free, but it is strongly recommended that you reserve a spot on Eventbrite.
This concert is organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Ireland.
For more information, please visit Quartet Slavey’s official website.
It may only be October, but since the annual choir Christmas concert is by far the most popular event at Saint Bartholomew’s, it’s time to save the dates—and yes, that’s plural! Last year, we sold out faster than we ever have before, so we have decided to hold two showings this year:
Sunday, 8 December @ 6.00pm
Sunday, 15 December @ 6.00pm
Tickets will be available from Friday, 1 November… well, for the general sale, that is. If you’re a Friend of the Choir, you can secure your tickets much earlier than that. In fact, this year our Choir Friends are receiving two free tickets for each showing. The cost of four tickets is already worth a good chunk of the annual membership (and the peace of mind in knowing you’re guaranteed a place at an event that will almost certainly sell out surely counts for something, too!), so why not go all in and become a Friend?
We currently have a small number of parking spaces available for hire. These can be used from Monday to Friday inclusive.
These are charged at €150 per month.
For further details please email us or telephone Charlie Smith on 086-8192576.
From this month forward, there is no longer a said Eucharist every Wednesday. Instead, these said Eucharists will now be celebrated only on feast days (or the nearest possible date) at 1.00pm. The first of these will be the feast of Saint Matthew, which will be celebrated on Saturday, 21 September. The feast of the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be observed on Sunday, 8 September and the feast of Saint Michael and All Angels will be observed on Sunday, 29 September, both at the main services.
Please note there will not be an evensong service this Sunday, 16 June. Instead, please join us for the choir’s summer concert at 6.00pm. For details, please click here.
