Our first out-of-church event for 2024 will be a table quiz at the United Arts Club on Friday, 26 January at 7.00pm. If obscure factoids are your specialty, then come on out and put that knowledge to good use—and enjoy a drink alongside it! All proceeds go toward our organ restoration fund.
Our services this Christmas are as follows:
10.30: Said Eucharist
9.00: Said Eucharist
11.00: Solemn Eucharist of the Fourth Sunday of Advent
Setting: Darke in E
Motet: Ledger Adam lay ybounden
23.15: Midnight Mass of Christmas
Setting: Widor Messe solennelle
Motet: Rachmaninoff Hymn of the Cherubim
9.00: Said Eucharist
11.00: Solemn Eucharist of Christmas Day
Setting: Haydn Little Organ Mass
Motet: Dines Star of the East
9.00: Said Eucharist
11.00: Solemn Eucharist
There will not be a said Eucharist on Wednesday, 27 December.
All services will be held at Saint Bartholomew’s.
We mark the start of the Advent season on Sunday, 3 December at 5.00pm with a special service of readings, hymns, and anthems presented by candlelight. It is a beautiful service, and all are welcome!
Christmas concert season is approaching! Mark your calendars for these December performances at Saint Bartholomew’s:
Saturday, 9 December | 1.00pm
Mornington Singers Lunchtime Christmas Concert: Noël
Saturday, 16 December | 8.00pm
Sunday, 17 December | 6.00pm
Saint Bartholomew’s Choir Christmas Concert
Almost sold out!
Tuesday, 19 December | 8.00pm
The AIB Choral Society’s annual candlelight Christmas concert at Saint Bartholomew’s is a staple of our December line-up. Conducted by Tomos Watkins, this year’s programme features favourites from the modern golden age of carols (think Bing Crosby), as well as a few French carols. Tickets are €20 (€5 child) and available on Eventbrite.
Having celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2022, the AIB Choral Society comprises over 50 members of current, former and retired AIB staff, family members, and friends. They perform in numerous charity and community events throughout the year. Last May, they traveled to Spain to participate in the 9th International Choir and Orchestra Festival in Calella on the Costa Barcelona.
For more information, follow the AIB Choral Society on Facebook.
Christmas with 4-in-a-Bar will see this award-winning quartet perform a programme of feel-good carols. Doors open at 7.30pm with a free glass of mulled wine to welcome you before the show begins at 8.00pm. If you’d like to extend the evening, the singers have teamed up with Bianconi’s Restaurant on Merrion Road (D04 RH61) for a pre-concert special, which includes a two-course meal with your show ticket for €42.50 (offer only available until 1 December). Tickets for just the show are €20 and all tickets, plus details about the meal special, are available at kendumusic.com.
4-in-a-Bar is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed vocal ensembles, performing sold-out shows all across Europe. Since 2008, Eoin, Tristan, Paul, and Shane have brought the classic American barbershop vocal style into Irish traditional music, as well as ancient, classical, and pop genres.
They are managed by Dorothy Alioth of KenDu Music.
The Mornington Singers return to Saint Bartholomew’s for their lunchtime Christmas concert, Noël. Conducted by Orla Flanagan, this family-friendly choral concert features both old and new seasonal favourites, with our own Andrew Johnstone adding some Christmas sparkle on the organ. Tickets are €15 and available on Eventbrite.
From its founding in 1997 to winning Ireland’s Choir of the Year 2019 at the 65th Cork International Choral Festival, the Mornington Singers are a highly acclaimed chamber choir with an extensive repertoire. Their conductor, Orla Flanagan, is an assistant professor of music at Trinity College. She has conducted the Mornington Singers since 2002.
For more information, please visit morningtonsingers.org.
We will welcome the Mornington Singers to Saint Bartholomew’s on Saturday, 18 November for a 7.00pm concert. Conducted by Orla Flanagan, this award-winning chamber choir will perform the well-loved Requiem settings of Herbert Howells and Maurice Duruflé, with Andrew Johnstone at the organ.
Tickets are €15 (€10 concession) and may be purchased on Eventbrite or at the door.
For more information, please visit morningtonsingers.org.
We also look forward to welcoming the Mornington Singers back on Saturday, 9 December for a lunchtime Christmas concert. Further details are available here.
The festival of All Saints will be celebrated on Wednesday, 1 November at 7.30pm. The festival of All Souls will be observed on Sunday, 5 November at the 11.00am service. All are welcome.
New Dublin Voices, invited to give the annual choral concert at this year’s Wexford Festival, will give a special preview concert at Saint Bartholomew’s on Saturday, 14 October at 1.00pm.
The programme includes Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year, composed in memory of his mother, which beautifully complements in music the reflections on the transition from summer to autumn to winter by great poets including Blake, Tennyson, and Dickinson.
Also included is Holy Sonnet, which previews the world premiere of a new version specially revised for Wexford and for New Dublin Voices by Marco Tutino, composer of La ciociara, one of the three main operas featured at this year’s Wexford Festival. Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir will also be performed, and this exceptional concert will be rounded out with a selection of special pieces from the rich repertoire of New Dublin Voices…
…and something silly.
Tickets are €10 and may be purchased on eventbrite.ie or at the door (cash and card accepted).