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Aifreann na Féile Pádraig

Palestrina Choir Image Name: Palestrina Choir Description: Palestrina Choir
Palestrina Choir Image Name: Palestrina Choir Description: Palestrina Choir

Inniu, craolfar an t-aifreann ar thrí ardán ag an am céanna, ar RTÉ One ar an teilifís, ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta agus ar RTÉ Radio 1 Extra/LW252, an chéad uair dá leithéid tarlú.  Is é an cumadóir Éireannach Kevin O’Connell a scríobh ceol an aifrinn.  Rinne sé é an t-aifreann seo a chumadhar iarratas ó sheacht dteaghlach a raibh aithne acu ar a chéile óna gcuid laethanta ollscoile, agus theastaigh uathu Bliain na Gaeilge 2018 a cheiliúradh, an bhliain chéanna ar tháinig an Pápa go hÉirinn.  Tá stíl nua-aimseartha ceoil le cloisteáil san aifreann seo, atá dílis do théacs na sacraiminte, agus a dhéanann iarracht dúshláin an lae inniu a léiriú ag an am céanna.  Is iad an Palestrina Choir a bheidh i mbun amhránaíochta le tionlacan orgáin ó David Grealy, faoin stiúir Bhlánaid Murphy.  Beidh an t-aifreann á cheiliúradh in RTÉ i nDomhnach Broc.

Mass today will be a unique 3-way live simulcast by RTÉ One TV, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and RTÉ Radio 1 Extra / LW252 of a performance in liturgical context of a recently-commissioned setting of the mass in the Irish language: Aifreann, by Irish composer Kevin O’Connell.  The mass was commissioned by seven families who have known each other since their student days at UCD to mark Bliain na Gaeilge in 2018, the same year the Pope visited.  Kevin O Connell’s mass uses a modern musical style that faithfully sets the religious text, while attempting to reflect the challenges of today.  The mass will be performed by the Palestrina Choir, accompanied by organist David Grealy, and conducted by their musical director Blánaid Murphy.  The mass will be celebrated in the RTÉ Studios in Donnybrook.
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