Category: Music at St Peter’s

After two years of disrupted seasons and great uncertainty, we look forward to closing the 2022/23 season on a high. Following the Irish Chamber Orchestra’s last performance in Drogheda with Sheku Kanneh-Mason in 2019, they return with Kristian Bezuidenhout at the helm. Regarded as one of today’s most notable and exciting keyboard artists, this programme…

A pianist of note, in 2014 Daniel Lebhardt won 1st Prize at the Young Concert Artists International auditions in Paris and New York. In the interim years, he has developed a broad career as a soloist and chamber musician. For his debut recital in Drogheda, he performs Titans of the solo piano repertoire. Programme Brahms…

Concert in Aid of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (Drogheda Branch) Tuesday 28 February 7.30pm Doors open at 6.30pm, starts 7.30pm. Tickets also available from:* St. Peters Hall – Mon, Wed & Fri – 10 am – 12 noon.* Barbican Centre,* Augustinian Church* The Crafty Fox* Sage & Stone Michael Downesand Bede Williams(conductors)Maebh Martin(violin) Mozart…

Presenting Leon McCawley piano, Mia Cooper violin & Brian O’Kane cello At the time of writing this work, Clara Schumann was probably as well-known, if not more so than her husband Robert, yet like many female composers of the time, she was overlooked in the history books. As a result, this fine piano trio has…

The weekend draws to a spectacular close with a Gala concert that brings together all musicians for an uplifting celebratory concert. An evening of showstopping arias and excerpts from the wonderful world of opera. Presenting arias that the participants have worked on in masterclasses, this closing event will feature pianists Dearbhla Collins and Morgane Fauchois-Prado…

Join us for an evening of song singing. As part of the weekend dedicated to the Voice, we are delighted to present a recital filled with young singers performing their favourite songs. Following two days of masterclasses and in-depth tuition, our singers will present a collection of art songs that they have selected for your…

Themes of comfort, hope and joy run through Handel’s epic Messiah. One of his most popular works which famously received its premiere in Dublin in 1742. Under the direction of Peter Whelan, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Chamber Choir Ireland and soloists tell this wonderful story in what is sure to be an ideal lead in…

Presenting the Liverpool String Quartet Founded in 2010, the Liverpool String Quartet is made up of musicians who met whilst playing together in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. As part of a National String Quartet Foundation tour, this is the quartet’s first visit to Drogheda. The programme includes a 2007 work by Irish composer Deirdre…

Winner of the inaugural Dublin International Piano Competition in 1988, French pianistPhilippe Cassard has retained a close relationship with Irish audiences. To mark his 60th birthday, he returns to Ireland with a programme of popular and well-known works for solo piano. Programme Mozart Sonata K.331 Alla TurcaDebussy Reflets dans l’eau, Ondine, Poissons d’oe, La Cathédrale…

Presenting Tchaikovsky’s Liturgy of St John Chrysostum Although best known for his Romantic symphonies and ballets, Tchaikovsky’s breath-taking Liturgy of St John Chrysostum, a setting of fifteen pieces from the Russian Orthodox Liturgy written for unaccompanied choir, is full of rich, intense and sonorous harmonies. Led by Paul Hillier, Chamber Choir Ireland performs this sublime…