Featuring sacred & secular music about travel, pilgrimage, and transformation, spanning 1000 years of music, diverse cultures, and geographical areas from Africa to the Middle East to Europe.
Sung Compline with Peregryne
20 March 5:30pm Saint Mary's Cathedral, Limerick Vocal ensemble Peregryne (Stuart Kinsella, dir.) bring the sung office of Compline to Saint Mary's Cathedral for a sublime start to the Limerick Early Music Festival. Featuring chant, Renaissance polyphony, and crowned with a large scale anthem from the Eton choirbook (c.1500). OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Journeying with Bach
22 March 8pm Saint Mary's Cathedral, Limerick Featuring choral and instrumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Dieterich Buxtehude, and Heinrich Schütz. This concert brings together Ancór, Saint Mary's Cathedral Choir, Sagittarius Hiberniensis, the Limerick School of Music Senior Choir, and the LEMF orchestra under co-directors Cecilia Madden and Peter Barley. TICKETS €25/€20 €5 Under 16s
Music at the Milk Market: Renaissance Music in Costume
Saturday 16 & 23 March 10am–12pm, Milk Market Limerick Music played by LEMF performers on medieval, Renaissance and traditional instruments featuring joyous dances from centuries ago. The perfect early music Saturday morning! OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
