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08 March, 2017Crux is a gathering of voices on the Atlantic fringe of Europe in the historic city of Dublin.
Directed by Paul McGough, the ensemble interprets old music for new audiences with a focus on Medieval and Renaissance chant and polyphony. Crux is Ireland’s leading TV and film choral group, appearing in Pilgrimage, Love & Friendship, The Hole in the Ground, various documentaries and in every season of History Channel’s Vikings.
The members of the group range widely in voice from rumbling basses to soaring sopranos. The group varies in size and number, depending on the event; a blend of male and female voices, sometimes instruments too.
Based at the beautiful St. Mary’s Church on Haddington Road, Dublin, Crux sings an Ancient-music mass twice per month, a mix of Medieval, Renaissance and Contemporary choral music.
Crux also performs at festivals and events around Ireland and abroad (eg Galway Early Music Festival, Throckmorton Literary Festival, UK, Trim Festival of Masks, Dark Dublin) and is a permanent feature at historic centres like King John’s Castle and Clondalkin Round Tower.
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Crux sings of love and commitment in this concert of vocal music from the Ars Antiqua to modern day.
Two lovers navigate the rise and fall of life and love in a fickle world, all doors to which – and from which – are firmly manned by the Church in rituals of music and ceremony.
Duration: 1 hour excluding interval.
Crux celebrates the rich literature of David’s psalms in settings of select tracts, eg. ‘When David Heard’ (Tomkins), funeral music by Henry Purcell, Tallis’ imitative ‘Miserere Nostri’ and Allegri’s ‘Miserere Mei’. These substantial works are supported by solo and instrumental music; personal, heart-rending laments from the time of the Crusades, songs for the fallen Jerusalem and for fallen loved ones.
Duration: 1 hour excluding interval.
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08 March, 2017Vikings first contacted me in 2013 about providing some singing monks for an upcoming episode. The ...
23 March, 2017In an astonishing soundtrack by composer Stephen McKeon, Crux swells to sixty male voices with overt...
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