Galway Cathedral has been home to Galway Cathedral Choir since the building’s dedication in 1965. The choir, which is open to teenagers and adults, provides the music at all major feasts and liturgical occasions in the Cathedral, as well as at the regular Sunday 11.15am mass throughout the year. Its repertoire covers ten centuries, including Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony, Viennese masses and some contemporary music. The choir has been directed by Raymond O'Donnell since January 1994.
Robbie Carroll is a fifth-year student in Coláiste Iognáid, Galway. He has been Organ Scholar in Galway Cathedral since September 2010, in which role he studies organ performance, accompaniment, choral direction and liturgy under Raymond O'Donnell.
Leon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
Suite Gothique
- Introduction: Choral
- Menuet gothique
- Prière à Notre-Dame
- Toccata
Richard Farrant (c.1530-1580)
O sacrum convivium
William Byrd (1540-1623)
Teach me, O Lord
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Pueri Hebraeorum
Raymond O'Donnell (b.1967)
The Reproaches
Francesco Soriano (1549-1621)
Regina caeli
Plainchant
Viri Galilaei
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
If ye love me
William Byrd
Cibavit eos
Plainchant
Te Deum laudamus
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Toccata in F
Josef Haydn (1732-1809)
Missa brevis St Joannis de Deo
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Benedictus
Agnus Dei