Wednesday 13th August 2025
Location: St Canice’s Cathedral
16 August 2025
1pm
St John’s Priory
€22 /€20
60 min approx. (no interval)
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Wheelchair accessible
Margaret Butler, Countess of Ormond (c.1473-1542) was both revered and feared by the citizens of Kilkenny. History has painted a picture of a fearsome woman with a ferocious appetite who distributed curses for her own amusement, but other accounts pay tribute to her leadership and charitable deeds.
In this special concert, newly-minted consort ensemble The Earls of Ormond (featuring Festival stalwarts Laoise O’Brien and Malcolm Proud) explores Margaret’s life through the music of the period, including repertoire from the English Court and the Franco-Flemish School.
Mark Chambers voice
Sarah Groser viola da gamba
Laoise O’Brien recorder
Norah O’Leary bass viol
Malcolm Proud chamber organ
Programme
Basse danse ‘La Margarite’ from the manuscript of Margeurite of Austria (c.1470)
Extracts from the Fayrfax & Henry VIII manuscripts (c.1500/1510)
Tielman Susato Selections from La Danserye
Claudin de Sermisy C’est a grand tort que moy povrette endure
Claudin de Sermisy Tant que vivray
Josquin des Prez Mille Regretz
Antonio de Cabezón Diferencias sobre El Canto del Caballero
Jacobus Clemens non Papa O Souverain Pasteur et Maistre
Pierre Attaingnant Tourdion (Quand je bois du vin clairet)
John Taverner In Nomine
Philip Van Wilder Sancte Deus
Tielman Susato Pavane La Bataille
Jacob Arcadelt Il bianco e dolce cigno
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