The Goethe Choir will be presenting a rare performance in Ireland of ‘Stabat Mater’ by the Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, which will be taking place at 8pm on Saturday, March 14, 2026 in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
Some members of the choir travelled to Lüneburg, Germany in November 2024 to join the Städtische Cantorei Lüneburg in a performance of this work (see https://goethechoir.ie/karl-jenkins-stabat-mater-in-luneburg/), and we are delighted to be able to welcome a number of members of the Lüneburg choir back to Dublin to join us in singing the work in Ireland. We will be joined by soloists Samira al-Amrie (who also sang the solo part in Lüneburg) and Aiko Bormann, organist Tom Little and the Goethe Ensemble, all under the direction of John Dexter. We will also be singing Benjamin Britten’s ‘A Hymn to the Virgin’ and ‘ A Hymn of St. Columba’, to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the composer.
Tickets costing €25 (plus booking fee) are available from Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/stabat-mater-tickets-1980822299821 but there is an early-bird offer of €20 per ticket (plus booking fee), which is available until February 13th.