Wednesday 8 May 2024

we love to go a wanderin'

 In 2014, Judith Cullivan, daughter of alto Dollé, drew a graphic representation of all the places we'd sung in the first 30 years of Cavan Singers. In 2024, Carrie Lewis (sop) updated it, adding other places we'd sung in the next 10 years. Roll on November when we travel to sing in Lisbon, Portugal.







2024 Proms Programme and all that jazz

 
This is what we sang on both evening of our 2024 Proms in Farnham Estate Cavan ...

Jazz
Cavan Singers

All That Jazz Music - Kander; Lyrics - Ebb 


Fly Me to the Moon Music & Lyrics - Howard


Java Jive Music - Oakland; Lyrics - Drake


Moon RiverMusic - Mancini; Lyrics - Mercer


Solo – Brian McKeever

Cavan Girl Music & Lyrics - Moore



Classical

Cavan Singers

Cantique de Jean Racine Music - Fauré; Lyrics - Racine


Duet - Martina Lee Boyle & Pauline Brady 

Sull’aria Music - Mozart; Lyrics - Da Pointe



Poem - Noel Monaghan

                Cavan Singers, Founded, 1984


Cavan Singers

Va Pensiero Music - Verdi; Lyrics - Solera


Good Night Dear Heart Music - Forrest; Lyrics - Richardson & Twain

[In Memory of Our Deceased Members]


Guests

Fr. Darragh Connolly & Sue Donohoe

Because Music & Lyrics - Teschemacher & d’Hardelot

Bring Him Home Music & Lyrics - Boublil, Kretxmer & Schonberg

Nessun Dorma Music & Lyrics- Puccini


Interval


Jazz Group - In Denial

             Sway Music & Lyrics -  Ruiz & Demetrio

Ain’t That a Kick in The Head? Music & Lyrics- Van Heusen


Cavan Woodwind

Penny Lane Music  & Lyrics - McCartney & Lennon

Eleanor Rigby Music & Lyrics - McCartney & Lennon



Popular

Cavan Singers

Bohemian Rhapsody* Music & Lyrics - Mercury

Isn’t She Lovely Music & Lyrics - Wonder

Fernando Music - Andersson; Lyrics - Ulvaeus


Solo - Terry O’Connor

New York New York Music - Kander; Lyrics - Ebb


Cavan Singers (Popular – most recent pieces)

Can’t Help Falling in Love Music & Lyrics by Weiss, Peritti, Creatore

Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow Music & Lyrics - McVie


*for both evenings, when the audience called for an encore, we sang this again; Peter Denton's guitar solo was definitely a bit hit!




Friday 3 May 2024

40 years of singing - it's a wrap (until we start up for the next 40 years)

Thank you to everyone who came to our Proms concerts over the last two nights - we loved performing our program for you, and we ourselves enjoyed hearing our guest artists.

40 years done, 40 (and more) to go ...