Monday, 30 March 2026

A wonderful evening in Rockcorry on Friday March 27th 2026

Thanks to Rockcorry Community Development Assocation for inviting us to perform in St Mary's Church at a fundraiser for their local community. Pascal Smyth and his committee treated us royally, sending a bus to collect and deliver us to and from Cavan, providing "green room" hospitality, making the church made as atmospheric as any concert hall, and filled the house with a most appreciative audience. It is alway lovely to see an audience reacting to the lyrics and the music - and no better folk than Monaghan folk to know good music when they hear it. 

This was our programme ... we are so proud that all our solos and duets came from choir members. We are lucky as ever to have Eileen Tackney and Sue Donohue directing and accompanying us. We now go back into rehearsal for our next outing on Tuesday May 12th in the Kilmore Hotel, our annual 'proms' concert, The Sound of Music - Medleys & Melodies

Cavan Singers  LOOK AT THE WORLD 		Lyrics & music - John Rutter 	 PILGRIM SONG 			Traditional American hymn; arr. LLoyd Larson  NOEL 					Lyrics & music - Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash; featuring Maria Battigelli		arr. Heather Sorenson  CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE	Lyrics & music - George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore;						arr. Roger Emerson 		 COME FLY WITH ME			Lyrics - Sammy Kahn; music - James van Huesen; featuring Hugh Tunney			arr. Kirby Shaw 	 THE SOUND OF MUSIC medley	Lyrics - Oscar Hammerstein; music - Richard Rodgers;								arr. John Leavitt  Duet - Maria Battigelli & Jennifer McEntee THE PRAYER				Lyrics & music - David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager  Solo - Hugh Tunney			Lyrics - Gilles Thibaut, Claude François, Paul Anka; music - Jacques 		MY WAY				Reveaux; arr. Damian Montalto  Solo - Brian McKeever THE ROSARY 				Lyrics - Robert Cameron Rogers; music Ethelbert Nevin   -------------------------------------------------------------------- Interval ------------------------------------------------------------- Solo - Nora Kennedy ONE MORE DAY			Lyrics & music - Harry Gregson-Williams, Hugh Marsh, Trevor Horn,						Patrick Cassidy   Solo - Jennifer McEntee, accompanist Louis McEntee BOTH SIDES NOW 			Lyrics & music - Joni Mitchell; arr. Marius de Vries, Nick Baxter  Solo - Pauline Brady VILIA (from The Merry Widow)		Lyrics Adrian Ross; music Franz Lehar; arr. H. M. Higgs  Cavan Singers  NINE HUNDRED MILES		Traditional American; arr. Jonathan Rathbone  CANTAR!				Lyrics & music - Jay Althouse  ADIEMUS 				Lyrics & music - Karl Jenkins; arr. Nicholas Hare  VIVA LA VIDA				Lyrics & music - Guy Berryman, John Buckland, Will Campion, Chris						Martin; arr. Mark Brymer  MARY POPPINS medley 		Lyrics & music - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman;							arr. John Leavitt  JOSHUA				Traditional Spiritual; arr. Rollo Dilworth

Front page of our programme, design by Abbeyset Cavan