Our repertoire

Cantóirí sing a wide range of music from the 15th century to the present day in languages including English, Irish, Finnish, Latin, German and Hungarian to name a few! Here is some of our repertoire from the last few of years.

Austria:

  • Gradual (Anton Bruckner)

Canada:

  • The Log Driver’s Waltz (Wade Hemsworth)
  • Frobisher Bay (arr. Diane Loomer, revoiced Larry Nickel)
  • Voici mon secret (George Chung, words Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Ireland:

  • Amhrán Rath Cairn (trad arr. Ben Barnes)
  • A Chraobh Chrom (Séamus de Barra)
  • A Drinking Song (Ben Barnes, words W. B. Yeats)
  • An Londubh is an Chérseach (trad. arranged by Mark Armstrong)
  • Cór na Síog (Éamonn Ó Gallchobhair)
  • Danny Boy (Wetherby, arranged by Joseph Flummerfelt)
  • Geantraí (trad arr. Michael McGlynn)
  • New Year’s Day (U2)
  • The Tempest (Anne-Marie Liddy)
  • With a Waterlily (Cooke)
  • Like as the Waves (Robinson)
  • Tá na báid (traditional, arr. Deirdre Moynihan)
  • The Song of Wandering Aengus (Fergus Grant, words W. B. Yeats)

Italy:

  • Si ch’io vorrei morire (Claudio Monteverdi)
  • Io mi son giovinetta (Claudio Monteverdi)
  • Ah dolenta partita (Claudio Monteverdi)
  • Alma Redemptoris (Palestrina)
  • S’andasse Amor a caccia (Claudio Monteverdi)
France/Belgium:
  • Tourdion (Anon)
  • Il est bel et bon (Passereau)
  • Bonjour mon coeur (Lassus)
  • Jubilate deo (Lassus)
  • Bestia curvaría pulices (Lassus)
  • Mille regretz (Josquin Des Prez)
Finland:
  • On suuri sun rautas’ autias (Hyökki)
Germany:
  • Est ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius)
  • Der Traum (Peter Cornelius)
  • O süsser Mai (Brahms)
  • Abendlied, Op. 69, No. 3 (Josef Rheinberg)

Hungary:

  • Dramolett (Orban)
  • Daemon irrepit callidus (Orban)
  • Rosza madrigal (Ferenc)
  • Dana dana (Lajos Bardos)
  • Tabortuznel (Lajos Bardos)
  • See the gypsies (Kodaly)
  • Esti Dal (Kodaly)
The Netherlands:
  • Hodie Christus Natus Est (Sweelinck)

Norway:

  • Masurka (traditional, words Geirr Lystrup, arr. Andrew Smith)
  • Trilo (traditional, arranged Ale Möller)
Spain:
  • O vos omnes (Pau Casals)
  • En las noches claras

Sweden:

  • Så skimrande var aldrig havet (Evert Taube, arr. Anders Edenroth)
  • Vem kan segla förutan vind? (trad, arranged by Søren Thrane Hansen)

UK:

  • Factum est silentium (Richard Derring)
  • A Litany (William Walton)
  • All creatures now are merry (John Bennet)
  • Weep O Mine Eyes (John Bennet)
  • Fair Phyllis (John Farmer)
  • The Lamb (John Taverner)
  • Hymn (Kenneth Leighton, words by Phineas Fletcher)
  • Hide And Seek (Imogen Heap)

USA:

  • Lullabye (Billy Joel, arr. Philip Lawson)
  • Love You (The Free Design)

Christmas:

  • Ring Christmas Bells (Leontovich)
  • Coventry carol (arranged by Martin Shaw)
  • Deck the Hall (traditional Welsh, tune: Nos Galan)
  • Hodie, Christus Natus Est (Healey Willan)
  • Silent Night (Franz Gruber, arr. Dewagtere)
  • Gabriel’s Message (traditional Basque carol melody, arr. C. Edgar Pettman)
  • Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Michael Praetorius)
  • Gaudete
  • Here We Come A-Wassailing (traditional)
  • Ding Dong! Merrily On High (arr. Stuart Nicholson)
  • People Look East (music: old Besançon carol, tune arranged by Barry Rose, words Eleanor Farjeon)