NCC/David Brophy

Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin Today 2pm 15 01-8721122


Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin Today 2pm 15 01-8721122

It falls to the National Chamber Choir under David Brophy to round off the year – the second of their Christmas Tidings programmes at the Hugh Lane Gallery today seems set to be the last classical event of 2011. The musical bearers of the tidings hail from Italy (Gabrieli), England (Mundy, Leighton and Britten), France (Poulenc), Ireland (Ó Gallchobhair), and the US (Katherine Kennicott Davis and Jestor Hairston, composers of, respectively, The Little Drummer Boyand Mary's Boy Child).

The concert, which includes “festive refreshments”, is at the unusual starting time of 2pm.