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Thursday 13 November at 8pm
Vienna Boys Choir
Tickets: €48.50, Friends €47
World renowned for their heavenly voices and remarkable talent, the Vienna Boys Choir is one of the World's oldest existing boys' choirs. Founded in 1498 by Emperor Maximilian of Austria, the choir has worked with countless famous conductors and composers.
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Their last visit to Letterkenny provided a wonderful concert recital of devotional music as well as a selection of European and Irish folk songs. We can expect a similarly perfect evening in the intimate surrounds of An Grianán.
The Vienna Boys' Choir is divided into four sub-groups or touring choirs. The choirs are of equal standing; the tours, appearances in Vienna and recording projects are shared among them. Each choir has a choirmaster, and two tutors or prefects who travel with the boys.
The choirs are named after famous Austrian composers associated with the choir's history, Bruckner, Haydn, Mozart and Schubert. The choir still performs much of their music.
An Grianán has the pleasure of welcoming the Bruckner choir. This season, Brucknerchor has 23 members, nine of which are new to the choir. This makes them the "youngest" of the four groups with an average age of 11.
The boys come from Vienna, Lower Austria, Salzburg, the Tyrol, and from Germany, some of Chinese, Japanese, Indian or Congolese roots. Three choir boys are from the USA, from New York City, Cincinnati and San Juan Capistrano.
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