Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland notes from the Irish Times
Cathedral Arts:
an exhibition in the Representative Church Body Library
In conjunction with the launch of the new Cathedral Arts programme at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, (to include solo recitals, choral and organ concerts, opera and drama during the summer months), a new exhibition in the foyer of the RCB Library features archive material from the cathedral's artistic past.
Music has been performed in Christ Church for at least 500 years. An extensive collection of services and anthems dating from the early 18th century has survived in the cathedral archives, attesting to this long musical tradition. The archives, now in the RCB Library, constitute one of the most significant corpuses of manuscript music in Ireland. The exhibition includes an samples from this musical collection, as well as programmes of theatre productions and other events such as flower festivals, that have taken place in years gone by.