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My Holy Place In St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork

Thursday, 2 nd of April 2026 #AveVerum #MyHolyPlace #SetMeAsASeal #Brussels #SingingSupper #PeregrineVoices Tonight we had friends round for a Singing Supper in Brussels. We sang my Set Me As A Seal and My Holy Place. Both are emerging as top favourites. They should be singles on the album! Then, one friend said Ave Verum was her favourite, so we sang that as well. All three will be on the choral album which should be recorded in July by Peregrine Voices. Catalogue | Domin

Wednesday, the 4 th of March 2026 #composing #composernotebook #Tide #Splash #Tube #Oliver #MyHolyPlace I’m halfway through my notebook – three months of ideas, sketches, doodles. Tide, 3 rd movement of my Sea Symphony. For full orchestra (2222 4331). The big theme. Outline of modes. Counterpoint in the finale. Tide was played in private by London Repertoire Orchestra a couple of weeks ago. Tube, for Percussion Orchestra of the City Lit. Flexible scoring and voices. Sket

Sunday, the 18 th of January 2026 #monastic #officehours #plainchant #polyphony #liturgy #AlisonHawes #SimonAshdown #DominicMcGonigal #SetMeAsASeal #MyHolyPlace #Victoria #Rachmaninov #Palestrina #Parsons #Holst #Rimsky-Korsakov #Sheppard #BickleighCastle What a feast of music! My head is full of Victoria, Palestrina, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheppard, Schutz, Holst and... McGonigal! We ended with my Set Me As A Seal which will be the title trac