THE CLERKS CHORAL OF ST. MARY’S COLLEGIATE CHURCH (Ireland)
In 2005, Dr Ian Sexton re-established the Clerks Choral at the
Collegiate Church of St Mary, Youghal, a choir that had existed as long ago as 1464.
The choir’s mission is to make known to a wider public music that is
seldom heard outside the confines of cathedrals, or, in the case of
Compline, monasteries. With Colin Nicholls now directing the choir,
it sings at church services and other events around the county and
further afield.
Compline, the last office of the monastic day, has a calm,
contemplative nature. At St Anne’s Church, Shandon, this plainsong
service is framed with slightly more elaborate motets by way of
contrast.
