Cuore are fundraising now for our first professional recording, planned for 2026, to feature premiere recordings of music written for us, including:

• A Can of Lilt (2026). A tour de force of mouth sounds, extended vocal techniques, and lilting of originally composed material at times evoking traditional Irish style, with modal fusion of tonalities. Commissioned by Cuore from alumna Anne-Marie O’Farrell with the support of the Arts Council.
• To a Child Dancing Upon the Shore (2025). A beautiful setting of the evocative W. B. Yeats poem. Commissioned by Cuore from emerging Polish composer Michał Ziółkowski to celebrate our 10th anniversary.
• Other music (TBD) written for Cuore and/or by current and former members.

If you’re inspired by what we do and would like to support our first commercial recording or to fund other commissions, we’d love to hear from you!

Thank you to our wonderful audience of 250 people who came to our anniversary concert, celebrating the rich musical tapestry we’ve woven since our first concert in April 2015.

We took a retrospective journey through the first decade of Cuore’s music-making, revisiting choir and audience favourites, and hidden gems from our repertoire. We were delighted to be joined by many alumni in the audience, and especially those who accepted our invitation to sing Kodály’s ‘Esti Dal’ with us.

We were also thrilled to present the world premiere of our anniversary commission in the presence of the celebrated Polish composer Michał Ziółkowski, with his beautiful setting of the evocative W. B. Yeats poem, To a Child Dancing Upon the Shore, crafted especially for Cuore’s 10th anniversary.

Below is a list of pieces premiered by Cuore. Titles below link to performances by Cuore, where available. More details about our past Irish premieres and world premieres can be found on individual event pages.

We welcome financial support to help fund future premieres and commissions, and to support the livelihoods of living composers. If you are looking for high-quality Irish choral sheet music, we can recommend The Contemporary Music Centre, Seolta Music and Cailíno Music Publishers.