music

The annual series of international summer concerts in the Cathedral begins on Thursday 3 July, and continues with a concert every Thursday evening at 20:00 until 7 August.

The week between Passion Sunday and Easter Sunday is the most sacred of the church year, and will be celebrated in solemn fashion in Galway Cathedral.

Franciscan Friar Alessandro Brustenghi, from Assisi, will give a concert of his favourite songs in the Cathedral on Friday 21 March 2014, as part of a European tour. His album The Voice of Assisi reached number one in the UK charts.

The Greater Miami Youth Symphony Orchestra, from Florida in the USA, together with the Galway Youth Orchestra Jazz Ensemble, presents a concert in the Cathedral on Thursday 27 March 2014 at 19:30. The programme includes music by Bach, Vivaldi, Sarasate and others. Admission is free.