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(Part - Guitar)-Acallam na Senórach by Tarik O'Regan was co-commissioned by the National Chamber Choir of Ireland The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at University of Notre Dame Indiana and Peak Performances at Montclair State University Montclair New Jersey.First performed on 25 November 2010 at St Ann’s Church Dublin by the National Chamber Choir of Irelandwith Stewart French (Guitar) directed by Paul Hillier.The Guitar part was edited by Stewart French.Tarik O'Regan on the music:In writing this musical setting of Acallam na Senórach I was drawn to the evenness of the dialogue. Instead of St Patricksimply converting the pagan warriors he is encouraged to listen to Ca lte’s stories and poems of an earlier time in which the saint delights.This secular/sacred osmosis is maintained unwaveringly throughout the entire text. By the end of the narrative one has witnessed not only the arrival of a new religion in Ireland but also a richly-recounted secular narrative map of the entire island: the peaceful and enriching shaking of two great hands.In preparing the libretto (the sung text) I have focused on only a few of the shorter constituent tales. This decision was born of the practical constraints of duration. I have however kept the skeleton albeit smaller of the overall frame in place. Finally for the sake of simplicity Ois n is removed from the primary narrative.The characters are not assigned specific voices. The narrative as a whole is carried by a persistently changing combination of voices and guitar. The one exception is Cas Corach the musician of the s d (underworld) who is most closely embodied throughout this setting in the solo interludes for guitar.The music itself is not ethnographically inclined; that is I have not attempted to reconstruct theories on Irish music of the period from which Acallam stems. However the score generally and especially in the guitar writing is imbued with an air

Tarik O’Regan's The Night's Untruth for SATB chorus Brass ensemble and Organ is a co-commission celebrating the 10th anniversary of JAM (The John Armitage Memorial Trust) and the 40th anniversary of VocalEssence. 'The Night’s Untruth explores the use of sleep as metaphor by dint of excerpts from poems written in the 17th to 20th centuries. Death love fear ecstasy isolation dreaming and rest are all textual “variations” on the “theme” of sleep and can be found in the chosen texts. The work’s title is taken from a line in a poem by Samuel Daniel (1562-1619) and speaks tothe composition’s focus on sleep as a parallel possibly dystopian existence to the one experienced in our waking hours.' - Tarik O’Regan March 2010 Scored for brass quintet organ and SATB choir with (minor) divisi and occasional moderately demanding solos for tenor and soprano this evocative 16-minute work probes the mystery of sleep with texts from poems by Keats Samuel Daniel Shakespeare and Hart Crane: 'death love fear ecstasy isolation dreaming and rest' are the themes O'Regan explores through these texts in a work as episodic as a disturbed night with the title creating a 'focus in sleep as a parallel possibly dystopian existence'. - Organists' Review

Tarik O’Regan's The Night's Untruth for SATB chorus Brass ensemble and Organ is a co-commission celebrating the 10th anniversary of JAM (The John Armitage Memorial Trust) and the 40th anniversary of VocalEssence. 'The Night’s Untruth explores the use of sleep as metaphor by dint of excerpts from poems written in the 17th to 20th centuries. Death love fear ecstasy isolation dreaming and rest are all textual “variations” on the “theme” of sleep and can be found in the chosen texts. The work’s title is taken from a line in a poem by Samuel Daniel (1562-1619) and speaks tothe composition’s focus on sleep as a parallel possibly dystopian existence to the one experienced in our waking hours.' - Tarik O’Regan March 2010 Scored for brass quintet organ and SATB choir with (minor) divisi and occasional moderately demanding solos for tenor and soprano this evocative 16-minute work probes the mystery of sleep with texts from poems by Keats Samuel Daniel Shakespeare and Hart Crane: 'death love fear ecstasy isolation dreaming and rest' are the themes O'Regan explores through these texts in a work as episodic as a disturbed night with the title creating a 'focus in sleep as a parallel possibly dystopian existence'. - Organists' Review

Tarik O’Regan's Tell Me incorporates words by the Irish poet Nahum Tate (1652-1715). This arrangement for unaccompanied SSA chorus or three voices was written for Juice Vocal Ensemble and premiered on 11 May 2014 at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival. The piece is based on the first movement of O'Regan's Now Fatal Change originally written for Ryland Angel and Lara St. John.

Another wonderful sacred composition by the gifted choral composer Tarik O'Regan. A complete original nmusical setting of the Corpus Christi Service and the Celebration of Holy Communion as laid out in Order One of Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England. As liturgical flexibility is one of the key issues of Common Worship O’Regan has attempted to provide as many and as varied permutations as possible and that the Minister might choose the most appropriate. This item is the Service Score and features Vocal Score Organ accompaniment and is also available as a Congregation Part (10 Pack) NOV200321-1.

Cha bi by Tarik O'Regan was commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra. First performance 10 October 2012 at Portland Memorial Hall St. Helens Tasmania by ACO2 directed by Helena Rathbone.String orchestra (minimum players: 5.5.3.3.1)

An unusual setting of the Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis by Tarik O'Regan written for a double chorus with Cello or Soprano Saxophone. The works were commissioned separately by Timothy Brown for the Choir of Clare College Cambridge. The Magnificat was premièred at the 2000 Spitalfields Winter Festival while the Nunc Dimittis was composed for a BBC broadcast in 2001. The full work is a large-scale setting designed to stand as a concert work in it's own right and feature an adaptation of the Renaissance technique of alternating between chant and polyphony.Separate parts for Cello and Soprano Saxophone are available from this site using item codes NOV200310-01 andNOV200310-02 respectively.

Tarik O'Regan's I Listen To The Stillness Of You is taken from his larger work 'Mass Observation'. Mass Observation was commissioned for the University of Michigan Chamber Choir, Jerry Blackstone, conductor, thanks to support from the William K. and Delores S. Brehm Choral Commissioning Fund, and the Barbara Abramoff Levy Fund. / SATB

This SSAA arrangement by Ryan Brandau of Triptych , based closely on the original SATB version by Tarik O'Regan, was specially commissioned by Dr. Amanda Quist and the Westminster Choir College Symphonic Choir Women. / Choeur SSAA