Pipeworks Festival 2026 Opening Concert

RTÉ Concert Orchestra
David Leigh, conductor
Stephen Farr, organ
Pipeworks Festival Chorus Soloists: Felicity Haywood · Sarah Thursfield · Rory Lynch · Eoghan Desmond

The opening concert of Pipeworks Festival 2026 brings together the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, internationally acclaimed organist Stephen Farr, the Pipeworks Festival Chorus and soloists Felicity Haywood, Sarah Thursfield, Rory Lynch and Eoghan Desmond in the magnificent setting of St Patrick’s Cathedral. Conducted by Pipeworks Artistic Director David Leigh, the programme moves from Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro to Kenneth Leighton’s dramatic Organ Concerto, culminating in Mozart’s Requiem.