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Patrick Cassidy is a knight of the Order of the Star of Italy, conferred by the President of Italy, and bestowed with the title of Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy.
Patrick Cassidy is Ireland’s most renowned living classical composer. In addition to classical music he also writes film scores. Patrick is best known for the aria ‘Vide Cor Meum’ originally composed for the film ‘Hannibal’, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Anthony Hopkins.
Patrick Cassidy is a classical composer specializing in opera, choral, and film scores. Patrick came into prominence with the release of the Children of Lir, the first major symphonic work written in the Irish language.
A collection of the 40 most beautiful arias composed by such greats as Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frideric Handel, Henry Purcell, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach and Patrick Cassidy.
Composer Cassidy is best known for his Narrative Cantatas for orchestra and choir based on Irish Mythology. The Children of Lir released in September 1993 remained at number one in the Irish Classical Charts for a full year.
Patrick Cassidy. Vide Cor Meum by composer Patrick Cassidy 700th Anniversary of Dante. The great poet died in 1321 #PatrickCassidy #VideCorMeum #Hannibal #KingdomOfHeaven #Dante.
The talents of Mayo-born composer, Patrick Cassidy, were brought to the attention of the international artistic community through his unique, and powerful, setting of the legend, The Children of Lir, in 1991.
