Clongowes Wood College, Kildare, Cyril Murphy‘s alma mater, commissioned him to write an anthem in celebration of the school’s Bicentenary Year. Composed for choir and orchestra, the anthem is based on the Prayer of St Ignatius – Lord teach me to be generous. On the 24th of March, it was performed to a packed house at the National Concert Hall, Dublin in a special concert to mark the bicentenary of Clongowes Wood College.