Declan O’Rourke is back and in full colour

Working with classical musicians was a new departure for Declan O’Rourke, and one that Cork audiences will get a chance to sample this weekend, writes Ed Power

DECLAN O’Rourke took his courage in both hands when he stood in front of a 50-piece orchestra for the first time in 2012.

“You have to have a brass neck,” says the popular singer-songwriter of his collaborations with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and other classical ensembles, now collected on a new album, In Full Colour.