rtÉ national symphony orchestra 2014-2015 season brochure

RTÉ NationalSYMPHONYOrchestra

2014–2015 Season

ContentsPage

03 A Message of Welcome from RTÉ

05 Alan Buribayev on his Season

06 At a Glance: 2014–2015 Season

10 Concerts & Events: 5 September 2014–29 May 2015

58 Pipeworks Organ Recitals

60 Single Concert Ticket Prices at the National Concert Hall

62 Main Season Concert Package Options

63 Main Season Subscriber Rewards & Discounts

64 Main Season Concert Package Prices

66 Main Season Subscriber Card

67 How and When to Book

68 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra: Profile

69 National Concert Hall Seating Plan: Main Season Concerts

Cover image: Alondra de la ParraConducting on Friday 27 February

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2014–2015 Season

RTÉ National Symphony OrchestraMain Season concerts, Horizons and other

selected concerts are broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm

Patron: Michael D. Higgins, President of IrelandPrincipal Conductor: Alan Buribayev

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Helena Wood, Leader, RTÉ NSO

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the RTÉ National

Symphony Orchestra’s 2014-2015 season, once again

including a Beyond the Season programme.

Marking the 150th anniversary of his birth, the works of Richard Strauss play an important part in the Main Season which will also celebrate the 150thanniversaries of the Nordic giants, Sibelius and Nielsen, the 30th Anniversary of the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir and, of course, Culure Night. Also featured are Beethoven’s four Fidelio Overtures, three of Stravinsky’s greatest ballet scores, a mini-series of three Shostakovich symphonies and an exciting range of choralworks – including two new RTÉ commissions for choir and orchestra. Overall,across our Main Season and Horizons series, nine new works, including fourRTÉ commissions, will receive world premieres, and eight works will receivefirst performances in Ireland.

Our artists and our musicians bring this music to life. Led by PrincipalConductor Alan Buribayev, we are proud to present a distinguished list of guest conductors and soloists including a series of outstanding wind virtuosi.

In presenting this programme so rich in masterworks of the symphonic literaturefrom Bach to Bartók, Mozart to Mahler, and Beethoven to Stravinsky andbeyond, it is also my pleasure to extend a warm welcome to my successor, JohnO’Kane. I have greatly enjoyed my time as Interim Executive Director, RTÉOrchestras, Quartet and Choirs and wish John every success in his new role.

Finally, on behalf of RTÉ and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, it is myprivilege to invite you to join, support and enjoy the orchestra in what promisesto be some great music-making over the weeks and months to come.

Aodán Ó DubhghaillInterim Executive DirectorRTÉ Orchestras, Quartet & Choirs

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Alan Buribayev, Principal Conductor, RTÉ NSO

This is a season to which I look forward with tremendous excitement.With my dear friends in the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, we will complete our journey through Prokofiev’s symphonies with

a performance of his Symphony No. 7 (8 May), we will pit ourselves against the thrilling musical and rhythmic challenges of Stravinsky’s Rite (29 May) and we will perform, for the very first time, Good Friday–Belfast: 10-4-98 by Irishcomposer, Gerry Murphy (8 May).

With a range of great soloists, both Irish and international, we will, over anumber of concerts, perform some of the great orchestral works of RichardStrauss and other great composers of the German tradition. And for me, a very personal touch, music from my family, with the dances from my great-grandfather’s opera Abai. It will be our pleasure, as always, to bring this greatmusic to you.

Alan BuribayevPrincipal Conductor, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

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DATE

Fri 5 SepFri 12 SepTue 16 Sep

Fri 19 SepFri 19 Sep

Fri 26 SepTue 30 Sep

Fri 3 OctThurs 9 OctFri 10 OctFri 17 Oct

Fri 24 OctFri 31 OctFri 7 Nov

Fri 21 NovFri 28 NovFri 28 NovFri 5 Dec

Tue 9 DecThurs 11 DecTue 16 Dec

Thurs 18 Dec

Thurs 1 Jan

Fri 9 Jan

Tue 13 JanFri 16 JanFri 16 Jan

TIME

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8pm6.45pm8pm8pm

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2.30pm &6.30pm8pm

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2014–2015 SEASON FAVOURITESSEASON OPENINGGREAT SYMPHONIES CLOSE UP CHARLES HAZLEWOODRTÉ CÓR na nÓGRAPTURE

ORCHESTRAL SOLOSGREAT SYMPHONIES CLOSE UPCHARLES HAZLEWOODMUSIC AS WITNESSSWASHBUCKLING STRAUSSSWASHBUCKLING STRAUSSOUT OF ITALY

QUIRKY BRILLIANCE MUSIC FOR HALLOWEENGERMAN SOUL

MASTER MAGICIANPIPEWORKSLOVE IN A TIME OF WARRUSSIAN ROULETTE

LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATETHE ENCHANTED MUSECHRISTMAS IS COMING!

CELINE BYRNE CHRISTMAS GALAVIENNESE WHIRLS

THE MUSIC MAKERS

HORIZONS: GRÁINNE MULVEYPIPEWORKSCLOWN & PHILOSOPHER

COMPOSERS / PROGRAMME

Suppé, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, StravinksyBeethoven, Sibelius, R StraussDvorák From the New World

Choral selection for children’s voicesLinda Buckley, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov

Liszt, Schumann, BartókTchaikovsky Pathétique

Beethoven, Dvorák, ShostakovichDvorák, Brahms, R StraussDvorák, Brahms, R StraussMendelssohn, Mozart, Donizetti (arr. Seeber), RespighiSibelius, Lindberg, TchaikovskyStravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Berlioz, DukasBeethoven, Brahms

Glinka, Mozart, TchaikovskyElertMozart, Liszt (arr. Drezuin), BeethovenBorodin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich

Operatic and Christmas favouritesOperatic and Christmas favouritesChristmas favourites

Dvorák, Puccini, Gounod, Tchaikovsky

Strauss Family and Viennese vocal favourites

Elaine Agnew, Mozart, Elgar

Gráinne Mulvey, David Bremner, Nicola LeFanuJS Bach, MessiaenR Strauss, Bartók, Bruch

At a Glance September 2014–January 2015

All performances take place in the National Concert Hall, Dublin with the exception of Thurs 9 Oct, Galway.

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CONDUCTOR

Gavin MaloneyAlan Buribayev Charles Hazlewood

Mary Amond O’BrienGavin Maloney

Stefan BlunierCharles Hazlewood

Michael FrancisAlan Buribayev Alan Buribayev Daniel Smith

Christian LindbergJamie PhillipsAndreas Delfs

Julian Rachlin- Julian RachlinCourtney Lewis

John FinucaneJohn FinucaneChristopher Bell

David Brophy

Robert Houlihan

Andrew Litton

Gavin Maloney-Alan Buribayev

SOLOIST(S)

-Pekka Kuusisto -

- Gabriela Montero, RTÉ Philharmonic ChoirLeon McCawley-

Philippe Graffin Daniel Müller-SchottDaniel Müller-SchottAlexei Ogrintchouk

Christian LindbergEnrico PaceJohn O'Conor, Lynda Lee, Owen Gilhooly, RTÉ Philharmonic ChoirJulian RachlinDavid LeighJulian RachlinMichael McHale, RTÉ NSO Mentoring Scheme participantsPatrick HylandSylvia O'BrienRachel Croash

Celine Byrne

Anna Devin

Hugh Tinney, Imelda Drumm, RTÉ Philharmonic ChoirMartin JohnsonMark DuleyMaxim Rysanov, John Finucane

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Tue 20 JanFri 23 JanTue 27 JanFri 30 JanTue 3 FebFri 6 FebFri 13 FebTue 17 Feb

Fri 20 FebFri 20 FebTue 24 Feb

Fri 27 FebFri 13 MarTue 17 Mar

Fri 20 MarFri 20 MarFri 27 MarFri 3 Apr

Fri 17 AprThurs 23 AprFri 24 AprFri 1 MayFri 1 MayFri 8 MayFri 15 MayTue 19 May

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Fri 29 May

TIME

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HORIZONS: DAVID COONANNORDIC GIANTS HORIZONS: PHILIP HAMMONDGALLIC CHARMSHORIZONS: JOHN BUCKLEYHEAVENLY LENGTHROLLERCOASTERGREAT SYMPHONIES CLOSE UP CHARLES HAZLEWOODPIPEWORKSMUSICAL PEAKS LEAVING CERTIFICATE GUIDE TO SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUEMEXICAN WAVE SONG OF SUMMERA TRIBUTE TO MASTER UILLEANN PIPER LIAM O’FLYNNPIPEWORKSPOETRY & MAYHEMVOICES TO THRILLTHE EASTER PASSION

A TOUCH OF FROSTMYSTERIOUS MELODIESMYSTERIOUS MELODIESPIPEWORKSHORN OF PLENTYDISSONANCE & RESOLUTIONAPPROACHING NIGHTGREAT SYMPHONIES CLOSE UP CHARLES HAZLEWOODCHARIOT OF FIRE

RUSSIAN RITES

COMPOSERS / PROGRAMME

David Coonan, Joseph DaviesSibelius, Grieg, NielsenPhilip HammondBizet, Rodrigo, Saint-SaënsJohn Buckley, Elliott Carter, Jerome de BromheadBeethoven, Mahler, Korngold, SchubertElgar, Watkins, BrahmsHaydn Military,Prokofiev ClassicalCramer, R Strauss, RegerBeethoven, R StraussBerlioz

May, Chávez, Rosauro, StravinskyMendelssohn, Frank Corcoran, BeethovenTo be announced

Cochereau, Duruflé Berlioz, Mozart, Poulenc, RavelBrahms, Mozart, R StraussJS Bach St Matthew Passion

Grieg, Nielsen, SibeliusBorodin, Sibelius, TchaikovskyBorodin, Sibelius, TchaikovskyMozart, StravinskyTchaikovsky, Mozart, R Strauss, ShostakovichGerry Murphy, Prokofiev, BrahmsMozart, MahlerBrahms Symphony No. 3

Mendelssohn Elijah

Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel), Zhubanov & Hamidi, Stravinsky

At a Glance January–May 2015

All performances take place in the National Concert Hall, Dublin with the exception of Thursday 23 April Cork & Friday 24 April Waterford.

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Gavin MaloneyHoward ShelleyGavin MaloneyTakuo YuasaGavin MaloneyPatrik RingborgDamian IorioCharles Hazlewood

-Alan Buribayev David Brophy

Alondra de la ParraKenneth MontgomeryDavid Brophy

-Jean-Luc TingaudAlan Buribayev Robert Howarth

David BrophyConor PalliserConor Palliser-Vladimir AltschulerAlan Buribayev Gerhard MarksonCharles Hazlewood

Paul Daniel

Alan Buribayev

SOLOIST

Kristine BalanasHoward ShelleyMichael McHaleCraig OgdenGwendolyn MasinKurt NikkanenAdam Walker, RTÉ ConTempo Quartet-

David AdamsHelena Wood-

Eriko DaimoMartin JohnsonLiam O'Flynn and guests

David LeighPascal & Ami RogéCeline Byrne, Ailish Tynan, Tara ErraughtRobin Tritschler, Eamonn Mulhall, Roísín O'Grady, Sharon Carty, Padraic Rowan, Philip O'Reilly, RTÉ ChoirsJulian BlissElizabeth CooneyElizabeth CooneyDavid AdamsDavid PyattFinghin CollinsNikolay Khozyainov-

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RTÉ National Symphony OrchestraGavin Maloney conductor / Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

A new season, and with it opportunities galore to again hear some of thegreatest music ever written – or to discover wonderful works for the firsttime. Our centuries-spanning curtain raiser offers just a few of the jewelsand treasures to come. Masterpieces by Beethoven, Bartók, Schubert andTchaikovsky, together with Sibelius’ majestic Finlandia, Faustian dramafrom Berlioz and the combustible excitement of Stravinsky’s Firebird offerthe perfect introduction to a year of unmissable music making.

2014–2015 Season Favourites

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Friday 5 September / Concert 8pm

Suppé The Beautiful Galathea OvertureBeethoven Symphony No. 6, Pastoral: ‘Scene by the Brook’Schubert Symphony No. 9, The Great: ScherzoBerlioz La damnation de Faust: Dance of the Sylphs; Hungarian MarchSibelius FinlandiaBartók Concerto for Orchestra: ‘Giuoco delle coppie’Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4: Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinatoTchaikovsky Symphony No. 5: WaltzStravinsky The Firebird: Danse infernal; Berceuse; Finale

Paul Herriott

Taster concertpresenting just a few of thetreasures to come!

BEYOND THE SEASON

Soundings In Conversation / Pekka Kuusisto

RTÉ NationalSymphony Orchestra

Pekka Kuusistoviolin

Alan Buribayevconductor

Our season opens in style with principal conductor Alan Buribayevlaunching a survey of Beethoven’s four Fidelio Overtures with theenergetic Leonore No. 1. The evening also sees the first of five concertsmarking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Richard Strauss: thesemi-autobiographical Ein Heldenleben quotes more than 30 earlierworks, its final pages marked by beauty and tenderness. Acclaimed anddecorated Finnish virtuoso Pekka Kuusisto joins us for one of hiscompatriot’s most famous works, Sibelius’ epic Violin Concerto.

BeethovenLeonore Overture No. 1 [10’]

SibeliusViolin Concerto in D minor [31’]

R StraussEin Heldenleben [40’]

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Friday 12 September / Soundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

The hauntingSibelius ViolinConcerto and theheroic grandeur ofRichard Strauss

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Pekka Kuusisto

Fidelio Overtures

Strauss 150Season Opening

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Charles Hazlewoodconductor/presenter

The memorable melodies of Dvorák’s ninth, last and most popularsymphony owe a considerable debt to the American-Negro spiritualsand plantation songs he discovered on his travels in the ‘New World’.But, finding himself far from home, the nostalgic pull of his nativeBohemia can be clearly felt in a brilliantly orchestrated masterpiece that sounds authentically American and Czech.

Charles Hazlewood is a man on a mission: to make the masterpieces of classical musicaccessible and understandable to the widestpossible audience. In this hour-long eventtaking place as part of a revealing ear-openingseries examining how five composers createdfive legendary symphonies, he will discuss,explore and conduct excerpts from the ‘NewWorld’ symphony before a full performance of the work.

DvorákSymphony No. 9,From the New World [38’]

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B E YO N D T H E S E A S O N

Great Symphonies Close Upwith Charles HazlewoodPresented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and the National Concert Hall

Takes place as part of FORTE! The RTÉ NSO’s Musical Discovery Programme

Tuesday 16 September / Concert 1.05pm

FREE Concert RTÉ Cór na nÓgChoral director: Mary Amond O’Brien


Gabriela Monteropiano

RTÉ Philharmonic Choirchorus master: Mark Hindley

Gavin Maloneyconductor

The understated beauty and emotive power of Raymond Carver poems ‘This Word Love’, ‘No Need’ and ‘Late Fragment’ inspire Linda Buckley’snew work for choir and orchestra; Gabriella Montero returns for the thrillsand spills of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto while Rimsky-Korsakov’shypnotically perfumed Scheherazade takes us into the exotic, fairytale realmsof The Arabian Nights.

Rapture

Linda BuckleyBeloved on the earth [15’]

RTÉ lyric fm commission / world premiere

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor [32’]

Rimsky-KorsakovScheherazade [42’]


Friday 19 September / Free concert 7pm / Soundings 7.10pm / Concert 8pm

Understated beauty, thrills and spills, fairytale realms

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Soundings In Conversation / Linda Buckley

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Gabriela Montero

Choral

Soundings In Conversation / Leon McCawley & Stefan Blunier


Leon McCawleypiano

Stefan Blunierconductor

Liszt’s mighty symphonic poem Les préludes is a perfect orchestral‘prelude’ to two compelling concertos. Eloquent, intimate and virtuosic, Schumann’s Piano Concerto is vividly contrasted by Bartók’sastonishing Concerto for Orchestra, a showcase opportunity for eachorchestral section to out-do the other. Fireworks are guaranteed!

Orchestral Solos

LisztLes préludes [16’]

SchumannPiano Concerto in A minor [31’]

Bartók Concerto for Orchestra [36’]

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Friday 26 September / Soundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

Showcaseopportunitywith fireworksguaranteed!

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Leon McCawley

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Tchaikovsky’s final symphony puts the listener through the emotionalwringer with music of intense melancholy and anguished outburstsexpressed in a daringly wide dynamic range. Its variety of moods,controlled passions and grief-stricken finale set it apart as one of the richest and most intricately designed of all symphonies. A sombre masterpiece full of hidden treasures.

Charles Hazlewood’s revealing ear-opening series examining how five composers created fivelegendary symphonies continueswith Charles discussing, exploringand conducting excerpts from thePathétique symphony before a fullperformance of the work.

TchaikovskySymphony No. 6, Pathétique [47’]

Charles Hazlewood




Tuesday 30 September / Concert 1.05pm

Soundings In Conversation / Philippe Graffin & Michael Francis


Philippe Graffinviolin

Michael Francisconductor

The second of Beethoven’s Leonore overtures provides a dramatic lead-in to Dvorák’s bold Violin Concerto, a work of vivid contrasts and virtuoso demands for soloist Philippe Graffin. Shostakovich’sEleventh Symphony grips with journalistic immediacy in its unblinking depiction of the ‘Bloody Sunday’ massacre in 1905 when Tsarist troops opened fire on unarmed demonstrators.

Music as Witness

BeethovenLeonore Overture No. 2 [13’]

DvorákViolin Concerto in A minor [32’]

ShostakovichSymphony No. 11 in G minor, The Year 1905 [34’]


Friday 3 October / Soundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

Drama, vividcontrasts andjournalisticimmediacy

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Philippe Graffin

Fidelio Overtures

Soundings In Conversation / Daniel Müller-Schott


Daniel Müller-Schottcello


Dvorák’s lyrical Cello Concerto gave Daniel Müller-Schott a triumphearlier this year with the Berlin Philharmonic; expect the same tonight!Brahms’ masterly Haydn Variations lead fluidly to the swashbucklingand incident-filled Don Juan, the second of six masterpieces by RichardStrauss conducted by Alan Buribayev this season.

Swashbuckling Strauss

DvorákCello Concerto in B minor [40’]

BrahmsVariations on a Theme by Haydn [17’]

R StraussDon Juan [17’]

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Thursday 9 October / Leisureland, Galway / Concert 8pm Friday 10 October / National Concert Hall / Soundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

‘Daniel Müller-Schott...one of the finest cellistsbefore the public today’ The Times, London

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Daniel Müller-Schott

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Strauss 150

Soundings In Conversation / Alexei Ogrintchouk & Daniel Smith


Alexei Ogrintchoukoboe

Daniel Smithconductor

The outstanding Russian soloist Alexei Ogrintchouk takes centre stagefor Mozart’s Oboe Concerto – one of the most beautiful ever composedfor the instrument – and Donizetti’s delightful Concertino, masterfullyarranged by the orchestra’s former cor anglais player, Helmut Seeber.Mendelssohn’s ebullient ‘Italian’ Symphony and Respighi’s technicolouredportrait of the Pines of Rome complete an evening of Italian style andelegance.

Out of ItalyMendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A, Italian [27’]

Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K.314 [21’]

Donizetti (arr. Seeber)Oboe Concertino in F [10’]

RespighiPines of Rome [23’]



One of the most beautifulconcertos evercomposed for the oboe

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Daniel Smith

Great Wind Virtuosi

Soundings In Conversation / Christian Lindberg


Christian Lindbergtrombone /conductor

Trombonist extraordinaire Christian Lindberg returns for an evening of passion and romance. Sibelius’ rousing Karelia Suite is a colourfulpicture-postcard from the heartland of Finnish folklore, Tchaikovsky’sstorm-driven Fifth Symphony a baring of the Russian soul. And for sheer showmanship, Lindberg plays, recites and conducts his own brilliantly quirky Helikon Wasp.

Quirky Brilliance

SibeliusKarelia Suite [14’]

LindbergHelikon Wasp [20’] Irish premiere

TchaikovskySymphony No. 5 in E minor [50’]



Passion andromance withtrombonistextraordinaireChristian Lindberg

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Christian Lindberg

Great Wind Virtuosi

Soundings In Conversation / Jamie Phillips


Enrico Pacepiano

Jamie Phillipsconductor

Celebrate Halloween with some of the most demonic music evercomposed: Stravinsky’s combustible Firebird, Rachmaninoff ’s seeminglypossessed Paganini Variations and Liszt’s macabre dance of death. Scaredyet? Don’t be! There’s a sweeter magic in Berlioz’s Dance of the Sylphs andthe comic terror of Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice promises a happy ending.

Music for HalloweenStravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919) [22’]

RachmaninoffVariations on a Theme by Paganini [22’]

LisztTotentanz [16’]

BerliozDance of the Sylphs and Hungarian March [8’]

Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice [12’]



Some of themost demonicmusic evercomposed!

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Enrico Pace


John O’Conorpiano

Lynda Leesoprano

Owen Gilhoolybaritone

RTÉ PhilharmonicChoirchorus master: Mark Hindley

Andreas Delfsconductor

Two of Germany’s greatest composerswere also two of the most soulful.Acclaimed Beethoven interpreter John O’Conor returns for the classicalelegance and symphonic grandeur of the Third Piano Concerto. Brahms’Requiem Mass, written in German inmemory of his mother, is one of themost beautiful, and heartfelt expressionsof loss ever composed.

German Soul

BeethovenPiano Concerto No. 3 in C minor [34’]

BrahmsA German Requiem [68’]


Friday 7 November / Concert 8pm

Elegance,grandeur and a heartfeltexpression of loss

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John O’Conor

Choral

Soundings In Conversation / Julian Rachlin


Julian Rachlinviolin /conductor

Julian Rachlin’s last appearance with the RTÉ National SymphonyOrchestra was ‘musical magic’ (The Irish Times). Expect more spells to be cast in this, the first of two concerts [see 28 November] from the multi-skilled musician as Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture weaves its own special enchantment, the 19-year-old Mozart’s Fifth ViolinConcerto conjures a colourful ‘Turkish’ episode, and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony evokes super-charged tragedy and dark-hued glamour.

Master Magician

Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture [5’]

MozartViolin Concerto No. 5 in A, Turkish, K.219 [31’]

TchaikovskySymphony No. 4 in F minor [44’]


Friday 21 November / Soundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

A mastermagician casts his spell

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Julian Rachlin


Julian Rachlinviolin /conductor

Multi-talented Julian Rachlin returns with another violin concerto –the Third – by the 19-year-old Mozart, crammed full of beautifullyfragile melodies and with a finale of delightful surprises. For sheercontrast, Liszt’s ruminative Dante Sonata hovers between Heaven andHell while Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony seethes with all the angstand turmoil surrounding its writing at the height of the Napoleonicwars, the composer’s deafness and unrequited love.

Love in aTime of War

MozartViolin Concerto No. 3 in G,Strasbourg, K.216 [24’]

Liszt (arr. Drezuin)Après une lecture de Dante [21’]

Irish premiere

BeethovenSymphony No. 7 in A [36’]


Friday 28 November / Pipeworks recital 6.45pm / Concert 8pm

Beautiful melodiesand music fromthe height of theNapoleonic wars

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FREE Concert Pipeworks: David Leigh, organ. See p.58.

Julian Rachlin

Soundings In Conversation / Michael McHale & Courtney Lewis


Michael McHalepiano

Courtney Lewisconductor

with 2014 RTÉ NSOMentoring Scheme participants

Hailed as ‘the best young Irish conducting talent I’ve heard in morethan two decades’ (The Irish Times), Belfast-born Courtney Lewisreturns for an evening of thrilling Russian music. Borodin’s PolovtsianDances (source of the tune for Stranger in Paradise) provide a rich andripely romantic prelude to Prokofiev’s robust and muscular First PianoConcerto. Bursting with tunes and full of defiance against his Sovietpaymasters, Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony is a work of epic drama.

Russian Roulette

BorodinPolovtsian Dances [14’]

ProkofievPiano Concerto No. 1 in D flat [16’]

ShostakovichSymphony No. 5 in D minor [44’]


Friday 5 December / Soundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

Courtney Lewismakes a welcomereturn for thrillingRussian music

RTÉ NSOMentoring Scheme

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Courtney Lewis

RTÉ National Symphony OrchestraPatrick Hyland tenor

John Finucane conductor

Darkening December days offer the perfect excuse to be reminded of the chilly romance of Winter with the glistening beauty of Glazunov’sfrosty portrait. Seasonal sparkles comes courtesy of Tchaikovsky’s always-enchanting Nutcracker and the promise of warmer times to come withRachmaninoff ’s Spring Waters. Punchestown-born tenor Patrick Hylandbrings three of opera’s largest characters – Mozart’s libidinous Don Giovanniand earnest lover Ferrando (Così fan tutte) and the ill-fated suitor Lenskyfrom Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin – to vivid life.

Love in a Cold Climate

Glazunov The Seasons: ‘Winter: Frost; Ice; Hail; Snow’Mozart Don Giovanni: ‘Il mio tesoro’Mozart Così fan tutte: ‘Un’aura amorosa’Borodin NocturneTchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: ‘Kuda, kuda?’ (Lensky’s Aria)Rachmaninoff Spring WatersTchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Dance of the MirlitonsTchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

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Tuesday 9 December / Concert 1.05pm

ChristmasLunchtimeconcert


RTÉ National Symphony OrchestraSylvia O’Brien soprano

John Finucane conductor

Escape the winter chill into the enchanted worlds of Delibes’ fairy-taleballet Coppélia, Gounod’s romance-filled Roméo et Juliette, the mythologicalfantasy of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice and Grieg’s fabled Peer Gynt. And with Christmas just around the corner, indulge in the beauty of Gounod’sO Divine Redeemer, Grieg’s evocative tolling of bells and Richard Bissill’sjoyous mood-setting Christmas Carnival.

The Enchanted Muse

Delibes Coppélia: Entr’acte and WaltzGounod Roméo et Juliette: ‘Je veux vivre’Gounod O Divine RedeemerGluck Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed SpiritsGrieg Peer Gynt: Solveig’s SongTraditional It Came Upon a Midnight ClearGrieg Bell RingingBissill Christmas Carnival

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Thursday 11 December / Concert 1.05pm

ChristmasLunchtimeconcert


RTÉ National Symphony OrchestraRachel Croash soprano

Christopher Bell conductor & presenter

As Christmas edges ever closer, celebrate the season’s warmth and magicwith music from across the centuries and around the world. Festive delightsinclude the 17th-century Latin American rapture of Convidando esta lanoche, Edwardian charm of Pietro Yon’s Gesù Bambino, European élan ofWaldteufel’s skaters and American energy and fun of Leroy Anderson’sChristmas Festival. Then sit back and enjoy the traditional delights of MaryHad a Baby, or join in – with full voice – Christopher Bell’s delightfulPenguin Song and scene-setting sparkle of Jingle Bells.

Christmas is Coming!

Anderson Christmas FestivalTraditional Mary Had a Baby Zéspedes Convidando esta la nocheWaldteufel Skaters’WaltzAnderson Sleigh Ride Pietro Yon Gesù BambinoTraditional Christmas Carol FantasyBell Penguin Song Traditional Jingle Bells

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Tuesday 16 December / Two concert performances 11am & 1.05pm

Christmas Coffee &Lunchtimeconcerts


RTÉ National Symphony OrchestraCeline Byrne soprano

David Brophy conductor

With just one week left before the big day, ‘Ireland’s leading opera singer’(Belfast Telegraph), Celine Byrne, and the RTÉ National SymphonyOrchestra bring the worlds of opera and Christmas joyfully together for afabulous night of music and song. Orchestral delights include the magicalharmonies of Humperdinck’s Prelude to Hansel and Gretel, drama-lacedIntermezzos from Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, andthe dazzling Troika from Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé.

The evening’s leading lady steps into the limelight to deliver some of themost enduring of all opera arias and a selection of favourite seasonal songs.The tender beauty of Puccini’s ‘O mio babbino caro’ (Gianni Schicchi) and‘Un bel dì’ (Madama Butterfly), the haunting serenity of Dvorák’s Song tothe Moon (Rusalka) and soaring romance of the Jewel Song from Gounod’sFaust flow seamlessly into a delightful seasonal compendium of timelesspopular songs. Holst’s sensitive and soulful setting of In the Bleak Midwinter,the infectious sentiment of Have Yourself a Merry Christmas, hushed beauty ofSilent Night and festive anthems Joy to the World and O Holy Night add theirown happy contributions to a suitably snow-coated sense of occasion.

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Celine Byrne Christmas Gala


Celine Byrne

Thursday 18 December / Concert 8pm

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Anna Devinsoprano

Robert Houlihanconductor

Presented by

George Hamilton RTÉ lyric fm

It wouldn’t be New Year’s Day withoutthe melody-filled music of the Viennesemasters. So travel back in time to celebratein glittering style with some of the mostentrancing and beautiful music everwritten. Gems from the pens of theStrauss family, Suppé and Zeller includethe unforgettable Blue Danube, swooningRoses from the South and the atmosphericMorning, Noon and Night in Vienna. Irishsoprano Anna Devin joins us for theaching romance of Lehár (‘Meine Lippen,sie küssen’ and Vilja Lied), infectiousgiggling from Strauss (Laughing Song)and the magical anthem Vienna, City ofMy Dreams.

Viennese Whirls


Thursday 1 January / Two concert performances 2.30pm & 6.30pm

Celebrate inglittering stylewith some of themost entrancingand beautifulmusic ever written

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Anna Devin


Hugh Tinney piano

Imelda Drummmezzo-soprano


Andrew Littonconductor

A celebration of the universal power of music to reach out and inspire marks the 30thanniversary of the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir.One of Mozart’s best-loved and most dramaticpiano concertos follows the premiere ofElaine Agnew’s setting of Siegfried Sassoon’smoving poem of unexpected beauty andhope. Arthur O’Shaughnessy’s Ode inspiredone of Edward Elgar’s most tender, personaland beautiful compositions.

The Music MakersElaine AgnewEveryone Sang [20’]RTÉ commission / world premiere

MozartPiano Concerto No. 20 in D minor,K.466 [30’]

ElgarThe Music Makers [38’]


Friday 9 January / Soundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

‘The singing willnever be done’Siegfried Sassoon

M A I N S E A S O N

Soundings In Conversation / Elaine Agnew & Mark Hindley

RTÉ Philharmonic Choir

RTÉ Philharmonic ChoirCelebrating 30

Choral


Martin Johnsoncello


Presented by Bernard ClarkeRTÉ lyric fm

Life is a wave…‘Four world premieres. Three generations of composers. I explore Alpineglaciers and the mysteries of light with John Tyndall in both my celloconcerto Excursions and Ascents and in Diffractions for orchestra. NicolaLeFanu’s Threnody laments the brutality of war with Euripides and BrendanKennelly. David Bremner investigates the lyricism of the dotted line withGap Static.’ Gráinne Mulvey

David BremnerGap Static (2014) [5’] world premiere

Gráinne Mulvey Diffractions (2014) [10’] world premiere

Nicola LeFanuThrenody (2014) [5’] world premiere

Gráinne Mulvey Cello Concerto:Excursions and Ascents (2014) [20’]

RTÉ commission / world premiere

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Tuesday 13 January / Composer in Conversation 12.30pm / Concert 1.05pm

HORIZONSContemporary Music Series

Composer in Conversation In association with Contemporary Music Centre

CMC Director Evonne Ferguson with Gráinne Mulvey

Concert will be broadcast on Nova on RTÉ lyric fm (Sunday 18 January, 8-10pm)

Featured composer Gráinne Mulvey


FREECONCERTSee p.61

2015

Gráinne Mulvey


Maxim Rysanovviola

John Finucane clarinet


Strauss the rollicking clown (Till Eulenspiegel) and Strauss at his mostphilosophical and profound (Tod und Verklärung) frame Bartók’s potentlylyrical Viola Concerto – with the charismatic young violist Maxim Rysanovas soloist – and Bruch’s romantic Double Concerto with the orchestra’sown Principal Clarinettist John Finucane partnering Rysanov as soloist.

Clown & Philosopher

R StraussTill Eulenspiegel lustige Streiche [15’]

BartókViola Concerto [21’]

BruchDouble Concerto for Clarinet and Viola in E minor [19’]

R StraussTod und Verklärung [23’]


Friday 16 January / Pipeworks recital 6.45pmSoundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

‘Rysanov is aremarkable player’ Gramophone Magazine

M A I N S E A S O N

FREE Concert Pipeworks: Mark Duley, organ. See p.58.Soundings In Conversation / Maxim Rysanov & John Finucane

Maxim Rysanov

Great Wind Virtuosi

Strauss 150

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CMC Director Evonne Ferguson with David Coonan

Concert will be broadcast on Nova on RTÉ lyric fm (Sunday 25 January, 8-10pm)

Featured composer David Coonan



Kristine Balanasviolin



Hidden Visions ‘The transcendent worlds of Yeats, Brahms’ unseen love-letters, and the two-sided sardonicism of Sergei Prokofiev; all lie interwoven in thehinterlands of the three works on this programme. Sometimes explicit,sometimes hidden, these influences reflect an urge to reach for somethingbeyond oneself, wrought together here by a love for the wondrouspossibilities of the orchestra.’ David Coonan

Joseph DavisByzantium for orchestra (2012) [17’]

Irish premiere

David Coonan Träumerei for violin and orchestra (2011) [12’]Irish premiere

David Coonan Sarcasms for orchestra (2014) [15’] RTÉ commission / world premiere


FREECONCERTSee p.61

David Coonan


2015

Soundings In Conversation / Howard Shelley


Howard Shelleypiano /conductor

Pianist-director Howard Shelley returns to celebrate the 150thanniversaries of the birth of two Scandinavian giants: Sibelius, with hisvibrantly atmospheric epic-in-miniature Finlandia, and Carl Nielsen,whose Second Symphony brilliantly evokes the contrasted moods ofThe Four Temperaments. Grieg’s perennially popular, tune-filled PianoConcerto is a glorious expression of youthful exuberance.

Nordic Giants

SibeliusFinlandia [8’]

GriegPiano Concerto in A minor [31’]

NielsenSymphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments [32’]



Celebrating the150th anniversaryof the births oftwo Nordic giants

M A I N S E A S O N

Howard Shelley

Nielsen 150

Sibelius 150


CMC Director Evonne Ferguson with Philip Hammond

Concert will be broadcast on Nova on RTÉ lyric fm (Sunday 1 February, 8-10pm)

Featured composer Philip Hammond



Michael McHalepiano



Piano Centre Stage ‘My music is the result of many influences, and this Horizons concert enjoysthe context of the imagery of the black and white movie, the historicalBelfast Harp Festival of 1792, and the poetry of the French symbolists.’ Philip Hammond

Philip Hammond

‘...the starry dynamo in the machinery of night...’ (2001) [10’]

Miniatures and Modulations (2011) [15’]

New Work for piano & orchestra (2014) [20’]

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FREECONCERTSee p.61

Philip Hammond


2015

Soundings In Conversation / Craig Ogden & Takuo Yuasa


Craig Ogdenguitar

Takuo Yuasaconductor

Rodrigo’s ever-popular love song to Spain, the Concierto de Aranjuez – withCraig Ogden the virtuoso soloist – boasts a glorious melody at its heartand forms the centrepiece for an evening of Gallic passion and romance.Bizet’s First Carmen Suite is a thrilling, colour-soaked opera in miniature;Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony an orchestral feast of dramatic contrasts.

Gallic Charms

BizetCarmen Suite No. 1 [12’]

RodrigoConcierto de Aranjuez [21’]

Saint-SaënsSymphony No. 3 in C minor, Organ [36’]



A love song toSpain and anorchestral feast of dramaticcontrasts.

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Craig Ogden


CMC Director Evonne Ferguson with John Buckley

Concert will be broadcast on Nova on RTÉ lyric fm (Sunday 8 February, 8-10pm)

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Featured composer John Buckley



Gwendolyn Masinviolin



Mirrors of Light‘Light and space have been abiding sources of inspiration in my compositionsfor many years and are at the heart of this concert. The serenely luminousSound Fields, composed in his ninety-ninth year by Elliott Carter, and A Layfor a Light-Year by Jerome de Bromhead are juxtaposed with my own works,which seek to balance a calm reflective lyricism with gestures of explosiveenergy’. John Buckley

Elliott CarterSound Fields (2007) [6’] Irish premiere

John Buckley A Mirror into the Light (1999) [6’]

Jerome de BromheadA Lay for a Light Year (2014) [8’]

world premiere

John Buckley Concerto for Violin and Orchestra(2008) [23’] Irish premiere

Tuesday 3 February / Composer in Conversation 12.30pm / Concert 1.05pm

FREECONCERTSee p.61

John Buckley


2015

Soundings In Conversation / Kurt Nikkanen


Kurt Nikkanenviolin

Patrik Ringborgconductor

The dramatic Third Leonore Overture, with its offstage trumpet calls, is perhapsBeethoven's most dramatic solution to the problem of an overture for his only opera, Fidelio. It is a powerful prelude. Mahler’s lyrical Blumine, with itshaunting trumpet solo ushers in Korngold’s Violin Concerto, a work whichborrows heavily from his romantic Hollywood film scores to ravishingly lyricaleffect. Schumann famously described Schubert’s final symphony as being of‘heavenly length’ and its drama, passion and eloquent anticipation of theRomantic era is equally deserving of its nickname, The Great.

Heavenly LengthBeethovenLeonore Overture No. 3 [14’]

MahlerBlumine [8’]

Korngold Violin Concerto in D [24’]

Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C, The Great [48’]


Friday 6 February / Soundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

RomanticHollywood filmscores used to ravishingly lyrical effect

M A I N S E A S O N

Kurt Nikkanen

Fidelio Overtures

Soundings In Conversation / Adam Walker & Damian Iorio


Adam Walkerflute

RTÉ ConTempo Quartet

Damian Iorioconductor

London Symphony Orchestra principal flute Adam Walker gave the2014 premiere of Huw Watkins’ Flute Concerto in what one criticdescribed as ‘a rollercoaster ride from beginning to end’ (The Guardian).RTÉ’s new resident string ensemble, the RTÉ ConTempo Quartet,joins the orchestra for Elgar’s sumptuous showcase for strings, theIntroduction and Allegro, composed in 1905 for the newly-formedLSO. Brahms’ First Symphony is a work of mighty scale and scopejustifying its description as ‘Beethoven’s Tenth’.

Rollercoaster

ElgarIntroduction and Allegro [14’]

WatkinsFlute Concerto [20’] Irish premiere

BrahmsSymphony No. 1 in C minor [45’]



‘a stunningtalent...plays withthe artistry of aperformer ofmaturer years.’ The Guardian

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Adam Walker

Great Wind Virtuosi





Tuesday 17 February / Concert 1.05pm



Haydn’s remarkable appropriation of martial might, swagger andgrandeur also triumphantly found its way into European ballroomswith music that marries the parade ground and salon to astonishingeffect. Paying obvious homage is Prokofiev’s First Symphony, a work of deceptive simplicity and striking modernity subtly cut from anancient musical cloth.

Charles Hazlewood’s revealing ear-opening series examining how five composers created fivelegendary symphonies continueswith Charles discussing, exploringand conducting excerpts from the‘Military’ and ‘Classical’ symphoniesbefore full performances of each.

HaydnSymphony No. 100, Military [28’]

ProkofievSymphony No. 1, Classical [15’]

Charles Hazlewood


Helena Woodviolin


Concluding the survey of Beethoven’s Fidelio Overtures, the FidelioOverture itself reveals a leaner, less intense solution to a problemdescribed by the three dramatic Leonore overtures earlier this season.The serene eloquence of his only Violin Concerto provides anopportunity for RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Leader Helena Wood to shine. Richard Strauss’ mighty Alpine Symphonyis a monumental homage to elemental and unchanging nature.

Musical Peaks

BeethovenFidelio Overture [6’]

BeethovenViolin Concerto in D [42’]

R StraussAn Alpine Symphony [47’]


Friday 20 February / Pipeworks recital 6.45pm / Concert 8pm

A monumentalhomage toelemental andunchangingnature.

M A I N S E A S O N

FREE ConcertPipeworks: David Adams, organ. See p.59.

Helena Wood

Fidelio Overtures

Strauss 150


A Leaving Certificate Guide toBerlioz’s Symphonie FantastiqueTuesday 24 February / 10.30am & 12.15pm

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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

David Brophyconductor/presenter

At the age of 26, Berlioz penned one of the greatest orchestral works of the nineteenth century.

Focusing on The Ball and March to the Scaffold in this tailor-made concertpresentation for Leaving Certificatemusic students, the RTÉ NationalSymphony Orchestra with conductorand DIT Conservatory of Music andDrama Lecturer David Brophy, willunlock some of its magic, revealing,through selected excerpts, the masterfulway in which the young Frenchmancombined groundbreaking orchestrationwith breathtaking musical drama.

The presentation will include big screen illustration, and full performancesof both movements from this epic work.

Takes place as part of FORTE! The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra’s MusicalDiscovery Programme

David Brophy

Soundings In Conversation / Eriko Daimo


Eriko Daimomarimba

Alondra de la Parra conductor

The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra proudly opens the Embassy of Mexico inIreland’s 2015 programme to celebrate Ireland’s long and warm relationship withMexico and the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our two countries.In her first visit to Ireland, esteemed Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra willconduct a programme including works by Irish and Mexican composers. The intensebeauty of Frederick May’s Sunlight and Shadow perfectly contrasts the captivatinguse of Mexican folk tunes in Carlos Chávez’s Second Symphony and the Brazilianinfluences in Ney Rosauro’s rhythmically hypnotic Marimba Concerto. Stravinsky’smulti-coloured Petrushka is a fantastical blend of folk tale and fairground.

Mexican WaveMaySunlight and Shadow [9’]

ChávezSymphony No. 2, Sinfonía india [13’]

RosauroMarimba Concerto No. 1 [18’]

StravinskyPetrushka [35’]



CelebratingIreland’s growingrelationship with Mexico

M A I N S E A S O N

Alondra de la Parra

Soundings In Conversation / Martin Johnson & Kenneth Montgomery


Martin Johnsoncello

Kenneth Montgomeryconductor

The sprightly, colourful fantasy of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’sDream Overture and Beethoven’s exquisite orchestral love song to nature,the Pastoral Symphony, provide a frame for the world premiere ofFrank Corcoran’s Cello Concerto, a work that ‘sings and soars’ withpowerful emotions for both the orchestra and soloist, the RTÉ NSO’sPrincipal Cellist Martin Johnson, for whom it was written.

Song of Summer

MendelssohnA Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture [12’]

Frank CorcoranCello Concerto [30’] world premiere

BeethovenSymphony No. 6 in F, Pastoral [39’]


Friday 13 March / Soundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

A celebration ofnature, fantasy and the power of ‘singing and soaring’

M A I N S E A S O N

Martin Johnson

BEYOND THE SEASON

CELEBRATING ST PATRICK’S DAY

A Tribute to Master Uilleann Piper

Liam O’FlynnCelebrating his 70th Birthday Year

RTÉ NationalSymphonyOrchestraDavid Brophy conductor

Tuesday 17 March, 8pm / See www.rte.ie/nso


Pascal & Ami Rogépianos

Jean-Luc Tingaudconductor

Husband-and-wife piano duo Pascal and Ami Rogé bring two bravura pianoconcertos for four hands to an evening framed by the sumptuous romance of Berlioz’s star-crossed lovers and Ravel’s percussively hypnotic Boléro.Though centuries apart, the influence of Mozart’s exuberant, poetic andplayful concerto can clearly be heard amidst the madcap mayhem of Poulenc’s excitable, exotic and delightfully knockabout concerto.

Poetry & MayhemBerliozRoméo et Juliette Love Scene [18’]

MozartConcerto for Two Pianos in E flat, K.365 [25’]

PoulencConcerto for Two Pianos in D minor [20’]

RavelBoléro [13’]


Friday 20 March / Pipeworks recital 6.45pm / Concert 8pm

Two pianoconcertos, fourhands and onepair of star-crossed lovers.

M A I N S E A S O N

FREE ConcertPipeworks: David Leigh, organ. See p.59.

Pascal & Ami Rogé


Celine Byrne soprano

Ailish Tynan soprano

Tara Erraughtmezzo-soprano


Three stunning Irish voices – sopranos Celine Byrne and Ailish Tynan andmezzo Tara Erraught – come together for the ravishingly beautiful final trio from Richard Strauss’ masterpiece Der Rosenkavalier. Mozart’s ExsultateJubilate, an exhilarating marriage of the operatic and the sacred, sparkleswith coloratura splendour. A more epic struggle is to be found in Brahms’Fourth Symphony, the very apex of his imposing large-scale style.

Voices to Thrill

BrahmsSymphony No. 4 in E minor [39’]

MozartExsultate Jubilate [17’]

R StraussDer Rosenkavalier, Final trio [18’]


Friday 27 March / Concert 8pm

A ravishinglybeautiful trio andan exhilaratingmarriage of theoperatic and the sacred

M A I N S E A S O N

Tara Erraught

Strauss 150

Bach’s magisterial telling of the Easter Story is arguably the greatest of all musical masterpieces. Deeplymoving, and boasting dark-huedmusic of exquisite beauty, it’s a dramaof tremendous urgency, profundityand overwhelming poignancy.

The Easter Passion

JS BachSt. Matthew Passion [131’]


Friday 3 April / Concert 3.30pm

A magisterial telling of theEaster Story


Robin TritschlerEvangelist (tenor)

Róisín O’Grady soprano

Sharon Carty mezzo-soprano

Eamonn MulhallJesus (tenor)

Padraic Rowan bass-baritone

Philip O’Reilly Christus (bass)

RTÉ Cór na nÓgchoral director: Mary Amond O’Brien

RTÉ Philharmonic Choirchorus master: Mark Hindley

Robert Howarth conductor


Robin Tritschler

Choral

Soundings In Conversation / Julian Bliss & David Brophy


Julian Blissclarinet

David Brophyconductor

Grieg’s tune-filled Peer Gynt Suite is the icing on a musical birthdaycake for two of Scandinavia’s greatest composers on the 150th anniversaryof their birth. Outstanding young clarinettist Julian Bliss returns for thestormy virtuosity of one of the greatest wind works of the 20th century,Carl Nielsen’s tortured Clarinet Concerto. The First Symphony bySibelius is full of youthful promise and rousing romantic ardour.

A Touch of Frost

GriegPeer Gynt Suite No. 1 [15’]

NielsenClarinet Concerto [24’]

SibeliusSymphony No. 1 in E minor [40’]


Friday 17 April / Soundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

‘Julian Bliss…sonicbrilliance...seamlessease…magisterialtechnical precision’ Der Kleine Bund

M A I N S E A S O N

Julian Bliss

Great Wind Virtuosi


Elizabeth Cooneyviolin

Conor Palliserconductor

Borodin’s magnificently vibrant distillation of themes from Prince Igoris the perfect curtain raiser for an evening of high drama and feveredromance from two emotionally uninhibited masterpieces. Sibelius’Violin Concerto is full of rhapsodic yearning and charged by the most mysterious of melodies. Tchaikovsky’s tragedy-accented FifthSymphony is an experience of overwhelming lyrical intensity.

Mysterious Melodies

BorodinPrince Igor Overture [10’]

SibeliusViolin Concerto [31’]

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor [50’]

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Thursday 23 April / Cork / Concert 8pmFriday 24 April / Waterford / Concert 7.30pm

RTÉ NationalSymphonyOrchestra goes on the road


Elizabeth Cooney

Soundings In Conversation / David Pyatt & Vladimir Altschuler


David Pyatthorn

Vladimir Altschulerconductor

Two first concertos for horn, two remarkable composers, one astonishinghorn player. ‘Exuberant, lip-tingling’ (Sunday Times) virtuoso David Pyattbridges the Classical sprightliness of Mozart and late-Romantic ardour ofRichard Strauss. Tchaikovsky’s ravishing Serenade and Shostakovich’s satiricalFirst Symphony begin and end an evening of playfulness, romance and drama.

Horn of PlentyTchaikovskySerenade for Strings [28’]

Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 in D [9’]

R Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat [15’]

ShostakovichSymphony No. 1 in F minor [28’]


Friday 1 May / Pipeworks recital 6.45pm / Soundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

David Pyatt‘magnificent’Sunday Times

‘a virtuoso’ Daily Telegraph

M A I N S E A S O N

FREE Concert Pipeworks: David Adams, organ. See p.59.

David Pyatt

Great Wind Virtuosi

Strauss 150

Soundings In Conversation / Finghin Collins


Finghin Collinspiano


Accented by tunes from Northern Ireland’s Green and Orange traditions,Gerry Murphy’s Good Friday–Belfast: 10-4-98 evocatively recalls thethrough-the-night drama that led to the signing of the Good FridayAgreement. In markedly different but equally virtuosic ways, Prokofiev’smelancholic Seventh Symphony and Brahms’ monumental First PianoConcerto also offer vivid journeys from dark despair to bouyant optimism.

Dissonance& Resolution

Gerry MurphyGood Friday–Belfast: 10-4-98 [10’]

Prokofiev Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor [31’]

Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor [44’]


Friday 8 May / Soundings 7pm / Concert 8pm

Vivid journeysfrom dark despairto buoyantoptimism

M A I N S E A S O N

Finghin Collins

Soundings In Conversation / Nikolay Khozyainov & Gerhard Markson


Nikolay Khozyainovpiano

Gerhard Marksonconductor

2012 Dublin International Piano Competition winner NikolayKhozyainov returns for Mozart’s virtuoso Piano Concerto No. 22, shot through with the darker colours of the woodwind. Former RTÉ NSO Principal Conductor Gerhard Markson reunites with theorchestra for Mahler’s tempestuous meditation on – and anguishedresponse to – approaching death.

Approaching Night

MozartPiano Concerto No. 22 in E flat [32’]

Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D [81’]



‘The music world is taking note ofMr. Khozyainov’sstunning virtuosity...quite a talent.’ New York Times

M A I N S E A S O N

Nikolay Khozyainov





Mellow, subtle and precise, Brahms’ Third Symphony is one of themost original and demanding symphonies of the 19th century. Itborrows the epic sense of scale of the First Symphony and the pastoralcharm of the Second in the creation of a work of autumnal melancholy,elemental intensity and an unwavering sense of purpose.

Charles Hazlewood’s revealing ear-opening series examining how five composers createdfive legendary symphoniesconcludes with Charlesdiscussing, exploring andconducting excerpts fromBrahms’ Third Symphonybefore a full performance ofthe work.

BrahmsSymphony No. 3 in F [36’]

Charles Hazlewood



Tuesday 19 May / Concert 1.05pm


Darren Jeffrey (Elijah) bass

Celine Byrne(The Widow) soprano

Imelda Drumm mezzo-soprano

Mark Wildetenor


Paul Daniel conductor

As dramatic as a Hollywood blockbuster,Mendelssohn’s magnificent oratoriocontains some of his most beautiful anddramatic music. With sublimely richchoral writing and a remarkable hero –the prophet Elijah rescues Israel frompagan idolatry before fleeing his enemieson a flaming chariot sent from heaven –it’s a masterpiece of epic proportions.

Chariot of Fire

MendelssohnElijah [131’]


Friday 22 May / Concert 8pm

Elijah: a masterpiece of epicproportions

M A I N S E A S O N

Celine Byrne

Choral

Soundings In Conversation / Alan Buribayev



Principal Conductor Alan Buribayev takes the helm for a Russianspectacular with the magical impressionism of Mussorgsky’s Pictures atan Exhibition and Stravinsky’s powerful and still provocative depiction of a pagan Rite of Spring. And Buribayev’s great-grandfather AchmedZhubanov offers a vivacious homage to the traditional music of theirnative Kazakhstan with the Folk Dances from his tragic opera Abai.

Russian Rites

Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel)Pictures at an Exhibition [35’]

Zhubanov & HamidiFolk Dances from Abai [7’]

Irish premiere

StravinskyThe Rite of Spring [33’]



‘A festival of colourand a personaltouch with thedances from mygreat-grandfather'sopera’ Alan Buribayev

M A I N S E A S O N

Alan Buribayev

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Rosalind Brown, violin (left) & Magda Kowalska, violin, RTÉ NSO

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Friday 28 November6.45pm

David Leighorgan

PipeworksKarg ElertSymphony in F sharp minor, Op. 143 [31’]

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and the National Concert Hall present

Free Pre-concert Organ Recitals*

Beethoven’s symphonic legacy remains one of the chief influences in western music right upto our own time, evident also in the development of large-scale symphonic forms for organduring the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Pipeworks continues its spotlight on suchworks with the only example from the German tradition to actually call itself a symphony.In that it is a symphony for one player, it also pays homage to the concerto with its focus on individual virtuosity.

Friday 16 January6.45pm

Mark Duleyorgan

JS BachPrelude in E flat BWV 552i [9’]

MessiaenCombat de la mort et de la vie (Le Corps Glorieux) [16’]

JS BachFugue in E flat BWV 552ii [7’]

A mystical take on the theme of Strauss’ Tod und Verklärung (to be heard in the 8pm symphonyconcert) can be found in Olivier Messiaen’s monumental meditation on the battle betweenlife and death. Framing it is one of JS Bach’s most exultant works linking the human and thedivine, the prelude an earthly dance transfigured and the fugue a heavenly glimpse of the Trinity.

*Linked to Main Season programmes of the same evening

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Friday 20 March6.45pm

David Leighorgan

CochereauBoléro Improvisée [13’]

DurufléSuite [22’]

Works by Poulenc and Ravel to be heard in the RTÉ NSO’s 8pm concert are alluded toboth implicitly and explicitly in this recital. The French music scene of the first half of thetwentieth century is encapsulated in Duruflé’s Suite, which pays homage to Paul Dukasthrough many quotations from the latter’s music. The legendary improviser Pierre Cochereau’stake on Ravel’s Boléro consists of an extended and virtuosic crescendo-diminuendo, and featuresa snare drum obbligato.

Friday 20 February6.45pm

David Adamsorgan

Arr. David Adams after Henri Camer (1844)Potpourri sur ‘Fidelio’ based on Beethoven’s Fidelio, Op. 72 [12’]

R Straussfrom Schlichte Weisen Op. 21/3 (arr. David Adams) [3’]

Regerfrom Schlichte Weisen Op. 76/52 (arr. David Adams) [3’]

RegerPhantasie über den Choral Halleluja, Gott zu loben bleibe meine Seelenfreud Op. 52/3 [15’]

This programme explores the link between Richard Strauss and Max Reger, two near-contemporaries who had an interesting relationship within the context of the NeudeutscheSchule. Reger, accepted neither by the conservatives nor within the new movement, wasnonetheless courted by Strauss and encouraged to “make the final step” and join theprogressives.

Friday 1 May6.45pm

David Adamsorgan

MozartOverture in C, K399 [5’]

MozartAndante in F, K616 [8’]

Stravinsky (arr. Niek van der Meij)Symphonies of Wind Instruments [10’]

MozartAdagio and Fugue in C minor, K546 [9’]

This programme pairs the classic with the neo-classic, and alludes to the influence ofStravinsky evident in Shostakovich’s first symphony (to be heard in the 8pm concert).Transparent, chamber-like sonorities link the two Russian composers with Mozart, whilstthis Pipeworks programme also explores the organ’s unique congruity as a vehicle forMozart’s extraordinary counterpoint.

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Main Season concerts

New Year’s Day

Single Concert Ticket Pricesat the National Concert Hall

Main Season concerts €35.00 €32.00 €26.00 €20.00 €12.00Concessions €31.50 €28.80 €23.40 €18.00 €10.00

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New Year’s Day concert €40.00 €35.00 €30.00 €24.00 €15.00Concessions €36.00 €31.50 €27.00 €22.60 €13.50

ZONE EZONE DZONE CZONE BZONE A *

See Seating Plan on inside back cover for price band breakdown

Early Evening concerts

Friday 19 September RTÉ Cór na nÓg FREE

Friday 28 November Pipeworks: David Leigh FREE

Friday 16 January Pipeworks: Mark Duley FREE

Friday 20 February Pipeworks: David Adams FREE

Friday 20 March Pipeworks: David Leigh FREE

Friday 1 May Pipeworks: David Adams FREE


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Beyond the Season concerts

Friday 5 September 2014–2015 Season Favourites €10

Tuesday 16 September Great Symphonies Close Up: Dvorák €10

Tuesday 30 September Great Symphonies Close Up: Tchaikovsky €10

Tuesday 9 December Love in a Cold Climate €10

Thursday 11 December The Enchanted Muse €10

Tuesday 16 December Christmas is Coming €10

Tuesday 13 January Horizons 2015: Gráinne Mulvey FREE

Tuesday 20 January Horizons 2015: David Coonan FREE

Tuesday 27 January Horizons 2015: Philip Hammond FREE

Tuesday 3 February Horizons 2015: John Buckley FREE

Tuesday 17 February Great Symphonies Close Up: Haydn, Prokofiev €10

Tuesday 24 February Leaving Certificate Guide to €10 studentBerlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique Teachers complimentary

Thursday 18 December

Celine Byrne Christmas Gala €42.50 €34.00 €27.00 €15.00

Concessions €38.00 €31.00 €24.00 €13.50

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Friday 3 April

The Easter Passion €35.00 €32.00 €22.00 €12.00Concessions €31.50 €28.80 €19.80 €10.00

Tuesday 19 May Great Symphonies Close Up: Brahms €10

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Waldemar Kozak, double bass, RTÉ NSO

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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2014–2015 Season

Main Season Concert Package OptionsBuy as you go

Concerts from €12. Top price still €35 for all Main Season concerts, excluding New Year’s Day. Concert ticket includes free early evening concerts and pre-concert talks.

Get better valueBUY A MAIN SEASON PACKAGE (3-15 CONCERTS)

Savings up to €78 Packages from €34 Discounts from 5–15%

Priority booking period ahead of public booking for the 2015–2016 Season.Scheduled payment options available.

Get the best valueUPGRADE TO THE FULL MAIN SEASON (30 CONCERT) PACKAGE

30% discount 30 concerts for the price of 14 Save up to €316

Exclusive priority booking period for the 2015–2016 Season.Scheduled payment options available.

Remember! When you buy a Main Season concert package, you become an

RTÉ NSO Subscriber giving you exclusive benefits & discounts. See page 63 for details.

Sinéad Farrell, piccolo & Catriona Ryan, flute, RTÉ NSO

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Main Season Subscriber Rewards & Discounts

What you get when you show your RTÉ NSO Subscriber Card*

WITH A FULL MAIN SEASON (30 CONCERT) PACKAGE

Scheduled payment facility over three consecutive months to make payments more manageable. Terms and conditions apply. See p.67. Keep the same seat from one season to the next.Exclusive priority booking period for RTÉ NSO 2015–2016 Season.We will hold your current seat during the exclusive early booking period. One free ticket per Full Main Season Concert Package purchased to one Great Symphonies Close Up event of your choice.Priority invitation to studio broadcast events for you and a friend.Invitations to selected open rehearsals for you and a friend.

WITH A MAIN SEASON (3–15 CONCERT) PACKAGE

Scheduled payment facility over three consecutive months to make payments more manageable. Terms and conditions apply. See p.67.Priority booking period for RTÉ NSO 2015–2016 Season. Invitations to free selected open rehearsals for you and a friend.

EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS WITH ALL MAIN SEASON CONCERT PACKAGES

RTÉ NSO season concert programmes: €1 off regular price.10% discount at: • The Terrace Café (NCH) • Alex Restaurant (The Conrad Hotel) • The Music Box (NCH)5% discount on tickets: Selected evening concerts presented by the RTÉ NSO & the RTÉ CO June 2014–May 2015 at the National Concert Hall. Offer excludes the RTÉ CO New Year’s Eve concert. Limited to 2 per person. Subject to availability.

* RTÉ NSO Subscriber Card: terms and conditions apply. Details on booking.How to receive your RTÉ NSO Subscriber Card? See p.66.

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Full Main Season Concert Package (30 concerts)With one New Year’s Day concert included as part of your package

Main Season Concert Packages† (3–8 concerts)

Main Season Package Prices

Package price 30 €738.50 €674.10 €548.80 €422.80 €254.10Save 30% €316.50 €288.90 €235.20 €181.20 €108.90

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Fintan Sutton, clarinet, Matthew Billing, clarinet & Michael Jones, bassoon, RTÉ NSO

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Zone E: for selected performances the Choir Balcony and Rows B & C in the Stalls will be excluded from sale.

Excluding New Year’s Day.*†

To include New Year’s Day with your (3–15) concert package

If you wish to purchase New Year’s Day as part of a Main Season Concert Package (3–12concerts) please note that due to the slightly higher ticket prices for New Year’s Day, there will be a small additional cost – and a greater relative saving – depending on the seat band and package size chosen.

Beyond the Season concerts

Beyond the Season concerts/events are individually priced and are not part of the Main Season concert packages.


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How to get your Main Season Subscriber CardThe card that will save you money!For the 2014–2015 Season your card can be obtained directly from the National Concert Hall box office:

at time of booking in person at the National Concert Hallor

by post with your tickets, if and as required.

How to hear about additional RTÉ NSO benefits and eventsAt the time of booking, please instruct the box office to pass your contactinformation on to RTÉ so that RTÉ can contact you directly in order to adviseyou of additional benefits and/or other RTÉ NSO events.

If using the ticket order form please tick the consent box to give your information to RTÉ on the Ticket Order Form.

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 2003, information provided to the National Concert Hall at the time of booking cannot be passed onto RTÉ without your permission.

How to get the ticket order formFrom the National Concert Hall box officeDownload from www.rte.ie/nso

Valid from: 09/2014 / Expires: see reverse

Subscriber card


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How & when to bookFULL PUBLIC BOOKINGPackages & single concerts Friday 13 June 2014, 10am.

HOW TO BOOKTelephone booking 01 417 0000Fax: 01 417 0078 • Box office opening hours:10am–6pm Monday–Saturday (open 2 hours prior to concerts on Sundays/Bank Holidays).Please note: Tickets purchased by phone can be posted directly to you with a charge of €1 for postage & packing

Online booking www.nch.iePlease note: Packages can be booked online but same seat renewal option is not available.

In personBooking in person at the National Concert Hallbox office, Monday–Saturday, 10am–6pm (open 2hours prior to concerts on Sundays/Bank Holidays).

METHODS OF PAYMENTCredit & debit cardVisa, Mastercard and American ExpressCheque/postal order/bank draftPlease make crossed cheques/postal orders/bank drafts payable to the National Concert Hall.

WHEN ORDERINGIndicate your preferred seat location and your secondpreference. Every effort will be made to accommodateyour request. In the event of neither of your preferredlocations being available you will be allocated thenearest available seat(s) in your selected price bracket.

For telephone bookingsIf buying an RTÉ NSO Main Season concertpackage, please advise the National Concert Hallbox office that your contact information may bepassed on to RTÉ in order to receive informationon additional benefits and/or other RTÉ NSOevents.

For in-person bookingsTick the CONSENT box on the TICKETORDER FORM so that that your contactinformation may be passed on to RTÉ in order to receive information on additional benefitsand/or other RTÉ NSO events.

Please note:Ticket order forms are available from the NCH box officeor can be downloaded from www.rte.ie/nso

CONDITIONS OF SALEOnce purchased, tickets cannot be exchanged orrefunded. Programme and artist details are subject to change without notification.

CONCESSIONSLimited concessions available for students, unwaged and senior citizens. Early booking advisable. ID required. One concession ticket per person.Concessions not requested at the time of bookingcannot be applied later.

STUDENT STAND-BY€5 tickets available from one hour beforeperformance. Subject to availability. ID required. One stand-by ticket per person.

GROUP BOOKINGDiscounts available when booking for 5 people or more. Please contact NCH Group Booking on 01 408 6793 or email: [email protected]

SPECIAL ASSISTANCEWheelchair/accessible seatingSeating is available for wheelchair users and theircompanions. Early booking is advisable. Pleasecontact the National Concert Hall box office. Forthose who are hard of hearing please indicate thiswhen booking your seats with the box office tobenefit from the National Concert Hall’s inductionloop system.

SCHEDULED PAYMENTS: Terms and conditions 1. Scheduled payment option applies to

subscription packages only.2. Payments will be scheduled over three monthly

instalments.3. Payments will be collected from Debit or Credit

Cards only.4. The National Concert Hall will automatically

debit the same card used to pay the initialpayment.

5. Credit or Debit Card must not expire before09/2014.

6. In the event that the card is lost/stolen or isotherwise de-activated during the paymentperiod, it is the responsibility of the customer toadvise The National Concert Hall before thenext payment date.

7. In the event of default on a payment the customermust make payment directly to The NationalConcert Hall within 5 working days. If payment isnot received within this time, any payments madeto date will be refunded and the order will bedeemed void. An administration charge of €50.00will be deducted from any refunds.

8. No tickets will be issued until receipt of finalpayment.

9. The date of the final scheduled payment mustnot be later than 12 August 2014.

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The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra plays a central role in classicalmusic in Ireland through year-long programmes of live performances,schools and educational projects, broadcasts, recordings and new

commissions.

Past seasons have included complete cycles of Mozart and Beethoven piano concerti,the complete cycles of Mahler, Shostakovich, Bruckner, Prokofiev, Beethoven andSchumann symphonies, Brahms piano concerti, a Brahmsfest, a Stravinsky retrospective,the orchestral song-cycles of Mahler, Rachmaninov’s complete works for piano andorchestra, world premieres of works by many Irish composers, participation in the firstDublin performances of Rain Falling Up, acclaimed performances of Tristan and Isolde, a performance of Harrison Birtwistle’s Earth Dance in the presence of the composer, the world premiere of Raymond Deane’s concert-staged opera The Alma Fetish andperformances of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with community choirs in Carlow,Drogheda and Greystones.

The orchestra has been critically acclaimed at home and abroad for its recordings across a variety of labels including Naxos, Claves and the RTÉ lyric fm label. Recordings onthe latter include Finghin Collins: Mozart Piano Concertos; the Composers of Ireland series, a landmark recording project funded by RTÉ and The Arts Council which, to date, hasrecorded works by Gerald Barry, Raymond Deane, Seóirse Bodley, Deirdre Gribbin, IanWilson, John Kinsella, Stephen Gardiner and Kevin O’Connell, and selected orchestralworks by Aloys Fleischmann, Frederick May and Seán Ó Riada.


www.rte.ie/nso /rtenso /rte_nsoFind out more, see:

Francis Magee, tuba, RTÉ NSO

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National Concert Hall Seating PlanRTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Main Season concerts

Please note: the zones detailed above apply to RTÉ NSO Main Season concerts only.Zone E: for selected performances the Choir Balcony and Rows B & C in the Stalls will be excluded from sale.

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