RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
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TUESDAY LUNCHTIMES & FRIDAY EVENINGS10 JUNE – 26 JULY
National Concert Hall
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Friday evenings with theRTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer16FRIDAY 10 JUNE 8pm
SYMPHONIC ROCK
David Arnold conductor
FRIDAY 17 JUNE 8pm
VIENNESE FAVOURITESGemma Ní Bhriain mezzo-sopranoBen Gernon conductor
FRIDAY 24 JUNE 8pm
RTÉ LYRIC FM TOP ORCHESTRAL HITS
Marty Whelan & Liz Nolanpresenters, RTÉ lyric fmGavin Maloney conductor
FRIDAY 1 JULY 8pm
MOVIE CLASSICSDave Fanning presenterDavid Arnold conductor
FRIDAY 8 JULY 8pm
OLD-TIME SING-ALONGCara O’Sullivan sopranoDavid Brophy conductor
FRIDAY 22 JULY 8pm
OPERA GALACeline Byrne soprano Alexander James Edwards tenor Andrew Mogrelia conductor
FRIDAY 15 JULY 8pm
CAMILLEO’SULLIVANDavid Arnold conductor
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Tuesday lunchtimes with theRTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer16TUESDAY 14 JUNE 1.05pm
ROSSINI, BIZET, LEHÁRPUCCINI, MASCAGNI,BRAHMS
Fiona Murphy soprano Ben Gernon conductor
TUESDAY 21 JUNE 1.05pm
GLUCK , HANDEL, MOZART LEONCAVALLO, BIZET SAINT-SAËNS, OFFENBACH
Norah King mezzo-soprano John O’Brien conductor
TUESDAY 28 JUNE 1.05pm
WAGNER, MOZART PUCCINI, DVORÁK, DELIBES TCHAIKOVSKY, SIBELIUS
Rachel Croash soprano Gavin Maloney conductor
TUESDAY 5 JULY 1.05pm
SMETANA, BRUCH, DVORÁK
Patrick Rafter violin Gavin Maloney conductor
TUESDAY 12 JULY 1.05pm
MOZART, BELLINI, VERDI
John Molloy baritoneDavid Brophy conductor
TUESDAY 26 JULY 1.05pm
SCHUBERT, BIZET, DVORÁKLIADOV, TCHAIKOVSKY PUCCINI, VERDI
Jennifer Davis soprano Gavin Maloney conductor
Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm
TUESDAY 19 JULY 1.05pm
MENDELSSOHN, BACHTCHAIKOVSKY, ROSSINI
Helena Wood violin Elaine Clark violin Andrew Mogrelia conductor
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer EVENING CONCERTFRIDAY 10 JUNE 8pm
Symphonic Rock
Let’s Rock! Back by popular demand, orchestral arrangements of classic rock and pop hits which add brilliance and boldness, power andpassion to some of popular music’s biggest songs. From Abba’s DancingQueen and The Beatles’ Can’t Buy Me Love to Eric Clapton’s Layla,Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Queen’s anthemic Bohemian Rhapsody –not to forget Robbie Williams (Let Me Entertain You), Bonnie Tyler (TotalEclipse of the Heart) and a Steve Wonder tribute – it’s chart-topping hitsas you’ve never heard them before!
David Arnoldconductor
Tickets: €15, €23.50, €29.50, €35 (Limited concessions available: €13.50, €21.15, €26.55, €31.50)Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso 5
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer LUNCHTIME CONCERTTUESDAY 14 JUNE 1.05pm
Fiona Murphy soprano
Ben Gernon conductor
Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm
Summer time and the living is… heartfelt and heated. Spanish silliness (Rossini’sBarber of Seville) and sultriness (Bizet’s Carmen) blend with pastoral charm(Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana) and rustic thrills (Brahms’ Hungarian DanceNo. 5) to create an irresistible burst of summer colour. Soprano Fiona Murphy addsexcitement of her own in gorgeous arias full of passion by Lehár (Giuditta’s ‘MeineLippen sie küssen so heiss’) and Puccini – the seductive ‘Quando m’en vo’ (Labohème) and hauntingly beautiful ‘Un bel dì’ (Madama Butterfly).
Tickets: €12 / Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso €5 Grab & Go lunch available at the Coffee Dock
FIONA MURPHY
Live broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm
ROSSINI Overture to Barber of SevilleBIZET Habanera (Carmen) BIZET Prelude, Aragonaise, Intermezzo &
Les Toreadors – Carmen Suite No. 1 LEHÁR ‘Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiss’ (Giuditta) PUCCINI ‘Quando m’en vo’ (La bohème) MASCAGNI Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana) PUCCINI ‘Un bel dì’ (Madama Butterfly) BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 5
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer EVENING CONCERTFRIDAY 17 JUNE 8pm
Gemma Ní Bhriainmezzo-soprano
Ben Gernonconductor
Presented byPaul Herriott,RTÉ lyric fm
Viennese Favourites
Celebrate Old Vienna at its melody-filled height in the company of theStrauss family and their tuneful peers with some of the most beautifuland intoxicating music ever written. Elegant waltzes by Tchaikovsky(Sleeping Beauty), Khachaturian (Masquerade), the elder JohannStrauss (Sphärenklänge) and his legendary son (On the Beautiful BlueDanube) feature alongside thrilling polkas and marches, the frizzyfrivolity of the Die Fledermaus Overture and melting arias by Offenbach,Kálmán and Sieczynski from the ‘outstanding singing talent’ (Sunday Business Post) Gemma Ní Bhriain.
Tickets: €15, €23.50, €29.50, €35 (Limited concessions available: €13.50, €21.15, €26.55, €31.50)Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso
GEMMA NÍ BHRIAIN
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer LUNCHTIME CONCERTTUESDAY 21 JUNE 1.05pm
Norah King mezzo-soprano
John O’Brien conductor
Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm
Love in all its many-hued forms, desirable and dangerous, comes to the fore in the thrillingantique glories of Gluck (Orfeo Overture) and Handel (Alcina’s ‘Stà nell’Ircana pietrosa tana’),the intoxicating rapture of Saint-Saëns’ ‘Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix’ (Samson and Delilah)and the seductive Seguidilla from Bizet’s Carmen courtesy of mezzo-soprano Norah King.Mozart’s dramatic Don Giovanni Overture, the melting Intermezzo from Leoncavallo’sPagliacci and Offenbach’s dizzying, delirious Overture to Orpheus in the Underworldprovide three of the most memorable hymns to romance.
NORAH KING
GLUCK Orfeo Overture HANDEL ‘Stà nell’Ircana pietrosa tana’ (Alcina) MOZART Don Giovanni OvertureSAINT-SAËNS ‘Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix’
(Samson and Delilah) LEONCAVALLO Intermezzo from PagliacciBIZET Seguidilla from CarmenBIZET Gypsy Song from CarmenOFFENBACH Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer EVENING CONCERTFRIDAY 24 JUNE 8pm
Gavin Maloneyconductor
Presented byMarty Whelan & Liz Nolan
RTÉ lyric fm Top Orchestral Hits
RTÉ lyric fm's Marty Whelan and Liz Nolan present an RTÉ NationalSymphony Orchestra concert featuring all-time orchestral favourites as selected by RTÉ lyric fm presenters. From Bach’s ethereal Air to Bernstein’s exuberant Candide Overture, from Mozart’s heavenlyclarinet Adagio to Ennio Morricone’s hypnotic Gabriel’s Oboe, it’s a magicalcornucopia of musical masterpieces spanning four centuries. Mahler’ssublime Adagietto (Symphony No. 5), Elgar’s breathtaking ‘Nimrod’,Barber’s heart-stopping Adagio for Strings, Copland’s thrilling Fanfarefor the Common Man add power and passion of their own. Overtures byVerdi (The Force of Destiny ) and Mozart (The Marriage of Figaro) serve up thrilling orchestral majesty complemented by Fauré’s shimmeringPavane and Massenet’s bewitching ‘Meditation’ (Thaïs).
Tickets: €15, €23.50, €29.50, €35 (Limited concessions available: €13.50, €21.15, €26.55, €31.50)Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso
MARTY WHELAN & LIZ NOLAN
Live broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer LUNCHTIME CONCERTTUESDAY 28 JUNE 1.05pm
Rachel Croash soprano
Gavin Maloney conductor
Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm
Soprano Rachel Croash leads a programme packed with operatic and orchestralmasterpieces with arias by Mozart (the relishable ‘Estinto è Idomeneo...’), Puccini (La bohème’s heart-rending ‘Donde lieta uscì’), Tchaikovsky (Lisa’s searing aria, The Queen of Spades) and Delibes’ effervescent Les filles de Cadix. Wagner’s statelyDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture, Dvorák’s exuberant Carnival Overture andthe evocative beauty of Valse triste by Sibelius provide memorable splendour, colourand poetry of their own.
RACHEL CROASH
WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
MOZART‘Estinto è Idomeneo...Tutte nel cor vi sento’(Idomeneo)
PUCCINI ‘Donde lieta uscì’ (La bohème)
DVORÁK Carnival Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Lisa’s Aria (The Queen of Spades)
SIBELIUS Valse triste
DELIBES Les filles de Cadix
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer EVENING CONCERTFRIDAY 1 JULY 8pm
David Arnoldconductor
RTÉ 2fm’s Dave Fanningpresents
MovieClassics
Following last year’s sell-out concert, the RTÉ National SymphonyOrchestra and RTÉ 2fm presenter Dave Fanning team up for anotherevening of epic movie scores including the iconic music of JohnWilliams (Star Wars), Danny Elfman (Mission Impossible) and HowardShore (Lord of the Rings). Your chance to relive some of cinema’s mostpowerful musical moments includes music from classic Westerns The Magnificent Seven, The Big Country and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and all-time greats such as Lawrence of Arabia, Casablanca,Taras Bulba, North by Northwest, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Rocky,Goldfinger and Pirates of the Carribean.
Tickets: €17.50, €27.50, €34.50, €40.00(Limited concessions available: €15.75, €24.75, €31, €36)Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso
DAVE FANNING
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer LUNCHTIME CONCERTTUESDAY 5 JULY 1.05pm
Patrick Rafter violin RDS BURSARY WINNER
Gavin Maloney conductor
Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm
One of the crowning glories of the string repertoire sees RDS Bursary winner Patrick Rafter take centre stage for Bruch’s ever-popular Violin Concerto, amasterpiece of melody and emotion. Two glorious Czech favourites brim withBohemian brio: ‘Vltava’ from Smetana’s Má vlast depicting the winding course of themighty river in a bewitching love song to landscape and heritage; Dvorák’s rousingFirst Slavonic Dance surges with national pride and captivating passion and energy.
PATRICK RAFTER
SMETANA ‘Vltava’ from Má vlast
BRUCHViolin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
DVORÁK Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer EVENING CONCERTFRIDAY 8 JULY 8pm
Cara O’Sullivansoprano
David Brophyconductor
Old-TimeSing-Along
Return to the good old days when audiences were encouraged to singalong to songs that simply demanded to be sung. With ‘a voice of steeland sparkle’ (The Cincinnati Enquirer), soprano Cara O’Sullivan leads asing-along extravaganza of gems from the classics and popular music.Balfe’s romantic I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls, Flotow’s exquisite TheLast Rose of Summer, JC Shanahan’s lilting The Banks of My Own LovelyLee and Stephen Foster’s rapturous Beautiful Dreamer are just some ofthe highlights in an evening packed with songs for you to accompany!
Tickets: €15, €23.50, €29.50, €35 (Limited concessions available: €13.50, €21.15, €26.55, €31.50)Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso
CARA O’SULLIVAN
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer LUNCHTIME CONCERTTUESDAY 12 JULY 1.05pm
John Molloy baritone
David Brophy conductor
Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm
A feast of familiar opera favourites as rising star John Molloy offers us a range of emotions,from Leporello’s boastful catalogue of his master’s amorous conquests to the joy of thelovelorn Rodolfo at seeing once again the scenes of his childhood in Bellini’s Sonnambula.Attila the Hun sings his anguished description of a dream warning him against his ill-fated attack on Rome, and all bass-baritones dream of singing ‘Ella giammai m’amò’,probably the most profound aria written for their voice in the entire operatic repertoire.Mozart and Verdi frame the concert with the overture to Idomeneo and the majestic andimperious triumphal march from Aida.
JOHN MOLLOY
MOZARTIdomeneo Overture
MOZART‘Madamina, il catalogo è questo’ Don Giovanni
BELLINI ‘Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni’ La Sonnambula
BELLINI Norma Overture
VERDI ‘Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima’ Atilla
VERDI ‘Ella giammai m'amò’ Don Carlo
VERDI Triumphal March from Aida
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer EVENING CONCERTFRIDAY 15 JULY 8pm
David Arnoldconductor
CamilleO’Sullivan
The award-winning singer and actress Camille O’Sullivan, hailed by audiences worldwide in sell-out performances in Sydney Opera House,Sydney Festival, London’s Royal Festival Hall, The Roundhouse and a show-stealing appearance on Later with Jools Holland (BBC), collaborates for thevery first time with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Songs by JacquesBrel (Ne me quitte pas) and David Bowie (Life on Mars) feature as do Galileo(Declan O’Rourke), Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney and Wings), Fix You(Coldplay), The Man that Got Away (Judy Garland) and The Long and WindingRoad (The Beatles). With a 5-star commendation, her singing has beendescribed as ‘a masterclass in living a lyric – mesmerising’ (Mail on Sunday). One night only. Don’t miss it.
Tickets: €17.50, €27.50, €34.50, €40.00(Limited concessions available: €15.75, €24.75, €31, €36)Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso 15
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer LUNCHTIME CONCERTTUESDAY 19 JULY 1.05pm
Helena Wood violin
Elaine Clark violin
Andrew Mogrelia conductor
Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm
Orchestra leader Helena Wood and co-leader Elaine Clark present one of the mostseductive and brilliantly written works for two violins, Bach’s Double Concerto. Scotland,Italy and Russia frame their performance with Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture (alsoknown as ‘Fingal’s Cave’), a dramatic evocation of the highland coastline. Tchaikovsky’sromantic waltz from the ballet Swan Lake leads on to the rousing overture to Rossini’sWilliam Tell, beloved by generations of television addicts as the theme tune of ‘The LoneRanger’. Ballet conductor supreme, Andrew Mogrelia, is in charge.
HELENA WOODELAINE CLARK
MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides Overture
BACHConcerto for Two Violins
TCHAIKOVSKYWaltz from Act I, Swan Lake
ROSSINIWilliam Tell Overture
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer EVENING CONCERTFRIDAY 22 JULY 8pm
Celine Byrnesoprano
Alexander James Edwardstenor
Andrew Mogreliaconductor
Presented by Paul Herriott,RTÉ lyric fm
Opera Galawith Celine Byrne and Alexander James Edwards
Two internationally acclaimed singers – Celine Byrne, ‘a soprano of fine lyrical quality’ (OperaMagazine), and Alexander James Edwards, ‘an Italianate tenor of the first order…’ (What’s OnStage) – perform arias and duets by composers such as Puccini, Verdi, Gounod, Bizet and Dvorákfrom all-time favourite operas including La bohème, Tosca, La traviata, Rigoletto, MadamaButterfly, Rigoletto, Carmen, Rusalka and Faust. This is the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra’sOpera Gala! A feast of riches awaits with showstopping and deeply affecting arias for sopranoand tenor: ‘Vissi d’arte’, ‘Si, mi chiamano Mimì’, Rusalka’s Song to the Moon and the Jewel Songalongside ‘La donna è mobile’, ‘Una furtiva lagrima’, ‘E lucevan le stelle’ and ‘Che gelida manina’.More deliciousness when the soprano and tenor voices unite for ‘Parle-moi de ma mère’ fromCarmen, ‘Vogliatemi bene’ from Madama Butterfly, ‘O soave fanciulla’ from La bohème and‘Love Unspoken’ from The Merry Widow and the orchestra treat us to orchestral favouritesfrom Rossini’s The Italian Girl in Algiers, Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Verdi’s La traviata.
Tickets: €20, €29.50, €37.50, €45 (Limited concessions available: €18, €26.55, €33.75, €40.50)Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
summer LUNCHTIME CONCERTTUESDAY 26 JULY 1.05pm
Jennifer Davis soprano
Gavin Maloney conductor
Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm
Soprano Jennifer Davis – a ‘voice to watch’ (Irish Times) – sings some of opera’s mostenchanting arias, including the otherworldly beauty of ‘Song to the Moon’ from Dvorák’sRusalka, the impassioned Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Puccini’ssublimely moving ‘O mio babbino caro’ from Gianni Schicchi. There’s equal poetry anddrama in the luxurious orchestral overtures of Schubert’s by turns lowering and lyricalRosamunde and Verdi’s richly characterised Sicilian Vespers, together with Liadov’sdarkly mysterious and evocative The Enchanted Lake.
JENNIFER DAVIS
SCHUBERT Rosamunde Overture
BIZET ‘Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante’ from Carmen
DVORÁK ‘Song to the Moon’ from Rusalka
LIADOV The Enchanted Lake
TCHAIKOVSKY Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin
PUCCINI ‘O mio babbino caro’ from Gianni Schicchi
VERDI Sicilian Vespers Overture
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RTÉ NationalSymphony Orchestra2017
2016
NATIONAL CONCERT HALL
TICKETS: €15, €23.50, €29.50, €35 (Limited concessions available: €13.50, €21.15, €26.55, €31.50)BOOKING: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso
FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER, 8pm
Dance and ballet music inspire an unashamedly romantic programme with athrilling Russian flavour. Programme includes Ravel’s La valse, Tchaikovsky’sSleeping Beauty Suite, Montagues and Capulets, The Young Juliet, andDance from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2 and the Prelude andMazurka from Delibes’ Coppélia. RDS Bursary winner Patrick Rafter is soloistin Sarasate’s virtuosic Carmen Fantasy.
Patrick Rafter violinGavin Maloney conductor
Celebrating DanceTICKETSF R O M
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