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NATIONAL CONCERT HALL SEATING PLANCONTENTS

03 WHAT’S THE STORY?

04 A MESSAGE FROM HELENA WOOD

05 A MESSAGE FROM ALAN BURIBAYEV

06 AT A GLANCE

10 THE CONCERTS

54 CONCERT PACKAGE OPTIONS

55 SUBSCRIBER REWARDS & DISCOUNTS

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59 HOW & WHEN TO BOOK

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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Main Season concerts, Horizons and other selected concerts are broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm

RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA2013–2014 SEASONPatron: Michael D. Higgins, President of IrelandPrincipal Conductor: Alan Buribayev

A season of Orchestral Tales and Legends

DUBLIN NATIONAL CONCERT HALL THE ABBEY THEATRE

CASTLEBAR CORK KILKENNY LIMERICK NAVAN TULLAMORE WATERFORD

WELCOME2 RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Welcome to the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra’s2013–2014 season of concerts. Orchestral tales and legendsare featured throughout this season including the SymphonieFantastique by Berlioz, Tchaikovsky’s enchanting Sleeping Beauty,Prokofiev’s vivid portrayal of Lieutenant Kijé, and Stravinsky’scolourful ballet Petrushka which opens our season (13 September).As a further reflection of the storytelling theme, we are particularlydelighted to collaborate with Ireland’s national theatre to celebrateShakespeare in Music (15 December) at the Abbey Theatre.

A number of anniversaries are marked throughout this season:Benjamin Britten’s centenary is celebrated in October andNovember; Verdi’s bicentenary is marked with a performance ofhis Requiem (27 September) with the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir;and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Richard Strauss providesa perfect opportunity to hear Irish soprano Celine Byrne perform his Four Last Songs (30 May) in our closing concert.

Five new Irish works will be premiered this season: a newcommission on opening night, and a new work in each of the

Horizons lunchtime concerts in January/February. In March, thanksto a new collaboration with the Music Composition Centre atTrinity College Dublin, the orchestra looks forward to welcomingthe iconic composer Harrison Birtwistle (7 March) to work withthe RTÉ NSO for the first time, as part of New Music Dublin.

Some fifteen nationalities from around the world are representedin the orchestra and many of our musicians work in developingthe musicians of the future. One such example is the mentoringscheme for advanced music students which culminates with theirparticipation in the Russian Tales concert (22 November).

If you are coming to our concerts for the first time don’t miss ourTaster Concert (6 September), and for families there’s our filmconcert (24 May) with Paul Rissmann. Finally, we look forward tomeeting our audiences outside Dublin as we go ‘out and about’ withtwo outstanding international soloists: violinist Nicola Benedettiin December and trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger in March.

Enjoy the season!

WHAT’S THE STORY?AN OVERVIEW OF THE SEASON BY DECLAN McGOVERN,

GENERAL MANAGER, RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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I’m delighted to be joining the RTÉ National SymphonyOrchestra for my first season as Leader. I’m looking forward to performing Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre (28 February) –always great fun to play – and to welcoming some trulyoutstanding international soloists to our season including the amazing Dutch cellist Pieter Wispelwey (29 November),the fabulous young Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud(7 February), Swedish trumpet supremo Håkan Hardenberger(12–14 March) and the ever popular pianist and conductorBarry Douglas (4 October and 11 April). I look forward toseeing you at our concerts!

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HELENA WOODLEADER, RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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I look forward to celebrating with you some of thegreatest stories ever told in classical music this season:Mussorgsky’s A Night on the Bare Mountain (7 February)Bartok’s vivid score for The Miraculous Mandarin (2 May),Stravinsky’s magnificent ballet fantasy Petrushka (13September), and Barber’s beautifully evocative Knoxville:Summer of 1915 (4 April). I’ll also be continuing myProkofiev symphony cycle (7 February), and conductingsymphonies by Dvorák (4 April), Brahms (30 May) andBeethoven, getting ‘inside the score’ of his SymphonyNo. 5 (3 November). I look forward to conducting music which will excite the imagination and stir the heart!

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ALAN BURIBAYEVPRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR, RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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AT A GLANCE SEPTEMBER 2013 – JANUARY 2014

FRI 6 SEP 8pm NCH The Story Begins! Taster Concert: 2013–2014 Season Highlights

FRI 13 SEP 8pm NCH New Beginnings Ed Bennett, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky

TUE 17 SEP 8pm NCH The Alma Fetish A new opera by Raymond Deane

FRI 20 SEP 8pm NCH Eroica Dawn Beethoven, Schumann

FRI 27 SEP 8pm NCH Soul Music Verdi

FRI 4 OCT 8pm NCH Heavenly Life Britten, Mahler

FRI 18 OCT 8pm NCH Britten & America Bernstein, Britten, Copland

FRI 25 OCT 8pm NCH Mozart's Violin Mozart

SUN 3 NOV 3pm NCH Inside the Music Beethoven, Hindemith

FRI 8 NOV 8pm NCH Carnival Dance Dvorák, Falla, Brahms

FRI 22 NOV 8pm NCH Russian Tales Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian

FRI 29 NOV 8pm NCH Saint Nicolas Britten

WED 4 DEC 8pm Tullamore Nicola Benedetti on Tour J. Adams, Bruch, Marquez, Stravinsky

THUR 5 DEC 8pm Castlebar Nicola Benedetti on Tour J. Adams, Bruch, Marquez, Stravinsky

FRI 6 DEC 8pm Kilkenny Nicola Benedetti on Tour J. Adams, Bruch, Marquez, Stravinsky

SAT 7 DEC 8pm Navan Nicola Benedetti on Tour J. Adams, Bruch, Marquez, Stravinsky

TUE 10 DEC 1.05pm NCH Unwrapping Christmas Tchaikovsky, Lehár, Delius, Prokofiev

SUN 15 DEC 3 & 5pm Abbey Theatre Shakespeare in Music Celebrating the works of Shakespeare with words & music

TUE 17 DEC 1.05pm NCH Christmas Favourites Leroy Anderson and more

THUR 19 DEC 3.15 & 8pm NCH Three Sopranos Christmas Gala Operatic and Christmas favourites

WED 1 JAN 2.30 & 6pm NCH Strauss & Co.: New Year Gala Strauss family & operatic favourites

FRI 3 JAN 8pm Cork Strauss & Co.: New Year Gala Strauss family & operatic favourites

FRI 10 JAN 8pm NCH Gershwin’s Genius Adams, Gershwin, Sibelius

TUE 14 JAN 1.05pm NCH Horizons: Catching Fire Rhona Clarke, Gerald Barry, Pascal Dusapin

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Alan Buribayev Freddy Kempf

Fergus Sheil M. Cullagh, B. Polegato, G. Dandy

Gerhard Markson Torléif Thedeen

Kenneth Montgomery RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, M. Murphy, I. Drumm, M. Best

Christian Arming Barry Douglas, Mary Nelson

Garry Walker Marie-Luise Neunecker, Andrew Staples

Baibe Skride Baibe Skride

Alan Buribayev Alan Smale, Stephen Johnson (presenter)

Jonathan Schiffman Antti Siirala

Alan Buribayev Artur Pizarro

Matthew Halls Pieter Wispelwey, John Mark Ainsley, RTÉ Choirs

Fergus Sheil Nicola Benedetti




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Gavin Maloney Actors from the Abbey Theatre

Christopher Bell Christopher Bell (presenter)

John Finucane Claudia Boyle, Regina Nathan, Cara O'Sullivan

Robert Houlihan Cara O'Sullivan

Robert Houlihan Cara O'Sullivan

Jayce Ogren Michael McHale

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BEYOND THE SEASON COMPOSERS IN CONVERSATION WORLD PREMIERE

FRI 17 JAN 8pm NCH London Calling Walton, Vaughan Williams

TUE 21 JAN 1.05pm NCH Horizons: Coloured Time Marion Ingoldsby, Webern, Takemitsu

FRI 24 JAN 8pm NCH Rhapsodies & Fairytales Copland, Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, Ravel

TUE 28 JAN 1.05pm NCH Horizons: Six Objects in a Concert Hall Seán Clancy, J. Cutler, Mic. Walton, E. Bennett, H. Skempton

FRI 31 JAN 8pm NCH Scottish Fantasy Arnold, Bruch, Beethoven

TUE 4 FEB 1.05pm NCH Horizons: Mavericks and Unicorns Brian Irvine, Ives, Frank Zappa

FRI 7 FEB 8pm NCH Bare Mountain Mussorgsky, Sibelius, Prokofiev

THUR 13 FEB 8pm NCH Hamlet’s Fantasy Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov

FRI 21 FEB 8pm NCH Hollywood Heroes Music from James Bond, Lawrence of Arabia, Schindler's List…

TUES 25 FEB 10.30am & 12.15pm NCH Leaving Cert: Symphonie Fantastique Berlioz

FRI 28 FEB 8pm NCH Fantastique! Saint-Saëns, Liszt, Berlioz

FRI 7 MAR 1.05pm NCH Birtwistle in Dublin Birtwistle: Earth Dances

WED 12 MAR 8pm Limerick Trumpet on Tour! Haydn, Prokofiev, Planel, Ravel

THU 13 MAR 8pm Waterford Trumpet on Tour! Haydn, Prokofiev, Planel, Ravel

FRI 14 MAR 8pm NCH Trumpet on Tour! Haydn, Prokofiev, Planel, Ravel

MON 17 MAR 8pm NCH The Music of Shaun Davey The Brendan Voyage, Granuaile

FRI 4 APR 8pm NCH Lieutenant Kijé Prokofiev, Barber, Dvořák

FRI 11 APR 8pm NCH The Emperor Mozart, Beethoven

FRI 18 APR 3.30pm NCH Easter Glory Bach

FRI 2 MAY 8pm NCH Hungarian Stories Brahms, Liszt, Kodály, Bartók

FRI 16 MAY 8pm NCH Hiawatha's Wedding Stanford, Elgar, Coleridge-Taylor

FRI 23 MAY 8pm NCH The Sea Berlioz, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Debussy

SAT 24 MAY 3pm NCH Family Film Favourites Music from Fantasia, Star Wars, Harry Potter…

FRI 30 MAY 8pm NCH Idyllic Leavetakings Wagner, R. Strauss, Brahms

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John Wilson Guy Johnston


Andrew Gourlay Joanna MacGregor


Eugene Tzigane Stefan Jackiw


Alan Buribayev Henning Kraggerud

Alan Buribayev Ivan Monighetti

David Arnold Dave Fanning (presenter)

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Gavin Maloney Rita Connolly, Liam O'Flynn

Alan Buribayev Anna Devin

Barry Douglas Barry Douglas

Roy Goodman S. Power, P. Murrihy, J. Gilchrist, M. George & choir

Alan Buribayev Nikolai Demidenko

David Hill Kim Begley, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir

Olari Elts Boris Giltburg

Stephen Bell Paul Rissmann (presenter)

Alan Buribayev Celine Byrne

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With so much on offer in our new season, here’s the perfect opportunityto sample the treats that lie ahead as we celebrate the art ofstorytelling through the world’s greatest music.

We’ve put together for you a packed programme of highlights includingmagical moments from Mussorgsky’s fantastical A Night on the BareMountain, Tchaikovsky’s enchanting Sleeping Beauty, the spectacle ofProkofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé, the vitality of Mendelssohn’s A MidsummerNight’s Dream and the gripping drama of Britten’s Peter Grimes.

ROBERT HOULIHAN conductor

FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER NATIONALCONCERT HALL

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THE STORY BEGINS! 2013–2014 TASTER CONCERT

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ED BENNETTNew Work RTÉ commission [10’]

RACHMANINOVPiano Concerto No. 2 in C minor [33’]

STRAVINSKYPetrushka (1947) [35’]

Our season begins with a newpiece by one of Ireland’s mosttalented young composers, EdBennett, and two masterpiecesexalting the adventure andopportunity of new beginnings.Rachmaninov’s optimisticSecond Piano Concerto boastsone soaringly beautiful melodyafter another, Stravinsky’sPetrushka is a bright, brash,bold portrait of a puppetsuddenly brought to life.

FREDDY KEMPF pianoALAN BURIBAYEV conductor


SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: Freddy Kempf & Ed Bennett

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NEW BEGINNINGS

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TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER NATIONALCONCERT HALL

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MAJELLA CULLAGH (Alma)

BRETT POLEGATO (Kokoschka)

GRAEME DANBY (Russian Soldier)

CHORUS OF WIDE OPEN OPERAFERGUS SHEIL conductor

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Following the breakup of his relationship with Alma Mahler, artist OskarKokoschka’s only path from spiralling despair is to commission a life-size doll of Alma to be made by the finest Parisian makers. He lives with the doll;eating meals, going to the opera, taking a ride in the park, until one day he‘murders’ her, discarding the ‘body’ in the street. Concert performance of anew opera based on a true story, by Raymond Deane and Gavin Kostick.

PRESENTED BY WIDE OPEN OPERA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THERTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL

The Alma Fetish

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A NEW OPERA BY RAYMOND DEANE (MUSIC) AND GAVIN KOSTICK (TEXT) (CONCERT PERFORMANCE)

Self portrait with Alma by Oskar Kokoschka

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BEETHOVENPrometheus Overture [5’]

SCHUMANNCello Concerto in A minor [25’]

BEETHOVENSymphony No. 3 in E flat ‘Eroica’ [47’]

TORLÉIF THEDEEN celloGERHARD MARKSON conductor


FREE CONCERTPipeworks Organ Recital: David Adams. See p.52.

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FREE CONCERTRTÉ Cór na nÓg in the John Field Room

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The cathedral-like dimensions ofBeethoven’s mighty and majesticThird Symphony announced thedawn of Romanticism and put19th-century audiences throughthe emotional wringer. Its potency and power remainsundiminished in a journey of compelling energy andexcitement. No less fiery is hisPrometheus Overture whileSchumann’s concerto exults inthe poetic and the sublime.

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VERDIRequiem [84’]

MIRIAM MURPHY sopranoIMELDA DRUMM mezzo sopranoBRUCE SLEDGE tenorMATTHEW BEST bassRTÉ PHILHARMONIC CHOIRchorus master Mark HindleyKENNETH MONTGOMERY conductor


SOUNDINGS In Conversation: Mark Hindley & Kenneth Montgomery

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Every bit as intense, fervent,vital and dramatic as hisoperas, Verdi’s Requiem shouts out from pulpit and pew with a passion guaranteedto stir head, heart and soul. A thrilling, terrifying, tumultuousblend of orchestra, chorus andsoloists, it offers the perfecttribute in the bicentenary yearof the composer’s birth.

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BRITTENPiano Concerto [34’]

MAHLERSymphony No.4 in G [54’]

BARRY DOUGLAS pianoMARY NELSON sopranoCHRISTIAN ARMING conductor

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FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER NATIONALCONCERT HALL

SOUNDINGS SPECIALBarry Douglas explores the score of Britten’s Piano Concerto on the main stage.

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THE LATE NIGHTBarry Douglas performs music by Brahms

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BRITTENBIG ON

Britten’s only Piano Concerto boils with anguish, torment andpoignancy in a bravura display of youthful passions while thesunniest of Mahler’s symphoniesteems over with smiling goodhumour and effervescent joybefore culminating in a glorious,resounding finale that revels in a child’s irresistibly blissfulvision of Heaven.

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BERNSTEINOn the Town: Three Dance Episodes [11’]

BRITTENSerenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings [25’]

BRITTENFour Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes [16’]

COPLANDAppalachian Spring [24’]

MARIE-LUISE NEUNECKER hornANDREW STAPLES tenorGARRY WALKER conductor


FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER NATIONALCONCERT HALL

SOUNDINGS In Conversation:

Marie-Luise Neunecker, Andrew Staples & Garry Walker

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Bursting with pizzazz andshowmanship, Bernstein’s On the Town celebrates NewYork in irresistible style whileCopland’s gorgeous, melody-filledballet score is as ripe, romanticand ravishing as the Americandream that captivated BenjaminBritten, whose shadow-lit,spiritual song cycle andoperatically vivid invocations of the sea are high-water marks of 20th century music.

BRITTEN & AMERICABRITTENBIG ON

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MOZARTViolin Concerto No. 1 in B flat [21’]

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D [21’]

Symphony No. 31 in D ‘Paris’ [17’]

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G ‘Strasbourg’ [24’]

BAIBA SKRIDE violin/director

FR IDAY 25 OCTOBER NATIONALCONCERT HALL

SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: Baiba Skride

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DIRECTSSOLOIST MOZART’S VIOLIN


Mozart’s violin concertos arewonders of youthful inventionwith the First boasting a brilliantly witty finale, the Second exuberantly extrovert andvirtuosic, and the fleet-footed Third(popularised in the Russell Crowefilm Master and Commander)memorably borrowing a Frenchfolk tune. The athletic, adrenalin-packed Paris Symphony deliversentertainment at full throttle.

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SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER , 3PM NATIONALCONCERT HALL

ALAN SMALE violinSTEPHEN JOHNSON presenterALAN BURIBAYEV conductor

BEETHOVENSymphony No. 5 in C minor [31’]

HINDEMITHViolin Concerto (1939) [30’]

3pmMusic presenter and writer Stephen Johnson explores the scores of two contrasting works by two German-born composers from different eras: Beethoven’s ever popular Symphony No. 5, dating from the first decade of thenineteenth century and Hindemith’s Violin Concerto, composed in thelate 1930s. Illustrative excerpts fromeach work will be presented prior toa complete performance by the RTÉNational Symphony Orchestra, LeaderEmeritus and soloist Alan Smale andPrincipal Conductor Alan Buribayev.

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DVORÁKCarnival Overture [10’]

FALLAThe Three Cornered Hat Suites 1 & 2 [24’]

BRAHMSPiano Concerto No. 2 in B flat [44’]

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JONATHAN SCHIFFMAN conductor


FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER NATIONALCONCERT HALL

SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: Jonathan Schiffman

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Dvorák’s feistyCarnival Overtureheralds a programme of fun,frolics and vivacious music withFalla’s ballet suites from TheThree-Cornered Hat deliciouslywitty and surging with rhythmicenergy and Brahms’ SecondPiano Concerto by turnsinfectiously rhapsodic, hauntinglybeautiful and hugelyentertaining.

CARNIVAL DANCE

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JONATHAN SCHIFFMAN

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RIMSKY-KORSAKOVThe Tsar’s Bride Overture [7’]

TCHAIKOVSKYPiano Concerto No. 2 in G [37’]

KHACHATURIANGayane Ballet (selection) [38’]

Three magnificent examples ofRussian music at its lyrical best:Rimsky-Korsakov’s sparklingOverture and Khachaturian’sdramatic Gayane Ballet(selection) gleefully plunderingfolk melodies with virtuosicflourishes that deliver time andagain where it matters, withpulse-quickening drama andlush melodies aplenty whileTchaikovsky’s Second PianoConcerto is no less inventive,involving and brilliant.

ARTUR PIZARRO piano

ALAN BURIBAYEV conductorwith 2013 Mentoring Scheme Participants

MAIN SEASON


SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: Deborah Kelleher with 2013 Mentoring Scheme Participants

8pm

7pm

RUSSIAN TALES

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ARTUR PIZARRO

+ surprise extra! ends approx. 10.05pm

SCHEMEMENTORING


BRITTENSoirées Musicales (after Rossini) [10’]

Symphony for cello and orchestra [34’]

Saint Nicolas [50’]

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SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: Matthew Halls

8pm

7pm

THE LATE NIGHTBritten Cello Suite No. 3 with Pieter Wispelwey

10.20pm

BRITTENBIG ON

Few British composers of the last century were as articulate,eloquent or intoxicating asBritten. Evidence of such can befound in his youthfully joyous re-working of themes by Rossini,the mature and masterfulblending of cello and orchestra,and the enchanting, deliciouslyeclectic portrait of the patronsaint of Christmas.

PIETER WISPELWEY

SAINT NICOLAS

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PIETER WISPELWEY celloJOHN MARK AINSLEY tenorRTÉ CÓR NA nÓGchoral director Mary Amond O’BrienRTÉ PHILHARMONIC CHOIRchorus master Mark HindleyMATTHEW HALLS conductor


WEDNESDAY 4 – SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER

Four high-octane concerts with virtuosic andcolourful symphonic repertoire. Max Bruch’sScottish Fantasy, a rhythmic and colourfulclassical interpretation of Scotland’s sights andsounds and Stravinsky’s ballet suite The Firebirddeploying the full orchestral resources to depicta celebrated Russian fairytale. Coupled withthese, two more recent works, Danzón No. 2, an infectiously joyous Latin American danceby Mexican composer Arturo Márquez and the improbable dance of Chairman Mao fromJohn Adams’ opera Nixon in China.Conducted by Fergus Sheil.

JOHN ADAMSThe Chairman Dances [12’]

BRUCHScottish Fantasy [30’]

MÁRQUEZDanzón No. 2 [10’]

STRAVINSKYL’oiseau de feu (The Firebird) Suite (1919) [21’]

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BENEDETTIWIDE OPEN MUSIC AND THE RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENT

WED 4 DEC TULLAMORE Tullamore Court Hotel057 934 6666

THU 5 DEC CASTLEBAR Theatre Royal 0818 300 000 or 094 902 3111 • www.theroyal.ie

FRI 6 DEC KILKENNY St Canice’s Cathedral 056 776 1674 • www.watergatetheatre.com

SAT 7 DEC NAVAN Solstice Arts Centre 046 909 2300 • www.solsticeartscentre.com

8pm

ON TOUR

CASTLEBAR • KILKENNY • NAVAN • TULLAMORE

NICOLAVIOLIN

NICOLA BENEDETTI

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P R O G R A M M E I N C LU D E S

TCHAIKOVSKYThe Nutcracker:Petite Overture; March andDance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

LEHÁRGold and Silver Waltz

DELIUSSleigh Ride

PROKOFIEVLieutenant Kijé, ‘Troika’

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TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER NATIONALCONCERT HALL

LUNCHTIME CONCERT

1.05pm

BIG ON

Can’t wait for Christmas? Youdon’t have to! Indulge in thefestive delights of a Sleigh Ridewith Delius, climb aboardProkofiev’s sleighbell-adorned‘Troika’, treat yourself to anelegant Gold and Silver Waltzwith Lehár and wallow in thewarmth, wonder and charm ofTchaikovsky’s Nutcracker in theenchanting company of theSugar Plum Fairy.

UNWRAPPING CHRISTMAS

MALCOLM YUEN conductor

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SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER THE ABBEYTHEATRE

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ACTORS FROM THE ABBEY THEATREGAVIN MALONEY conductor

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Ireland’s national theatre and national orchestra join forces for twoperformances at the Abbey Theatre celebrating the works of WilliamShakespeare with words and music. The RTÉ National SymphonyOrchestra, conducted by Gavin Maloney, performs excerpts fromorchestral works by Sibelius, Prokofiev, Berlioz and Mendelssohn andwill join Abbey actors reciting some well-known monologues fromplays that inspired this music including Romeo and Juliet, King Lear,The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE ABBEY THEATRE PRESENT

Shakespeare in Music

3pm & 5pm

Duration: 1 hour approx

P R O G R A M M E I N C LU D E S

ANDERSONA Christmas Festival and Sleigh Ride

TCHAIKOVSKYDance of the Cygnets (Swan Lake)

LANESleighbell Serenade

TRAD (arr Willcocks)Good King Wenceslas

TRAD (arr Doughty)The Twelve Days of Christmas

CHRISTOPHER BELL conductor & presenter


TUESDAY 17 DECEMBER NATIONALCONCERT HALL

LUNCHTIMECONCERT

1.05pmTreat yourself to an earlyChristmas present with thisbumper selection of sparklingseasonal delights including thecharming Sleighbell Serenade,exquisite Christmas Festivaland effervescent Sleigh Ride.Time also to count downThe Twelve Days of Christmasand to sing along to yourfavourite traditional carols.

ends 2pm


CHRISTMAS FAVOURITES

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THURSDAY 19 DECEMBERNATIONALCONCERT HALL

THREE SOPRANOSRTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE JOHN MURRAY SHOW , RTÉ RADIO 1 PRESENT

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JOHN FINUCANE conductor • Presented by JOHN MURRAY RTÉ Radio 1 3.15pm & 8pm

Rising star Claudia Boyle, whose international careersees her working with artists including Joseph Calleja,Ricardo Muti and James Conlon, joins firm favouritesRegina Nathan and Cara O’Sullivan, the full forces of theRTÉ NSO under conductor John Finucane and RTÉ Radio 1presenter John Murray for another fun-filled run up toChristmas including Silent Night, O Holy Night, favouriteoperatic arias and Christmas-inspired orchestral treats.

CHRISTMAS GALATHE

CLAUDIA BOYLE REGINA NATHAN CARA O’SULLIVAN

Back by popular demand, the ThreeSopranos Christmas Gala,with its festive andwinning mix of operaticfavourites, seasonalcarols, Christmas songsand orchestral music.

CLAUDIA BOYLE REGINA NATHAN CARA O’SULLIVAN

CARA O’SULLIVAN sopranoROBERT HOULIHAN conductor

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WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY NATIONALCONCERT HALL

2.30pm &6.30pm

BRITTENBIG ON

Greet the New Year in style with Viennese elegance and glamour andsparkling vocal gems from the worlds of opera and operetta.

Polkas, marches and waltzes from the Strauss family include the evergreenBlue Danube, the intoxicating Champagne Polka and the rousing ViennaBlood alongside ravishing arias by Gounod, Offenbach and Lehár with thesensational Cork soprano Cara O’Sullivan.

An unforgettable celebration of glamour, glitter and gaiety to start your newyear with a smile.

STRAUSS & CO.

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FRIDAY 3 JANUARYCORK

CARA O’SULLIVAN

NEW YEAR GALA CELEBRATION

JOHN ADAMSThe Chairman Dances [12’]

GERSHWINPiano Concerto in F [31’]

SIBELIUSSymphony No. 2 in D [43’]

Gershwin’s pulsating pianoconcerto thrillingly celebratesAmerican pluralism with arollercoaster ride blendingDixieland rhythms, Bluesmelancholy and popular Yiddishthemes. Its energy and colouris echoed in John Adams’ feistyfoxtrot fantasy and the epic andelemental Second Symphonyby Sibelius.

MICHAEL McHALE pianoJAYCE OGREN conductor

MAIN SEASON

FRIDAY 10 JANUARY NATIONALCONCERT HALL

FREE CONCERTPipeworks Organ Recital: David Leigh. See p.52.

8pm

6.45pm

GERSHWIN’S GENIUS

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MICHAEL McHALE

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RHONA CLARKEWhere the clouds go (1995) [9’]

GERALD BARRYLa Jalousie Taciturne for string orchestra (1996) [12’]

PASCAL DUSAPINGo, Solo No. 1 for orchestra (1992) [8’]

RHONA CLARKE*New Work (2014) (RTÉ commission) [15’]

GAVIN MALONEY conductorPresented by BERNARD CLARKE RTÉ lyric fm

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TUESDAY 14 JANUARY NATIONALCONCERT HALL

FREECONCERT

COMPOSER IN CONVERSATIONin association with Contemporary Music CentreCMC Director Evonne Ferguson with composer Rhona Clarke.

*Rhona Clarke talks through selected excerpts on stage prior to the premiere

1.05pm

12.30pm

CATCHING FIRECatching Fire refers to the way onecreative idea ignites another. Thisprogramme features the gloriousorchestral sonorities and containedenergies in Go by contemporaryFrench composer Pascal Dusapin,and Gerald Barry’s La JalousieTaciturne, a provocative andforceful piece for strings. These are combined with two of myorchestral works, including a new piece commissioned by RTÉ.Rhona Clarke


CONTEMPORARY MUSIC SERIES

Concert will be broadcast on Nova on RTÉ lyric fm (Sunday 19 January, 8–10pm)

RHONA CLARKEends 2pm

FEATURED COMPOSER

RHONA CLARKE

WORLD PREMIERE

VAUGHAN WILLIAMSThe Wasps Overture [9’]

WALTONCello Concerto [30’]

VAUGHAN WILLIAMSSymphony No. 2 in G ‘A London Symphony’ [44’]

GUY JOHNSTON celloJOHN WILSON conductor


SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: John Wilson

8pm

7pm

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LONDON CALLING


Three richly expressivecomposers come together toshowcase English music at itsmost elegant, eloquent andexuberant. Walton’s CelloConcerto boasts a passionateheart wrapped in wistfullymoving melodies, VaughanWilliams’ tuneful WaspsOverture is hugely entertainingand his evocative symphony –premiered a century ago – paystribute to the people and placesof an historic city.

GUY JOHNSTON

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MARIAN INGOLDSBYOverture (1994) [10’]

WEBERNVariations for Orchestra (1941) [8’]

MARIAN INGOLDSBYThe Heron by the Weir (2008) [7’]

TAKEMITSUHow slow The Wind (1991) [11’]

MARIAN INGOLDSBY*New Work (2014) [6’]




COMPOSER IN CONVERSATIONin association with Contemporary Music CentreCMC Director Evonne Ferguson with composer Marian Ingoldsby.

1.05pm

12.30pm


MARIAN INGOLDSBY ends 2pm

Concert will be broadcast on Nova on RTÉ lyric fm (Sunday 26 January, 8–10pm)

WORLD PREMIERE

FREECONCERT

COLOURED TIMEMy music for orchestra is visual, with an emphasis on colour. Havinga lifelong interest in art, I think ofmusic in terms of ‘coloured time’,and this is an apt title for myexploration of the rich palette of orchestral sound, in this ever-fascinating medium, exemplified by works by Takemitsu and Webern as well as three of my own works, new and old.Marian Ingoldsby


FEATURED COMPOSER

MARIAN INGOLDSBY

*Marian Ingoldsby talks through selected excerpts on stage prior to the premiere

COPLANDBilly the Kid Suite [21’]

GERSHWINRhapsody in Blue [16’]

TCHAIKOVSKYSleeping Beauty Suite [23’]

RAVELMother Goose (Ma mère l’oye):5 pièces enfantines [16’]

JOANNA MacGREGOR pianoANDREW GOURLAY conductor


SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: Andrew Gourlay

8pm

7pm

THE LATE NIGHT Joanna MacGregor performs American-inspired piano works

10.15pm

BIG ONRHAPSODIES & FAIRYTALES

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The romance of America’s WildWest and tamed cityscapes isbrilliantly captured in Copland’sgloriously colourful Billy the Kidand the jazzy excitement andenergy of Gershwin’s ravishingRhapsody. Tchaikovsky’s balletscore is a deliciously sweet,sugary concoction full of fantasyand wonderment, Ravel’sexquisitely glittering MotherGoose full of feathery fun.

JOANNA MacGREGOR

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FREECONCERT

MAVERICKS AND UNICORNS

A collection of musical enigmas in which a bunch of urban misfitsdiscuss life at a 6am downtown jamsession, a lady and a unicorn embarkon a medieval exploration of thesenses, a cosmic landscape asks a curious question and Big Daddy,Lemmy and the Dali Lama learn to dance with horses and sing likeRuby Murray. Brian Irvine


FEATURED COMPOSER

BRIAN IRVINE

BRIAN IRVINEBig Daddy, Motorhead (2009) [10’]

IVESUnanswered Question (1946) [5’]

BRIAN IRVINE*À mon seul désir (2014) (RTÉ commission) [20’]

FRANK ZAPPADupree’s Paradise (1979) [7’]




COMPOSER IN CONVERSATIONin association with Contemporary Music CentreCMC Director Evonne Ferguson with composer Brian Irvine.

1.05pm

12.30pm


Concert will be broadcast on Nova on RTÉ lyric fm (Sunday 2 February, 8–10pm)

BRIAN IRVINE ends 2pm

WORLD PREMIERE

*Brian Irvine talks through selected excerpts on stage prior to the premiere

ARNOLDTom O’Shanter Overture [8’]

BRUCHScottish Fantasy [30’]

BEETHOVENSymphony No. 7 in A [36’]

STEFAN JACKIW violinEUGENE TZIGANE conductor



SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: Stefan Jackiw and Eugene Tzigane

8pm

7pm

BIG ON

The romance of Scotland’s wildlandscape and fantastical folklegends rings out with tartan-Technicolor brilliance in MalcolmArnold’s setting of Robbie Burns’tall tale and Bruch’s richlyatmospheric Fantasy.Beethoven’s Seventh Symphonyis no less dramatic: a sweeping,searing, overwhelmingexperience fully deserving ofWagner’s description of it as the ‘apotheosis of the dance’.

SCOTTISH FANTASY

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EUGENE TZIGANE

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FREECONCERT

SIX OBJECTS INA CONCERT HALLThe majority of my compositionaloutput for the past number of years has dealt with the concept ofartistic intervention, or reimaginingpre-existing art/materials in newcontexts. This concert presents twoworks of my own alongside those ofthe composers who have been mostfundamental to my artistic thought,not only as teachers and colleaguesat Birmingham Conservatoire, butalso as friends. Seán Clancy

FEATURED COMPOSER

SEÁN CLANCY

JOE CUTLER Ulf (2006) [5’]

SEÁN CLANCYChanging Rates of Change (2012) [8’]

MICHAEL WALTONSpring Symphony [16”]

ED BENNETTNew Work (2013) (RTÉ commission) [10’]

HOWARD SKEMPTON Lento (1991) [13’]

SEÁN CLANCY* New Work (2014) [10’]



TUESDAY 4 FEBRUARY NATIONALCONCERT HALL

COMPOSER IN CONVERSATIONin association with Contemporary Music CentreCMC Director Evonne Ferguson with composer Séan Clancy

1.05pm

12.30pm


Concert will be broadcast on Nova on RTÉ lyric fm (Sunday 9 February, 8–10pm)

SEÁN CLANCY

ends 2pm

WORLD PREMIERE


*Seán Clancy talks through selected excerpts on stage prior to the premiere

MUSSORGSKYA Night on the Bare Mountain [10’]

SIBELIUSViolin Concerto [31’]

PROKOFIEVSymphony No. 6 in E flat minor [45’]

HENNING KRAGGERUD violinALAN BURIBAYEV conductor


FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY NATIONALCONCERT HALL

SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: Henning Kraggerud

8pm

7pm

Menace, magic, mystery andmelancholy irresistibly combinewith Mussorgsky’s riotouslysinister depiction of witches inwild mountainside revels, thehauntingly beautiful and yearningViolin Concerto by Sibelius shotthrough by dark, dangerousundercurrents and Prokofiev’sheartfelt Sixth Symphony, a grief-stricken elegy for the victims of war.

BARE MOUNTAIN

HENNING KRAGGERUD

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TCHAIKOVSKYHamlet Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare [18’]

SHOSTAKOVICHCello Concerto No. 1 in E flat [30’]

RACHMANINOVSymphony No. 1 in D minor [42’]

IVAN MONIGHETTI celloALAN BURIBAYEV conductor


THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY NATIONALCONCERT HALL

SOUNDINGS In Conversation: Alan Buribayev & Ivan Monighetti

8pm

7pm

BRITTENBIG ON

Three master composers revel in the tumultuous emotionalintensity of the Russian heart and soul: Tchaikovsky’s setting of Shakespeare a compellingdrama in miniature; Shostakovich’sconcerto an urgent and powerfulworking out of a profound internalstruggle; Rachmaninov’s FirstSymphony overflowing withyouthful passions anchored to a dangerously dark undertow.

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ALAN BURIBAYEV


HAMLET’S FANTASY

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DAVID ARNOLD conductorPresented by DAVE FANNING RTÉ 2FM

8pm

Hooray for the romance, thrills, spills, menace andmagnificence of Hollywood as we celebrate cinema’sgreatest heroes – real and fictional – with some of themost evocative, emotional and exciting music fromLawrence of Arabia, Spartacus, Robin Hood, Gladiator,Schindler’s List and majestic themes from the James Bond, Rocky Balboa and Batman blockbusters.

DAVE FANNING

TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY NATIONALCONCERT HALL


Following last year’s Leaving Certificate Guide to Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet withthe RTÉ NSO, we turn to Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique in this tailor-made concertpresentation for Leaving Certificate music students. Working with the full forces ofthe orchestra and using computer technology to provide a visual guide to the music,Rissmann will pull Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique apart to uncover the curriculumconcepts and provide clear listening posts for the students. This hour-long visualpresentation will give students a deeper understanding of the piece and will end with a concert performance of three movements from this epic work.


RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL PRESENT A LEAVING CERTIFICATE GUIDE TO

WITH FULL ORCHESTRA , COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND VISUALS

BERLIOZ’SSYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE

Presented by PAUL RISSMANN

10.30am & 12.15pmStudents Duration:1 hour

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CONCERTFORTE!

HECTOR BERLIOZ

Hear the full work in Friday’s Main Season concert. See p.40.

SAINT-SAËNSDanse Macabre [8’]

LISZTPiano Concerto No. 2 in A [21’]

BERLIOZSymphonie fantastique [49’]

NAREH ARGHAMANYAN pianoPATRIK RINGBORG conductor



FREE CONCERTPipeworks Organ Recital: Mark Duley. See p.53.

8pm

6.45pm

BIG ON

Proof that the Devil may wellhave the best tunes comes inthree demonically deliriousworks that showcase Death’stalents on the violin and dancingskeletons (Saint-Saëns’ wickedlywonderful Danse Macabre), a dazzling series of fierytransformations of mood in Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto,and a witches’ sabbath in the blistering Symphonie fantastique by Berlioz.

FANTASTIQUE!

NAREH ARGHAMANYAN

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DAVID ATHERTONconductor

HARRISON BIRTWISTLEEarth Dances [40’]


FRIDAY 7 MARCH

IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MUSIC COMPOSITION CENTRE, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

In this, his 80th birthday year, the distinctive, radical

and uncompromising internationally acclaimed composer

Harrison Birtwistle pays a rare visit to Dublin to celebrate

one of his most iconic works. Earth Dances (1985/6) is

a study of orchestral texture – it is conceived in strata,

like layers of rock.

‘Through seismic shifts in sound, the layers have been fractured

but they are still identifiable, rather like a sandwich where the

tomatoes and cucumber have got above the bread, but they are still clearly

maintaining their identity, their colour, flavour and texture’. Harrison Birtwistle

The composer will talk through a live analysis of his work on stage with the RTÉ National

Symphony Orchestra before a full performance of the 40 minute work is given.

BIRTWISTLEIN DUBLIN

BEYOND THE SEASON

NATIONALCONCERT HALL

AS PART OF NEW MUSIC DUBLIN

1.05pm

ends 2.15pm

HARRISON BIRTWISTLE

HAYDNConcerto for Trumpet in E flat [13’]

PROKOFIEVSymphony No. 1 in D (‘Classical’) [15’]

PLANELConcerto for Trumpet and String Orchestra [16’]

RAVELLe tombeau de Couperin [17’]

HÅKAN HARDENBERGER trumpet/director

FR IDAY 14 MARCH NATIONALCONCERT HALL

ON TOUR

8pm

TRUMPET ON TOUR!

SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: Håkan Hardenberger

7pm

WEDNESDAY 12 MARCH LIMERICKTHURSDAY 13 MARCH WATERFORD

DIRECTSSOLOIST

HÅKAN HARDENBERGER

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Trumpet virtuoso HåkanHardenberger looks to the past instyle – Haydn’s lyrical, exuberantconcerto, Prokofiev’s exhilaratinghomage to Haydn and Mozart,Ravel’s elegant and elegiacborrowing of Classical dancerhythms paying tribute to friendskilled in battle – and showcases a modern marvel in RobertPlanel’s exhilaratingly tuneful and atmospheric concerto.

ends approx. 9.40pm+surprise extra!

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MONDAY 17 MARCH NATIONALCONCERT HALL

8pm

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Back by popular demand following the 2013 sell-out with the RTÉ NationalSymphony Orchestra, The Brendan Voyage makes a welcome return to the NationalConcert Hall. Shaun Davey’s powerful music drama, vividly depicting St Brendan’sjourney from Ireland to the New World in a tiny leather boat, will be performedonce again by master uilleann piper Liam O’Flynn.

The powerful double bill also features the incomparable singing of Rita Connolly inGranuaile, Davey’s ‘wild and magnificent’ (The Observer) song cycle based on thelife of Grace O'Malley, the 16th century Irish woman chieftain, and includes theclassic ‘Ripples in the Rockpools’.

I N C E L E B R AT I O N O F S T PAT R I C K ’ S D AY

GAVIN MALONEY conductor

with RITA CONNOLLY singer & LIAM O’FLYNN uilleann pipes

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PROKOFIEVLieutenant Kijé Suite [20’]

BARBERKnoxville: Summer of 1915 [15’]

DVORÁKSymphony No. 7 in D minor [35’]

ANNA DEVIN sopranoALAN BURIBAYEV conductor


FRIDAY 4 APRIL NATIONALCONCERT HALL

FREE CONCERTPipeworks Organ Recital: David Leigh. See p.53.

8pm

6.45pm

Prokofiev’s glorious satire on a soldier’s fictional life and death boasts colour-saturatedorchestrations and melodies and rhythms that ring out with brilliance and bite. Barber’s nostalgic reminiscenceof a small-town childhood is a soul-stirring masterpiece inminiature, while Dvorák’s sereneand stirring Seventh Symphony is a hymnal to lost loved onesand homeland.

LIEUTENANT KIJÉ

V

V

ANNA DEVIN

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MOZARTSymphony No. 41 in C, ‘Jupiter’ [31’]

BEETHOVENPiano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, ‘Emperor’ [38’]

BARRY DOUGLAS piano/director

FR IDAY 11 APRIL NATIONALCONCERT HALL

SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: Barry Douglas

8pm

7pm

DIRECTSSOLOIST


Emotions will run high with two mighty masterpieces in theshape of Mozart’s final symphonyand Beethoven’s last pianoconcerto. With music of pulse-quickening energy and a cascadeof memorable themes framingits supremely elegant middlemovement, the Jupiter ’s majestyis matched by the heroicmuscularity and robust poetry of the Emperor.

THE EMPEROR

ends approx. 9.50pm

BARRY DOUGLAS

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J .S. BACH

Easter Oratorio [38’]

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G [10’]

Cantata No. 11: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen,‘Ascension Oratorio’ [28’]

GOOD FRIDAY 18 APRIL NATIONALCONCERT HALL

3.30pm

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SARAH POWER sopranoPAULA MURRIHY mezzo sopranoJAMES GILCHRIST tenorMICHAEL GEORGE bassRTÉ PHILHARMONIC CHOIRchorus master Mark HindleyROY GOODMAN conductor

Bach’s deep-rooted faith gives his music a depth of feeling thatoverwhelms the senses with its richness of expression and sublimesincerity, the Easter festival drawing from him two of his mostmoving creations: the exquisite Easter and joyous Ascensionoratorios. The delectable Third Brandenburg Concerto is a spry,bubbling orchestral tour de force.

ends approx. 5.30pm

BRAHMSHungarian Dances (selection) [15’]

LISZTPiano Concerto No. 1 in E flat [21]

KODÁLYDances of Galánta [15’]

BARTÓKThe Miraculous Mandarin Suite [19’]

NIKOLAI DEMIDENKO pianoALAN BURIBAYEV conductor

TICKETS: €10, €18, €24, €30, €35(Conc. €9, €16, €22, €27, €32)LATE NIGHT FREE with 8pm ticket or €5 for Late Night onlyBOOKING (no fees): 01 417 0000www.nch.ie | www.rte.ie/nsoSAVE 5–30% with a package, see p.54.

FRIDAY 2 MAY NATIONALCONCERT HALL

SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: Nikolai Demidenko

8pm

7pm

BIG ON

A selection of vivaciousHungarian Dances by Brahmsushers in an evening lit by the glow of gypsy campfires.Kodály’s Dances of Galántapays atmospheric homage tochildhood folk songs, while Liszt’spowerful concerto and Bartók’spunchy Miraculous Mandarinsurge with restless energy, high drama and the promise of sensual abandon.

ends approx. 9.40pm

THE LATE NIGHT Nikolai Demidenko performs a series of Russian Nocturnes

10pm

NIKOLAI DEMIDENKO

HUNGARIAN STORIES

MAIN SEASON 47

STANFORDSong of the Soul [18’]

ELGAREnigma Variations [30’]

COLERIDGE-TAYLORThe Song of Hiawatha [30’]

KIM BEGLEY tenorRTÉ PHILHARMONIC CHOIRchorus master Mark HindleyDAVID HILL conductor



SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: David Hill & Prof. Jeremy Dibble

(Stanford’s biographer)

8pm

7pm

BIG ON

A choral rarity, Stanford’s vividand vital Song of the Soul,rediscovered and receiving itsEuropean premiere almost acentury after it was composed.Elgar’s cryptic but endlesslycompelling Enigma Variations, amusical gallery of anonymousportraits gloriously inked in withone memorable melody afteranother – usher in the neglectedgem of Coleridge-Taylor’s exotic,dramatic and richly colourfulSong of Hiawatha.

HIAWATHA’S WEDDING

KIM BEGLEY

ends approx. 9.45pm

EUROPEAN PREMIERE

MAIN SEASON48

BERLIOZLe corsaire [8’]

BEETHOVENPiano Concerto No. 4 [34’]

MENDELSSOHNCalm Sea and Prosperous Voyage [12’]

DEBUSSYLa mer [23’]

FR IDAY 23 MAY NATIONALCONCERT HALL

8pm

BIG ONTHE SEA


The unpredictable power andliquid poetry of the sea isbrilliantly conjured in Berlioz’satmospheric postcard from theBay of Nice, the swelling dramaof Mendelssohn’s journey frombecalmed threat to buoyantsafety, and Debussy’s evocativeimages of wind and sea whilehigh emotion flows throughBeethoven’s powerful concertowith compelling tidal force.BORIS GILTBURG piano

OLARI ELTS conductor

SOUNDINGSIn Conversation: Boris Giltburg & Olari Elts

7pm

MAIN SEASON 49

BORIS GILTBURG

ends approx. 9.50pm

SATURDAY 24 MAY NATIONALCONCERT HALL

FAMILY FILM FAVOURITES

BEYOND THE SEASON50TICKETS: €10 child | €15 adult | €40 for family of 4 (to include 1 adult)BOOKING (no fees): 01 417 0000 | www.nch.ie

Join the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra for an action packed family concert featuringsome of the greatest music from the big screen. Explore a galaxy far, far, away, discoverthe art of witchcraft and wizardry but beware of shark infested waters. Movie classicsold and new will be performed with images projected above the orchestra and lots ofopportunities to join in with the action on stage.

Presented by PAUL RISSMANN • STEPHEN BELL conductor 3pm


CONCERTFORTE!

MUSIC FROM STAR WARS, HARRY POTTER, JAMES BOND, JAWS, WALLACE & GROMIT,FANTASIA AND KING KONG!

WITH BIG SCREEN ANIMATION

ends approx. 5pm

WAGNERTannhäuser Overture [13’]

RICHARD STRAUSSVier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) [24’]

BRAHMSSymphony No. 2 [40’]

CELINE BYRNE sopranoALAN BURIBAYEV conductor



8pm

BIG ON

Depicting love soft, sensuous and seductive, Wagner’s hypnoticTannhäuser Overture ushers inthe heart-aching Four Last Songsby Richard Strauss, his rapturousand deeply moving leave-takingof life, love and music. Brahms’Second Symphony is an idyllicpastoral poem glowing withsummer warmth and radiantgood spirits.

IDYLLIC LEAVETAKINGS

FREE CONCERTPipeworks Organ Recital: David Adams. See p.53.

6.45pm

CELINE BYRNE

ends approx. 9.45pm

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PIPEWORKSFREE PRE-CONCERT ORGAN RECITALS LINKED TO MAIN SEASON PROGRAMMES

RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL PRESENT

FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER, 6.10pm

DAVID ADAMS ORGAN

LISZT Orpheus [8’]

SCHUMANN Studien & Skizzen für den Pedal-Flügel:Nicht schnell & sehr markiertInnigLebhaft [12’]

LISZT (arr. Guillou) Prometheus [14’]

The ‘heroic’ theme of the evening’s mainconcert (see p.13) is heralded in thispreceding event through the presence of two great figures from Greek myth.Schumann is not known as an organist, but like Brahms owned a piano withpedalboard attachment; it was for thisinstrument he wrote tonight’s works.

DAVID LEIGH ORGAN

GILES SWAYNERiff Raff [18’]

JOSEPH JONGEN Sonata Eroica [16’]

Like many of the Pipeworks recitals,tonight’s programme includes an organwork of symphonic scale in the form ofJongen’s magnum opus for the instrument,mirroring the Sibelius symphony later inthe evening’s main concert (see p.28).Swayne’s jazz-inspired set of variationsalso links with Sibelius in its organicdevelopment of small motifs.

FRIDAY 10 JANUARY, 6.45pm

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Duration: 35 min approx Duration: 35 min approx

FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY, 6.45pm

MARK DULEY ORGAN

GUY BOVETHamburger Totentanz No. 3 [5’]

FRANCK Grand Pièce Symphonique [27’]

The organ lends itself to gothicphantasmagoria: Bovet’s skeletal rattlingsare every bit as convincing as those in Saint Saëns’ Danse Macabre, heard later in the evening’s main concert (seep.40). The contribution to symphonic form made by Berlioz in his Symphoniefantastique, heard later in the evening’smain concert (see p.40) is mirrored inFranck’s seminal work which paved the way for the great symphonies of Widor and Vierne.

DAVID LEIGH ORGAN

REGER Symphonic Fantasia and Fugue ‘The Inferno’ [20’]

DAN LOCKLAIRRubrics – A Liturgical Suite for Organ [15’]I: ["The ancient praise-shout,] 'Hallelujah,'

has been restored..."II: "Silence may be kept"III: "...and thanksgivings may follow."IV: The Peace may be exchanged"V: The people respond - Amen!"

Barber’s Knoxville (heard later in theevening’s main concert – see p.44) owesits inspiration to literature, and the twoworks presented here by Pipeworks aresimilarly inspired by the printed word:Dante’s Inferno and the American Book of Common Prayer, respectively.

FRIDAY 4 APRIL, 6.45pm

DAVID ADAMS ORGAN

WAGNER (arr. A W Gottschalg)

Prelude (Tristan und Isolde) [8’]

BRAHMS Three preludes (Elf Choralvorspiele) [6’]

STRAUSS (arr. David Adams) Morgen No. 4 [5’]

BRAHMS Two preludes(Elf Choralvorspiele) [4’]

WAGNER (arr. Edwin Lemare) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture [12’]

Brahms’ eleven chorale preludes for organ are a kind of swansong, lookingtowards the composer’s death and sharingsentiments with Strauss’ Four Last Songs,heard later in the evening’s main concert(see p.51). Framing them are Wagner andStrauss transcriptions which demonstrate theorgan’s ability to create the soundscape oflush orchestral writing.

FRIDAY 30 MAY, 6.45pm

Duration: 35 min approx Duration: 35 min approx Duration: 35 min approx

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EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS WITH ALL MAIN SEASON CONCERT PACKAGES✔ RTÉ NSO season concert programmes: €1 off regular price✔ 10% discount at:

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✔ 5% discount on tickets: Selected evening concerts presented by the RTÉ NSO & the RTÉ CO June 2013–May 2014 at the National Concert Hall. Offer excludes the RTÉ CO New Year’s Eve concert. Limited to 2 per person. Subject to availability.

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✦ If there is a Late Night concert on the night you are attending a Main Season concert, entry is free to you.

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Online bookingwww.nch.ie • No booking feesPlease note: Packages can be booked online but same seat renewal option is not available.

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Marketing & Communications Manager: Assumpta Lawless

Marketing & Communications Assistant: Maria Buckley

Orchestra Manager: Debbra Walters

Planning & Projects Administrator: Jane Davy

Acting Librarian: Susan Brodigan

Librarian: Niamh O’Connor

Orchestra Administration Assistant: Norma O’Connor

Senior Orchestral Assistant: Liam Hennessy

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Pictured: Francis Magee, Tuba, RTÉ NSO with 7-year-old Noah Mullen of Scoil Chaitríona, Baggot St, Dublin at a performance marking the launch ofRTÉjr’s new dedicated digital children's channel on TV, radio, online and mobile and RTÉjr Tots, Tweens and Teens Week.


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BAND D STALLS ROWS E–F SIDE BALCONY SEATS 1–18

BAND E STALLS ROW B–DCHOIR BALCONY SEATS

NATIONAL CONCERT HALL SEATING PLANCONTENTS

03 WHAT’S THE STORY?

04 A MESSAGE FROM HELENA WOOD

05 A MESSAGE FROM ALAN BURIBAYEV

06 AT A GLANCE

10 THE CONCERTS

54 CONCERT PACKAGE OPTIONS

55 SUBSCRIBER REWARDS & DISCOUNTS

56 CONCERT PACKAGE PRICES

58 SUBSCRIBER CARD

59 HOW & WHEN TO BOOK

60 RTÉ NSO MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION

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