The French Connection
Choral Masterworks
MAIN SEASON | APRIL
M ESS I AEN L’Ascension – 4 méditations symphoniques [27’]
R AV EL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand [19’]
I B ERT
FRIDAY 26 APRIL
Escales (Ports of Call) [14’]
National Concert Hall
JEAN-FRÉDÉRIC NEUBURGER PIANO PASCAL ROPHÉ CONDUCTOR
HEAT, HOLINESS AND
7pm: SOUNDINGS IN CONVERSATION Eugene Downes with Pascal Rophé
8pm: CONCERT Ends: 9.35pm approx.
9.45pm: LATE NIGHT Messiaen L’Ascension for solo organ [27’] with Mark Duley organ TICKETS FROM €10 See p. 64 54
LEFT-HAND PIANO FRENCH MUSIC SPECIALIST PASCAL ROPHÉ CONDUCTS A COLOURFUL PROGRAMME OF MUSIC FROM HIS HOMELAND with Messiaen’s moving, devout and joyous setting of Catholic liturgy and Biblical texts, L’Ascension, Ravel’s effervescent Piano Concerto for the Left Hand – featuring Jean-Frédéric Neuburger at the piano – looks west towards America to dazzlingly embrace the improvisatory brilliance of jazz. Ibert’s magical ‘Ports of Call’, meanwhile, revels in the captivating colour and exotic heat of Italian, Spanish and Arabic influences on a musical tour around the Mediterranean. JEAN-FRÉDÉRIC NEUBURGER