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TUESDAY LUNCHTIMES & FRIDAY EVENINGS 10 JUNE – 26 JULY National Concert Hall


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Friday evenings with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

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FRIDAY 10 JUNE 8pm

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FRIDAY 17 JUNE 8pm

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SYMPHONIC ROCK

VIENNESE FAVOURITES

David Arnold conductor

Gemma Ní Bhriain mezzo-soprano Ben Gernon conductor PAGE

FRIDAY 24 JUNE 8pm

FRIDAY 1 JULY 8pm

RTÉ LYRIC FM TOP ORCHESTRAL HITS

MOVIE CLASSICS

Marty Whelan & Liz Nolan presenters, RTÉ lyric fm Gavin Maloney conductor

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FRIDAY 8 JULY 8pm

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FRIDAY 15 JULY 8pm

OLD-TIME SING-ALONG

CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN

Cara O’Sullivan soprano David Brophy conductor

David Arnold conductor

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FRIDAY 22 JULY 8pm

OPERA GALA Celine Byrne soprano Alexander James Edwards tenor Andrew Mogrelia conductor

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Dave Fanning presenter David Arnold conductor

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Tuesday lunchtimes with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

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TUESDAY 14 JUNE 1.05pm

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TUESDAY 21 JUNE 1.05pm

ROSSINI, BIZET, LEHÁR PUCCINI, MASCAGNI, BRAHMS

GLUCK , HANDEL, MOZART LEONCAVALLO, BIZET SAINT-SAËNS, OFFENBACH

Fiona Murphy soprano Ben Gernon conductor

Norah King mezzo-soprano John O’Brien conductor

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TUESDAY 28 JUNE 1.05pm

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WAGNER, MOZART PUCCINI, DVORÁK, DELIBES TCHAIKOVSKY, SIBELIUS

SMETANA, BRUCH, DVORÁK

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Patrick Rafter violin Gavin Maloney conductor

Rachel Croash soprano Gavin Maloney conductor PAGE

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TUESDAY 5 JULY 1.05pm

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TUESDAY 12 JULY 1.05pm

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TUESDAY 19 JULY 1.05pm

MOZART, BELLINI, VERDI

MENDELSSOHN, BACH TCHAIKOVSKY, ROSSINI

John Molloy baritone David Brophy conductor

Helena Wood violin Elaine Clark violin Andrew Mogrelia conductor

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TUESDAY 26 JULY 1.05pm

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SCHUBERT, BIZET, DVORÁK LIADOV, TCHAIKOVSKY PUCCINI, VERDI

Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm

Jennifer Davis soprano Gavin Maloney conductor

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summer EVENING CONCERT FRIDAY 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 and passion to some of popular music’s biggest songs. From Abba’s Dancing Queen 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 (Total Eclipse of the Heart) and a Steve Wonder tribute – it’s chart-topping hits as you’ve never heard them before!

David Arnold conductor

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

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summer LUNCHTIME CONCERT TUESDAY 14 JUNE 1.05pm

Overture to Barber of Seville Habanera (Carmen ) 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

ROSSINI BIZET BIZET

FIONA MURPHY

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’s Barber of Seville ) and sultriness (Bizet’s Carmen ) blend with pastoral charm (Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana ) and rustic thrills (Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5) to create an irresistible burst of summer colour. Soprano Fiona Murphy adds excitement of her own in gorgeous arias full of passion by Lehár (Giuditta’s ‘Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiss’) and Puccini – the seductive ‘Quando m’en vo’ (La bohème) and hauntingly beautiful ‘Un bel dì’ (Madama Butterfly ).

Live broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm

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Tickets: €12 / Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso €5 Grab & Go lunch available at the Coffee Dock


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summer EVENING CONCERT FRIDAY 17 JUNE 8pm

Viennese Favourites Gemma Ní Bhriain mezzo-soprano

Ben Gernon conductor Presented by

Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

GEMMA NÍ BHRIAIN

Celebrate Old Vienna at its melody-filled height in the company of the Strauss family and their tuneful peers with some of the most beautiful and intoxicating music ever written. Elegant waltzes by Tchaikovsky (Sleeping Beauty ), Khachaturian (Masquerade ), the elder Johann Strauss (Sphärenklänge ) and his legendary son (On the Beautiful Blue Danube ) feature alongside thrilling polkas and marches, the frizzy frivolity of the Die Fledermaus Overture and melting arias by Offenbach, Kálmán and Sieczyn ´ski from the ‘outstanding singing talent’ (Sunday Business Post ) Gemma Ní Bhriain.

Live broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm

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

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summer LUNCHTIME CONCERT TUESDAY 21 JUNE 1.05pm

Orfeo Overture ‘Stà nell’Ircana pietrosa tana’ (Alcina ) Don Giovanni Overture ‘Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix’ (Samson and Delilah ) LEONCAVALLO Intermezzo from Pagliacci BIZET Seguidilla from Carmen BIZET Gypsy Song from Carmen OFFENBACH Orpheus in the Underworld Overture GLUCK HANDEL MOZART SAINT-SAËNS

NORAH KING

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 thrilling antique 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’s Pagliacci and Offenbach’s dizzying, delirious Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld provide three of the most memorable hymns to romance.

Live broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm

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Tickets: €12 / Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso €5 Grab & Go lunch available at the Coffee Dock


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summer EVENING CONCERT FRIDAY 24 JUNE 8pm

RTÉ lyric fm

Top Orchestral Hits Gavin Maloney conductor Presented by

Marty Whelan & Liz Nolan

MARTY WHELAN & LIZ NOLAN

RTÉ lyric fm's Marty Whelan and Liz Nolan present an RTÉ National Symphony 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 heavenly clarinet Adagio to Ennio Morricone’s hypnotic Gabriel’s Oboe, it’s a magical cornucopia of musical masterpieces spanning four centuries. Mahler’s sublime Adagietto (Symphony No. 5), Elgar’s breathtaking ‘Nimrod’, Barber’s heart-stopping Adagio for Strings, Copland’s thrilling Fanfare for the Common Man add power and passion of their own. Overtures by Verdi (The Force of Destiny ) and Mozart (The Marriage of Figaro ) serve up thrilling orchestral majesty complemented by Fauré’s shimmering Pavane and Massenet’s bewitching ‘Meditation’ (Thaïs ). Live broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm

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

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WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg MOZART ‘Estinto è Idomeneo...Tutte nel cor vi sento’ (Idomeneo ) PUCCINI ‘Donde lieta uscì’ (La bohème ) v

DVORÁK Carnival Overture TCHAIKOVSKY Lisa’s Aria (The Queen of Spades ) SIBELIUS Valse triste DELIBES Les filles de Cadix RACHEL CROASH

Rachel Croash soprano Gavin Maloney conductor Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm Soprano Rachel Croash leads a programme packed with operatic and orchestral masterpieces 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 stately Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture, Dvorák’s exuberant Carnival Overture and the evocative beauty of Valse triste by Sibelius provide memorable splendour, colour and poetry of their own. v

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Tickets: €12 / Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso €5 Grab & Go lunch available at the Coffee Dock


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summer EVENING CONCERT FRIDAY 1 JULY 8pm

RTÉ 2fm’s Dave Fanning presents

Movie Classics David Arnold conductor

DAVE FANNING

Following last year’s sell-out concert, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and RTÉ 2fm presenter Dave Fanning team up for another evening of epic movie scores including the iconic music of John Williams (Star Wars ), Danny Elfman (Mission Impossible ) and Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings ). Your chance to relive some of cinema’s most powerful 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

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SMETANA ‘Vltava’ from Má vlast BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor v

DVORÁK Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C

PATRICK RAFTER

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, a masterpiece of melody and emotion. Two glorious Czech favourites brim with Bohemian brio: ‘Vltava’ from Smetana’s Má vlast depicting the winding course of the mighty river in a bewitching love song to landscape and heritage; Dvorák’s rousing First Slavonic Dance surges with national pride and captivating passion and energy. v

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Tickets: €12 / Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso €5 Grab & Go lunch available at the Coffee Dock


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summer EVENING CONCERT FRIDAY 8 JULY 8pm

Old-Time Sing-Along Cara O’Sullivan soprano

David Brophy conductor

CARA O’SULLIVAN

Return to the good old days when audiences were encouraged to sing along to songs that simply demanded to be sung. With ‘a voice of steel and sparkle’ (The Cincinnati Enquirer ), soprano Cara O’Sullivan leads a sing-along extravaganza of gems from the classics and popular music. Balfe’s romantic I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls, Flotow’s exquisite The Last Rose of Summer, JC Shanahan’s lilting The Banks of My Own Lovely Lee and Stephen Foster’s rapturous Beautiful Dreamer are just some of the 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

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summer LUNCHTIME CONCERT TUESDAY 12 JULY 1.05pm

MOZART Idomeneo 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

JOHN MOLLOY

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 the lovelorn 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 and imperious triumphal march from Aida. Live broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm

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summer EVENING CONCERT FRIDAY 15 JULY 8pm

Camille O’Sullivan David Arnold conductor

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 showstealing appearance on Later with Jools Holland (BBC), collaborates for the very first time with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Songs by Jacques Brel (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 Winding Road (The Beatles). With a 5-star commendation, her singing has been described 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

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summer LUNCHTIME CONCERT TUESDAY 19 JULY 1.05pm

MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides Overture BACH Concerto for Two Violins TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz from Act I, Swan Lake ROSSINI William Tell Overture

ELAINE CLARK

HELENA WOOD

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 most seductive and brilliantly written works for two violins, Bach’s Double Concerto. Scotland, Italy and Russia frame their performance with Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture (also known as ‘Fingal’s Cave’), a dramatic evocation of the highland coastline. Tchaikovsky’s romantic waltz from the ballet Swan Lake leads on to the rousing overture to Rossini’s William Tell , beloved by generations of television addicts as the theme tune of ‘The Lone Ranger’. Ballet conductor supreme, Andrew Mogrelia, is in charge. Live broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm

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summer EVENING CONCERT FRIDAY 22 JULY 8pm

Opera Gala with Celine Byrne and Alexander James Edwards Celine Byrne soprano

Alexander James Edwards tenor

Andrew Mogrelia conductor Presented by

Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

Two internationally acclaimed singers – Celine Byrne, ‘a soprano of fine lyrical quality’ (Opera Magazine), and Alexander James Edwards, ‘an Italianate tenor of the first order…’ (What’s On Stage) – perform arias and duets by composers such as Puccini, Verdi, Gounod, Bizet and Dvorák from all-time favourite operas including La bohème, Tosca, La traviata, Rigoletto, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, Carmen, Rusalka and Faust. This is the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra’s Opera Gala! A feast of riches awaits with showstopping and deeply affecting arias for soprano and tenor: ‘Vissi d’arte’, ‘Si, mi chiamano Mimì’, Rusalka’s Song to the Moon and the Jewel Song alongside ‘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’ from Carmen, ‘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 favourites from Rossini’s The Italian Girl in Algiers, Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Verdi’s La traviata. v

Live broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm

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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summer LUNCHTIME CONCERT TUESDAY 26 JULY 1.05pm

SCHUBERT Rosamunde Overture BIZET ‘Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante’ from Carmen v

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

JENNIFER DAVIS

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 most enchanting arias, including the otherworldly beauty of ‘Song to the Moon’ from Dvorák’s Rusalka, the impassioned Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Puccini’s sublimely moving ‘O mio babbino caro’ from Gianni Schicchi. There’s equal poetry and drama in the luxurious orchestral overtures of Schubert’s by turns lowering and lyrical Rosamunde and Verdi’s richly characterised Sicilian Vespers, together with Liadov’s darkly mysterious and evocative The Enchanted Lake. v

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Tickets: €12 / Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie/nso €5 Grab & Go lunch available at the Coffee Dock


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FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER, 8pm

Celebrating Dance Dance and ballet music inspire an unashamedly romantic programme with a thrilling Russian flavour. Programme includes Ravel’s La valse, Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Suite, Montagues and Capulets, The Young Juliet, and Dance from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2 and the Prelude and Mazurka from Delibes’ Coppélia. RDS Bursary winner Patrick Rafter is soloist in Sarasate’s virtuosic Carmen Fantasy. Patrick Rafter violin Gavin Maloney conductor

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