What’s on May June 2026
Hilary Hahn
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Fáilte chuig ár dTreoir ‘What’s On’ do mhí na Bealtaine – Meitheamh, ina gcuirtear rogha spreagúil imeachtaí ar fáil do chách le taitneamh a bhaint astu. Leanann ár séasúir de chuid CSNE, Ceolfhoirne Idirnáisiúnta, Aithrisí Ceoil agus Perspectives sraith ar aghaidh le ceoltóirí den scoth ar fud an domhain, agus cuireann NCH Discover réimse leathan gníomhaíochtaí ar fáil do lucht an cheoil de gach aois.
Beidh an dara heagrán de Festival of Voice, le tacaíocht ó IPUT Real Estate Dublin, ar siúl ón 22–24 Bealtaine. Áirítear leis an bhféile léirithe ón Eric Whitacre agus Saint Sister agus Rachel Lavelle, chomh maith le ceolchoirmeacha ó CSNE, CAnaE agus tuilleadh nach iad.
Táimid ag tnúth go mór le fáilte a chur romhat chuig réimse leathan léirithe den scoth sna míonna amach romhainn.
Welcome
Welcome to our What’s On Guide for May – June which includes an exciting selection of events for all to enjoy. Our NSOI, International Orchestras & Recitals and Perspectives series continue with world class musicians, and NCH Discover hosts activities for music-lovers of all ages.
May 22-24 sees the second Festival of Voice, supported by IPUT Real Estate Dublin. The Festival includes performances by Eric Whitacre, Saint Sister and Rachel Lavelle alongside concerts by NSOI, Chamber Choir Ireland and much more.
We look forward to welcoming you to lots of outstanding performances over the coming months.
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Clíona Doris
Paul Horan
Hilary Hough
Harry Martin
Niamh Murray
Michelle O’Sullivan
Don Thornhill
Those Hucklebuck Days: The Songs We Dance To
Fri 1 May 1.05pm – John Field Room
Tickets €22
NSOI: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in Concert – Film with Live Orchestra
Fri 1 May 7.30pm – Main Stage
Jessica Cottis conductor
Tickets €15 (restricted view), €34.50, €44.50, €49.50
NCH presents Christy Moore
Sat 2 May 8pm – Main Stage
Tickets €40, €55, €65
Schubertreise XXXVII
Sun 3 May 3pm – Kevin Barry
Recital Room
Tickets €17.50
Metronome: Bones, Rocks and Jackhammers
Tues 5 May 8.30pm –The Studio
Tickets €20
Ludovico Einaudi: Solo Piano
Wed 6 May 7.30pm –Main Stage
Tickets €65, €110, €150
Perspectives: Makaya McCraven
Thurs 7 May 8pm –Main Stage Makaya McCraven invites you on a journey through time, space, and culture.
Tickets €15, €29.50, €35.50, €42.50
Moonlight Sinatra with Seán Hession
Fri 8 May 1.05pm – John Field Room
Tickets €23
NSOI: Jessica Cottis conducts Tchaikovsky Four & Siobhán Cleary World Premiere
Fri 8 May 7.30pm – Main Stage
Jessica Cottis conductor Darragh Morgan violin
Grieg Holberg Suite Siobhán Cleary Canto (World Premiere) NSOI commission Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Tickets €15, €25, €29, €34.50, €39
May
RTÉ CO Present: May
the Fourth Be with You – A Star Wars Spectacular
Sat 9 May 7.30pm –Main Stage
Stephen Bell conductor
Tickets €15, €28.50, €42.50
The Four Seasons Chamber Music Series: Na Séasúir
Sunday 10 May 3pm –Kevin Barry Recital Room
Máire Carroll piano
Tchaikovsky The Seasons
Chaminade Automne: Étude de Concert No. 2, Op. 35
Tickets €17.50
Discover Peter and the Wolf & The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra with NSOI
Tuesday 12 May 10.30am & 12.30pm – Main Stage
Karen Ní Bhroin conductor
Jessie Grimes presenter
Maeve Clancy & Neasa Ní
Chuanaigh shadow puppetry
Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf with shadow puppetry
ISL Interpreter Ela Cichocka
Tickets Students €10.
Accompanying teachers go free.
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Landmarks: Gemma Hayes
Tuesday 12 May 8pm –Main Stage
Gemma Hayes performs Night on My Side, her Mercury Prize-nominated debut album.
Tickets €22, €30, €37.50
The Lyric’s The Thing
Wed 13 May 8pm – Main Stage
Paul Harrington piano and vocals / Graham Murphy
keyboards and guitar
Pat Kenny MC
Tickets €30, €35
International Orchestras & Recitals:
Hilary Hahn violin & Tom Poster piano
Thursday 14 May 8pm –Main Stage
Hilary Hahn violin
Tom Poster piano
Programme includes:
Ravel Violin Sonata No. 2
Bun-Ching Lam Solitude d’Automne (Irish Premiere)
Lili Boulanger Nocturne
Tickets €15, €28.50, €36, €44, €55
A Summer Lunchtime at the Opera
Fri 15 May 1.05pm – John Field Room
Tickets €22 nch.ie
National Symphony
Orchestra Ireland: John O’Conor plays
Beethoven
Fri 15 May 7.30pm –Main Stage
Lina Gonzales-Granados conductor
John O’Conor piano
Kaija Saariaho Ciel d’hiver (Irish premiere)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Tickets €15, €26.50, €33, €39, €45
Perspectives: Mary Halvorson: Canis Major
Fri 15 May 8.30pm – The Studio
Mary Halvorson guitar
Dave Adewumi trumpet
Henry Fraser bass
Tomas Fujiwara drums
Tickets €27
RTÉ CO Presents: Pirates Ahoy!
Sat 16 May 1.30pm – Main Stage
Alasdair Malloy presenter
Tickets Child €23, Adult €30, Family ticket €94
NCH presents Christy Moore
Sun 17 May 8pm – Main Stage
Tickets €40, €55, €65
Tea Dance Tunes: Dementia-Friendly Concert
Tues 19 May 12pm –John Field Room
Tickets €4. On Sale Tues. 31 March. Music for Two Guitars: Paul Gregory and Simon Taylor
Tues 19 May 7.30pm –John Field Room
Paul Gregory classical guitar
Simon Taylor classical guitar
Tickets €25
Pigalle – Music of Edith Piaf
Thursday 21 May 1.05pm –John Field Room
Tickets €22
Festival of Voice: Laurence Servaes
Masterclass
Fri 22 May 10.15am –Kevin Barry Recital Room
Laurence Servaes soprano
Louise Thomas piano
Observer Tickets €5
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Festival of Voice: Laurence Servaes
Song Recital
Fri 22 May 1pm – Kevin Barry Recital Room
Laurence Servaes soprano Louise Thomas piano
Programme to include works by Britten, Fauré, Saint-Saëns and more.
Tickets €12.50
Festival of Voice: Cór Ban Cúil Aodha
Fri 22 May 3pm – The Studio
Cór Ban Cúil Aodha / Peadar Ó Riada
Renowned all-female Irish choir founded by Peadar Ó Riada
Tickets €12.50
Festival of Voice:
Ecstatic Visions
Saint Sister, Clarissa
Connelly, Hatis Noit, Rachael Lavelle
Fri 22 May 8pm – Main Stage
David Brophy conductor Festival of Voice Chorus
Four iconoclastic voices
– Saint Sister, Clarissa Connelly, Hatis Noit and Rachael Lavelle – reimagine their songs for voice and choir.
Tickets €15, €22, €27.50, €32
Festival of Voice: Songs of Earth with Cór Linn
Sat 23 May 1pm –John Field Room
Ciarán Kelly conductor
Orlaith Sharkey accompanist
Programme includes works by Moses Hogan, Ben Parry, Dan Davison and more.
Tickets €12.50
Festival of Voice: Wicklow Parkinson’s Choir
Sat 23 May 3pm – Kevin Barry Recital Room
Wicklow Parkinson’s Choir
Dara MacMahon director
Enjoy singing with the Wicklow Parkinsons Choir, a choir for people living with Parkinsons, family and friends.
Tickets €12.50
Festival of Voice: Eric Whitacre in Concert
Sat 23 May 7.30pm – Main Stage
Eric Whitacre conductor
National Symphony Chorus
Ireland
Chamber Choir Ireland
National Symphony Orchestra
Ireland
This concert explores the many facets and abilities of the human voice through Whitacre’s own works.
Tickets €15, €30, €42, €55
Festival of Voice: Seanchoíche
Sat 23 May 8pm – The Studio
A storytelling night for people to come, listen and engage.
Tickets €20
Festival of Voice: Come and Sing with Eric Whitacre and Sing
Ireland
Sun 24 May 2.30pm –Main Stage
An interactive workshop led by Eric Whitacre with the Irish Youth Choirs
Tickets €15
Festival of Voice: Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Drone Mass with Chamber Choir Ireland and Crash Ensemble
Sun 24 May 8pm – Main Stage
Gabriel Crouch conductor Chamber Choir Ireland
Crash Ensemble
Experience Jóhann Jóhannsson’s mesmerising Drone Mass, with Chamber Choir Ireland and Crash Ensemble.
Tickets €15, €25, €29.50, €35
Midday Melodies: Blow the Dust Orchestra Concert
Mon 25 May 1pm – Main Stage Cormac Ó hAodáin conductor
Tickets €8
Percussion Lab: End of Year Concert
Tues 26 May 7pm – The Studio
Free but ticketed. Booking opens Wed. 29 April.
Sing Out! Choir: End of Year Concert
Wed 27 May 7pm – The Studio
Free but ticketed. Booking opens Wed. 29 April.
Stella Sings Ella: A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
Fri 29 May 1.05pm – John Field Room
Tickets €22
NSOI: Jonas Alber conducts Mahler Five
Fri 29 May 7.30pm –Main Stage
Jonas Alber conductor
Baiba Skride violin
Britten Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No. 5
Tickets €15, €26.50, €33, €39, €45
NCH presents Christy Moore
Sat 30 May 8pm – Main Stage
Tickets €40, €55, €65
The Four Seasons
Chamber Music Series: The Four Seasons
Sun 31 May 3pm – The Studio
Lynda O’Connor violin
Anamus String Ensemble
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Ailbhe McDonagh The Irish Four Seasons
Tickets €17.50
Russell Watson: The Voice Returns
Sun 31 May 8pm – Main Stage
Russell Watson singer Mike Moran accompanist
Tickets €49.50, €59.50, €69.50
NCH Gamelan Ensemble End of Year Concert
Tues 2 June 7pm – The Studio
Free but ticketed . Booking Opens Wed. 29 April.
NCH Gamelan Orchestra with Javanese Dance
Wed 3 June 7pm – The Studio
Tickets €12
RTÉ CO Present:
Marilyn Monroe 100
Thurs 4 June 8pm – Main Stage
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Stephen Bell conductor
Katie Birtill vocalist
Tickets €15, €28.50, €42.50
NSOI: Philip Glass Explored with Dennis Russell Davies and Angélique Kidjo
Fri 5 June 7.30pm –Main Stage
Dennis Russell Davies conductor Angélique Kidjo voice
Prelude and Dance (‘The City’) from Akhnaten Irish Premiere
Ifè Songs Irish Premiere Symphony No. 8 (Irish Premiere)
Tickets €15, €25, €29, €34.50, €39
NSOI: Philip Glass
Explored with Dennis
Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa
Sat 6 June 7.30pm –Main Stage
Dennis Russell Davies conductor
Maki Namekawa piano
The Light (Irish premiere) Interlude from The Voyage (Irish premiere)
Piano Concerto Mishima (Irish premiere)
Tickets €15, €25, €29, €34.50, €39
Quavers to Quadratics
Mon 8 June – Fri 19 June
3rd, 4th and 5th classes play with ideas common to music and science through a series of workshops.
Free but ticketed event for DEIS schools . Remaining spaces will be opened to non-DEIS schools at noon on Mon 13 April
Keb’ Mo’
Mon 8 June 8pm – Main Stage
Tickets €42.50, €50, €55
Bring Along a Baby
Tues 9 June 10.30am & 12.30pm
Tickets €13. Babies go free! On Sale Wednesday 1 April.
Soundscapes –A Joyful Exploration of Music for Young Neurodivergent Audiences
Wed 10 June 11am –
John Field Room
Free but ticketed
International Orchestras & Recitals: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Sir Simon Rattle – Symphonie Fantastique
Thurs 11 June 8pm – Main Stage
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Timothy Ridout viola
Berlioz Harold in Italy
Berlioz Symphonie
Fantastique Op. 14
Sir Simon Rattle helms two symphonic masterpieces with the internationally renowned Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Tickets €15, €39, €60, €74, €95
Truly DiVine sings Doris Day
Fri 12 June 1.05pm –John Field Room
Tickets €22
NCH Landmarks: Something Happens
Fri 12 June 8pm – Main Stage
Something Happens perform two albums that played a defining role in their story; Been There, Seen That, Done That and Stuck Together With God’s Glue in full
Tickets €22, €30, €37.50
Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle
Sat 13 June 8pm – Main Stage
Tickets €40
NSOI Summer Lunchtime
Tues 16 June 1.05pm –Main Stage
Tess Jackson conductor
Maria Matthews soprano
Presented by Liz Nolan, RTÉ lyric fm
Programme includes Rossini, Bellini, Bizet and Strauss .
Tickets €15
For information of pre-concert talks and/ or masterclasses see nch.ie
Hibernian Orchestra
Summer Gala Concert
Tues 16 June 8pm – Main Stage
John Finucane conductor / Sulamita Pyvovar soloist
Programme includes Shostakovich and Prokofiev
Tickets €25
Bloomsday –Celebrating James Joyce’s Ulysses
Fri 19 June 1.05pm –
John Field Room
Tickets €22
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland:
Season Finale: Julia Wolfe, Rachmaninov & John Adams
Fri 19 June 7.30pm – Main Stage
Stephanie Childress conductor / Nicolas Namoradze piano / National Symphony Chorus Ireland
David Young chorus director
Julia Wolfe Pretty (Irish Premiere) Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
John Adams Harmonium
Tickets €15, €25, €29, €34.50, €39
Sleeping At Last 2026 EU Tour
Sat 20 June 8pm – Main Stage
Tickets €40, €45, €50
RTÉ CO Presents: The Beach Boys
Sun 21 June 7.30pm – Main Stage
Richard Balcombe conductor
Patrick Smyth, Stuart
Matthew Price, Graham
Bickley, Jon Boydon , Steve Trowell vocalists
Tickets €15, €28.50, €42.50
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NSOI Summer
Lunchtime
Tues 23 June 1.05pm –Main Stage
Agata Zając conductor
Ami Hewitt soprano
Presented by Liz Nolan RTÉ lyric fm
Programme includes Suppé, Strauss II , Kálmán and Lehár
Tickets €15
Music of the Night
Tues 23 June 8pm – Main Stage
Vocalists include Frank Beadle, Marybeth Jennings and Fiona McManus
David Wray musical director
An evening filled with the hits and more from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Song Book.
Tickets €35
Tea Dance Tunes: Dementia-Friendly Concert
Wed 24 June 12pm –John Field Room
Tickets €4. On Sale Tues 19 May.
Metronome: Dublin Modular
Wed 24 June 8.30pm –The Studio
Tickets €15
Rachel O’Hara
Piano Recital
Fri 26 June 1.05pm –John Field Room
Tickets €18
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NSOI: The Music of John Williams
Fri 26 June 7.30pm – Main Stage
Dirk Brossé conductor
Elaine Clark violin
Matthew Billing clarinet
Presented by Aedín Gormley, RTÉ lyric fm
Tickets €15, €26.50, €33, €39, €45
Disco Tots
Sat 27 June 10.30am & 12pm –The Studio
Tickets Child €10 Adult €12
Family €37
Summer Piano Masterclasses with Thérèse Fahy
Mon 29 June – Wed 1 July 11am – Kevin Barry Recital Room Email resumés to education@ nch.ie by Monday 25 May.
Fee €75 for 1hr / €55 for 40minutes individual tuition and observation of all sessions
NSOI Summer
Lunchtime
Tues 30 June 1.05pm –Main Stage
Izabelė Jankauskaitė conductor / Patrick Rafter violin / Presented by Liz Nolan, RTÉ lyric fm
Programme includes works by Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Boulanger, Massenet and Kroll .
Tickets €15
Feis Ceoil Gala Concert
Tues 30 June 7.30pm –Main Stage
Tickets Child €10, Adult €17, Family €50
July Highlights
Summer Piano Masterclasses with Thérèse Fahy Wed. 1 July 11am
NSOI: Back to the Future in Concert Fri. 3 July 7.30pm
NCH Landmarks: Paddy Casey Sat. 4 July 8pm
NSOI Summer Lunchtime Tues. 7 and 14 July 1.05pm
Songs That Shaped the World Thurs. 9 July 8pm
NSOI: An evening with Gregory Porter and National Symphony Orchestra Ireland Fri. 10 July 7.30pm
Perspectives: Laurie Anderson with Sexmob – The Republic of Love Sat. 11 July 8pm
Pat Metheny Side-Eye III+ Thurs. 16 July 8.30pm
Kurt Weill On Broadway Fri. 17 July 1.05pm
NSOI: Soda Blonde with National Symphony Orchestra Ireland Fri. 17 July 7.30pm
West Side Story in Concert Thurs. 23 & Fri. 24 July 7.30pm
Family Concert: The Wild Turkeys Sat. 25 July 11am & 12.30pm
Agnes Obel Sat. 25 July 8pm
All information correct at the time of going to print. Please check nch.ie for the latest updates.
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