International Concert Series 2023/2024 - Explore. Imagine. Experience. Europe in Music

EXPLORE IMAGINE EXPERIENCE EUROPE IN MUSIC

Fáilte Welcome

We are delighted to share with you the National Concert Hall’s International Concert Series for 2023/2024. Inspired by European values, culture and ideas, in a year when Ireland celebrates 50 years since its accession to the European Union, the series features a compelling line-up of some of the world’s most dynamic and exciting international orchestras and ensembles from across Europe and further afield.

Highlights include the Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra performing large scale symphonic works to the multi award-winning Danish String Quartet in an all-Schubert programme and new work by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, a feast of baroque favourites from Italian period ensemble Arcangelo with the ‘Hottest Guitarist in the World’ Miloš Karadaglic´ to the brilliant pairing of Germany’s esteemed Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen with their long-standing artistic director Paavo Järvi together with guest pianist Fabian Müller and so much more.

Exploring European themes – migration, identity, freedom and more - this new series boasts a diverse programme of up to 28 concerts, centred on eight major concerts by some of Europe’s leading musicians as well as a specially curated String Quartet Weekend bringing together Irish and international ensembles focusing on works for the times we live in. These concerts will be complimented by a new contemporary music series featuring some of today’s most dynamic and innovative artists

reflecting on European music of today and a new chamber music series featuring some of Europe’s most exciting young chamber musicians.

In its entirety, the new series features large scale symphonic works, to intimate chamber concerts, cutting-edge contemporary repertoire and exciting débuts by established artists and rising stars offering audiences a wide variety of works from a revolutionary interpretation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to the profound Ungrievable Lives by Charlotte Bray and Beethoven’s epic Eroica Symphony to the delicate Nocturnes by Chopin, and so much more.

One significant composer who espoused ideas of freedom, brotherhood, and peace in his music, as evidenced in his ‘Ode to Joy’ from Symphony No. 9 (known more widely today as the Anthem of the European Union), was Beethoven. Some of his greatest symphonies, piano concertos and string quartets can be found nestled alongside works of his forebearers, contemporaries and present-day composers in a season that seeks to reflect on Europe’s rich cultural and musical history, and to explore the cultural narrative of the Europe of today in a thought-provoking, exciting and inspirational series of concerts and events.

The opening concert of the season features Hungary’s Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra with conductor András Keller performing Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, Bartók’s Piano

Concerto No. 3 with French pianist

Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Beethoven’s epic Symphony No. 3 Eroica.

The much-lauded Danish String Quartet will perform works by Schubert and Rituals by award-winning Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir described as “one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music” (NPR).

Great piano works by German, Polish and French composers J.S. Bach, Chopin and Fauré will also feature in the NCH recital début by the highly praised pianist

Richard Goode

Europa Galante with Fabio Biondi present a revolutionary interpretation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons alongside arias by Handel and Purcell with rising star soprano

Nardus Williams

In their NCH début Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen with Paavo Järvi perform symphonies by ‘the Shakespeare of Music’ Haydn and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Fabian Müller as guest pianist.

Brimming with energy and vitality, trailblazing artists Britten Sinfonia present works by Beethoven and Bartók before being joined by sensational cellist Abel Selaocoe for Tavener’s enduringly popular The Protecting Veil.

One of the world’s leading period performance ensembles Arcangelo and conductor Jonathan Cohen serve up a feast of baroque music with world-renowned guitarist Miloš Karadaglic´.

The Grammy Award-winning Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir with founder/conductor Tõnu Kaljuste make a welcome return to perform works by Estonian composer and national treasure Arvo Pärt, best-known for his sublime and spiritual compositions.

The 2023/24 season is complimented by a new String Quartet Weekend, featuring performances by a variety of celebrated and leading Quartets, namely the Belcea, Pavel Haas, Modigliani, Carducci and Solas String Quartets. With Migrations as its overarching theme, the weekend sees a series of concerts and panel discussions with a spotlight on the work of Mark-Anthony Turnage: Split Apart - a substantial five-movement string quartet born of the composer’s despair and anger at the outcome of the Brexit referendum. The weekend also sees a performance of Charlotte Bray’s Ungrievable Lives , which was inspired by an installation by Caroline Burraway comprising 13 children’s dresses, handmade from discarded refugee lifejackets. Each dress represents one million of the 13 million child-refugees worldwide. Jonathan Dove’s in Damascus , a song cycle for quartet and tenor which is based on the words of Syrian poet Ali Safar, will be performed by the Carducci Quartet. We will also hear Silvestrov’s String Quartet No. 3 which is said to convey the composer’s enthusiasm for Ireland, the historical fate of which is said to reminds him of his native country Ukraine. The weekend will also see well-known works by European composers Smetana, Dvorˇák, Beethoven, Grieg, Fanny Mendelssohn and more.

In another addition to this year’s season, the NCH presents four chamber music concerts titled Echoes of Europe curated by Irish violinist David Tobin. Featuring some of Europe’s most exciting young musicians the series offers a diverse programme of classical and contemporary repertoire by Poulenc, Mozart, Franck, Clara Schumann, Beethoven, Brahms, Nadia and Lili Boulanger, Rhoda Coghill and Gráinne Mulvey.

We are also delighted to present a new series of eight concerts in the NCH Studio entitled Europe - Here and Now curated by Crash Ensemble’s Artistic Director and cellist Kate Ellis, with special thanks to Diamanda Le Berge Dramm and Romain Bly. The series focuses on cutting-edge contemporary European music-making by leading artists from trombonists to technologists and vocalists and violinists. Artists include Rakhi Singh, Binkbeats, Éric-Maria Couturier, Zöllner-Roche Duo, Sofia Jernberg , Sebastiaan Kemner, The Saviet/Houston Duo, and Zubin Kanga.

With this season, our ambition is to offer audiences an inspirational, and exciting season of concerts that reflects the here and now, while reaching into the past to look to the future. We hope you find much to whet the musical appetite and discover a range of musical experiences to inspire and uplift.

Our thanks to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for their support and to our corporate supporters, Friends, Season Friends and Patrons for their ongoing loyalty and support which we very much appreciate. We would like to extend our thanks also to Ciara Higgins, Gary Sheehan and the NCH Programming Team for curating the International Concert Series with the NCH.

We look forward to welcoming you all to the National Concert Hall and to making your visit a special one, whether you are attending as a regular concert-goer or for the first time.

NCH Board Members

Maura McGrath Chair

James Cavanagh

Cliona Doris

Rebecca Gageby

Hilary Hough

Peter McKenna

Niamh Murray

Michelle O’Sullivan

John Reynolds

Don Thornhill

Patron Michael D. Higgins President of Ireland

Robert Read CEO National Concert Hall

Maura McGrath Chairperson National Concert Hall

NCH INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES 2023/’24 AT A GLANCE

INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES MAIN STAGE CONCERTS

Tuesday 19 September 2023, 8pm

Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra

András Keller conductor

Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

Thursday 28 September 2023, 8pm

Danish String Quartet

Saturday 14 October 2023, 8pm

Europa Galante

Fabio Biondi music director

Nardus Williams soprano

Monday 23 October 2023, 8pm

Richard Goode piano

Thursday 7 December 2023, 8pm

Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

B remen

Paavo Järvi conductor

Fabian Müller piano

Sunday 18 February 2024, 7.30pm

Britten Sinfonia

Abel Selaocoe cello

Thursday 7 March 2024, 8pm

Miloš Karadaglic´ guitar

Arcangelo

Jonathan Cohen conductor

STRING QUARTET WEEKEND MIGRATIONS

SATURDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2024

11am The Studio Masterclass with Belcea Quartet

2pm Kevin Barry Recital Room Carducci Quartet Robin Tritschler tenor

3.30pm Kevin Barry Recital Room Pavel Haas Quartet

5.30pm The Studio Solas Quartet

7.30pm Main Stage

Belcea Quartet

SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2024

2pm The Studio Modigliani Quartet

3.30pm Kevin Barry Recital Room

Solas Quartet

5.30pm The Studio Carducci Quartet

Thursday 6 June 2024, 8pm

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Tõnu Kaljuste conductor

7.30pm Main Stage

Carducci Quartet, Modigliani Quartet and Pavel Haas Quartet

EUROPE HERE AND NOW (THE STUDIO)

Wednesday 4 October 2023, 8.30pm

Rakhi Singh

Tuesday 7 November 2023, 8.30pm Binkbeats Presents OHM

ECHOES OF EUROPE (KEVIN BARRY RECITAL ROOM)

Thursday 7 September 2023, 7.30pm

David Tobin violin

Anouchka Hack cello

Susana Gómez Vázquez piano

Wednesday 20 September 2023, 7.30pm

David Tobin violin

Nathalia Milstein piano

Elly Suh violin

Wednesday 6 December 2023, 8.30pm Éric-Maria Couturier

Thursday 5 October 2023, 7.30pm

David Tobin violin

Arthur Stockel clarinet

Fiachra Garvey piano

Thursday 22 February 2024, 8.30pm Zöllner-Roche Duo

Thursday 9 November 2023, 7.30pm

Kahlo Piano Quartet

David Tobin violin

Benjamin Beck viola

Stanislas Kim cello

Marie Rosa Günter piano

Wednesday 6 March 2024, 8.30pm

Sofia Jernberg

Tuesday 26 March 2024, 8.30pm

Sebastiaan Kemner & Andrea Varsi

Thursday 11 April 2024, 8.30pm The Saviet/Houston Duo

Tuesday 7 May 2024, 8.30pm

Zubin Kanga

TICKET OFFERS AND

DISCOUNTS

20% DISCOUNT FOR FRIENDS, SEASON FRIENDS & PATRONS of the National Concert Hall when purchasing one or more tickets to a full package of main stage concerts (all 8 Main Stage concerts, not including the String Quartet Weekend).

15% DISCOUNT FOR GENERAL BOOKERS

when you purchase one or more tickets to a full package of main stage concerts (all 8 main stage concerts, not including the String Quartet Weekend)

10% DISCOUNT FOR FRIENDS, SEASON FRIENDS & PATRONS of the National Concert Hall on all concerts in the season.

10% DISCOUNT FOR GROUP BOOKERS

Purchase eight or more tickets for one Main Stage concert in the 2023/24 Season to avail of this offer.

€10 STUDENT TICKETS

A limited number of €10 Student Tickets will be available on all Main Stage concerts throughout the Season, subject to availability.

TICKET OFFER FOR ECHOES OF EUROPE CONCERTS

Purchase a ticket for all 4 concerts in the Echoes of Europe series together for €60 (that’s a saving of €20 /four concerts for the price of three!)

€5 DISCOUNT EUROPE HERE AND NOW

Receive a €5 discount for concerts in the Europe Here and Now Series, when purchased with a ticket to one of the Main Stage concerts in the season.

STRING QUARTET WEEKEND

WEEKEND TICKET OFFER OF €90 for access to all concerts in the String Quartet Weekend (24/25 February 2024).

DAY TICKET OFFER OF €50

for access to all concerts on either the 24 OR 25 February as part of the String Quartet Weekend

HOW TO BOOK

“one of the most progressive and versatile symphonic orchestras whose playing is characterized by the passion, energy, and the commitment of its musicians”

© Gabor Valuska

© Julia Wesely

Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra

András Keller conductor

Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

Tuesday 19 September 2023, 8pm

Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 BB127

Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 Eroica

The National Concert Hall’s International Concert Series 2023/2024 opens with Hungary’s leading orchestra, the Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra. Boasting a rich history that spans over a century, today it is recognised for being one of the most progressive and versatile symphonic orchestras whose playing is characterised by the passion, energy, and the commitment of its musicians which they bring to every performance.

The concert opens with Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 before the orchestra is joined by the distinguished French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard for Bartók’s soulful Third Piano Concerto (a piece written in the final years of his life). To finish, András Keller leads the orchestra in Beethoven’s epic Eroica Symphony. Regarded as one of Beethoven’s most celebrated and revolutionary works due its scale, ambition and direction, it is often cited as heralding what was to come from Wagner, Mahler and others in the Romantic period. Indeed, it is regarded as one of the most significant pieces of music ever composed.

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.45pm - 7.15pm

Tickets: €55, €39.50, €25. Ticket includes a complimentary glass of bubbly on the night of the concert to celebrate the opening of the season

20% Discount available for NCH Friends, Season Friends & Patrons and 15% Discount for General Bookers when purchasing the full package (i.e. all 8 main stage concerts excluding the String Quartet Weekend).

10% Discount for NCH Friends, Season Friends, Patrons & Groups.

Limited €10 Student Tickets available

“Keller’s vision is of a symphony orchestra that’s like an 80-strong chamber group, its members (metaphorically) singing together like a polyphonic choir”

The Times

“impeccable musicianship, sophisticated artistry, exquisite clarity”

Danish String Quartet

Thursday 28 September 2023, 8pm

Schubert String Quartet in A minor D. 804 Rosamunde

Schubert String Quartet in C minor D. 703 Quartettsatz

Anna Thorvaldsdottir Rituals

Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade Op. 2, D. 118 (arr. Danish String Quartet)

Renowned for its impeccable musicianship, sophisticated artistry, exquisite clarity of ensemble, and an unmatched ability to play as one, the Danish String Quartet make a welcome return to the NCH to perform a unique programme that pairs much-loved works by Schubert, including their own unique arrangement of the well-known Gretchen am Spinnrade or Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel, alongside a new work, Rituals by the acclaimed Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir which they premiered at Carnegie Hall earlier this year.

Today, the Quartet exude a palpable joy in music-making that has made them one of today’s most highly acclaimed and in-demand string quartets, performing sold-out concerts around the world.

The New York Times

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.45pm - 7.15pm

Tickets: €39.50, €30, €22.50

20% Discount available for NCH Friends, Season Friends & Patrons and 15% Discount for General Bookers when purchasing the full package (i.e. all 8 main stage concerts excluding the String Quartet Weekend).

10% Discount for NCH Friends, Season Friends, Patrons & Groups. Limited €10 Student Tickets available

“Unshowy, soft with an ember glow, charismatically dancing… This was ensemble music at its purest — a consensus interpretation, rendered selflessly in service of the group as instrument.”

(Of their Carnegie Hall Performance of the Rosamunde and the Quartettsatz)

“The acclaimed Italian period-instrument ensemble brings its revolutionary interpretation of Vivaldi’s stunning concerti TheFourSeasons to Irish audiences”

© Bertie Watson

Europa Galante

Fabio Biondi conductor

Nardus Williams soprano

Nature’s Voice

Saturday 14 October 2023, 8pm

Vivaldi The Four Seasons / Le quattro stagioni

Arias by Handel and Purcell

The acclaimed Italian period-instrument ensemble brings its revolutionary interpretation of Vivaldi’s stunning concerti The Four Seasons to Irish audiences for their NCH début, played as it was intended to be heard on period instruments! The performance will be complimented by a selection of carefully chosen arias by Handel and Purcell, inspired by the seasons and nature, brought to life by the sensational soprano Nardus Williams. Fast establishing herself as one of the most exciting British singers of her generation, Nardus has been described as ‘one to watch out for’ (The Guardian).

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.45pm - 7.15pm

Tickets: €39.50, €30, €22.50

20% Discount available for NCH Friends, Season Friends & Patrons and 15% Discount for General Bookers when purchasing the full package (i.e. all 8 main stage concerts excluding the String Quartet Weekend).

10% Discount for NCH Friends, Season Friends, Patrons & Groups. Limited €10 Student Tickets available

“The Galante performances, led from the violin by Mr. Biondi, are typically energetic and refined, and beautifully suited to the differing qualities of each work.”

The New York Times

“superbly controlled, sensuous soprano”

(Of Nardus Williams) Opera Today

“the iconic American pianist Richard Goode is regularly hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth and expressiveness”

© Steve Riskind

Richard Goode piano

Monday 23 October 2023, 8pm

J.S. Bach Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826

Chopin Three Mazurkas, Op. 59

Fauré Barcarolle No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 42

Fauré Nocturne No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 33 No. 3

Fauré Nocturne No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 63

Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

One of today’s most revered recitalists, the iconic American pianist Richard Goode is regularly hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth and expressiveness. Through his numerous performances with major orchestras, recitals in the world’s music capitals and extensive and acclaimed discography, he has won a large and devoted following worldwide.

Goode, who celebrated his 80th birthday earlier this year, continues to perform at the highest level with regular appearances at London’s Wigmore Hall and New York’s Carnegie Hall, in addition to performing over the years at the Edinburgh International Festival. For his exciting NCH début, Goode presents a programme of works by some of the finest European composers from Germany, Poland and France - J.S. Bach, Chopin and Fauré.

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.45pm - 7.15pm

Tickets: €39.50, €30, €22.50

20% Discount available for NCH Friends, Season Friends & Patrons and 15% Discount for General Bookers when purchasing the full package (i.e. all 8 main stage concerts excluding the String Quartet Weekend).

10% Discount for NCH Friends, Season Friends, Patrons & Groups. Limited €10 Student Tickets available

“one of the most interesting and intellectually demanding pianists of our times”

The Guardian

“The brilliant pairing of conductor and orchestra… bring their characteristic energy, vitality, curiosity and openness to bear in their NCH début performance”

© Julia Baier

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Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Paavo Järvi conductor

Fabian Müller piano

Thursday 7 December 2023, 8pm

Haydn Symphony No. 97 in C major Hob I:97

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op. 15

Haydn Symphony No. 102 in B major Hob I:102

Grammy Award-winning conductor Paavo Järvi is widely recognised as one of today’s most eminent conductors, enjoying close partnerships with the finest orchestras around the world, including his long-standing relationship as Artistic Director with Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen since 2004. The brilliant pairing of conductor and orchestra, who have enthralled audiences around the world with their powerful and nuanced interpretations of classical repertoire, bring their characteristic energy, vitality, curiosity and openness to bear in their NCH début performance.

Dubbed by his contemporaries as ‘the Shakespeare of Music’ and regarded as ‘the Father of the Symphony’, Joseph Haydn wrote over 100 symphonies. This concert features two of his ‘London’ symphonies; No. 97 described as ‘boisterous and festive, filled with the celebratory sounds of trumpets and drums’ and Symphony No. 102, one of Haydn’s most powerful, brilliant and interesting symphonies. The concert also features a special performance of Beethoven’s iconic and elegant Piano Concerto No. 1 with prize-winning pianist Fabian M ü ller who has a special affinity with Beethoven’s music coming from the city of Beethoven’s birth, Bonn, Germany.

Bachtrack

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.45pm - 7.15pm

Tickets: €59.50, €47.50, €32.50

20% Discount available for NCH Friends, Season Friends & Patrons and 15% Discount for General Bookers when purchasing the full package (i.e. all 8 main stage concerts excluding the String Quartet Weekend).

10% Discount for NCH Friends, Season Friends, Patrons & Groups.

Limited €10 Student Tickets available

“Järvi’s stealth segue into the majestic finale was startling for its casual delivery, more the idle turn of a page than a change of mood, yet it heralded the evening’s climax in more ways than one”

“one of the world’s leading ensembles renowned for their adventurous programming and stunningly high-quality performances”

© Tom Lovatt

© Christina Ebenezer

Britten Sinfonia

Abel Selaocoe cello

Sunday 18 February 2024, 7.30pm

Beethoven String Quartet, Grosse Fuge Op. 133 (arr. strings)

Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra BB 118

Tavener The Protecting Veil for cello and orchestra

Sensational cellist and rapidly rising star Abel Selaocoe, who made his BBC Proms debut in 2021, joins forces with the dynamic and trailblazing Britten Sinfonia, one of the world’s leading ensembles renowned for their adventurous programming and stunningly high-quality performances.

Their NCH series début opens with Beethoven’s arresting Grosse Fuge, a piece that stunned listeners when it was first performed and to this day remains one of the most incredible pieces of music for the genre ever written. To follow, Bela Bartók’s Divertimento for Strings ; a piece written by the composer before he left fascist Europe for the life of an exile in New York City. As if ushering us along the musical tides of history, we then hear Tavener’s late 20th-century classical composition The Protecting Veil. Commissioned by the cellist Steven Isserlis in 1988 and premiered at the BBC Proms the following year, The Protecting Veil subsequently proved to be one of the festival’s most popular and enduring commissions. It is described as a ‘profoundly beautiful modern classic’.

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm - 7pm

Tickets: €35, €27.50, €19.50

20% Discount available for NCH Friends, Season Friends & Patrons and 15% Discount for General Bookers when purchasing the full package (i.e. all 8 main stage concerts excluding the String Quartet Weekend).

10% Discount for NCH Friends, Season Friends, Patrons & Groups.

Limited €10 Student Tickets available

“he’s a star in the making, a brilliant instrumentalist, an inventive singer and an assured performer who can draw the audience into the palm of his hand”

(Of Selaocoe) The Arts Desk

“For this concert we see the magical pairing of ensemble and soloist to perform a feast of European Baroque masterpieces”

Miloš Karadaglic´ guitar Arcangelo Ensemble

Thursday 7 March 2024, 8pm

Vivaldi Allegro from La Notte

Marcello Adagio from Oboe Concerto

Boccherini Fandango

Bach Chaconne

Pachelbel Canon in D

Vivaldi Allegro from L’estro armonico No. 6

Vivaldi Larghetto from Trio Sonata RV 82

Vivaldi Presto from L’estro armonico No. 6

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

Rameau The Arts and the Hours

Couperin The Mysterious Barricades

Weiss Passacaglia

Vivaldi Allegro (1st mvt) from L’estro armonico No. 10

Vivaldi Largo from Guitar Concerto in D major

Vivaldi Allegro (3rd mvt) from L’estro armonico No. 10

Described as ‘the hottest guitarist in the world’, Miloš Karadaglic´ makes a very welcome return to the NCH to perform with one of the world’s leading period performance ensembles, Arcangelo. Led by its founder and artistic director Jonathan Cohen, these highly-acclaimed musicians have won five-star reviews, earned multiple awards and audience praise.

Also winning world-wide acclaim through his awards, extensive touring, six chart topping recordings and multiple television appearances, Miloš is an artist who is known for his passion for bringing classical music to the widest possible audience.

For this concert we see the magical pairing of ensemble and soloist to perform a feast of European Baroque masterpieces by Vivaldi, Marcello, Bach, Pachelbel, Rameau and Couperin, repertoire that Miloš Karadaglic´ and Arcangelo have recently recorded for Sony Classical.

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.45pm - 7.15pm

Tickets: €47.50, €37.50, €24.50

20% Discount available for NCH Friends, Season Friends & Patrons and 15% Discount for General Bookers when purchasing the full package (i.e. all 8 main stage concerts excluding the String Quartet Weekend).

10% Discount for NCH Friends, Season Friends, Patrons & Groups.

Limited €10 Student Tickets available

“this prize-winning ensemble is the foremost interpreter of Pärt’s sacred choral music whose name is synonymous with this exceptional ensemble”

© Kaupo Kikkas

© Kaupo Kikkas

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Tõnu Kaljuste conductor

Thursday 6 June 2024, 8pm

Works by Arvo Pärt

Ranked in 2020 by BBC Music Magazine as “one of the ten best choirs in the world”, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir make a very welcome return to the National Concert Hall following their 40 th anniversary concert in 2022, to perform music by Estonia’s most celebrated contemporary classical composer Arvo Pärt.

With an impressive 15 Grammy nominations to their name, this prize-winning ensemble is the foremost interpreter of Pärt’s sacred choral music whose name is synonymous with this exceptional ensemble, and whose work they helped popularise the world over. Such is the popularity of his music, in 2023 it was announced that Pärt is the world’s most performed living composer in the world (according to Bachtrack) after John Williams and John Adams!

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.45pm - 7.15pm

Tickets: €42.50, €32.50, €25

20% Discount available for NCH Friends, Season Friends & Patrons and 15% Discount for General Bookers when purchasing the full package (i.e. all 8 main stage concerts excluding the String Quartet Weekend).

10% Discount for NCH Friends, Season Friends, Patrons & Groups.

Limited €10 Student Tickets available

“Perfect intonation, dazzling tone and unanimity of attack”

The Times

STRING QUARTET WEEKEND MIGRATIONS

MIGRATIONS

Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 February 2024

This exciting weekend of music brings together distinguished artists and ensembles from around Europe, to present an immersive and thought-provoking musical journey into some of the finest music written for the string quartet. Entitled Migrations, the weekend demonstrates and celebrates the emotional power, impact and intimate beauty of the string quartet extending over eight concerts, as well as talks, masterclasses and more.

Alongside works by some of Europe’s most progressive and notable composers of the 18th , 19 th , 20th century the weekend also features works written by four of today’s highly respected composers bringing into focus current world issues, such as the historical fate of displaced people and of those coming to terms with the changing face of Europe and the world we live in today.

Charlotte Bray’s Ungrievable Lives receives its Irish première, responding to the weight and seriousness of the current migration crisis; Mark Anthony Turnage’s Split Apart, is born of the composer’s despair and anger at the outcome of the Brexit referendum; Jonathan Dove’s In Damascus , is a harrowingly vivid setting of verses by Syrian poet Ali Safar with the indiscriminate war in Syria and the suffering of its people as its subject, and Valentin Silvestrov’s String Quartet No. 3 is a substantial work that contains Irish accents and some simple ideas that reflects the composer’s enthusiasm for Ireland, the historical fate of which reminds him of his native country of Ukraine.

“the weekend demonstrates and celebrates the emotional power, impact and intimate beauty of the string quartet”

Carducci Quartet

Pavel Haas Quartet

© Petra Hajska

11am The Studio Masterclass with Belcea Quartet

Ticket: €5 Observer

2pm (Focus Concert) Kevin Barry Recital Room

Carducci Quartet

Robin Tritschler tenor

Jonathan Dove In Damascus

A song cycle from English composer Jonathan Dove which sets in translation the words of Syrian poet Ali Safar: a bleak vision of ineffably historical beauty torn apart by indiscriminate war. “In all his music, Dove has a strong desire to communicate, to entertain, and to provoke transformative experiences”.

Plus Panel Discussion

Tickets: €15

Weekend Ticket Offer of €90 for access to all concerts

Day Ticket Offer of €50 for access to all concerts on either the 24th or 25th February

3.30pm (Short Concert) Kevin Barry Recital Room

Pavel Haas Quartet

Víteˇzslava Kaprálová String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8

Bedrˇich Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor From my life

This mid-afternoon concert featuring the Pavel Haas Quartet sees the award-winning Czech string quartet perform music by their compatriots. The concert opens with Víteˇzslava Kaprálová’s String Quartet No 1, written in 1935 while she holidayed in the scenic countryside of the Czech-Moravian Highlands. The piece is said to reflect her surroundings offering a sense of ease and calm. Smetana’s autobiographical and much-loved first string quartet, encompasses the politics and culture that resulted from his Austro Hungarian/ethnic Czech upbringing. Of it he reflected: ‘I wanted to picture in tones the course of my life’.

Tickets: €10

Weekend Ticket Offer of €90 for access to all concerts

Day Ticket Offer of €50 for access to all concerts on either the 24th or 25th February

Belcea Quartet

Solas Quartet

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SATURDAY 24 FEBRUARY

5.30pm – (Focus Concert) - The Studio

Solas Quartet

Charlotte Bray Ungrievable Lives

Ungrievable Lives is Bray’s first work for String Quartet, and is a response to the current migration crisis, inspired by the work of British artist, Caroline Burraway, who reflects on the crisis within her work. Having witnessed the situation first-hand at refugee camps in the Mediterranean, Burraway’s installation comprises 13 children’s dresses handmade from discarded refugee lifejackets gathered at the ‘Lifejacket Graveyard’ in Lesvos, Greece. Each dress represents one million of the 13 million child-refugees there are worldwide. They signify ‘absence’, evoking memories of a former life, of family, of love and, ultimately, of loss. Bray’s piece received its world premiere in March 2022.

Plus Panel Discussion

Tickets: €15

Weekend Ticket Offer of €90 for access to all concerts

Day Ticket Offer of €50 for access to all concerts on either the 24th or 25th February

7.30pm - Main Stage Belcea

Quartet

Beethoven String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4

Julian Anderson New Work

Beethoven String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 127

British composer Julian Anderson is among the most esteemed and influential composers of his generation. Influenced by the folk music of Eastern Europe and by the modality of Indian ragas, much of his music combines with elements of modernism, spectral music and electronic music to make up what Gramophone calls “the composer’s vivid, transfixing sound worlds”. For this concert, Anderson’s new work is a centrepiece, nestled between two of Beethoven’s String Quartets; Op. 18, No. 4 said to demonstrate Beethoven’s total mastery of the classical string quartet and Op. 127, the first of Beethoven’s ‘late quartets’, and is often regarded as his greatest musical achievement.

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Modigliani Quartet

© Luc Braquet

SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2024

2pm (Focus Concert) - The Studio

Modigliani Quartet

Mark Anthony Turnage Split Apart

Split Apart is a substantial five-movement string quartet, born of the composer’s despair and anger at the outcome of the Brexit referendum. Influenced by the writing of Beethoven in terms of style and structure, Split Apart was written in 2020 and received its world première the same year, performed by the Modigliani Quartet. They are described as being ‘a remarkable, well-attuned and empathetic ensemble’ who have a ‘natural synchronicity and flexibility of balance, combining strength and delicacy’ (C.

Morley)

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3.30pm (Short Concert) - Kevin Barry Recital Room

Solas Quartet

Rohan Harron Psychotia

Frank Bridge Phantasie Quartet in F sharp minor, H. 94 Graz˙yna Bacewicz String Quartet No. 3

Traditional Irish Air The Lark in the Clear Air (arr. Katherine Hunka)

The Solas Quartet presents a wide-ranging programme featuring Psychotia by Dublin based composer and violinist Rohan Harron, followed by Frank Bridge’s Phantasie Quartet, a piece that reveals Bridge’s early style at its most fluent. This is followed by a composition for string quartet written in 1947 by Polish Composer and violinist Graz˙yna Bacewicz during her stay in Paris. The concert culminates with the traditional Irish air The Lark in the Clear Air arranged by violinist Katherine Hunka.

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Carducci Quartet

Modigliani Quartet

Pavel Haas Quartet

© Petra Hajska

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SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2024

5.30pm The Studio Carducci Quartet

Valentin Silvestrov String Quartet No. 3

Ukrainian composer, now living in Germany, Silvestrov has been described as ‘a quasi-superstar of contemporary music’. His String Quartet No. 3 (written in 2011) is a piece that is said to ‘convey the composer’s enthusiasm for Ireland, the historical fate of which reminds him of his native country of Ukraine’. Indeed, the composer credits an Irish man with giving him the ‘impulse and motivation to bring this piece to life’.

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7.30pm – Main Stage Carducci Quartet Modigliani Quartet Pavel Haas Quartet

Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat major

Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F major

Antonín Dvorˇák String Quartet No. 11 in C major, Op. 61

This evening’s concert offers a wealth of string quartet writing from some of Europe’s most notable and progressive composers of the 19 th and 20 th century including the pioneering German composer and pianist Fanny Mendelssohn. Ravel’s only string quartet, dedicated to his mentor Gabriel Fauré, remains one of the most original and influential string quartets of the early twentieth century. Coming to prominence with his Slavonic Dances , the Czech-born composer Antonín Dvorˇák frequently employed rhythms and features of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia into his compositions, as evidenced in his joyful and playful String Quartet No. 11 which concludes the programme.

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EUROPE HERE AND NOW

The Studio

Europe’s leading contemporary musicians create and perform concerts looking to the cutting-edge of contemporary European music-making. Curated by cellist and Artistic Director of Crash Ensemble Kate Ellis, the series of club events in The Studio at NCH puts Europe’s leading contemporary musicians at the centre of a series reflecting on European music today.

Wednesday 4 October 2023, 8.30pm

Rakhi Singh

Eugène Ysaÿe Sonata No. 5

Kurtag A selection from Signs, games and messages

Saariaho Nocturne

Alex Groves Alula for violin and drone

Danish traditional tunes (arr. Rakhi Singh)

Edmund Finnis Elsewhere

Emily Hall Outshifts

Andrew Hamilton In Beautiful May

Rakhi Singh is forging a clear path through the classical tradition to break boundaries into new music, traditional music and improvisation. A violinist, collaborator, composer and music director based between Carmarthenshire, Manchester and London, she co-founded Manchester Collective in 2016, leading them in their second BBC Prom in two years this summer. Aside from her work with the Collective she is a frequent collaborator, recently working with the likes of Clark, Vessel, Fever Ray and Blackhaine. Rakhi released her debut EP of her own compositions Quarry on Bedroom Community in 2021.

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© Phil Sharp © Manchester Collective

Tuesday 7 November 2023, 8.30pm

Binkbeats presents OHM

Binkbeats (aka Frank Wienk) is known for his progressive compositions which explore the boundaries between acoustic and electronic music. For his new project he collaborated with multi-disciplinary artist Henk Schut. His electro-acoustical objects combined with ritual percussion and influences from modern dance music form the spill in a fully immersive experience.

Out of great curiosity in sound, Wienk experimented with transforming synthetic sounds into an analog, acoustic source. In that search he found Henk Schut: making physical objects vibrate through electronic signals appeared to be a common interest. The musicality of Wienk and the expertise of Schut complemented each other: together they designed a new installation which plays an important role in ‘OHM’.

Musically, Wienk took inspiration from ritual instruments and techno-sounds. Drums with animal skins, timbila, simantra and a lithophone, but also drumcomputer kickdrums and deep basses. Polyrhythms are a key element in the compositions; as they shift in multiple layers over one another, they create a variable sense of time for the listener.

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Wednesday 6 December 2023, 8.30pm

Éric-Maria Couturier

Isabel Mundry Le corps des cordes Bertrand Chavarria Aldrete Kinamárabâfrena Bastien David Riff

Lucien Guérinel En sa nuit close Yann Robin Draft IV

A world-renowned cellist with one of the world’s leading contemporary ensembles, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Éric-Maria Couturier performs a solo recital. Éric-Maria Couturier has played for the greatest conductors of our day including Solti, Sawallisch, Giulini, Maazel and Boulez. A member of Trio Talweg, he is soloist in the cello concertos of Haydn, Dvorˇák, Eötvös and Kurtág. His experience with chamber music has been enriched by playing with pianists such as Maurizio Pollini, Jean-Claude Pennetier and Shani Diluka.

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Amandine Lauriol

Thursday 22 February 2024, 8.30pm

Zöllner-Roche Duo

Johan Svensson

double dubbing (firefly song)

Kaija Saariaho Duft

Alessandro Perini Phase/Perspective

Haukur Þór Harðarson new work

Anna Korsun eigengrau

Paweł Malinowsky Paradise Blue [we’d never be apart]

Two of the most committed, adaptable and passionate musical voices in the European contemporary music scene Heather Roche and Eva Zöllner are known for their unique and versatile approaches to their respective instruments, the accordion and clarinet(s).

Born in Canada, clarinettist Heather Roche lives in London. Recently referred to as “the queen of multiphonics” and “a figurehead for contemporary music performance practice” on BBC Radio 3, she regularly appears as a soloist and chamber musician at festivals across Europe. Eva Zöllner is one of the most active accordionists of her generation and devotes herself to contemporary music. Eva has performed as a soloist in most European and Latin American countries, throughout Asia, Australia, and North America.

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Wednesday 6 March 2024, 8.30pm

Sofia Jernberg

Sofia Jernberg One Pitch: Birds for distortion and mouth synthesizers (2016)

Georges Aperghis Récitations (1978): (Excepts)

Jennifer Walshe TBA

Sofia Jernberg, born in Ethiopia and raised in Vietnam and Sweden, is an exceptional singer/voice artist and composer whose work pushes the sonic possibilities of the most human instrument – the voice.

She studied jazz and composition in Sweden and lives and works in Stockholm. Her work focuses on unconventional techniques and sounds such as non-verbal vocalisation, split tones, toneless singing and distortion. Music theatre and contemporary opera play an important role in Jernberg’s artistic work. She participated in performances of Arnold Schönberg’s Pierrot lunaire in 2010 and Salvatore Sciarrino’s Lohengrin in 2014 by the Swedish ensemble Norrbotten NEO and embodied roles specifically written for her in new works such as Folie à Deux by Emily Hall and UR_ by Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

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Jon Edergren

Tuesday 26 March 2024, 8.30pm

Sebastiaan Kemner & Andrea Varsi

An exploration of the sounds of space with music by Thomas van Dun, Trevor Grahl, Hildegard von Bingen and Zeynep Oktar.

An intense collaboration between two musicians who look to serve audiences with the beauty and versatility of their instruments.

Trombonist Sebastiaan Kemner enjoys engaging in unexpected, often boundary crossing, collaborations, which lead to exciting new concert programmes. As an orchestral musician he played extensively with internationally renowned orchestras, such as the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He performs in a duo with his long-time collaborator Dutch Romanian pianist Andrea Varsi.

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Thursday 11 April 2024, 8.30pm

The Saviet/Houston Duo

Ann Cleare Inner

Saviet/Houston New Work

Xenakis Dikthas

Rebecca Saunders/Enno Poppe Taste

Uncompromising performers who generate immersive and intense listening experiences, Sarah Saviet is a violinist based in Berlin and dedicated to the performance of contemporary music and British pianist Joseph Houston her long-time collaborator.

She performs as a soloist and chamber musician and is a member of the Saviet/Houston Duo and Riot Ensemble. Sarah’s recent recording of Liza Lim’s violin concerto Speak, Be Silent, with the Riot Ensemble was selected as one of New Yorker Magazine’s ‘Best recordings of 2019.’ Houston’s performance practice encompasses a range of music, including contemporary and experimental music; late 19th- and early 20th-century piano music; music for synthesizers; as well as his own compositions.

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© Marco Borggeve

© Camille Blake

Tuesday 7 May 2024, 8.30pm

Zubin Kanga

Alexander Schubert Steady State

Zubin Kanga Steel on Bone

Laura Bowler SHOW(ti)ME

A fearless pianist, composer and technologist, Zubin Kanga is a true advocate for the new and unknown.

Zubin’s work in recent years has focused on models of interaction between a live musician and new technologies, including motion-sensor-controlled live electronics, Artificial Intelligence, reinterpretations of cinema history, live-generated 3D visuals, analogue synthesizers, new interactive instruments, magnetic resonators, stop-motion animation, keyboards as video-game-style controllers, motion and bio-sensors, interactions with live-video, and internet-based scores.

“As Holly Herndon recently remarked on Twitter, truly innovative art based on AI will not be found in repetition and echoes of past works but in “approaches we don’t have words for yet”. The music of Zubin Kanga has been heading there for a while.” The Quietus

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© Raphael Neal

A short series of chamber music concerts featuring some of Europe’s most exciting young musicians

ECHOES OF EUROPE

Kevin Barry Recital Room

Violinist David Tobin curates a short series of chamber music concerts featuring some of Europe’s most exciting young musicians exploring repertoire from the European canon with a hint of the contemporary.

Thursday 7 September 2023, 7.30pm

David Tobin violin

Anouchka Hack cello

Susana Gómez Vázquez piano

Beethoven

Piano Trio No. 5 in D-major Op. 70 No. 1 Ghost

Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn Fantasie for cello and piano

Victor Herbert Petite Valse for cello and piano

Handel/Halvorsen

Nadia Boulanger

Brahms

Passacaglia for violin and cello

Trois Pièces for cello and piano

Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8

The opening concert of the series sees Irish debuts by two of Europe’s leading young musicians, Anouchka Hack and Susana Gómez Vázquez in performance with Irish violinist David Tobin. Two of the greatest piano trios ever written begin and conclude the evening, Beethoven’s Ghost and Brahms’ Opus 8. There is also a focus on the music of two great female composers Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn and Nadia Boulanger. The Dublin-born composer and cellist Victor Herbert (1859-1924) also features in the programme with his sparkling Petite Valse.

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© Clara Evens

Wednesday 20 September 2023, 7.30pm

David Tobin violin

Nathalia Milstein piano

Elly Suh violin

Mozart Sonata for piano and violin No. 20, K303

Franck Sonata for violin and piano in A major

Paganini Caprice No. 24

Waxman/Bizet Carmen Fantasie

Gráinne Mulvey Interference Patterns (2014)

Bartók 44 Duos for two violins (a selection)

Shostakovich Five pieces for two violins and piano

Dublin International Piano Competition prize-winner Nathalia Milstein returns to Ireland to perform a riveting and diverse programme with award-winning violinists, David Tobin and Elly Suh. They present two of the best violin sonatas from the repertoire by Mozart and Franck before Paganini Competition prize-winner Elly Suh performs Paganini’s captivating Caprice No. 24.

From Bizet’s Carmen to Bartok’s Transylvanian Dance, Irish composer Gráinne Mulvey’s Interference Patterns to Shostakovich’s melodic and playful Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano, this promises to be a special concert, not to be missed.

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© Anne Bied

© Peter Adamik

Thursday 5 October 2023, 7.30pm

David Tobin violin

Arthur Stockel clarinet

Fiachra Garvey piano

Elgar Sonata for violin and piano in E minor, Op. 82

Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and piano, FP 184

Clara Schumann Three Romances (arr. for clarinet and piano)

Rhoda Coghill Gaelic Phantasy

William V. Wallace L’Absence

Khachaturian Trio for violin, clarinet and piano

David Tobin and Fiachra Garvey join forces for the very first time to present a rich and diverse programme of music. For this special concert they will be joned by international prize-winner Arthur Stockel, one of Europe’s leading clarinettists.

Elgar’s beautiful Sonata for Violin and Piano opens the concert before we hear Poulenc’s dazzling Clarinet Sonata. This is followed by an eclectic mix of music in the second half, featuring the Three Romances by Clara Schumann and the groovy Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano by Khachaturian. Rarely performed gems of the Irish repertoire also feature; Rhoda Coghill’s Gaelic Fantasy and William Wallace’s L’Absence.

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© Jeremy Torres

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Thursday 9 November 2023, 7.30pm

Kahlo Piano Quartet

David Tobin violin

Benjamin Beck viola

Stanislas Kim cello

Marie Rosa Günter piano

Chausson Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 30

Lili Boulanger D’un matin de Printemps for piano trio

Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60

The international prize-winning Kahlo Piano Quartet make their Irish debut with a stunning programme for the final concert of the Echoes of Europe series. The Irish/French/German musicians, living in Austria, Germany and Spain are a truly European ensemble.

David Tobin is joined by section leaders from the Vienna Philharmonic and Madrid’s ORCAM for two of the greatest works from the piano quartet repertoire by Chausson and Brahms. Full of passion and beautiful melodies, they represent the best of French and German romanticism. They are complimented by Lili Boulanger’s energetic and nimble D’un matin de Printemps .

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Jo Titze

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