JOHN FIELD ROOM NOVEMBER Friday 1 November 1:05PM George Melly/Louis Jordan Tribute Johnny Sheridan • The Long John Jump Band A classic selection of jump, jive and swing songs including Saturday Night Fish Fry, Cal’donia, Is You Is Or Is You Aint, Jerry The Junker and There Aint Nobody Here But Us Chickens all played by our six piece band. Tickets: ¤14 25% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 25% discount for senior citizens and students Presented by John Sheridan
Tuesday 12 November 1:05PM AFTERLIGHT: BRITTEN AND SCHUBERT: SONGS AND PIANO DUETS Sinéad Campbell-Wallace soprano • Colette McGahon-Tosh mezzo-soprano • Stephen Wallace counter-tenor • Pianists: Trudi Carberry, Edward Holly, Mairead Hurley, Celine Kelly, Catherina Lemoni-O’Doherty, David Mooney and Aoife O’Sullivan The first concert in this series, performed by staff of DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, features songs and piano duets, celebrating Benjamin Britten, as a performer. Britten’s music is programmed with that of Schubert, a composer he much admired and performed. Tickets: ¤10; Concessions: ¤8 2 concerts: ¤15; Concessions: ¤12 3 concerts: ¤20; Concessions: ¤16 All Ticket Prices include entry to 12.30pm Pre-Concert Talk: Dr Mark Fitzgerald Presented by DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama
Benjamin Russell and David O’Shea
Friday 8 November 1:05PM BENJAMIN RUSSELL SINGS OPERA AND SONG Benjamin Russell baritone • David O’Shea accompanist Benjamin Russell, one of Ireland’s most exciting young singers, who has just finished a year at the international opera studio of the Zurich Opera House, will sing a popular programme of opera and song from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro to Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Bernstein and Jerome Kern plus Neopolitan songs and more…Benjamin has a great gift plus the knack of exciting and delighting his audience. Tickets: ¤16 Friends of the National Concert Hall: ¤14 Concessions: ¤14 Presented by Paul Black
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Wednesday 13 November 1:05PM AFTERLIGHT: JOSEPH GROOCOCK AND J. S. BACH Laoise O’Brien recorder • Pádhraic Ó Cuinneagáin piano Stephen Wallace counter-tenor • RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet: Gregory Ellis violin • Keith Pascoe violin • Simon Aspell viola Christopher Marwood cello Groocock’s Recorder Sonata and String Quartet with Vocal Chamber Music by Bach The music of Joseph Groocock, a well-loved and respected teacher at DIT Conservatory, is remembered in the second concert with performances of his String Quartet and Recorder Sonata, partnered with vocal chamber music from his main influence, Bach, performed by staff of DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. Tickets: ¤10; Concessions: ¤8 2 concerts: ¤15; Concessions: ¤12 3 concerts: ¤20; Concessions: ¤16 All Ticket Prices include entry to 12:30pm Pre-concert talk: Andrew Robinson Presented by DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama
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