Martin Yates, conductor • Sophie Evans, Caroline Sheen, Rob Houchen and Damian Humbley, vocalists
Wednesday 9 October, 8pm
NATIONAL CONCERT HALL
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Stephen Bell Principal Guest Conductor• Gavin Maloney Associate Principal Conductor • Proinnsías Ó Duinn Conductor Laureate • Guy Barker Associate Artist • Zoë Conway Associate Artist • Mia Cooper Leader
Composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990) transformed audiences’ appreciation of classical music and musical scores. The RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conducted by Martin Yates, brings to life the best Bernstein soundtracks.
Joined by West End vocalists Sophie Evans, Caroline Sheen, Rob Houchen and Damian Humbley, the RTÉ CO perform songs from hit musicals like New York, New York and I Can Cook Too from On the Town (1944), Big Stuff from Fancy Free (1944), Dream with Me from Peter Pan (1950), and One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man and A Little Bit in Love from Wonderful Town (1953).
From later musical works, the Jet Song and Suite from the iconic West Side Story (1957) and My New Friends from The Madwoman of Central Park West (1979) are brought to life by the full orchestra and Take Care of Our House from his last original score for Broadway, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976).
Written while Bernstein was simultaneously working on the West Side Story score, the Overture, The Best of All Possible Worlds, I Am Easily Assimilated and Make Our Garden Grow from his score for the operetta Candide (first performed 1956) will feature.
Concert programme subject to change.
Produced in association with West End International Ltd.
First violins
Bróna Cahill leader
David McElroy
Eileen Comer
Hugh Murray
Lidia Jewloszewicz-Clarke
Christopher Quaid
Clíodhna Ryan
Anita Vedres
Second violins
Elizabeth Leonard
Anne Phelan
Carol Quigley
Siúbhán Ní Ghríofa
Camille Farrar
Robyn Bell
Violas
Lisanne Melchior
David Kenny
Elizabeth O’Neill
Gawain Usher
Cellos
Seb Van Kuijk
Margaret Doris
Delia Lynch
Paula Hughes
Double basses
Seamus Doyle
Liam Wylie
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Flutes
Silvija Ščerbavičiūtė
Emma Roche
Andrew Douglas
Oboes
Ben Marshall
Rebecca Halliday
Clarinets
Michael Seaver
Macdara Ó Seireadáin
Patrick Burke
Alto Saxophone
Brendan Doyle
Bassoons
John Leonard Ian Forbes
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Horns
Cormac Ó hAodáin
Declan McCarthy
Fearghal Ó Ceallacháin
Liam Duffy
André Kavanagh
Trumpets
Shaun Hooke
Eamonn Nolan
Eoin Daly
Charles Cavanagh
Trombones
Stephen Mathieson
Michael Marshall
Bass trombone
Christopher Nery
Tuba
Conor O’Riordan
Timpani
Oliver Taylor
Percussion
James Dunne
Stephen Kelly
Caitríona Frost
Brian Dungan
Diarmaid Frain
Kevin Corcoran
Harp
Geraldine O’Doherty
Keys
Vincent Lynch
Guitars
Darren Bell
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Sophie Evans Caroline Sheen Rob Houchen Damian Humbley
Martin Yates, conductor