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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2011-2012 Season:

Friday 3 February |LISTEN BACK
Masterworks
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 [26']
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 60 'Leningrad' [69']

Andrew Litton conductor

Friday 27 January | LISTEN BACK
Mozart and Salieri in Concert
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Mozart and Salieri [43']
(A concert performance sung in Russian)
MOZART Requiem Mass in D minor, K626 [55']

Regina Nathan soprano
Anna Stephany alto
Paul McNamara tenor
Alexander Vinogradov bass
RTÉ Philharmonic Choir (chorus master Mark Hindley)
Alan Buribayev conductor

Friday 20 January | LISTEN BACK
Wired
JOHN ADAMS Slonimsky's Earbox [14']
RONAN GUILFOYLE Hands Concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra [c. 20'] (RTÉ commission: world première)
SHOSTAKOVICH Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 [24']
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9 in E flat, Op. 70 [27']

Rick Peckham electric guitar
Scott Stroman conductor

Friday 13 January | LISTEN BACK
Forest Murmurs
WEBER Der Freischütz Overture [10']
BRAHMS Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 [32']
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 'Pastoral' [39']

Tasmin Little violin
Thomas Carroll cello
Gerhard Markson conductor

Sunday 1 January | LISTEN BACK
Vienna: City of Dreams
A popular programme of Strauss family favourites and operatic favourites
Tara Erraught mezzo-soprano
Marco Zambelli conductor

Thursday 22 December | LISTEN BACK
A Christmas Gala with Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley vocalist
David Arnold conductor
Gay Byrne RTÉ lyric fm, presenter

Wednesday 21 December | LISTEN BACK
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
in association with The John Murray Show, RTÉ Radio 1 presents The Three Sopranos Christmas Gala

Celine Byrne | Regina Nathan | Cara O'Sullivan
Risteárd Cooper narrator
John Finucane conductor
John Murray, RTÉ Radio 1, presenter

The Three Sopranos
Friday 2 December | LISTEN BACK
The Chopin of the North
GOLDMARK Im Frühling, Op. 36 [10']
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 [30']
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6 in A [54']

John O'Conor piano
Andreas Delfs conductor

Friday 11 November | LISTEN BACK HERE
All the World's a Stage
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 [36']
R. STRAUSS Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60 [50']
A semi-staged presentation
Monologue by Alan Buribayev (after Molière)

Alan Buribayev conductor
Arthur Riordan as Monsieur Jourdain

Friday 4 November | LISTEN BACK HERE
Russian Colours
KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto in D minor [35']
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' [46']
WILD CARD A surprise extra

Elaine Clark violin
Matthias Bamert conductor
with 2011 Mentoring Scheme participants

Friday 28 October | LISTEN BACK HERE
Songs of Life and Love
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 52 [29']
ZEMLINSKY Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 [48']

Amanda Roocroft soprano
Wolfgang Holzmair baritone
Hannu Lintu conductor

Friday 21 October | LISTEN BACK HERE
Napoleonic Pictures
BEETHOVEN Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 [16']
WEBER Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73 [18']
WEBER Silvana Overture [5']
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 [37']

John Finucane clarinet/conductor

Friday 14 October | LISTEN BACK HERE
O Fortuna
STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Winds [19']
ORFF Carmina Burana [65']
WILD CARD A surprise extra

Hugh Tinney piano
Ailish Tynan soprano
Roberto Gionfriddo tenor
James Oldfield baritone
RTÉ Cór na nÓg (choral director Mary Amond O'Brien)
RTÉ Philharmonic Choir (chorus master Jeremy Haneman)
Gerhard Markson conductor

Tuesday 11 October | LISTEN BACK HERE
Sunlight and Shadow
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 [24']
MAHLER Symphony No. 6 in A minor, 'Tragic' [79']

Catherine Leonard violin
Gavin Maloney conductor

Friday 7 October | LISTEN BACK HERE
Strings Aloud
HINDEMITH Trauermusik for viola and strings [6']
MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D major, K.385 'Haffner'
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 [42']

Julian Rachlin violin/viola/conductor

Friday 30 September | LISTEN BACK HERE
Sublime Mozart
MOZART
Così fan tutte Overture, K588 [4']
Vado, ma dove? K583 [4']
Bella mia fiamma, K528 [8']
Symphony No. 26 in E flat, K184 [8']
Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!, K418 [6']
Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle, K538 [7']
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat, K450 [25']
Ch'io mi scordi di te, K505 [7']
WILD CARD A surprise extra

Lenneke Ruiten soprano
Finghin Collins piano/director/ conductor

Friday 23 September | LISTEN BACK HERE
Fräulein Klarinette
STRAVINSKY Symphony in C
COPLAND Clarinet Concerto
ANDERS HILLBORG Clarinet Concerto: Peacock Tales (millennium version)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Martin Fröst clarinet
Hannu Lintu conductor

Friday 16 September | LISTEN BACK HERE
TONGUES OF FIRE
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25 'Classical' [15']
SCRIABIN Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60 [24']
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete) [45']

Alexander Toradze piano
Alan Buribayev conductor

Friday 9 September | LISTEN BACK HERE
THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND

MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 [21']
MAHLER Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor [68']

Gabriela Montero piano
Alan Buribayev conductor

Summer 2011:

Friday 8 July | LISTEN BACK HERE
Favourites from the operatic and concert stage with special guest, Sylvia O'Brien

Matthew Wood conductor

Friday 1 July | LISTEN BACK HERE
Great Romantics
Stanford Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 126 (38')
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (50')

Finghin Collins piano | Alan Buribayev conductor

Friday 24 June | LISTEN BACK HERE
A Night at the Oscars
There's no business like show business: this concert reminds us why. The full forces of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra give the orchestral treatment to all-time iconic movie-score favourites, from the 1930s through to recent times.

David Arnold conductor
Aedín Gormley RTÉ lyric fm, presenter

Friday 17 June | LISTEN BACK HERE
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Summer Gala
with Celine Byrne, soprano and guest tenor Jesús León
An evening of famous arias and duets from the worlds of Italian opera and Spanish Zarzuela. Gavin Maloney conductor.

Past RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra concerts:

2010-2011 Season

2010 Summer Evening Concerts