Liz Nolan presents the RTÉ lyric fm Lunchtime Live concert from the National Concert Hall, Dublin.
A smorgasbord of musical treats serves up a lavish lunchtime feast.
Copland’s thrilling anthem Fanfare for the Common Man and Tchaikovsky’s stirringly heroic Marche Slave provide bracing appetizers. Rising-star soprano Ioana Pipelea delivers a main course of operatic gems including the melting Song to the Moon, achingly beautiful Donde lieta usci and heartrending Il est doux, Il est bon topped off by Delibes’ meringue-light Les filles de Cadix. The exotic coloratura of Delibes’ Les filles de Cadix, intense sensuality of Turina’s Origia and Eric Whitacre’s galloping Equus are perfect digestifs.
Programme:
Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
Tchaikovsky - Marche Slave
Dvořák - Song to the Moon from Rusalka
Delibes - Les filles de Cadix
Turina - Origia from Danzas fantásticas
Puccini - Donde lieta usci from La bohème
Massenet - Il est doux, il est bon from Hérodiade
Eric Whitacre - Equus
The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra w/ Neil Thomson (conductor) and Ioana Pipelea (soprano).
