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The Lyric Concert: John Kinsella's 11th Symphony revisited

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra cello section leader Martin Johnson (Pic: Adrian Heffernan)

The Lyric Concert: the sound & spirit of 20th century Irish music

Paul Herriott presents The Lyric Concert live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin, as the RTÉ NSO celebrates three very different voices who helped to define the sound and spirit of Irish music in the 20th century.

Lyric Concert Live • 26 Mar 20

Lyric Concert Gold: Shaun Davey celebrated with the RTÉ NSO

The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra plays the music of composer Shaun Davey in the company of the composer himself, with a programme featuring The Brendan Voyage and other classics...

Rté Lyric Fm • 18 Mar 20

Lyric Concert: Wagner's Parsifal and Bruckner's Seventh Symphony

The RTÉ Symphony Orchestra perform Prelude to Act 1 and the Good Friday music from Wagner's Parsifal, and Bruckner's Seventh Symphony, with the Estonian conductor, Mihhail Gerts.

Rté Lyric Fm • 26 Feb 20

Gabriela Montero joins the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra for Valentine's Night (Pic: Shelley Mosman

Lyric Concert Gold - Valentine's Night with Beethoven and Mozart

Watch a special sold-out Lyric Concert Live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin - showcasing three vibrant orchestral showpieces of contrasting passions…with happy endings guaranteed!

Rté Lyric Fm • 24 Mar 20

The Lyric Concert: Kalmar conducts Bruckner

Coming to you from the National Concert Hall, Dublin, RTÉ lyric fm's Paul Herriott presents a concert of orchestral music performed by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra.

Lyric Concert Live • 24 Jan 20

Jaime Martin returns to conduct the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

Lyric Concert: Tchaikovsky, Berlioz & Burn My Letters!

Paul Herriott presents a concert live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin. Chief conductor Jaime Martín returns to conduct the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra with the violinist Ellinor D'Melon for Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

Lyric Concert Live • 06 Dec 19

Ailish Tynan & the RTÉ NCO perform Strauss' Four Last Songs

Soprano Ailish Tynan joins the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Anja Bihlmaier to perform Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs, in a concert that also includes Brahms' 1st Symphony and Anders Hillborg's Exquisite Corpse.

Lyric Concert Live • 22 Nov 19

The Lyric Concert: JoAnn Falletta conducts the RTÉ NSO

Michael Lee presents The Lyric Concert Live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin featuring cellist Alban Gerhardt with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Faletta performing Strauss' masterpiece Don Quixote.

Rté Lyric Fm • 02 Nov 19

Conductor John Wilson returns to Ireland (Pic: Sim Canetty-Clarke)

John Wilson conducts the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

The Lyric Concert Live: Riddles and rewards aplenty are to be found in an evening of melody-filled 19th-century classics...

Rté Lyric Fm • 18 Oct 19

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra: Also sprach Zarathustra & more!

Join Paul Herriott in the National Concert Hall, Dublin as he presents the Lyric Concert Live with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann...

Rté Lyric Fm • 17 Sep 20

Culture Night Lyric Concert: Leonard Slatkin conducts the RTÉ NSO

Celebrate Culture Night with RTÉ lyric fm as Paul Herriott presents The Lyric Concert live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin featuring the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra with legendary conductor Leonard Slatkin and pianist Xiayin Wang.

Rté Lyric Fm • 20 Sep 19

Michele Mariotti conducts the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

The Lyric Concert Live - the RTÉ NSO perform Verdi's Requiem

Paul Herriott presents The Lyric Concert live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin, featuring the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, under the baton of Michele Mariotti (pictured) for a performance of Verdi's Requiem.

Rté Lyric Fm • 17 May 19

Lyric Concert Live