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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Live: Stravinsky, Mozart & more

Chief Conductor, Jaime Martin conducts the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra with music by Stravinsky, Mozart and Prokofiev...

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • 28 Oct 20

RTÉ NSO conductor Jaime Martin on returning to the Concert Hall

After a weekend spent very much in the present, exploring the wilds and beaches of Dublin, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Jaime Martín talks to Michael Quinn about returning to the orchestra at the National Concert Hall this Friday

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • 14 Oct 20

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Live: Ravel and Beethoven

Chief Conductor Jaime Martin conducts the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, with music by Ravel and Beethoven.

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • 20 Oct 20

RTÉ NSO Chief Conductor Jaime Martín on his return to the stage

On Friday, October 9th, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Jaime Martín reunites with the Orchestra after a long eight months, to conduct works by Beethoven and Ravel...

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • 07 Oct 20

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Live: Rossini, Fauré & Mozart

A sparkling operatic Overture by Rossini, playful and poetic theatre music by Fauré and a mighty symphony by Mozart provide welcome distraction from darkening autumnal nights with RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra LIVE...

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • 02 Oct 20

David Young makes his conducting debut with the RTÉ NSO

First steps - conductor David Young on his RTÉ NSO debut

On Friday 2 October, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra LIVE continues with David Young, making his professional orchestral debut, conducting works by Rossini, Fauré and Mozart...

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • 30 Sep 20

David Young makes his professional orchestral debut conducting the RTÉ NSO (Pic: Ollie Trenchard)

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Live: David Young makes his debut

On Friday 2 October, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Live continues with works by Rossini, Fauré and Mozart - including Mozart's penultimate symphony, the 'great G minor' No. 40, and the Suite from Fauré's Masques et Bergamasques, conducted by David Young

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • 24 Sep 20

Mark Redmond: 'September 2020 is certainly a different world to that of September 2019.'

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Live - Mark Redmond pipes in

Mark Redmond is both flute and uilleann pipes soloist for the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Live performance this Friday, 25 September - watch it here on RTÉ Culture from 7 pm.

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • 23 Sep 20

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Live - a night of Irish composers

From the streets of Georgian Dublin to the wilds of County Down, from the legendary Carolan to the magnificent Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra salutes four distinctive Irish composers...

Music • 06 Oct 20

Culture Night 2020: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in concert

Gavin Maloney and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra bring us on a journey from Romania via Austria to Italy and a real treat is in store, as soloist John Finucane plays the much-loved Clarinet Concerto in A by Mozart...

Culture Night 2020 • 28 Sep 20

Conductor Gavin Moloney leads the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra on Culture Night

RTÉ NSO Live: Conductor Gavin Maloney on the magic of Mendelssohn

Gavin Maloney writes for Culture about Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, which he will conduct as part of RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Live on Culture Night, Friday 18th September.

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • 17 Sep 20

Soulé features in a new contemporary dance film created by RTÉ for Culture Night 2020

Celebrate Culture Night 2020 with RTÉ Culture

We'll be celebrating the occasion with a choice selection of highlights from the Culture Night programme...

Culture Night • 17 Sep 20

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven, Mozart & Mendelssohn

The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra's new season begins with music by three classical titans bursting with memorable melodies and all the thrilling drama and power of a symphony orchestra at full throttle.

Music • 18 Sep 20

Watch: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra celebrate Irish composers

Ahead of the new season of National Symphony Orchestra live concerts on RTÉ Culture, we present a NSO classic from the archives...

Music • 09 Sep 20

Culture File on a symphony season unlike any other

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra's new season will be performed for audiences at home on their TVs, or laptops, or even phones...

Rté Lyric Fm • 09 Sep 20

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra announce online concert series

The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra will return to live performance on Friday 11 September with RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra LIVE, a new series of 12 concerts live-streamed worldwide in HD here on RTÉ Culture, and broadcast live on RTÉ lyric fm...

Music • 08 Sep 20

Tom Robbins and Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption

Shine, Shawshank and recording the perfect lockdown aria

Shine preview: Matthew Manning, Principal Oboe in the RTÉ NSO, writes about the perfect lockdown aria and the experience of recording it.

Shine • 25 Aug 20

Watch: Europe's orchestras unite for World Music Day

For Fête de la Musique, or World Music Day, 25 orchestras, representing the public broadcasters of Europe, collaborated on a unique virtual recording of Charpentier's Te Deum...

World Music Day • 24 Jun 20

Mad buzz! Celebrate World Bee Day with the RTÉ NSO

To mark #worldbeeday today, Karl Sweeney of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra performs a rousing rendition of Flight of the Bumblebee...

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • 20 May 20

Watch: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra's #stayathome sessions

Members of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra have been keeping busy at home, and lighting up social media with their brilliant #letsmakemusic series.- watch some choice samples

Get Creative • 01 May 20

Lyric Concert Gold: RTÉ NSO play Bartók, Rachmaninov & Stravinsky

Paul Herriott presents The Lyric Concert live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin as pianist Fiachra Garvey joins the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra to perform Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini under conductor Mihhail Gerts.

Music • 25 Mar 20

Listen: Lyric Concert Gold - a night of Beethoven magic

Conductor Leonard Slatkin returns to the National Concert Hall, Dublin for an all Beethoven concert with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra.

Music • 23 Mar 20

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

New Music Dublin: RTÉ NSO celebrate Irish & Icelandic composers

Watch Now: THe RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra take to the stage for a concert of music by Irish and Icelandic composers including a world premiere by Jane O'Leary.

Culture • 29 Feb 20