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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

The Lyric Concert: The RTÉ NCO play Bruckner's Symphony No. 8

Paul Herriott presents The Lyric Concert live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin as Mihhail Gerts conducts the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra for a performance of the largest orchestration ever conceived by Bruckner in his epic Symphony No. 8...

Rté Lyric Fm • 08 Feb 20

Lyric Concert Live - RTÉ NSO perform Strauss' An Alpine Symphony

Paul Herriott presents a concert live from the NCH, Dublin. We celebrate the season finale of the RTÉ NSO's Main Season with an Alpine Symphony by Strauss and Korngold's Violin Concerto performed by Simone Lamsma with conductor Kazuki Yamada.

The Lyric Concert • 04 Jun 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

Watch: The Lyric Concert Live - a clarinet concerto

Clarinetist Kari Kriikku joins the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra to perform the clarinet concerto written specifically for him by Kaija Saariaho. Ivan Volkov conducts this concert, which also features Mahler's neglected 7th Symphony.

Rté Lyric Fm • 12 Mar 19

Watch: The Lyric Concert - Irish composers celebrated

Paul Herriott presents the Lyric Concert live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin.

Rté Lyric Fm • 03 Feb 19

Pianist Hugh Tinney celebrates his 60th birthday with a concert of Beethoven music

The Lyric Concert: Hugh Tinney plays Beethoven

Enjoy an all-Beethoven concert celebrating the 60th birthday of Hugh Tinney, one of the leading interpreters of the music of Beethoven, in which he performs the composer's last Piano Concerto, The Emperor.

Rté Lyric Fm • 30 Nov 18

The Lyric Concert live - Benjamin Britten's War Requiem

On the centenary anniversary of the war that was supposed to end all wars, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem serves as a moving reminder of the terrible cost of conflict and a tribute to those who sacrificed themselves to save others from tyranny.

Rté Lyric Fm • 10 Nov 18

The Lyric Concert