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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 RTÉ NSO play Gubaidulina, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev

An all-Russian evening for tonight's Lyric Concert, showcasing the country's boundless gifts for gossamer-delicate fantasy and searing, heart-on-sleeve emotion in three timeless 20th-century classics...

Lyric Concert • 09 Mar 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

Alto Patricia Bardon joins the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra for Dvořák's Requiem

The Lyric Concert - Dvořák's stunning Requiem with the RTÉ NSO

Conceived for the concert hall rather than the church, Dvořák's Requiem is that rarest of things: a Mass for the dead that celebrates life.

Rté Lyric Fm • 17 Jan 20

The Lyric Concert: Leonard Slatkin conducts the RTÉ NSO

Violinist Alina Ibragimova joins the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and legendary conductor Leonard Slatkin for a performance of Richard Strauss' Violin Concert, written when the composer was 18.

Rté Lyric Fm • 10 May 19

Maxim Vengerov features in tonight's Lyric Concert Live

Lyric Concert Live: Violinist Maxim Vengerov plays Bach & Dvořák

Paul Herriott presents The Lyric Concert live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin. Maxim Vengerov joins Irish violinist Patrick Rafter for a performance of Bach's Double Violin Concerto.

Rté Lyric Fm • 29 Mar 19

Watch: The Lyric Concert - an evening of great opera choruses

The RTÉ Philharmonic Choir join the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra for an evening of great opera choruses, including the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Verdi's Nabucco and the Humming Chorus from Puccini's Madame Butterfly.

Rté Lyric Fm • 26 Jan 19

Tenor Piotr Beczala joins the RTÉ Concert Orchestra for this week's Lyric Concert (Photo: Jean-Baptiste Millot)

The Lyric Concert - a night of operatic magic

Tenor Piotr Beczala joins the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra for an evening of song, including music by Verdi and Puccini.

Rté Lyric Fm • 03 Nov 18

Paul Herriott, host of The Lyric Concert on RTÉ lyric fm

Tuning up - Paul Herriott on The Lyric Concert's new season

Paul Herriott writes for Culture about the new season of The Lyric Concert, which kicks off this weekend at The National Concert Hall - you can also listen to it live on RTÉ lyric fm, and watch it on RTÉ Culture.

Rté Lyric Fm • 14 Sep 18

Watch: RTÉ NSO 70th Anniversary Celebration concert

Watch a very special edition of the Lyric Concert Live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin, as the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 70th birthday in style with conductor Gerhard Markson, soprano Orla Boylan and pianist Finghin Collins.

Music • 17 Feb 18

The Lyric Concert with Paul Herriott