Friday January 17th - Dvorak's Requiem

Aedín Gormley presents a concert live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin. Patrik Ringborg conducts the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir and soloists including Patrik Ringborg and Patricia Bardon (photo Frances Marshall), in a performance of Dvorak's Requiem. Conceived for the concert hall rather than the church, Dvorák's Requiem is that rarest of things: a Mass for the dead that celebrates life.

Dvorak: Requiem
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Patrik Ringborg (conductor)
Adrienn Miksch (soprano)
Patricia Bardon (alto)
Julian Hubbard (tenor)
William Thomas (bass)
RTÉ Philharmonic Choir

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Friday January 24th - Bruckner and an Irish Premiere by Aaron Jay Kernis

Coming to you live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Paul Herriott presents a concert of orchestral music performed by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. In tonight's concert, conductor Carlos Kalmar leads the orchestra in a performance of Bruckner's second symphony and the Irish Premiere of Musica Celestis by American composer Aaron Jay Kernis (photo credit: Richard Bowditch). Pianist Martin James Bartlett joins them for Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9

Aaron Jay Kernis: Musica Celestis
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 (1877 version)
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar (conductor)
Martin James Bartlett (piano)

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Hear the entire 2019/2020 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Season live on The Lyric Concert

Starting this September, you can hear Paul Herriott live every Friday night from the National Concert Hall, Dublin. The season sees 43 performances between September 2019 and May 2020 at the National Concert Hall and marks the first with the orchestra’s new Chief Conductor, the Spanish conductor Jaime Martín. 

Alongside six concerts with the orchestra’s Chief Conductor Jaime Martín and four concerts with Principal Guest Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann are appearances by international artists including Leonard Slatkin (two performances), Maxim Vengerov, Julia Bullock, Viktoria Mullova, Robert Trevino, Diego Matheuz, JoAnn Falletta, Anja Bihlmaier, Mikhail Jurowski, Christian Reif, David Brophy (two performances), Brian Byrne, Mary Black, Rita Connolly, Anna Devin, Fiachra Garvey, Ailish Tynan and Gavan Ring. Read the full programme below.