Friday December 6th - Schnelzer's 'Burn My Letters: Remembering Clara', Tchaikovsky & Berlioz

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 (Photo Kaupo Kikkas) for Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. The concert also features the Irish Premiere of Albert Schnelzer's Burn My Letters: Remembering Clara, written in tribute to the pioneering composer. Based on her letters to life-long family friend Johannes Brahms - Clara voiced by wild and free flute, Brahms by a more controlled and cautious bassoon - it's an intriguing, enchanting, intimate and illuminating dialogue between the fellow composers. 

Schnelzer: Burn My Letters: Remembering Clara (Irish Premiere & Co-commission from Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Jaime Martín (conductor)
Ellinor D'Melon (violin)

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Friday December 13th - Culture Night with Leonard Slatkin

Another chance to hear our special Culture Night broadcast, as Paul Herriott presents a concert live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin featuring the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra with conductor Leonard Slatkin and pianist Xiayin Wang.

Slatkin: Kinah
Barber: Piano Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
Xiayin Wang (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.