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2020 Symphony
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2019 RTÉ National
2020 Symphony
Orchestra
FEEL THE PASSION. LIVE THE MUSIC.
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A welcome note
I am delighted to welcome you to our 2019/20 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Season. This is an exciting time for us as we welcome our Chief Conductor, Jaime Martín
in his inaugural season. A highly regarded flautist, Jaime turned to full-time conducting
in 2013 and holds the positions of Artistic Director of the Santander Festival and Music
Director of The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Jaime Martín brings remarkable
experience to the RTÉ NSO from multiple perspectives and I look forward to working
with him in the continuing development of your National Symphony Orchestra.
This season marks the third with our esteemed Principal Guest Conductor, Nathalie
Stutzmann whose star is in the ascendency, and we look forward to some exciting
programmes with her again this year.
Our audiences are at the core of everything we do and it is heartening to tell you that
the numbers attending our live events increased significantly in 2017, and have been
maintained in 2018. For this we are grateful. Thank you for your loyal and continued
support. We do not underestimate its value or importance.
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This season we have decided not to differentiate between concerts as in the past.
However, we will continue to ensure our core audience is served. Our opening concert
of music by renowned Irish composer Shaun Davey, featuring piper Mark Redmond in
new work dedicated to the memory of Liam O’Flynn, is followed by a more ‘traditional’
season concert that includes Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring led by Mihhail Gerts.
“ the numbers
attending our live
events increased
makes his debut in that role with Mahler’s Symphony
No. 3 in with mezzo soprano, Jennifer Johnston. Prior
to this Leonard Slatkin returns, for the first of two
concerts this season, on Culture night, September 20,
significantly in 2017, 2019. Also making a welcome return in the second
and have been year of a three year accord is Maxim Vengerov who
will play Brahms Violin Concerto under the baton of
maintained in 2018”
David Brophy.
Conductors making their RTÉ NSO debuts include the exciting Venezuelan
conductor Diego Matheuz, Principal Conductor of the Simón Bolívar Symphony
Orchestra, JoAnn Faletta, Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Anja Bihlmaier,
Chief Conductor of the Residentie Orkest, The Hague, Mikhail Jurowski and Christian
Reif. Acclaimed international soloists appearing this season include Julia Bullock,
Viktoria Mullova, Gabrierla Montero, Alban Gerhard, and Denis Kozhukin.
The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra places special emphasis on young talent
with amongst others Fiachra Garvey, Mark Redmond, Daniel Lozakovich, Ellinor
D’Melon, Martin James Bartlett, Daniel Kharitonov and William Thomas, winner of
the 2019 Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition. We are proud to give a
platform to Irish singers including Anna Devin, Ailish Tynan, Gavan Ring, Máire Flavin,
Sharon Carty, and John Molloy this season.
Our Towards 2022 strand continues with music by Boydell, Boyle, Stanford and
Davey, and we will premiere works by Hillborg, Kernis, Kinsella and Schnelzer, the
last a co-commission with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Gävle v
Symphony Orchestra. Among the large-scale symphonic works featured this season
are two Mahler symphonies, three Bruckner symphonies and works by Richard
Strauss and Maurice Ravel. The choral music of Elgar, Dvorák and Bach also feature.
We also pay homage to Beethoven in his 250th anniversary year. The Wizard of Oz,
Mary Black, and Apollo 13 complete the diverse mix of offerings for you to enjoy.
Best wishes,
Anthony Long
General Manager,
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra & RTÉ Philharmonic Choir
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2019/2020 ATA GLANCE
DATE TIME EVENT COMPOSER(S)/THEME
Fri 6 Sep 7.30pm Towards 2022: The Music of Shaun Davey Shaun Davey
Fri 13 Sep 7.30pm The Rite of Spring Bartok, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky
Fri 20 Sep 7.30pm Culture Night: Leonard Slatkin Conducts Slatkin, Barber, Brahms
Fri 27 Sep 7.30pm Nathalie Stutzmann Conducts Brahms, Beethoven, R. Strauss
Fri 4 Oct 7.30pm Nathalie Stutzmann Conducts Berlioz, Bruch, Schumann
Fri 11 Oct 7.30pm Chief Conductor Jaime Martín Conducts Mahler Symphony No. 3
v
Fri 18 Oct 7.30pm Diego Matheuz Conducts Brahms, Schumann, Dvorák
Fri 25 Oct 7.30pm Eugene Tzigane Conducts Mahler Symphony No. 9
Fri 1 Nov 7.30pm JoAnn Faletta Conducts Strauss, Respighi
Fri 8 Nov 7.30pm The Dream of Gerontius Elgar
Fri 22 Nov 7.30pm Four Last Songs Hillborg, Strauss, Brahms
Fri 29 Nov 7.30pm John Kinsella World Premiere Kinsella, Prokofiev, Sibelius
Fri 6 Dec 7.30pm Chief Conductor Jaime Martín Conducts Schnelzer, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz
Wed 18 Dec 7.30pm The Wizard of Oz
Wed 1 Jan 3.30pm New Year Gala Viennese and Operatic Favourites
Fri 10 Jan 7.30pm Towards 2022 Boydell, Boyle, Stanford
v v
Fri 17 Jan 7.30pm Dvorák Requiem Dvorák
Fri 24 Jan 7.30pm Kalmar Conducts Bruckner Kernis, Mozart, Bruckner
Fri 31 Jan 7.30pm Slatkin Conducts Beethoven 250 Beethoven
Fri 7 Feb 7.30pm Trevino Conducts Bruckner Bruckner
Fri 14 Feb 7.30pm Chief Conductor Jaime Martín Conducts Fanny Mendelssohn, Mozart, Beethoven
Fri 21 Feb 7.30pm Stutzmann Conducts Bruckner Wagner, Bruckner
Tue 25 Feb 10.30am Music in the Classroom: Musical Adventures
Tue 25 Feb 12.15pm Music in the Classroom: Musical Adventures
Fri 6 Mar 7.30pm Mikhail Jurowski Conducts Gubaidulina, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev
Mon 9 Mar 10.30am Music in the Classroom: Junior Certificate Guide Rossini, Copland, Berlioz, Mozart, Handel, Williams
Mon 9 Mar 12.15pm Music in the Classroom: Junior Certificate Guide Rossini, Copland, Berlioz, Mozart, Handel, Williams
Tue 10 Mar 10.15am Music in the Classroom: Leaving Certificate Guide Mozart, Berlioz
Tue 10 Mar 12.30pm Music in the Classroom: Leaving Certificate Guide Mozart, Berlioz
Fri 13 Mar 7.30pm Apollo 13
Tue 17 Mar 7.30pm Mary Black and Friends
Fri 20 Mar 7.30pm Maxim Vengerov Korngold, Brahms
Tue 24 Mar 10.15am Music in the Classroom: Leaving Certificate Guide Mozart, Berlioz
Tue 24 Mar 12.30pm Music in the Classroom: Leaving Certificate Guide Mozart, Berlioz
Fri 27 Mar 7.30pm Joshua Weilerstein Conducts Beethoven, Chopin, Shaw, Sibelius
Sat 28 Mar 7.30pm Joshua Weilerstein Conducts in Waterford Beethoven, Chopin, Shaw, Sibelius
Fri 3 Apr 7.30pm Chief Conductor Jaime Martín Conducts Wilson, Prokofiev, Shostakovich
Fri 10 Apr 7.30pm St John Passion Bach
Fri 24 Apr 7.30pm Daniel Blendulf Conducts Liadov, Nielsen, Sibelius
Fri 1 May 7.30pm Chief Conductor Series presents Nemanja Radulovic Agnew, Khachaturian, Rimsky-Korsakov
Fri 8 May 7.30pm Christian Reif Conducts Bartók, Britten, Shostakovich
Fri 15 May 7.30pm Towards 2022 Stanford
Fri 22 May 7.30pm Stutzmann Conducts Beethoven 250 R. Strauss, Beethoven, Debussy
Fri 29 May 7.30pm Chief Conductor Season Finale Rachmaninov, Ravel
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CONDUCTOR GUEST ARTIST(S) PAGE
David Brophy Rita Connolly, Mark Redmond, Noel Eccles 08
Mihhail Gerts Fiachra Garvey 11
Leonard Slatkin Xiayin Wang, RTÉ Cór na nÓg, RTÉ Cór Linn 12
Nathalie Stutzmann Boris Giltburg 14
Nathalie Stutzmann Daniel Lozakovich 17
Jaime Martín Jennifer Johnston, Ladies of the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, RTÉ Cor na nÓg 18
Diego Matheuz Alena Baeva 20
Eugene Tzigane 22
JoAnn Faletta Alban Gerhardt 23
Robert Trevino Catherine Wyn-Rodgers, Norbert Ernst, Johan Wållberg, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir 24
Anja Bihlmaier Ailish Tynan 25
Jean Deroyer Vadym Kholodenko 26
Jaime Martín Ellinor D’Melon 27
Anthony Gabriele 29
Rumon Gamba Atalla Ayan 30
George Jackson Martin Johnson 32
Patrik Ringborg Adrienn Miksch, Patricia Bardon, Julian Hubbard, William Thomas, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir 33
Carlos Kalmar Martin James Bartlett 34
Leonard Slatkin Stefan Jackiw 36
Robert Trevino 37
Jaime Martín Gabriela Montero 38
Nathalie Stutzmann 39
Tom Redmond 40
Tom Redmond 40
Mikhail Jurowski Daniel Kharitonov 41
Tom Redmond 42
Tom Redmond 42
Tom Redmond 43
Tom Redmond 43
Anthony Gabriele 44
Brian Byrne Mary Black 45
David Brophy Maxim Vengerov 46
Tom Redmond 43
Tom Redmond 43
Joshua Weilerstein Pavel Kolesnikov 48
Joshua Weilerstein Pavel Kolesnikov 48
Jaime Martín Viktoria Mullova 50
David Hill Nick Pritchard, Michael Mofidian, Anna Devin, James Hall, Stephan Loges, Chamber Choir Ireland 52
Daniel Blendulf John Finucane 54
Jaime Martín Nemanja Radulovic 56
Christian Reif Julia Bullock 58
Gerhard Markson Máire Flavin, Sharon Carty, Gavan Ring, John Molloy, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir 59
Nathalie Stutzmann 60
Jaime Martín Denis Kozhukhin, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir 62
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08 SHAUN DAVEY
FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
SHAUN DAVEY
The Brendan Voyage
This programme will also feature Rita Connolly and
family in a selection of Shaun's songs, old and new,
and a new piece for uilleann pipes and orchestra
dedicated to the memory of the late Liam O'Flynn.
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €20. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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V
ANDREJA MALÍR
BETHAN WATKEYS
BARTÓK
The Miraculous Mandarin Suite / 20’
RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini / 22’
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring / 33’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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“LIKE A STRADIVARIUS, CONDUCTOR
LEONARD SLATKIN JUST GETS
BETTER WITH TIME.”
The Washington Post
12 LEONARD SLATKIN
FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER RTÉ NSO
CULTURE NIGHT
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA
LEONARD SLATKIN CONDUCTS
SLATKIN
Kinah / 12’
BARBER
Piano Concerto / 26’
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4 / 39’
Leonard Slatkin conductor
Xiayin Wang piano
EARLY EVENING RECITAL
RTÉ Cór na nÓg
RTÉ Cór Linn choral director Mary Amond O’Brien
A limited number of tickets for this event will be made available to the public gratis.
Details will be released in due course on www.rte.ie/nso
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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16 RTÉ NSO
FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER DANIEL LOZAKOVICH
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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18 JAIME MARTÍN
FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER JENNIFER JOHNSTON
CHIEF CONDUCTOR
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
JAIME MARTÍN CONDUCTS
MAHLER
Symphony No. 3 / 99’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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20 ALENA BAEVA
FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER DIEGO MATHEUZ
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
DIEGO MATHEUZ
CONDUCTS
BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn / 19’
SCHUMANN
Violin Concerto / 33’
DVORÁK
Symphony No. 8 / 34’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER EUGENE TZIGANE
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
EUGENE TZIGANE
CONDUCTS
MAHLER
Symphony No. 9 / 81’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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“ONE OF
THE FINEST
CONDUCTORS
OF HER
GENERATION.”
The New York Times
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
JOANN FALETTA
CONDUCTS
STRAUSS
Don Quixote / 38’
RESPIGHI
Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome) / 15’
Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome) / 23’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER ROBERT TREVINO
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
THE DREAM OF
GERONTIUS
ELGAR
The Dream of Gerontius / 100’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €28.50. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER AILISH TYNAN
HILLBORG
Exquisite Corpse / 14’
STRAUSS
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) / 24’
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1 / 45’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER VADYM KHOLODENKO
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
JOHN KINSELLA
WORLD PREMIERE
JOHN KINSELLA
Symphony No. 11 WORLD PREMIERE / 28’
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 3 / 27’
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 3 / 29’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER ELLINOR D’MELON
CHIEF CONDUCTOR
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto / 33’
BERLIOZ
Symphonie Fantastique / 49’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FINTAN SUTTON AND MATTHEW BILLING
CATRIONA RYAN
THE WIZARD
LIVE SCREENING IN CONCERT
OF OZ
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore! Join the RTÉ
National Symphony Orchestra for a truly magical seasonal
favourite, a live screening of the wonderful Wizard of Oz with
Dorothy, Scarecrow the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, the Wicked
Witch of the West and Toto. With lyrics and songs by Edger
Harlburg and Harold Arlen and a lush old style Hollywood score
by Herbert Stothart, this will the perfect musical start to the
holiday season that the whole family will love.
A Symphonic Night at the Movies is a production of PGM Productions, Inc. (New York)
and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists.
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €25. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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NEW
YEAR’S
DAY
2020
ATALLA AYAN
CONCERT 3.30pm / TICKETS from €24.50. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 10 JANUARY MARTIN JOHNSON
BOYDELL
In Memoriam Mahatma Ghandi / 12’
INA BOYLE
Psalm for violoncello and orchestra / 9’
Elegy for violoncello and orchestra / 11’
STANFORD
Symphony No. 3 ‘Irish’ / 43’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 17 JANUARY PATRIK RINGBORG
DVORÁK
Requiem / 90’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €28.50. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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34 MARTIN JAMES BARTLETT
FRIDAY 24 JANUARY CARLOS KALMAR
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
KALMAR CONDUCTS
BRUCKNER
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 31 JANUARY STEFAN JACKIW
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
LEONARD SLATKIN
CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN 250
BEETHOVEN
The Consecration of the House Overture / 12’
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto / 42’
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7 / 36’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY ROBERT TREVINO
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
TREVINO CONDUCTS
BRUCKNER
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 8 (1887 version) / 84’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY GABRIELA MONTERO
CHIEF CONDUCTOR
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Overture in C major / 11’
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 20 / 30’
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’ / 47’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY NATHALIE STUTZMANN
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY
IN THE CLASSROOM
TOM REDMOND
MASTER OF MUSICAL
MAYHEM AND FUN
MR TOM REDMOND!
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
MIKHAIL JUROWSKI
CONDUCTS
GUBAIDULINA
Fairy-tale Poem / 10’
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2 / 34’
PROKOFIEV
Selections from Cinderella / 45’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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RTÉ NSO MUSICAL
MONDAY 9 MARCH ADVENTURES 2018
IN THE
CLASSROOM
IN THE
CLASSROOM
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
MARY BLACK AND THE
RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €20. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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“ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT
VIOLINISTS YOU’LL EVER HEAR…
TECHNICAL WIZARDRY… ACCOMPANIED
BY A BIG DOSE OF HEART.” The Washington Post
MAXIM VENGEROV
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FRIDAY 20 MARCH DAVID BROPHY
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
MAXIM VENGEROV
KORNGOLD
Sinfonietta / 43’
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto / 38’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €29.50. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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ROSSINI
William Tell Overture / 12’
MOZART
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra / 30’
DVORÁK
Symphony No. 7 / 35’
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FRIDAY 27 MARCH NATIONAL CONCERT HALL
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
JOSHUA WEILERSTEIN
CONDUCTS
BEETHOVEN
Egmont Overture / 9’
CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2 / 32’
CAROLINE SHAW
Entr'acte / 11’
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5 / 30’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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50 VIKTORIA MULLOVA
FRIDAY 3 APRIL JAIME MARTÍN WITH THE RTÉ NSO
CHIEF CONDUCTOR
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
JAIME MARTÍN CONDUCTS
IAN WILSON
Man O’War / 11’
PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 2 / 26’
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 10 / 57’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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DETAIL FROM
CHRIST AT THE COLUMN
BY MICHELANGELO
MERISI DA CARAVAGGIO
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FRIDAY 10 APRIL
BACH
St John Passion / 114’
CONCERT 3.30pm / TICKETS from €20. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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54 JOHN FINUCANE
FRIDAY 24 APRIL DANIEL BLENDULF
DANIEL BLENDUFF
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
CONDUCTS
LIADOV
The Enchanted Lake / 6’
NIELSEN
Clarinet Concerto / 24’
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1 / 38’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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56 NEMANJA RADULOVIC
FRIDAY 1 MAY JAIME MARTÍN WITH THE RTÉ NSO
CHIEF CONDUCTOR
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
JAIME MARTÍN CONDUCTS
ELAINE AGNEW
Make A Wish / 13’
KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto / 35’
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade / 42’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 8 MAY JULIA BULLOCK
CHRISTIAN REIF
CONDUCTS
BARTÓK
Music
ROSSINI for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / 27’
William
BRITTEN Tell Overture / 12’
Les illuminations / 21’
MOZART
Sinfonia
SHOSTAKOVICHConcertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra / 30’
Symphony No. 6 / 30’
DVORÁK
Symphony No. 7 / 35’
Christian Reif conductor
Julia Bullock soprano
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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FRIDAY 15 MAY MÁIRE FLAVIN
NATHALIE STUTZMANN
TOWARDS 2022:
STANFORD REQUIEM
STANFORD
Requiem / 81’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €28.50. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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60 NATHALIE STUTZMANN
FRIDAY 22 MAY RTÉNSO
DEBUSSY
La mer / 23’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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62 DENIS KOZHUKHIN
FRIDAY 29 MAY RTÉ PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
CHIEF CONDUCTOR
NATHALIE STUTZMANN JAIME MARTÍN
SEASON FINALE
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3 / 39’
RAVEL
Daphnis & Chloé / 50’
CONCERT 7.30pm / TICKETS from €28.50. See page 64. Visit rte.ie/nso
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The orchestra has been critically acclaimed for its recordings on the Naxos, Marco Polo,
Claves and RTÉ lyric fm labels. These include the complete symphonies of Malcolm
Arnold, Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, and Nielsen, critically acclaimed recordings of works
by Bizet and Dukas with conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud, a series of recordings as part of
the Composers of Ireland series, a landmark recording project funded by RTÉ and The
Arts Council which to date has recorded works by composers including Gerald Barry,
Raymond Deane, Seóirse Bodley, Deirdre Gribbin, Ian Wilson, John Kinsella, Stephen
Gardiner, Kevin O’Connell, Donnacha Dennehy and Kevin Volans as well as recordings
of selected orchestral works by Aloys Fleischmann, Frederick May and Seán Ó Riada,
Finghin Collins: Mozart Piano Concertos, Celine Byrne: For Eternity. Other recordings
include Máire Flavin: Baby Mine. Film scores include Lenny Abrahamson: The Little
Stranger and John Boorman: Queen & Country.
This season sees Jaime Martín take up the role of the orchestra’s new Chief Conductor.
Since September 2017, the orchestra has enjoyed a rich relationship with Nathalie
Stutzmann as Principal Guest Conductor. In addition to Nathalie, major international
artists in the 2019/20 Season include Leonard Slatkin, Maxim Vengerov, Julia Bullock,
Viktoria Mullova, Gabrierla Montero and and Stefan Jackiw and Irish artists Anna Devin,
Ailish Tynan, Máire Flavin, Gavan Ring, John Molloy, Fiachra Garvey, acclaimed singers
Mary Black, Rita Connolly and Piper Mark Redmond.
Across the decades, the RTÉ NSO has worked with world famous composers, including
Igor Stravinsky, Witold Lutosławski, Arvo Part, Steve Reich, Olivier Messiaen and Karlheinz
Stockhausen. Among the many legendary conductors and artists who performed with
the orchestra over the years were Josef Szigeti, Isaac Stern, Ruggiero Ricci, Wilhelm
Kempff, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Martha Argerich, Radu Lupu, Joan Sutherland, Bernadette
Greevy, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Mstislav Rostropovich, and
Sir Charles Groves. World famous artists in recent years have included Boris Berezovsky,
Sarah Chang, Nikolai Demidenko, Sir James Galway, Angela Gheorgiu, Evelyn Glennie,
Angela Hewitt, Daniel Hope, Wolfgang Holzmair, Kiri te Kanawa, Freddy Kempf, Tasmin
Little, Daniel Muller-Schott, Julian Rachlin, Alexander Toradze, Maxim Vengerov and
Nikolaj Znaider.
World premieres of works by Irish composers have included works by Elaine Agnew,
Gerald Barry, Ed Bennett, Linda Buckley, Ann Cleare, Rhona Clarke, Siobhan Cleary,
Frank Corcoran, Jerome de Bromhead, Shaun Davey, Raymond Deane, Donnacha
Dennehy, David Fennessy, Deirdre Gribbin, Ronan Guilfoyle, Andrew Hamilton, Marian
Ingoldsby, Brian Irvine, Grainne Mulvey, Jonathan Nangle, Kevin O’Connell, Karen Power,
Jennifer Walshe, James Wilson, and Bill Whelan.
This season the RTÉ NSO will premiere a number of works including John Kinsella’s
Symphony No. 11.
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2019 RTÉ National
2020 Symphony
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FEEL THE PASSION. LIVE THE MUSIC.