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National Concert Hall Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2020
APPENDIX I • NSO New Year’s Gala • Fully staged productions of the musical ‘Oliver’ • NCH International Concert Series featuring pianist Simon TrpĈeski • Camerata Ireland and Barry Douglas • National Youth Orchestra • Zoran DukiĆ • RTÉCO – A Night at the Oscars • NSO playing Dvoȓák’s Requim • Music in the Classroom – concerts on Junior & Leaving Cert. curricula • NCH Learning & Participation concerts designed to accommodate music lovers from across a broad spectrum, from concerts such as ‘Bring Along a Baby’ to ‘Junior Songschool’ to ‘Tea Dance Tunes’ • Chamber Music Gathering • Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn • English Chamber Orchestra • Beethoven 250 with Finghin Collins • Sounding the Feminists • Imagining Ireland with Lisa O’Neill, Denise Chaila, Radie Peat, SOAK • Johann Strauss Gala • Leonard Slatkin conducted NSO for Beethoven 250 celebration • Young Artist Series with Sinéad O’Kelly • RIAM Performing Groups concert • An interview with international bestselling author Marion Keyes • Eleanor McEvoy, Maura O’Connell & Wallis Bird with RTÉCO - A Woman’s Heart Orchestrated • Tionscadal na nAmhrán Ealaíne Gaeilge/ Irish Language Art Song Project • Life and Music of Maria Callas • Bach Collegium Japan with conductor Masaaki Suzuki as well as a fully staged production of Beethoven’s only attributed opera, Fidelio.