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WALLACE & GROMIT’S MUSICAL MARVELS SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER 3:30PM & 7:30PM SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 11AM & 3PM Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels makes its Irish debut following a sell-out premiere at the Proms in 2012 at the Royal Albert Hall. Everyone’s favourite hapless inventor and his faithful dog have turned their hands (and paws) to the music business to create this brand new Wallace and Gromit mini-adventure. Ticket: ¤25 • Family ticket (2 adults & 2 children): ¤80 10% discount for Friends and Young Maestros of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Priority booking for Friends of the National Concert Hall Monday 29 July (public booking opens Tuesday 6 August) Presented by the National Concert Hall and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in association with BBC Worldwide

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CONTENTS September listings October listings November listings December listings September Highlight - RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra’s New Beginnings September Concerts - Main Auditorium September Concerts - John Field Room October Highlight - The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop October Concerts - Main Auditorium October Concerts - John Field Room November Highlight - Jonathan Lemalu November Concerts - Main Auditorium November Concerts - John Field Room December Highlight - Annie December Concerts - Main Auditorium December Concerts - John Field Room Forthcoming Highlights January-May Friends of the National Concert Hall Events Education Events Booking and General Information Getting Here and Parking Seating Plan

PATRON Michael D. Higgins President of Ireland

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The National Concert Hall is supported by The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra The National Chamber Choir of Ireland Irish Baroque Orchestra Music Network

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A walk around the grounds 22 The Romantic Twentieth Century Guitar: Morgan Buckley, guitar 22 The International Concert Series 2013-2014: 8 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Vasily Petrenko, conductor; Christian Ihle Hadland, piano RTÉ Concert Orchestra: John Wilson conducts Essential Classics 9 Self-Portraits in Calligrams, Izumi Kimura, piano 22 Season Taster Concert: The Story Begins! RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 9 The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Bi-Centenary Celebration Concert 10 Freddie White In Concert 22 Eamon Keane In Concert 23 RTÉ Concert Orchestra: Iomas – Intuition with Iarla Ó Lionáird 10 Cormac and Chris Kenevey 23 New Beginnings: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 12 Cóisir Gael Linn 60 12 Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil Young Platform Series 2013 23 The Alma Fetish, presented by Wide Open Opera, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 13 and the National Concert Hall Fionnuala Hunt - A Reflection 23 RTÉ Concert Orchestra: John Wilson conducts Essential Opera 14 Percussion Duo Recital: Caitriona Frost & Maeve O’Hara 24 Pipeworks: David Adams, organ – RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 14 Eroica Dawn: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 16 How Great Thou Art. The Spiritual Hits Concert featuring Ireland’s Greatest Voice Red Hurley 16 Music for Fun 17 Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil Young Platform Series 2013 24 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Up Close with Charles Hazelwood 18 Rachmaninov 140th Anniversary Concert 19 Pigalle - The Life and Music of Edith Piaf, Derby Browne 24 Soul Music: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 19 Swing’s Greatest Hits: A Celebration of Benny Goodman & Gene Krupa 20 Glenn Miller - Greatest Hits 20 Sinatra - The Voice Of The Century, A Musical Journey Through His Life. 21 Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil Young Platform Series 2013 24

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OCTOBER 2013 Tue 1 JFR “We’re Old-Fashioned” presents After The War Was Over… Wed 2 JFR Bernadette Greevy Bursary Recital: Rachel Kelly, mezzo-soprano Fri 4 JFR Is that all there is? – Susannah De Wrixon Fri 4 MA Big On Britten – Heavenly Life: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 Fri 4 MA The Late Night Concert – Barry Douglas: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013–2014 Sat 5 MA Sir James Galway National Concert Hall Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 Sun 6 MA The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Ann Murray, mezzo soprano; Dearbhla Collins, piano; Finghin Collins, piano Mon 7 MA José Feliciano Tue 8 JFR An Evening of Enchantment…Olivia Trummer Wed 9 JFR Hazel O’Connor & Cormac de Barra Thurs 10 MA RTÉ Concert Orchestra: John Wilson conducts South Pacific Fri 11 JFR The Good Old Days of Dublin’s Theatre Royal Fri 11 MA RTÉ Concert Orchestra: John Wilson conducts South Pacific Sat 12 MA Defence Forces Annual Gala Concert Sat 12 St.Patrick’s The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Cathedral The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage 2013 ‘The Queen of Heaven’ Sun 13 MA The International Concert Series 2013-2014: The Sixteen Harry Christophers, conductor & Lucy Crowe, soprano - Handel Mon 14 MA Beethoven Made Me by John O’Conor Tue 15 MA Paddy Cole & Friends in Concert Wed 16 MA Verdi 200: A Gala Celebration of the 200th Year of his Birth Thurs 17 MA The Joe Dolan Classic Hits Concert Featuring Ronan Collins Fri 18 JFR Svetlana Rudenko, piano Fri 18 MA Big On Britten – Britten & America: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 Sat 19 MA Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels Sun 20 MA Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels Thurs 24 MA Buddy Vs The Killer Fri 25 JFR “Where Corals Lie”; Elizabeth Pink & Tim Tozer Fri 25 MA Mozart’s Violin: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 Sat 26 MA The International Concert Series 2013-2014: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra with Marin Alsop (Latin American Weekend) Sun 27 MA The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Brazilian Guitar Quartet (Latin American Weekend) Sun 27 MA Dino Saluzzi, bandoneon (Latin American Weekend) Thurs 31 MA RTÉ Concert Orchestra Movie Screening: Vertigo — live!

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George Melly/Louis Jordan Tribute Verdi Opera Gala Stephen Triffitt sings The Very Best of Matt Monro Inside The Music with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama: Symphonic Dances The Peacemakers - The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace, Our Lady’s Choral Society The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Philip Martin, piano RTÉ Concert Orchestra: Kennedy 50th Anniversary Concert Benjamin Russell sings Opera and Song Carnival Dance: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 ESB Live 2013: Ludovico Einaudi - In a Time Lapse - Returns only The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Jonathan Lemalu, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano Afterlight: Britten and Schubert: Songs and Piano Duets, staff of DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society - The Mikado

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Afterlight: Joseph Groocock and J. S. Bach, staff of DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama 74 Afterlight: Beethoven and Berio: Folksongs, staff of DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama 74 Mr. Gershwin meets Fats Waller & Scott Joplin, Colm “Stride” O’Brien 75 How Great Thou Art. The Spiritual Hits Concert featuring Irelands Greatest Voice Red Hurley 66 Waltons World Masters - Soweto Gospel Choir 66 The Connor Mc Keon Band ‘Let’s Rock This Joint’ 67 The Four Seasons by Candlelight 67 Zrazy 75 Russian Tales: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 68 The Hollies 50th Anniversary In Concert 68 The International Concert Series 2013-2014: 69 Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Mahler Chamber Orchestra Acker Bilk and Chris Barber 70 Rathfarnham Concert Band presents: Music of John Williams 70 RTÉ Concert Orchestra: Stargrazer – The Comet Encounter 71 The Winter Café, Derby Browne 75 Big On Britten – Saint Nicolas: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 71 The Late Night Concert – Pieter Wispelwey: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013–2014 72

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Brad Mehldau: Solo Piano Vladimir’s Viennese Christmas Goethe-Institut Choir: Vespro della Beata Vergine The ESB “Great” Christmas Concert Opera In The Open @ Christmas Christmas with The Palestrina Choir DIT Chamber Choir Annual Christmas Concert RTÉ Concert Orchestra: Cinema Choral Classics at Christmas It’s Still a Wonderful Musical Life..at Christmas, Glasnevin Musical Society Dublin County Choir - A Christmas Family Gala A Glorious Choral Christmas - Culwick Choral Society Christmas Lunchtime Concert ‘Unwrapping Christmas’: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Sunday Miscellany Live at Christmas in association with RTÉ Radio 1 Messiah - Our Lady’s Choral Society Angelic voices sing “Christmas Crackers”, St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Girls’ Choir Messiah - Our Lady’s Choral Society Christmas with New Dublin Voices Messiah - Our Lady’s Choral Society RTÉ Concert Orchestra Movie Screening: The Wizard of Oz A National Concert Hall Baroque Christmas Christmas Lunchtime Concert ‘Christmas Favourites’: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Christmas with Phil Coulter A Celebration of The Jersey Boys: The Music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and The John Murray Show, RTÉ Radio 1 presents The Three Sopranos Christmas Gala The Christmas Concert featuring The Snowman The Christmas Concert featuring The Snowman The Christmas Concert featuring The Snowman Carols by Candlelight Annie - The Musical Annie - The Musical Annie - The Musical Annie - The Musical RTÉ Concert Orchestra New Year’s Eve Gala Concert

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SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHT

ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? THEN WE’LL BEGIN… THE RTÉ SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CELEBRATES THE ART OF STORYTELLING WITH A VIBRANT SEASON OF MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE PAGE AND STAGE.

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he RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra’s new season promises to be an epic and exhilarating journey of adventure and discovery as it celebrates the art of storytelling through the world’s greatest music. The magical orchestral mystery tour begins with a very special Season Taster concert on Friday 6 September featuring some of the exciting and entertaining highlights to be encountered in the year ahead. The very good news is that all tickets for this special concert are priced at ¤10. In a one-off opportunity this season to encounter its swaggering sequined brilliance, Bizet’s thrilling Les Toréadors from his ever-popular opera Carmen (6 September) provides the perfect opener to a season full of familiar favourites and surprising new discoveries. Evidence of the contrasts of tone and temperament in the months ahead comes courtesy of the Sleeping Beauty Waltz by Tchaikovsky (24 January), whose compelling Fantasy Overture to Shakespeare’s Hamlet (13 February) reveals the great Russian romantic’s darker side. Darkness abounds in the stories of the Brothers Grimm, too, and the RTÉ NSO marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Jacob with a spooky surprise in a night of poetry and power featuring Schumann’s sublime Cello Concerto and Beethoven’s majestic Eroica Symphony (20 September), with his dramatic Seventh Symphony (31 January), muscular Emperor and powerful Fourth Piano Concertos also highlights of the season (11 April and 23 May). Saint-Saëns’ wickedly wonderful Danse Macabre ushers in two supernatural concerts combining the demonic and the Gothic with a free recital of organ music by Bovet and Franck, and an 8pm concert featuring brimstone and hellfire from Liszt and a blistering witches’ Sabbath in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique (both 28 February). Proving the fantastical can also be fun, the Scherzo from Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream flags up a very special concert celebrating the works of William Shakespeare in words and music, with some of Ireland’s finest actors joining the RTÉ NSO on the Abbey Theatre stage (15 December). Mendelssohn’s sense of drama is also to the fore in Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, a journey from becalmed threat to buoyant safety (23 May).

Journeys on land are no less colourful, even against the snow-white background of Prokofiev’s mesmerising Troika ride from Lieutenant Kijé (4 April). Offering different sides of Prokofiev, we also have the grief-stricken Sixth Symphony (7 February) and exhilarating Classical Symphony (12 March, Limerick; 13 March, Waterford; 14 March, Dublin). And we celebrate the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth with the apocalyptic ‘Storm’ sea interlude from Peter Grimes and his shadow-lit Serenade for tenor, horn and strings alongside Leonard Bernstein’s joyous 24-hours in New York, On the Town (18 October), while the tormented and poignant Piano Concerto shares the stage with Mahler’s effervescent Fourth Symphony (4 October). Just as animated, albeit more combustibly, is Mussorgsky’s menacing and magical Night on a Bare Mountain (7 February) with soothing balm provided by the serenely beautiful Meditation from Massenet’s Thaïs in another season once-only opportunity to hear it in our opening concert (6 September). To Spain’s sunnier climes with the ‘Jota’ from Falla’s The Three-cornered Hat, a hint of what’s to come in a concert of fun, frolics and vivacious music including Dvorˇák’s feisty Carnival Overture and the hauntingly beautiful and hugely entertaining Second Piano Concerto by Brahms (8 November). And to end this 6th September Season Taster concert we travel from the old to the New World and Aaron Copland’s irresistibly romantic salute to the pioneering spirit of frontier America in Appalachian Spring (18 October), and back again to the elegance of 19th-century Vienna with Johann Strauss II’s irresistible Emperor Waltz, just one of the many polkas, marches and waltzes from the Strauss family and ravishing arias – with soprano Caro O’Sullivan – by Gounod, Offenbach and Lehár that will usher in the New Year in style (1 January, Dublin; 3 January, Cork). by Michael Quinn ‘The Story Begins’, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra’s 2013– 2014 Season Taster concert takes place on Friday 6 September at 8pm. All tickets ¤10. RTÉ NSO Main Season concert prices start at ¤10. Get the best value with a Season Package. Concert Packages (3 or more concerts) start from ¤28.50.

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THE INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES 2013-2014

OSLO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA VASILY PETRENKO, CONDUCTOR CHRISTIAN IHLE HADLAND, PIANO

Vasily Petrenko

WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 8PM Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra • Vasily Petrenko conductor • Christian Ihle Hadland piano Sibelius Grieg Tchaikovsky

Finlandia Op. 26 Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 Symphony No. 1 Op. 13 in G minor Winter Dreams

Tracing its roots back to the 1870s, Edvard Grieg and Johan Svendsen, the Oslo Philharmonic was established under its present name in 1919. Today it is a world renowned touring and recording orchestra, giving more than 70 concerts annually at its home the Oslo Concert Hall. Vasily Petrenko was introduced as Chief Conductor designate in 2011. His appointment in Oslo has received great national and international attention. “[Petrenko] inspired the orchestra to go well beyond its normal megawatt virtuosity, and this made for a blistering account of the Shostakovich.” John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune

Tickets: ¤55, ¤65, ¤75, ¤85 (Choir Balcony: ¤40) Presented by the National Concert Hall 8

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RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA: JOHN WILSON CONDUCTS ESSENTIAL CLASSICS

SEASON TASTER CONCERT THE STORY BEGINS! RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013-2014

John Wilson

THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 8PM

FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 8PM

RTÉ Concert Orchestra Danny Driver piano • John Wilson conductor

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Robert Houlihan conductor Paul Herriott presenter, RTÉ lyric fm

The phenomenal John Wilson conducts the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in an evening packed with famous classical music. One memorable melody after another, familiar from cartoons, films, ads, even Morecambe and Wise! Here’s your chance to hear this wonderful music live — Grieg’s Piano Concerto, Dukás’ The Sorceror’s Apprentice, Dvorˇák’s Carnival Overture and more — finishing with an almighty bang with Tchaikovsky’s stirring 1812 Overture.

Tickets: ¤22, ¤27, ¤33, ¤38 (Choir Balcony: ¤11) Concessions: ¤20, ¤24, ¤30, ¤34 (Choir Balcony: ¤10) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

A perfect opportunity to sample, for just ¤10, some of the treats in the RTÉ NSO’s new season celebrating the art of storytelling through the world’s greatest music. This packed programme of highlights includes magical moments from Mussorgsky’s fantastical A Night on the Bare Mountain, Tchaikovsky’s enchanting Sleeping Beauty, the spectacle of Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé, the vitality of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the gripping drama of Britten’s Peter Grimes.

Tickets: ¤10 Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

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THE SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL BI-CENTENARY CELEBRATION CONCERT

Mary Byrne

RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA: IOMAS – INTUITION

Iarla Ó Lionáird

SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 7PM

THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 8PM

Mary Byrne • Dublin Gospel Choir Howard Crosby (Bing Crosby’s nephew) Affinity • Deirdre Ni Cinneide Mary Kennedy compère

RTÉ Concert Orchestra • Iarla Ó Lionáird vocals • David Brophy conductor

An evening of music to mark the bi-centenary of Blessed Frederic Ozanam, the Founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The evening promises to entertain with a wonderful line-up of talented musicians.

This landmark project challenges an international range of composers to re-imagine traditional Irish sean-nós songs — in effect The Great Irish Songbook. One of Ireland’s most striking voices, Iarla Ó Lionáird (of The Gloaming and Afro Celt Sound System) joins the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in a fascinating first that draws on the unique influences of composers including Nico Muhly, David Lang, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin and Donnacha Dennehy. This project is funded by the Arts Council.

Tickets: ¤15 Presented by Society of St. Vincent de Paul Dublin

Tickets: ¤22, ¤27, ¤33, ¤38 (Choir Balcony: ¤11) Concessions: ¤20, ¤24, ¤30, ¤34 (Choir Balcony: ¤10) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

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NEW BEGINNINGS RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013-2014

Freddy Kempf

T with the Maggies

FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 8PM RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Freddy Kempf piano Alan Buribayev conductor Ed Bennett Rachmaninov Stravinsky

RTÉ commission (world premiere) Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Petrushka (1947)

The RTÉ NSO’s new season opens with a new piece by one of Ireland’s most talented young composers and two masterpieces exalting the adventure and opportunity of new beginnings. Rachmaninov’s optimistic Second Piano Concerto boasts one soaringly beautiful melody after another and Petrushka is a bright, brash, bold portrait of a puppet suddenly brought to life. Soundings, 7pm | In conversation Freddy Kempf & Ed Bennett

Tickets: ¤10, ¤18, ¤24, ¤30, ¤35 Concessions: ¤9, ¤16, ¤22, ¤27, ¤32 Save 5% –30% with an RTÉ NSO Subscriber package. Group discounts also available. Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 12

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SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 8PM T with the Maggies: Tríona agus Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill • Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh Moya Brennan Téada: Oisín Mac Diarmada Séamus Begley Paul Finn button accordion Damien Stenson flutes Seán Mc Elwain bouzouki/guitar Tristan Rosenstock bodhrán Anocht, déantar Gael Linn 60 Bliain a cheiliúradh. Gael Linn recording artists celebrate the 60th anniversary of an organisation which has played a central role in promoting Irish music. Savour the richness and beauty of Irish music from two of Ireland’s leading groups.

Tickets: ¤25, ¤30 (Choir Balcony: ¤20) Concessions: ¤22.50, ¤27 (Choir Balcony: ¤18) 20% discount for Friends of The National Concert Hall 20% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Gael Linn

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THE ALMA FETISH

TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 8PM Majella Cullagh Alma • Leigh Melrose Oskar • Daire Halpin Hulda Graeme Danby Russian Soldier • Chorus of Wide Open Opera RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • Fergus Sheil conductor The Alma Fetish by Raymond Deane (music) & Gavin Kostick (text) with Images by Pauline Bewick Following the break-up of his relationship with Alma Mahler, artist Oskar Kokoschka’s only path from spiralling despair is to commission a life-size doll of Alma to be made by the finest Parisian makers. He lives with the doll; eating meals, going to the opera, taking a ride in the park, until one day he “murders” her, discarding the “body” in the street. Concert performance of a new opera based on real events, by Raymond Deane and Gavin Kostick. Visual Images provided by Pauline Bewick

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RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA: JOHN WILSON CONDUCTS ESSENTIAL OPERA

PIPEWORKS

RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013-2014

Kai Rüütel

THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 8PM

FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 6.10PM

RTÉ Concert Orchestra John Wilson conductor Guests to include Kai Rüütel

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra David Adams organ

Operatic heaven in a gala evening of arias, duets, overtures and intermezzos. Gems like La donna è mobile, Che gelida manina, Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix, The Barber of Seville overture and lots more. A top international line-up joins the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under the remarkable John Wilson — ‘he has not only a perfectionist ear but also the will to make sure he gets what he wants’— The Irish Times.

Tickets: ¤25, ¤30, ¤35, ¤40 (Choir Balcony: ¤15) Concessions: ¤23, ¤27, ¤32, ¤36 (Choir Balcony: ¤13) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra 14

Liszt Orpheus Schumann Studien & Skizzen für den Pedal-Flügel: Nicht schnell und sehr markiert Innig Lebhaft Liszt (arr. Guillou) Prometheus The ‘heroic’ theme of the RTÉ NSO’s 8pm concert is heralded in this free concert through the presence of two great figures from Greek myth. Schumann is not known as an organist, but like Brahms owned a piano with pedalboard attachment; it was for this instrument he wrote tonight’s works.

FREE TICKETED EVENT Presented by Pipeworks in association with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and the National Concert Hall

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EROICA DAWN RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013-2014

Torléif Thedeen

HOW GREAT THOU ART. THE SPIRITUAL HITS CONCERT FEATURING IRELAND’S GREATEST VOICE RED HURLEY

Red Hurley

FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 8PM

SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 8PM

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Torléif Thedeen cello Gerhard Markson conductor

Red Hurley

Beethoven Prometheus Overture Schumann Cello Concerto in a minor Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E flat, ‘Eroica’ +surprise extra The cathedral-like dimensions of Beethoven’s mighty and majestic Third Symphony announced the dawn of Romanticism. Its potency and power remains undiminished in a journey of compelling energy and excitement. No less fiery is his Prometheus Overture while Schumann’s concerto exults in the poetic and the sublime.

Songs to include Our Father, I Walk With God, Amazing Grace, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Be Not Afraid, The Living Years, Ave Maria, Panis Angelicus, How Great Thou Art and many more. For the first time in Dublin, a unique evening of spiritual hits, religious and pop songs featuring arguably Ireland’s greatest voice Red Hurley featuring soprano Sandra Oman and guest choirs all accompanied by The Eugene McCarthy Big Band and Singers.

Free concert: 7pm RTÉ Cór na nÓg in the John Field Room Culture Night: 100 free tickets available from August. See www.rte.ie/nso

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Tickets: ¤30, ¤35, ¤39 (Choir Balcony: ¤25) Concessions: ¤28.50, ¤33.25, ¤37.05 (Choir Balcony: ¤23.75) 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 5% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Pat Egan Sound Ltd

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MUSIC FOR FUN

SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2PM/5PM The Music for Fun Orchestra Dave McGauran conductor Hearing and seeing an orchestra in concert is an experience children will remember forever! This family-friendly concert provides a fun and enlightening approach to music and will introduce young and old to a wide variety of musical styles. The programme includes some of the more popular classical workings, popular TV and movie themes as well as some current chart topping singles with an orchestral twist! Children particularly, will be captivated by the narrated story of Peter & the Wolf Prokofiev’s classical masterpiece, written with the intention of cultivating “musical tastes in children from the very first years in school”. With some of Ireland’s best musicians, the Music for Fun Orchestra will take the audience on a journey through time, capturing some of the history and ALL of the fun!

Tickets: ¤20 Children: ¤15 Concessions: ¤18 Family tickets (2 adults & 2children): ¤60 10% discount for the Friends of the National Concert Hall 20% discount for Young Maestros 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by The Music for Fun Orchestra Proudly supporting Laura Lynn House NATIONAL CONCERT HALL BOX OFFICE TEL: 01 417 0000 • www.nch.ie no booking fees

BEETHOVEN CLOSE UP

Charles Hazlewood

TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 1:05PM RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • Charles Hazlewood conductor Charles Hazlewood’s fresh performances of classical music shake up the traditional settings of the form to expose the deep, always-modern joy of orchestral music and to bring orchestral music alive for a new audience. Here he previews Beethoven symphonic highlights from the National Concert Hall’s International Concert Series 2013/2014 and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra’s 2013–2014 Season. In this unique, hour-long lunchtime concert he will discuss, explore and conduct excerpts from Symphonies Nos. 1, 5, 6 and 7. The perfect introduction to Beethoven and his development as a master symphonist. “Hazlewood is buoyant, vivacious and Tiggerishly enthusing…an unnatural amount of energy and reserves of invigorating sentimentality” - AA Gill, Sunday Times

Tickets: ¤10 Complimentary pair of tickets for Friends of the National Concert Hall and RTÉ NSO Full Package Subscribers. Please contact the Box Office before Wednesday 28th August to reserve your tickets. Presented by the National Concert Hall and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 18

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RACHMANINOV 140TH SOUL MUSIC RTÉ NATIONAL ANNIVERSARY SYMPHONY CONCERT

ORCHESTRA 2013-2014

Rachmaninov

TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 8PM Hugh Tinney piano Darina Gibson piano Aisling Drury-Byrne cello Linda O’Connor violin Svetlana Rudenko piano Tetyana Vlasuk piano Benjamin Russell baritone Rathdown Cantorí Choir Siobhan Kennedy-Perri director Celtic Choristers Choir Ethel Clancy director Dave Fadden whistles and Irish pipes Claire Sherry fiddle and banjo Darragh Fadden Irish flute Aimee Farrell-Courtney bodhran Claire’O’Dowda guitar A great selection of instrumental, vocal and choral works by Sergey Rachmaninov. Tickets: ¤12, ¤15, ¤18, ¤20 (Choir Balcony: ¤10) Concessions: ¤10.80, ¤13.50, ¤16.20, ¤18 (Choir Balcony: ¤9) 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Church in Ireland Sponsored by the Russian School of Music, Dublin City Council and the Embassy of the Russian Federation

RTÉ Philharmonic Choir

FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 8PM RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Miriam Murphy soprano • Imelda Drumm mezzo soprano • Bruce Sledge tenor Matthew Best bass • RTÉ Philharmonic Choir (chorus master Mark Hindley) Kenneth Montgomery conductor Verdi

Requiem

Every bit as intense, fervent, vital and dramatic as his operas, Verdi’s Requiem shouts out from pulpit and pew with a passion guaranteed to stir head, heart and soul. A thrilling, terrifying, tumultuous blend of orchestra, chorus and soloists, it offers the perfect tribute in the bicentenary year of the composer’s birth. Soundings, 7pm | In conversation Mark Hindley & Kenneth Montgomery

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SWING’S GREATEST HITS A CELEBRATION OF BENNY GOODMAN & GENE KRUPA

Benny Goodman & Gene Krupa

GLENN MILLER GREATEST HITS

Glenn Miller

SATURDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 8PM

SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 3:15PM

World renowned clarinetist, Mark Crooks, makes a welcome return to the Hall following the sell-out Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw concert series from 2006 to 2012. Mark is the King of the Clarinet tonight and in this wonderful concert the music of Benny Goodman - King of Swing - comes to life.

Chris Dean The fabulous Syd Lawrence Orchestra

America’s Ace Drummin’ Man, Gene Krupa, is universally recognised as one of the most influential drummers of the 20th century and the first superstar drummer. Like Gene Krupa, tonight’s drummer Richard Pite is best known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style. Listen to some old – style drumming and great tunes.

Take a trip down memory lane with Glenn Miller’s greatest hits. “Everything Glenn Miller played lives on” says Chris Dean, musical director, of the fabulous Syd Lawrence Orchestra (recently voted Best Big Band in the Land for the 12th consecutive year by Big Band International). The reason for the staying power of Glenn’s musical heritage lies with the unique arrangements coupled with the mesmerising Miller sax sound that captivated the fans in the 40’s and still captivates new fans today.

The number one Big Band Swing Show! Hear In The Mood, American Patrol, String of Pearls, Pennsylvania 6 – 5000, Moonlight Serenade and many more Miller classics. Tickets: ¤22, ¤37, ¤45, ¤49 15% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 15% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Popular Music 20

Tickets: ¤22, ¤37, ¤45, ¤49 15% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 15% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Popular Music

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SINATRA - THE VOICE OF THE CENTURY A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH HIS LIFE

MINI MUSIC Frank Sinatra

SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 8PM The sensational Chris Dean Big Band Orchestra & Singers Chris Dean musical director This wonderful and memorable show will transport you on a whirlwind tour of Sinatra’s early years – from 1939 with Harry James until his last five concerts in 1995. A walk down memory lane through the Capital Years with Nelson Riddle to Reprise Records and his magnificent performances with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra to Columbia Records. This musical journey through his life will feature some of the best loved Sinatra arrangements, such as Come Fly With Me, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, The Lady Is A Tramp, and many more.

Tickets: ¤22, ¤37, ¤45, ¤49 15% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 15% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Popular Music

Mini Music is an action-packed music workshop experience for babies and young children aged 3 months to 12 years old. 30-minute workshops take place on Saturdays at the National Concert Hall. Carefully designed to suit each of the age groups, workshops are fun and accessible with foot-tapping memorable tunes! Term one (10 weeks) begins on the 7th September. Limited spaces available. For information see our Education Events on page 100 or visit www.nch.ie Join our Young Maestros today and receive a 20% discount on up to 2 tickets for Mini Music workshops as well as priority booking on future workshops for the duration of your membership. Presented by the National Concert Hall Education & Outreach Department

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JOHN FIELD ROOM SEPTEMBER Monday 2 September 8PM A WALK AROUND THE GROUNDS Malachy Robinson violone • Laoise O’Brien recorders Francesco Turrisi percussion Eamon Sweeney baroque guitar Folías, Chaconnes, Canarios and more. Music from the 16th, 17th & 18th centuries from Ireland, Europe and the New World. Grounds (tunes based on recurring chord patterns) have been fundamental to composition and improvisation throughout recorded musical history - from simple strummed guitar tunes to Bach’s peerless Chaconne for unaccompanied violin. Tickets: ¤15 Concessions: ¤12 30% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 20% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by The Gregory Walkers

Friday 6 September 1:05PM SELF-PORTRAITS IN CALLIGRAMS, IZUMI KIMURA Izumi Kimura piano Izumi Kimura performs the solo piano masterpieces of the 20th century and the world premiere of new work by leading French jazz pianist and composer, Benoît Delbecq. “A thoughtful chill runs through the music of Benoît Delbecq, a French pianist of investigative temperament and crystalline technique.” The New York Times An exploration of subtlety, solitude and virtuosity of our time: dreams, nightmares, chaos, poems, self-portraits in calligrams. Tickets: ¤10 Concessions: ¤9 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by Izumi Kimura

Tuesday 3 September 8PM THE ROMANTIC TWENTIETH CENTURY GUITAR Morgan Buckley guitar 2013 is both the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth and the 50 year anniversary of his seminal work for solo guitar, Nocturnal after John Dowland. This evening’s concert marks this historic year with a selection of some of the finest repertoire across the twentieth century including works by José, Albéniz, Walton and Britten. The programme also includes Irish composer John Buckley’s masterly second guitar sonata.

Tuesday 10 September 8PM FREDDIE WHITE IN CONCERT Freddie White • Trish Hickey Freddie’s keen ear for quality songs, undisputed talent for interpretation and exemplary song-writing skills stand out. His latest album, Here With You was released in April 2012 introduces the wonderful singer Trish Hickey. Freddie moved to Sydney, Australia in March 2011 and this September will be his only Irish tour this year. His live performances are nothing short of legendary.

Tickets: ¤15 Concessions: ¤10.50 30% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by Morgan Buckley

Tickets: ¤22 Concessions: ¤19.80 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by The Headline Agency

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JOHN FIELD ROOM SEPTEMBER Wednesday 11 September 8PM EAMON KEANE IN CONCERT Eamon Keane pianist Eamon returns after a sellout concert here last April. Pianist, composer and singer/songwriter Eamon Keane drew a huge reaction after RTÉ Radio 1’s John Murray Show featured his virtuoso style piano playing and songs from his album Hang The Moon. Influences include Tom Waits, Chopin, Keith Jarrett and Radiohead. ‘Pure Genius ‘- John Sheahan of The Dubliners. Tickets: ¤15 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by Eamon Keane

Monday 16 September 8PM ELECTRIC IRELAND FEIS CEOIL YOUNG PLATFORM SERIES 2013 Presenter: Tanya Sewell • St Brigid’s Girls National School, Killester (Laura Wickham conductor) • Alana McManus piano • Luke Kehoe Roche violin • Sarah Brady soprano • Peter Regan/Phoebe White, piano/string duo • Seamus Wylie clarinet • Rachel Croash soprano • Dearbhla Maire Collins piano • Jennifer Murphy violin The Young Platform Series is a showcase of some of the most outstanding winners from Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil 2013. The series provides a prestigious performance opportunity for a number of highly talented young musicians. Tickets: ¤12 Concessions: ¤8 30% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by the Feis Ceoil Association Sponsored by Electric Ireland

Friday 13 September 1:05PM CORMAC AND CHRIS KENEVEY Cormac Kenevey vocal • Chris Kenevey piano Dan Bodwell double bass The critically acclaimed jazz singer is accompanied by his father in this rare trio performance of standards and popular favourites. Chris is a living legend of Irish show business with over fifty years’ experience of playing, directing and arranging for television, theatre, cabaret and film. He has performed with countless stars including Shirley Bassey, Josef Locke and Perry Como. “Hugely Impressive” - The Sunday Times Tickets: ¤16 25% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Cormac Kenevey

Wednesday 18 September 8PM FIONNUALA HUNT - A REFLECTION Fionnuala Hunt violin • Yuval Gotlibovich viola Marc Coppey cello • Heini Kärkkäinen piano The final concert in the series sees Fionnuala joined by international guests Yuval Gotlibovich (Israel), Heini Kärkkäinen (Finland) and Marc Coppey (France) for a beautiful chamber programme of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms. Tickets: ¤20 Concessions: ¤15 20% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by the National Concert Hall

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JOHN FIELD ROOM SEPTEMBER

Friday 20 September 1:05PM PERCUSSION DUO RECITAL Percussionists Caitriona Frost and Maeve O’Hara present their debut duo performance. Both musicians share a strong musical background, gaining broad experience and developing keen interest in various genres of music along the way, including classical, jazz, traditional and rock. This recital promises to deliver a fun and energetic performance, with an eclectic mix of repertoire for tuned instruments and more!

Friday 27 September 1:05PM PIGALLE - THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF EDITH PIAF Derby Browne • Cafe de Paris Ensemble Chanteuse Derby Browne performs her personal tribute to The Little Sparrow - Edith Piaf, with performances of La Vie en Rose, No Regrets, Autumn Leaves and Under The Bridges of Paris. Pigalle is packed with music from the cabarets and cafes of Paris, with romantic interludes from Parisian tea-shops, carnivals and market-places. New Pigalle CD now available, due to popular demand.

Tickets: ¤12 Concession: ¤10 Presented by Caitriona Frost and Maeve O’Hara

Tickets: ¤18. Friends of the National Concert Hall: ¤16 Concessions & groups of 10 or more: ¤16 Presented by Derby Browne

Monday 23 September 8PM ELECTRIC IRELAND FEIS CEOIL YOUNG PLATFORM SERIES 2013 Presenter: Herbie Sharman Caintairí Avondale (Ruaidhrí Ó Dálaigh conductor); Catherine Cotter cello; Jack Nolan/Luke Nolan piano duet; Sheena Styles saxophone; Peter O’Reilly tenor; Adam McDonagh/Nicole Robinson piano/vocal duet; Theo Foley viola; Conor Cavanagh oboe; Liam McManus guitar; Gemma Ní Bhriain mezzo soprano The Young Platform Series is a showcase of some of the most outstanding winners from Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil 2013. The series provides a prestigious performance opportunity for a number of highly talented young musicians.

Monday 30 September 8PM ELECTRIC IRELAND FEIS CEOIL YOUNG PLATFORM SERIES 2013 Presenter: Jack Morrissey Belvedere College Choir, Dublin, (Ruaidhrí Ó Dálaigh, conductor) • Caroline O’Connor violin • Killian Farrell piano Nadia Grimes flute • David Scott baritone • Eilis Lavelle harp Leanne Fitzgerald/Katelyn Galvin vocal duet Christopher Ellis cello • Gary Beecher piano • Young European Strings Chamber Orchestra (conductor Ronald Masin) The Young Platform Series is a showcase of some of the most outstanding winners from Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil 2013. The series provides a prestigious performance opportunity for a number of highly talented young musicians.

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OCTOBER HIGHLIGHT

THE SÃO PAULO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & MARIN ALSOP The new season’s International Concert Series welcomes a number of ‘first-time appearances’ at Earlsfort Terrace. Smaller ensembles include the Danish String Quartet, Amsterdam Sinfonietta and City of London Sinfonia while larger groups bring the Irish débuts of the Bournemouth Symphony next March and Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP) – the São Paulo Symphony on 26th October.

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here is an interesting connection between Bournemouth and São Paulo as the latter’s music director Marin Alsop was the former’s principal for six years from 2002. Now its conductor emeritus, she has also made a number of commercial recordings with both orchestras. Founded in 1954, the São Paulo Symphony undertook triumphant European tours in 2010 and 2012. Described as the leading and largest orchestra in South America, with 115 rostered musicians, this year’s fifteen-venue circuit covers Austria, England, France, Germany, Ireland and Switzerland. During its season, OSESP (Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de São Paulo) presents thirty-five weekly concerts, with each repeated two or three times, tours throughout Brazil and regularly plays elsewhere in South America. There are also recitals by OSESP’s chamber groups and, like the RTÉ NSO, the orchestra has related symphonic and children’s choirs. It commissions at least five works annually from native composers with Clarice Assad’s recently completed rhapsody Saravá, - commemorating the centenary of composer/poet Vinicius de Moraes – being featured at the National Concert Hall. A composer-in-residence programme has been in operation for some time with significant participation by England’s Thomas Adès, Argentina’s Osvaldo Golijov, Russia’s Sofia Gubaidulina and Finland’s Magnus Lindberg. There is an educational outreach programme and OSESP runs its own academy where up to twenty young artists receive on-going tuition from the orchestra’s principals and are given practical rank and file playing experience. Most of these developments stemmed from John Neschling, who became OSESP’s charismatic principal conductor in 1997 following the twenty-four year reign of Eleazar de Carvalho (1912-1996). During his tenure, Rio de Janeiro-born Viennese-trained Neschling negotiated improved musicians’ salaries and working conditions and raised the orchestra’s profile to international status. He was also one of those responsible for the conversion of the dilapidated Júlio Prestes railway terminal to the splendid fifteen-hundred-seat Sala São Paulo – OSESP’s base. However, not without some recriminations, his baton was handed on to Jan Pascal Tortelier in 2008. Now principal guest conductor in São Paulo,

Tortelier was the Ulster Orchestra’s music director from 1989 to 1992. Another Irish connection comes through former director of the National Chamber Choir, Celso Antunes, currently the orchestra’s associate conductor. New York-born Marin Alsop assumed the principal conductor’s mantle last year. Another magnetic musician she will direct the São Paulo Symphony here. A graduate of New York’s Julliard School, Marin Alsop, who also studied with Leonard Bernstein, was awarded the Koussevitzky Prize in Tanglewood in 1989. Engagements quickly followed with Maestra Alsop appointed principal conductor of the Colorado Symphony in 1993. Holding that position until 2005, she is presently Colorado’s conductor laureate. As well as retaining her aforementioned Bournemouth post, Marin Alsop became music director of the Baltimore Symphony in 2007 with her contract recently extended until 2015. Besides her innovative programming, Marin Alsop has spearheaded several outreach initiatives including OrchKids – a ‘music education and life improvement program’ for underprivileged youth across suburban Baltimore. A familiar figure on the podia of many of America’s leading orchestras, Marin Alsop has guest conducted with Bavarian Radio, Royal Concertgebouw, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Vienna Symphony and the London Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras. Marin Alsop passes another historic milestone on 7th September as the first woman to direct the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms. Awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for exceptional creative work, Marin Alsop became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008 and, hailed as ‘as a breath of fresh air in the music world’, was listed among the Top 100 Women by The Guardian in 2011. OSESP’s Dublin programme comprises Clarice Assad’s Saravá - Homage to Vinicius de Moraes; Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and Mahler’s First Symphony. Written by Pat O’Kelly, music critic for the Irish Independent. São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop, perform on Saturday 26th October 2013 8pm as part of the National Concert Hall’s International Concert Series 2013/2014. Tickets from ¤30.

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BIG ON BRITTEN: HEAVENLY LIFE RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013-2014

Mary Nelson

Barry Douglas

FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER 8PM RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Barry Douglas piano • Mary Nelson soprano Christian Arming conductor Britten Mahler

THE LATE NIGHT CONCERT BARRY DOUGLAS RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013–2014

Piano Concerto Symphony No. 4 in G

Britten’s only Piano Concerto boils with anguish, torment and poignancy in a bravura display of youthful passions while the sunniest of Mahler’s symphonies teems over with smiling good humour and effervescent joy before culminating in a glorious, resounding finale that revels in a child’s irresistibly blissful vision of Heaven. Soundings SPECIAL: 7pm Barry Douglas explores the score of Britten’s Piano Concerto on the main stage FREE Late Night 10.15pm Barry Douglas plays Brahms See separate calendar entry

FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER 10.15PM Brahms Brahms Brahms Brahms

Ballade in D major Op. 10 No. 2 Ballade in G minor Op. 118 No. 3 Intermezzo in B Flat minor Op. 117 No. 2 Rhapsody in E Flat major Op. 119 No. 4

Barry Douglas celebrates Brahms’ mastery of the piano in a late-night programme of music from the beginning and end of the composer’s life: from a serene youthful lullaby to an aged but virile leave-taking, and in between expressions of bold dynamism and heroism and a lilting, longingly plaintive lament of bittersweet beauty.

Tickets: ¤5 or free if attending the RTÉ NSO 8pm concert. 8pm ticket required for free entry. Unreserved seating Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

SIR JAMES GALWAY NATIONAL CONCERT HALL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2013

Sir James Galway

SATURDAY 5 OCTOBER 8PM Programme to include: Mozart D Major Concerto KV314 F. Borne Carmen Fantasie Howard Shore Lord of the Ring’s Suite H. Mancini Pink Panther Pennywhistle Jig Baby Elephant Walk D. Overton Galway Fair In 2013, the National Concert Hall will grant its second Annual Lifetime Achievement Award to the internationally renowned flautist Sir James Galway for his career and work for music both in Ireland and internationally. This gala concert event will be hosted by Miriam O’Callaghan. The evening will see Miriam talking to Sir James about his life and music. It will also feature Sir James performing some of his most popular music with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and a number of very special guests. A special gala evening with one of Ireland’s most acclaimed international stars, this is an evening not to be missed.

Tickets: ¤35, ¤40, ¤50, ¤60 VIP packages available from the box office 20% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall On sale for Friends of the National Concert Hall on Monday 12th August Public Booking opens Friday 16th August. Presented by the National Concert Hall NATIONAL CONCERT HALL BOX OFFICE TEL: 01 417 0000 • www.nch.ie no booking fees

THE INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES 2013-2014

ANN MURRAY, MEZZO SOPRANO DEARBHLA COLLINS, PIANO; FINGHIN COLLINS, PIANO

Ann Murray and Dearbhla and Finghin Collins

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 3PM Ann Murray mezzo soprano • Dearbhla Collins piano • Finghin Collins piano Programme to include Benjamin Britten’s A Charm of Lullabies, songs by Henry Purcell, Brahms and Irish traditional airs. Ann Murray and Dearbhla Collins will be joined by Finghin Collins and students from the Royal Irish Academy of Music for Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52. This concert is part of the Sunday Matinée Series in the International Concert Series ‘13/‘14

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JOSÉ FELICIANO

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José Feliciano

MONDAY 7 OCTOBER 8PM José Feliciano guitar with special guest Brian Hassan José Feliciano has been acclaimed by critics throughout the world as the greatest living guitarist. He has been awarded over 45 Gold and Platinum records, 16 Grammy nominations, won 6 Grammy Awards, and is in receipt of countless prestigious awards the world over. “Long before there was the term, world music, José Feliciano, was blending musical styles from the global jukebox ...” The New York Times

Tickets: ¤35, ¤45, ¤55 Presented by Wonderland Productions

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RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA: JOHN WILSON CONDUCTS SOUTH PACIFIC

THURSDAY 10/FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER 8PM RTÉ Concert Orchestra • John Wilson conductor I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair, Some Enchanted Evening and There is Nothing Like a Dame — just three of the timeless hits from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic wartime romance musical, South Pacific. Now the RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor and unrivalled Rodgers & Hammerstein aficionado John Wilson is joined by world-class vocalists in an enchanting concert performance of this multiple Tony Award-winning favourite. Expect John Wilson to show the audiences exactly why he has become one of the most talked-about conductors of recent times, and why his Rodgers & Hammerstein album last year shot into the top 20 of the British pop charts — pure musical class!

Tickets: ¤25, ¤30, ¤35, ¤40 (Choir Balcony: ¤15) Concession: ¤23, ¤27, ¤32, ¤36 (Choir Balcony: ¤13) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra 32

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DEFENCE FORCES ANNUAL GALA CONCERT

GROUP BOOKERS GOT A GROUP GET A DEAL Defence Forces School of Music

SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER 8PM Bands of The Defence Forces Guest Artist Celine Byrne Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Defence Forces School of Music, the combined military bands, pipers and special guest artist - soprano Celine Byrne join forces for an evening of military favourites and popular arias. This is the highlight of the year for all band enthusiasts.

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The proceeds of this concert are donated to the Defence Forces Benevolent Fund and Soldiers Aid Fund.

Tickets: ¤25 Presented by Second Brigade Sponsored by the Irish Blood Transfusions Service

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THE INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES 2013-2014

THE SIXTEEN - CHORAL PILGRIMAGE 2013 ‘THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN’

The Sixteen

SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER 8PM ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL Plainsong Palestrina Allegri MacMillan MacMillan Palestrina Palestrina Palestrina MacMillan Palestrina MacMillan Palestrina

Regina caeli Kyrie (from Missa Regina caeli) Miserere Dominus dabit benignitatem (from The Strathclyde Motets) Videns Dominus (from The Strathclyde Motets) Stabat Mater a8 Regina caeli a8 Vineam meam non custodivi (from Song of Songs) O radiant dawn (from The Strathclyde Motets) Pulchrae sunt genae tuae (from Song of Songs) Miserere Agnus Dei I-III (from Missa Regina caeli)

‘This London-based choir now occupies a place among the world’s elite ensembles’ The Choral Review, USA PLEASE NOTE VENUE IS ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL

Tickets: ¤40 Presented by the National Concert Hall 34

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Karl K Jenkins advert for NCH calendar July 2013_Layout 1 30/07/2013 17:22 Page 1

OUR LADY’S CHORAL SOCIETY • RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA Na�onal Concert Hall • Tuesday 5th November, 2013 Proinnsías Ó Duinn, conductor Cole�e Boushell, soprano | Raphaela Mangan, alto | Stuart Kinsella, tenor | Jeﬀrey Ledwidge, bass Gavin Jones, boy soprano | Wesley College Youth Choir

P E A C E The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace

Karl Jenkins

St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226

Rumi, 1207-1273

Sir Thomas Malory, 1405-1471

St Seraphim of Sarov, 1754-1833

Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792-1822

Bahá'u'lláh, 1817-1892

The Peacemakers Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948

Albert Schweitzer, 1875-1965

Mother Teresa, 1910-1997

Nelson Mandela, 1918-

Anne Frank, 1929-1945

Mar n Luther King 1929-1968

The Dalai Lama, 1935-

Terry Waite, 1939-

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THE INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES 2013-2014

THE SIXTEEN; HARRY CHRISTOPHERS, CONDUCTOR & LUCY CROWE, SOPRANO

The Sixteen

SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER 8PM Handel

Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened (Coronation Anthem) Silete Venti Nisi Dominus Dixit Dominus

For its second Dublin concert, The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra perform music by Handel, whose great Messiah had its first performance in the city in 1742. After 32 years of worldwide performance and recording, The Sixteen is recognised as one of the world’s greatest ensembles. Comprising of choir and period-instrument orchestra, The Sixteen’s total commitment to the music it performs is its greatest distinction and derives from the passions of conductor and founder Harry Christophers. At home in the UK, The Sixteen are “The Voices of Classic FM” and Associate Artists of The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

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BEETHOVEN MADE ME PADDY COLE & BY JOHN O’CONOR FRIENDS IN CONCERT

John O’Conor

Paddy Cole

MONDAY 14 OCTOBER 8PM

TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER 8PM

John O’Conor piano

Paddy Cole All Stars with Special Guests Waterford Male Voice Choir

In the first of a series, internationally renowned Beethoven exponent, John O’Conor, will give in words and music, a unique insight into the momentous influence the great composer has had on his career. In his own inimitable way, he will talk about his efforts to “master the Master” and play some of Beethoven’s most loved solo piano music.

Tickets ¤20, ¤25, ¤30 (Choir Balcony: ¤15) Presented by Dublin International Piano Competition in association with RTÉ lyric fm 38

A lively evening of music and song is promised with Paddy and his band, and special guests Waterford Male Voice Choir. Paddy has been performing for the Friends of St Luke’s since 2001 and has raised over ¤175,000 for cancer care.

Tickets: ¤30 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by The Friends of St Luke’s

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VERDI 200 A CELEBRATION OF THE 200TH YEAR OF HIS BIRTH

THE JOE DOLAN CLASSIC HITS CONCERT FEATURING RONAN COLLINS

Ronan Collins

WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER 8PM

THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER 8PM

Miriam Murphy soprano Angela Papale soprano Sinead Campbell Wallace soprano Raphaela Mangan contralto Michael Wade Lee tenor • Simon Thorpe baritone • John Molly bass • The Lyric Opera Chorus • RTÉ Concert Orchestra Vivian Coates director/designer Killian Farrell chorus master

Ronan Collins with The Eugene McCarthy Big Band & Singers

The world celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi this year. Lyric Opera presents choral selections from the works Verdi plus solo, duets and scenes from Otello, Macbeth, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Stiffelio, Il Trovatore, Nabucco, Don Carlos and his Requiem.

This show is, without doubt, the nearest it comes to recreating the magic of Joe Dolan live on stage. Ronan Collins, the RTÉ Radio 1 DJ, is one of the finest pop vocalists around and together with his big band and singers brings Joe Dolan back to life with the full catalogue of his classic hits from The Answer To Everything to Goodnight Vienna.

Tickets: ¤25, ¤38, ¤48 10% discount for Friends of The National Concert Hall Presented by Lyric Opera Productions in partnership with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra 40

Tickets: ¤25, ¤30, ¤35 (Choir Balcony: ¤20) Concessions: ¤22.50, ¤27, ¤31.50 (Choir Balcony: ¤18) 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Pat Egan Sound Ltd

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BIG ON BRITTEN: BRITTEN & AMERICA RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013-2014

Gary Walker

FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER 8PM RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Marie-Luise Neunecker horn • Andrew Staples tenor • Gary Walker conductor Bernstein On The Town: Three Dance Episodes Britten Serenade For Tenor, Horn And Strings Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Copland Appalachian Spring Bursting with pizzazz and showmanship, Bernstein’s On the Town celebrates New York in irresistible style while Copland’s gorgeous, melody-filled ballet score is as ripe, romantic and ravishing as the American dream that captivated Benjamin Britten, whose shadow-lit, spiritual song cycle and operatically vivid invocations of the sea are high-water marks of 20th Century music.

GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC

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Soundings, 7pm | In conversation Marie Louise Neunecker, Andrew Staples & Gary Walker Tickets: ¤10, ¤18, ¤24, ¤30, ¤35 Concessions: ¤9, ¤16, ¤22, ¤27, ¤32 Save 5%–15% with an RTÉ NSO Subscriber package. Group discounts also available. Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

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WALLACE & GROMIT’S MUSICAL MARVELS

Wallace & Gromit

SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER 3:30PM & 7:30PM SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 11AM & 3PM Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels makes its Irish debut following a sell-out premiere at the Proms in 2012 at the Royal Albert Hall. Everyone’s favourite hapless inventor and his faithful dog have turned their hands (and paws) to the music business to create this brand new Wallace and Gromit mini-adventure. This musical event is full of invention and features some cracking brand new animation plus timeless Wallace and Gromit moments. All set to a live orchestral performance of classical favourites by Mozart, Debussy and Stravinsky, performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. What’s more, Wallace is positively beaming with pride, having been commissioned to create a brand new piece of music for the concert. So with Gromit at his side, Wallace is preparing for his musical masterpiece, My Concerto in Ee Lad…what could possibly go wrong?

Ticket: ¤25 Family ticket (2 adults & 2 children): ¤80 10% discount for Friends and Young Maestros of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the National Concert Hall and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in association with BBC Worldwide Print Media partner The Irish Times 42

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BUDDY VS THE KILLER MOZART’S VIOLIN

RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013-2014

Baiba Skride

THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER 8PM

FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 8PM

Billy Geraghty stars as Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly with his fabulous band.

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Baiba Skride violin/director

Starring Billy Geraghty, The West End star of Great Balls of Fire and Buddy. This two hour show is packed with hits from the greatest era in Rock & Roll history….That’ll Be The Day, Not Fade Away, Everyday, Peggy Sue, Great Balls of Fire, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, Baby, Sweet Dreams and many more.

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Symphony No. 31 in D, Paris Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, Strasbourg Mozart’s violin concertos are wonders of youthful invention with the First boasting a brilliantly witty finale, the Second exuberantly extrovert and virtuosic, and the fleet-footed Third (popularised in the Russell Crowe film Master and Commander) memorably borrowing a French folk tune. The athletic, adrenalin-packed Paris Symphony delivers entertainment at full throttle. Soundings, 7pm | In conversation Baiba Skride

Tickets: ¤25, ¤30, ¤35 (Choir Balcony: ¤20) 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more and the unwaged Presented by Pat Egan Sound Ltd

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SÃO PAULO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH MARIN ALSOP

Marin Alsop

SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER 8PM Latin American Weekend Clarice Assad Saravá Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major Recently named by the English magazine Gramophone as one of three up-and-coming ensembles among the world’s greatest orchestras, the São Paulo Symphony continues to reaffirm its commitment to the development of Brazilian musical culture on the global as well as national level. 2012 represented a major new chapter in the Orchestra’s history, with Marin Alsop taking up the post of Chief Conductor, as well as Brazilian Celso Antunes in the role of Associate Conductor. “You could hardly have wished for a livelier performance or for a better leader than Ms. Alsop, the rare symphonic conductor entirely at ease in vernacular idioms.” The New York Times “Under the careful baton of Marin Alsop, the feel good factor was stratospheric.” The Guardian

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BRAZILIAN GUITAR QUARTET

Brazilian Guitar Quartet

SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 3PM Latin American Weekend Heitor Villa-Lobos 3 African Folk Dances Farrapós (Young People’s Dance) Kankukus (Elder’s Dance) Kankikis (Children’s Dance) Heitor Villa-Lobos String Quartet no.12 Allegro Andante malinconico Scherzo - Allegretto leggiero Allegro ben ritmato Manuel de Falla 4 Spanish Pieces Aragonesa Cubana Montañesa Andaluza Isaac Albéniz Azulejos Enrique Granados El Fandango de Candil and El Pelele “Everything came together beautifully: the ensemble was tight, the contrapuntal interplay was crisp…The quartet played… engagingly and with a virtuosic flair.” The New York Times

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DINO SALUZZI

Dino Saluzzi

SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 8PM Latin American Weekend Dino Saluzzi bandoneon • Anja Lechner cello • Felix Saluzzi saxophone, clarinet Argentinian bandoneon master Dino Saluzzi is keeper of the flame for his mentor and friend Astor Piazzola, and remains the leading exponent of modern tango music. Joined here by cellist Anja Lechner and saxophonist Felix Saluzzi, this remarkable trio evokes emotional and lyrical textures that linger in the hinterland between classical, jazz and world music. “...Combines the formality of chamber music with folk elements and jazz improvisation to produce something uniquely beautiful. Though these measured, impressionistic pieces are rooted in Dino´s culture, they evoke the universal: nostalgia, playfulness, solitude and celebration, sentiment and sentimentality” Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times

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RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA MOVIE SCREENING: VERTIGO — LIVE!

Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo

THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER 8PM RTÉ Concert Orchestra This Hallowe’en night, lose your balance in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 psychological thriller Vertigo, voted ‘Greatest Film of All Time’ in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics’ poll. Watch the film on the big screen, beneath which the RTÉ Concert Orchestra performs Bernard Herrmann’s sensational score, described by Martin Scorsese as music that is built around spirals and circles, penetrating to the heart of obsession.

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Few composers have contributed more to film than Bernard Herrmann, who in over 40 scores enriched the work of such directors as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, François Truffaut, and Martin Scorsese.

Tickets: ¤25, ¤30, ¤35, ¤40 (¤15 Restricted View) Concession: ¤23, ¤27, ¤32, ¤36 (¤13 Restricted View) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra 48

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2013 / 2014 SeaSon

Verdi 200

a Gala Celebration of 200 years of Verdi’s birth

Direct from The 2013 International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Buxton, England

With Soloists & the Lyric opera Chorus with the RTÉ Concert orchestra

Full Sets, Costumes & orchestra Lyric opera orchestra

WEDNESDAY 16

SAT 15, SuN 16 & TuES 18

OCT 2013

FEb 2014

NATIONAL CONCERT HALL

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JOHN FIELD ROOM OCTOBER Jim Doherty and Honor Heffernan

Tuesday 1 October 8PM “WE’RE OLD-FASHIONED” PRESENTS AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER… Honor Heffernan • Jim Doherty trio Honor Heffernan, Jim Doherty and the gang bring you hit songs from the end of WW11, 1945-46 a great time for great songs Tickets: ¤25 Concessions: ¤22.50 Friends of the National Concert Hall: ¤22.50 Presented by Paul Black

Peggy Lee

Friday 4 October 1:05PM IS THAT ALL THERE IS? Susannah De Wrixon Susannah has long been associated with the repertoire of Peggy Lee. In this concert she picks her most requested tunes. Peggy Lee was a song stylist with few equals and the show gives praise to her brilliant career. Hear tunes from her Benny Goodman era, her film roles and of course her biggest hits, Fever, is that all there is?, Mr Wonderful and many more. Tickets: ¤15 10% discount for Friends of The National Concert Hall Presented by Susannah de Wrixon

Rachel Kelly

Wednesday 2 October 8PM BERNADETTE GREEVY BURSARY RECITAL: RACHEL KELLY Join mezzo-soprano, Rachel Kelly winner of the 2012 Bernadette Greevy Bursary, for a warming selection of songs on an autumn evening. The recital will include Vivaldi’s Sposa son disprezzata, Mahler’s Lieder eines Farenden and Handel’s Dopo Notte as well as charming renditions of Irish favourites Sally Gardens arranged by Herbert Hughes and Thomas Moore’s Meeting of the Waters. The National Concert Hall has also commissioned a new piece by an Irish composer for Rachel which will be premiered at this performance. Tickets: ¤15 Friends of the National Concert Hall: ¤13.50 Concession: ¤13 Presented by the National Concert Hall The National Concert Hall wishes to acknowledge the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for its kind support of the Bernadette Greevy Bursary for Singers.

Olivia Trummer

Tuesday 8 October 8PM AN EVENING OF ENCHANTMENT…OLIVIA TRUMMER Olivia Trummer piano/vocal • Dave Redmond double bass Kevin Brady drums Olivia Trummer, following a magnificent debut in Ireland at the 12 Points Jazz Festival in February this year embarks on a national tour beginning in the John Field Room. Olivia has performed with many notable figures including Bobby McFerrin and has appeared in Carnegie Hall. Olivia has won the Federal Young Musician of the Year award on no less than five occasions. A night of charm, sophistication and elegance is what’s in store. Not to be missed. Tickets: ¤22 Concessions: ¤19.80 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Teddy D Promotions. Sponsored by the Goethe Institut

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JOHN FIELD ROOM OCTOBER Hazel O Connor

Wednesday 9 October 8PM HAZEL O’CONNOR & CORMAC DE BARRA Hazel O Connor • Cormac De Barra • Ruairí de Barra The rock star has returned to her soul folk-roots, live and on-stage. Hazel O’Connor performs with the celebrated Irish harpist Cormac De Barra, in a captivating and intimate special performance. They will be joined for this performance by multi-instrumentalist Ruairí de Barra on guitar, percussion and low whistle. Tickets: ¤20 Concessions: ¤18 10% discount for Friends of The National Concert Hall 10% discount for group of 10 or more Presented by The Headline Agency

Gerry Noonan and Dara MacMahon

Svetlana Rudenko

Friday 18 October 1:05PM SVETLANA RUDENKO, PIANO Beethoven Sonata Pathetique, Op. 13 Scriabin Five Preludes Op.74 Liszt Mephisto-Walzer Enjoy a musical excursion to the world of Beethoven, Liszt and Scriabin. “I create the world through the play of my moods, with my smiles, my sighs, my caresses, my anger, my hopes, my doubts…I bring not truth but freedom’’. Alexander Scriabin, notebook, 1904-5 Tickets: ¤15 Concessions: ¤12 School groups: ¤5 Presented by Svetlana Rudenko

Elizabeth Pink

Friday 11 October 1:05PM THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF DUBLIN’S THEATRE ROYAL Dara MacMahon mezzo-soprano • Gerry Noonan baritone, accompanied by Pauline Cooper Dara and Gerry return with another trip down memory lane explore the history of the iconic Theatre Royal by celebrating the great stars that performed there and their music. The Royal, as it was affectionately known by Dubliners, closed fifty years ago in June 1963. The show will also feature a slideshow of rare photos and archival footage from the Royal.

Friday 25 October 1:05PM “WHERE CORALS LIE” Elizabeth Pink contralto • Tim Tozer piano Programme will include Hamilton Harty: Sea Wrack; Elgar: Where Corals Lie; Berlioz: Sur les Lagunes; Schubert: Am Bach im Frühling; Kurt Weill: My Ship Elizabeth and Tim return to the John Field Room, inviting you to share glimpses of lakes, rivers, oceans, boats and streams as portrayed in song by favourite composers. A relaxing lunchtime voyage to ease you into the long weekend and inspire your imagination!

Tickets ¤15 Concessions: ¤12 Presented by Dara MacMahon and Gerry Noonan in association with Conor Doyle, god-child of Jimmy O’Dea

Tickets: ¤12 Concessions: ¤9.60 25% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 20% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Elizabeth Pink

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INTERNATIONAL CONC International Orchestral Series Wednesday 4 September 2013, 8pm Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko conductor Christian Ihle Hadland piano Tickets from ¤40

Wednesday 6 November 2013, 8pm Philip Martin piano Tickets from ¤20

Sunday 24 November 2013, 8pm Leif Ove Andsnes piano Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Saturday 26 October 2013, 8pm São Paulo Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop conductor

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Thursday 27 March 2014, 8pm Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kirill Karabits conductor Nicola Benedetti violin

Piano Masters Series

Thursday 20 February 2014, 8pm John Lill piano - 70th Birthday Celebration Saturday 19 April 2014, 8pm Lang Lang piano Tickets from ¤45

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Great Artists Series

Saturday 12 April 2014, 8pm City of London Sinfonia Michael Collins clarinet/conductor

Tuesday 21 January 2014, 8pm Joshua Bell violin Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

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DI CH VID OO UA L OF SE TI CO YO CKE A NC UR TS 10 E OW NO % RT DI S N P W O SC AN A N OU D CK SA G A NT E L T GE E

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Wednesday 29 January 2014, 8pm Thomas Hampson baritone Amsterdam Sinfonietta Tickets from ¤25

Tuesday 22 April 2014, 8pm Danish String Quartet Tickets from ¤20

CERT SERIES 2013/2014 International Choral Series

Sunday Matinée Series

Saturday 12 October 2013, 8pm The Sixteen Harry Christophers conductor ‘The Queen of Heaven’ St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Sunday 6 October 2013, 3pm Ann Murray mezzo-soprano Dearbhla Collins piano Finghin Collins piano

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Sunday 27 October 2013, 3pm Brazilian Guitar Quartet

Sunday 13 October 2013, 8pm The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra Harry Christophers conductor Lucy Crowe soprano Händel - The National Concert Hall

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Sunday 10 November 2013, 3pm Jonathan Lemalu baritone Malcolm Martineau piano

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Sunday 9 February 2014, 8pm Chanticleer

Sunday 27 April 2014, 3pm Sunday 11 May 2014, 3pm Sunday 25 May 2014, 3pm Catherine Leonard violin Hugh Tinney piano

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Sunday 4 May 2014, 8pm Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Choir of Enlightenment Sir Simon Rattle conductor Susan Gritton soprano John Mark Ainsley tenor Peter Rose bass Tickets from ¤45

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NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHT

THE LATEST ON LEMALU New Zealand’s great bass-baritone

onathan Fa’afetai Lemalu is a big guy. Not as big perhaps as a certain towering Welshman whose name jumps effortlessly to the top of the queue when the best bass-baritones in the world are being discussed. This is a popular pastime among opera lovers as deep-lying baritones seem to have grabbed the public favouritism that was once the exclusive preserve of high-flying tenors. Ireland is not exactly over-endowed with bass-baritones. There has, in truth, been a national drought for ages, and maybe that’s the reason we value them so much when they come our way. Bryn Terfel dropped in last June with ecstatic results at the National Concert Hall so the arrival here of Lemalu,

considered in his native country of New Zealand as the best Maori-born singer since Kiri Te Kanawa, will certainly be a highlight in the matinée section of the International Concert Series 2013/ 2014. Now 37 years old, Lemalu, the son of Samoan immigrants -- Fa’afetai, means ‘thank you’ -- must have caught the eye of All-Black scouts during his school days. Sturdy of build in true Samoan style, he exudes the solidity and confidence to prop up a scrum, but it was in the less heady (and sweaty) environment of church choirs that he learned the trade that has made him an international singing star today. “My parents were by no means wealthy and wanted the best for me, so my mother enrolled me for all the

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church choirs she could -- even if they were not of our religion,” he recalls. After winning all round him in New Zealand’s top competition (with help from Kiri’s own Hungarian-born music teacher Vera Rosza) he arrived in London in 2000 with his music sheets and scores, letters of introduction and, in his back-pocket a useful back-up -- a law degree from the University of Otago, where he had also studied music. Three years at the Royal College of Music, where he won the esteemed gold medal, saw him winning a rake of top accolades, including the Kathleen Ferrier Award. His reputation quickly took wing in the professional sphere, not least when his first album, a collection of lieder works, won the prestigious Gramophone Award for best debut album in 2002. “A major new talent destined for greatness. Every so often a musician arrives on the scene with a talent so richly endowed that the musical world sits up and takes note,’’ boomed Gramophone itself, Newspaper scribes went into maudlin mode describing the young man as “the Next Big Thing’’ and (definitely worthy of Masterchef) “a voice that is “sumptuously honeyed’’ and “richly creamy, like slow melted chocolate’’. Fame was flashing its besotting charms in his direction and not for a career in pastry-making. It came very soon via the BBC Proms, a programme that can convert classical talent into household names overnight. Such was the case with Lemalu whose vocal quality and personal warmth resonated of his South Seas ancestry. More than one newspaper declared him “King of the Proms’’ and he has appeared consistently on the popular television show over the last decade. Like all leading singers, he works extremely hard, and admits he is fiercely competitive -- particularly with himself. Being a stickler for detail in all aspects of his performance, led him in recent times to learn Chinese so as to perform in that vast land.

Since his early beginnings in London, Lemalu has performed in many of the great opera houses of Europe, the US and Australia. While his repertoire so far skirts around Wagner, he has conquered every other area including Verdi, Britten and Mozart, and is happy to point out that his voice is still darkening and deepening -- a nod towards Wotan, perhaps. A major triumph for Lemalu was the part of Queequeg, the Polynesian harpooner, in Dallas Opera’s production of Jake Heggie’s Moby Dick in 2010. This was a role for which his ethnicity fitted perfectly and he was immensely proud of his portrayal. The catalogue of conductors with whom he has worked reads like a who’s who of the best and includes such as Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Pappano, Simon Rattle and Colin Davis. Lemalu is based in central London with his wife, Croatian mezzo-soprano Sandra Martinovic (who is also an opera director) and their son Joshua. The bass-baritone estimates that he spends two thirds of his time travelling the world and has spoken in philosophical terms about what that means. “Opera singing is an inherently nomadic life. If you want to be at the top of this business or want a good living, you have to be prepared to travel and that means knowing how to continue or create a life for yourself wherever you are.’’ “We need to know where the supermarkets, banks, trains and tubes are, and now we need to know where playgrounds and children’s cinemas and things are. I guess we’ve just got really good at creating our lives at wherever our suitcases land.” By Dick O’Riordan, classical music columnist with The Sunday Business Post

Jonathan Lemalu performs in the National Concert Hall’s Sunday Matinée Series (3pm) on November 10 with accompanist Malcolm Martineau (piano). Tickets: ¤30 Tel 01-4170000 or www.nch.ie

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VERDI OPERA GALA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL

Cara O’Sullivan and Fiona Murphy

FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 8PM Cara O’Sullivan soprano • Fiona Murphy mezzo-soprano • Peter Auty tenor RTÉ Concert Orchestra • Robert Houlihan conductor This spectacular evening will feature some of Verdi’s most popular operatic and orchestral works. Join some of Ireland’s most beloved voices, soprano Cara O’Sullivan, mezzo soprano Fiona Murphy, tenor Peter Auty and conductor Robert Houlihan with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra for this magical evening of music to celebrate Verdi’s bi-centennial. This concert is the Friends of the National Concert Hall annual gala celebration. Friends membership starts from ¤115 a year. Join today by calling the Friends Booking Line 01 408 6777.

Tickets: ¤25, ¤35, ¤45 (Choir Balcony: ¤15) 30% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Priority booking opens 2 August for Friends. General public booking opens 2 September 2013. Two discounted tickets per Friend only. Presented by the National Concert Hall 56

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INSIDE THE MUSIC STEPHEN TRIFFITT SINGS THE VERY BEST WITH THE RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY OF MATT MONRO ORCHESTRA

Stephen Triffitt

Alan Buribayev

SATURDAY 2 NOVEMBER 8PM

SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 3PM

Stephen Triffitt with the Eugene McCarthy Big Band & Singers

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • Alan Smale violin • Stephen Johnson presenter Alan Buribayev conductor

Stephen Triffitt, the West End star, will perform all the very best songs from the legendary Matt Monro to include Born Free, Softly As I Leave You, From Russia With Love, On Days Like These, My Love And Devotion, Michelle, The Impossible Dream, Speak Softly Love (Theme from The Godfather), For Mama and many more.

Tickets: ¤27, ¤33, ¤38 (Choir Balcony: ¤22) Concessions: ¤24.30, ¤29.70, ¤34.20 (Choir Balcony: ¤19.80) 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Pat Egan Sound Ltd

Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor Hindemith Violin Concerto (1939) Music presenter and writer Stephen Johnson explores the scores of two contrasting works by two German-born composers from different eras: Beethoven’s ever popular Symphony No. 5, dating from the first decade of the nineteenth century and Hindemith’s Violin Concerto, composed in the late 1930s. Illustrative excerpts from each work will be presented prior to a complete performance by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Leader Emeritus and soloist Alan Smale and Principal Conductor Alan Buribayev. Part of FORTE! The RTÉ NSO’s Musical Discovery Programme

Tickets: ¤10, ¤15, ¤20 Concessions: ¤9, ¤13.50, ¤18 5% discount for RTÉ NSO Subscribers Group Discounts 5% – 10% Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

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DIT CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AND DRAMA: SYMPHONIC DANCES

THE PEACEMAKERS THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE OUR LADY’S CHORAL SOCIETY

Colette Boushell

MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 8PM DIT Symphony Orchestra • David O’Doherty violin • Gillian Williams, violin David Brophy conductor Adams The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra Piazzolla-Adams La Mufa Todo Buenos Aires David Fennessy This is how it feels (Another Bolero) Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 John Adams’ driven rhythms are followed by his orchestrations of Piazzolla’s powerful Argentine tangos. DIT graduate David Fennessy imagines “a microscopic orchestra all seated in the swirl of a fingerprint”. Rachmaninoff’s final completed composition is both vibrant and melancholic with the spirit of Russia and dance intertwined.

Tickets: ¤15 Concessions: ¤10 20% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 20% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama 58

TUESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 8PM Our Lady’s Choral Society Colette Boushell soprano Raphaela Mangan alto Jeffrey Ledwidge bass Stuart Kinsella tenor Gavin Jones boy soprano RTÉ Concert Orchestra Proinnsias Ó Duinn conductor Karl Jenkins

The Peacemakers The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace

‘The Peacemakers is dedicated to the memory of all those who lost their lives during armed conflict: in particular, innocent civilians. When I composed The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace for the millennium, it was with the hope of looking forward to a century of Peace. Sadly, nothing much has changed.’ - Karl Jenkins

Tickets: ¤25, ¤30 Concessions: ¤22.50, ¤27 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by Our Lady’s Choral Society

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Patron Circle

Join our Circle of National Concert Hall Patrons The support of our Patrons underpins every aspect of our work, from our achievements on stage, to our education and outreach work in the community, our plans for the development of our landmark building and our focus on ensuring access to music for all. Patron Circle benefits include: Complimentary tickets Priority booking and a personalised service Invitations to “Meet the Artist” receptions Listings in our publications to include concert programmes Join us today. For further information contact: Sinéad Hope Fundraising and Development Manager Tel: + 353 1 4170072, www.nch.ie E-mail: Sinead.Hope@nch.ie

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THE INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES 2013-2014

PHILIP MARTIN, PIANO

Philip Martin

WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 8PM Visions of the night Mozart Sonata in B flat, K333 Chopin Two Nocturnes – Op. 15, No. 3 and Op. 27, No. 1 Chopin Two Impromptus: A flat & C sharp minor (Fantasie – impromptu) Philip Martin Visions of the Night (3 Nocturnes) Philip Martin New York Nights Beethoven Sonata Op. 27, No. 2 Moonlight Chopin 3 Walzes, Op. 64, No.2; Op. 34 No. 2 and No. 3 Gottschalk Melody (1853 Havana) Solitude Le Bananier Le Banjo “Scintillating technique, a keen sense of line, elegance in the history of Gottschalk’s piano music. Philip Martin is the pre-eminent interpreter of the 1980s and 1990s”. Philip Martin combines a busy solo performing career with that of a composer and teacher. He made his London debut in the Wigmore Hall. He also held the UK-US Bicentennial Arts Fellowship and has been a guest at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Summer School, giving master classes and recitals. Philip Martin teaches piano and composition at the Birmingham Conservatoire and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Tickets: ¤25, ¤30, ¤35, ¤40 (Choir Balcony: ¤20) Presented by the National Concert Hall 60

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RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA: KENNEDY 50th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

President John F. Kennedy

CARNIVAL DANCE RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013-2014

Jonathan Schiffman

THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER 8PM

FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER 8PM

RTÉ Concert Orchestra Bryan Dobson presenter

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Antti Siirala piano Jonathan Schiffman conductor

In November 1963, humanity was shaken by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a man who had captured the world’s imagination. Bryan Dobson presents this 50th anniversary concert by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra featuring music from pivotal moments of his life, music forever associated with him, and film footage of key speeches. From Bernstein’s Fanfare for his inauguration to The Boys of Wexford, sung by crowds on his Irish visit, to music from John Williams’ score to JFK.

Tickets: ¤22, ¤27, ¤33, ¤38 (Choir Balcony: ¤11) Concessions: ¤20, ¤24, ¤30, ¤34 (Choir Balcony: ¤10) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Dvorˇák Carnival Overture Falla The Three-Cornered Hat Suites 1 & 2 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat Dvoárˇk’s feisty Carnival Overture heralds a programme of fun, frolics and vivacious music with Falla’s ballet suites from The Three-Cornered Hat deliciously witty and surging with rhythmic energy and Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto by turns infectiously rhapsodic, hauntingly beautiful and hugely entertaining. Soundings, 7pm | In conversation Jonathan Schiffman

Tickets: ¤10, ¤18, ¤24, ¤30, ¤35 Concessions: ¤9, ¤16, ¤22, ¤27, ¤32 Group Discount 5% for 5-9, 10% for 10 people or more Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

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ESB LIVE 2013: LUDOVICO EINAUDI IN A TIME LAPSE

Ludovico Einaudi

SATURDAY 9 / SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER 8PM Ludovico Einaudi has created music for more than 20 films including Shane Meadows’ This Is England and the TV sequel This Is England ‘86, for which he earned a BAFTA nomination, as well French international hit Intouchables. He has just released his latest album In A Time Lapse, written over a period of two years and recorded in a remote monastery near Verona. For these concerts he returns with his full band presenting music from his latest best-selling album. Luminous, emotive, effortlessly lyrical and always supremely refined, Einaudi’s music and performances have attracted an ever growing audience over the last two decades whose diversity and devotion are without parallel. ‘The seemingly simple but strangely affecting music of Ludovico Einaudi defies pigeonholing…expect to feel transported and mesmerised by (his) artfully wrought piano compositions.’ Daily Telegraph

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THE INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES 2013-2014

JONATHAN LEMALU, BASS BARITONE MALCOLM MARTINEAU, PIANO

Jonathan Lemalu

SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER 3PM Mussorgsky Songs and Dances of Death Serenade Trepak The Field Marshall Rachmaninov On The Death Of A Siskin, Op. 21 No. 8 We Shall Rest, Op. 26 No. 3 Glinka I Have Seen Death, Op 27 No. 6 Fauré L’Horizon Chimerique, Op. 118 La mer est infinite Je me suis embarqué Diane, Séléné Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimés en pure perte Duparc Le Manoir de Rosemonde Phidyle La Vague et la cloche Jonathan Lemalu is at the very forefront of today’s young generation of singers. His debut recital disc was awarded the Gramophone Magazine Debut Artist of the Year award. Future engagements include; Don Giovanni for Baden Baden and Le gazza ladra for Frankfurt Opera. This concert is part of the Sunday Matinée Series in the International Concert Series ‘13/‘14 Monday 10 November 11am Masterclass with Jonathan Lemalu see pg 106 for more details

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RATHMINES AND RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY THE MIKADO

TUESDAY 12/WEDNESDAY 13/THURSDAY 14/FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER 8PM SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2.30PM & 8PM Garry Mountaine director • Gearóid Grant Musical Director • Marina Kealy Choreographer Jackie Curran Olohan Chorus Director • In association with RTÉ Concert Orchestra One of the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta classics with songs like Three Little Maids From School Are We, A Wand’ring Minstrel I, Willow, Tit-willow and many more. Continuing their 100th birthday celebrations, The R&R returns to the show that started a century of unbroken musical performance with Gilbert & Sullivan’s iconic The Mikado. Renowned for their Gilbert & Sullivan repertoire, the R&R staged the Irish première of this ever-green favourite exactly 100 years ago in The Queen’s Theatre. Make sure not to miss it!

Tickets: ¤30, ¤35 Concessions: ¤27, ¤31.50 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society in association with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra 64

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HOW GREAT THOU ART. THE SPIRITUAL HITS CONCERT FEATURING IRELAND’S GREATEST VOICE RED HURLEY

Red Hurley

WALTONS WORLD MASTERS SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR

Soweto Gospel Choir

SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER 8PM

MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER 8PM

The Soweto Gospel Choir is an awe-inspiring vocal ensemble, born from a heritage that has its origins in the emotionally rich sound of tribal music and performing in eight African languages as well as English. The choir combines African gospel and western Christian music to create a vocal tradition of enormous beauty.

A unique evening of spiritual hits, religious & pop songs featuring arguably Ireland’s greatest voice Red Hurley with featuring soprano Sandra Oman and guest choirs all accompanied by The Eugene McCarthy Big Band and Singers.

‘Meticulous and unstoppable…spirited and spectacular’ New York Times

Tickets: ¤36, ¤42, ¤48 (Choir Balcony: ¤22) Concessions: ¤32.40, ¤37.80, ¤ 43.20 (Choir Balcony: ¤19.80) 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Waltons New School of Music Supported by Waltons New School of Music, RTÉ lyric fm, Conrad Dublin Hotels.

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THE CONNOR MCKEON BAND ‘LET’S ROCK THIS JOINT’

Connor McKeon

THE FOUR SEASONS BY CANDLELIGHT

Mozart Festival Orchestra

TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 8PM

WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 8PM

Connor McKeon and 24 piece Band Paul Harrington guest vocalist

Mozart Festival Orchestra David Juritz conductor/violin Rebecca Bottone soprano Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet

Back by popular demand after two sell-out concerts, one of our most dynamic male performers returns with his 24 piece band for a brand new and exhilarating show. Performing hits from Sinatra and Deano through to Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Elvis and lots more. Don’t miss this spectacular night’s entertainment that sets this show ahead of anything else like it!

Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik Charpentier Opening of the Te Deum Handel Rejoice Greatly, Messiah Purcell Trumpet Suite Pachelbel Canon Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Handel Let the Bright Seraphim; Eternal Source of Light Divine Vivaldi The Four Seasons A sublime programme of 18th Century classics performed in an evocative candle-lit style setting.

Tickets: ¤30, ¤35 (Choir Balcony: ¤20) 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by Connor McKeon in aid of the 3T’s Charity - Turning The Tide of Suicide

Tickets: ¤25, ¤36.50, ¤39.50, ¤45.50 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Raymond Gubbay Ltd

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RUSSIAN TALES RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013-2014

Artur Pizarro

FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 8PM RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • Artur Pizarro piano • Alan Buribayev conductor with 2013 Mentoring Scheme Participants Rimsky-Korsakov The Tsar’s Bride Overture Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Khachaturian Gayane Ballet (selection) + surprise extra Three magnificent examples of Russian music at its lyrical best: Rimsky-Korsakov’s sparkling Overture and Khachaturian’s dramatic Gayane Ballet (selection) gleefully plundering folk melodies with virtuosic flourishes that deliver time and again where it matters, with pulse-quickening drama and lush melodies aplenty while Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto is no less inventive, involving and brilliant.

THE HOLLIES 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN CONCERT

The Hollies

SATURDAY 23 NOVEMBER 8PM The Hollies return to the National Concert Hall as part of their 50th Anniversary World Tour, featuring original guitarist & vocalist Tony Hicks and drummer Bobby Elliot with Peter Howarth, Ray Stiles, Steve Lauri and Ian Parker. Recently inducted into the prestigious American Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame, The Hollies show no signs of slowing down. A full 2 hour set with all their greatest hits including the anthems The Air That I Breathe and He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother!

Soundings, 7pm | In conversation Deborah Kelleher with 2013 Mentoring Scheme Participants

Tickets: ¤10, ¤18, ¤24, ¤30, ¤35 Concessions: ¤9, ¤16, ¤22, ¤27, ¤32 Group Discount 5% for 5-9, 10% for 10 people or more Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 68

Tickets: ¤40, ¤45 (Choir Balcony: ¤35) Concessions: ¤36, ¤40.50 (Choir Balcony: ¤31.50) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Pat Egan Sound Ltd

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THE INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES 2013-2014

LEIF OVE ANDSNES, PIANO MAHLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Leif Ove Andsnes

SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER 8PM Stravinsky Beethoven Stravinsky Beethoven

Dumbarton Oaks Concerto in E flat major Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major Op. 19 Septet (with Leif Ove Andsnes) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major Op. 5

The New York Times has called Leif Ove Andsnes “a pianist of magisterial elegance, power, and insight.” With his commanding technique and searching interpretations, the celebrated Norwegian pianist has won acclaim worldwide; the Wall Street Journal has named him “one of the most gifted musicians of his generation.” He gives recitals and plays concertos in the world’s leading concert halls and with the foremost orchestras, besides being an active recording artist and is an avid chamber musician. In September, 2012, Sony Classical released the pianist’s label debut, The Beethoven Journey, on which he directs the Mahler Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard in performances of the composer’s First and Third Piano Concertos.

Tickets: ¤35, ¤45, ¤55, ¤65 (Choir Balcony: ¤25) Presented by the National Concert Hall NATIONAL CONCERT HALL BOX OFFICE TEL: 01 417 0000 • www.nch.ie no booking fees

ACKER BILK AND CHRIS BARBER

Acker Bilk and Chris Barber

RATHFARNHAM CONCERT BAND PRESENTS: MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS

Rathfarnham Concert Band

MONDAY 25 NOVEMBER 8PM

TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER 8PM

Mr. Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband and The Big Chris Barber Band have enjoyed considerable success on their own since the mid-1950’s, with such hits as Petite Fleur and Stranger on the Shore.

Rathfarnham Concert Band conducted by Vincent Kennedy, Conor O’Riordan, Richard Treston, John Meehan, joined by Loreto Beaufort Choir directed by Marie Cruise

Chris Barber OBE, celebrates his Diamond Jubilee as leader of the band this year. The Big Chris Barber Band features everything from New Orleans to blues to late 20’s Ellington, played with extraordinary panache and skill. Barber is an icon of traditional jazz in the UK.

Including Star Wars, Schindler’s List, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Superman, 1941 March. In a special tribute on the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s death, music from the repertoire of the President’s own Marine Band will be played.

Tickets: ¤29.50, ¤32.50, ¤38.50 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Wigt Productions BV 70

Tickets: ¤20 (Choir Balcony: ¤10) Children and senior citizens: ¤10 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by Rathfarnham Concert Band

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RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA: STARGRAZER THE COMET ENCOUNTER

BIG ON BRITTEN: SAINT NICOLAS RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013-2014

Pieter Wispelwey

THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER 8PM RTÉ Concert Orchestra In late autumn Comet ISON will make an appearance in Earth’s sky. With an orbit not seen since the Great Comet of 1680, astronomers believe ISON could appear as bright as the full moon and even be visible in daylight.

FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER 8PM RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • Pieter Wispelwey cello • John Mark Ainsley tenor RTÉ Cór Na Nóg (choral director Mary Amond O’Brien) • RTÉ Philharmonic Choir (chorus master Mark Hindley) Matthew Halls conductor Britten Soirées Musicales (after Rossini) Symphony for cello and orchestra Saint Nicolas

The RTÉ Concert Orchestra welcomes the visit with on-screen footage and music from Holst’s The Planets, the entire Star Wars Suite by John Williams and Arthur Bliss’s Things to Come.

Britten - articulate, eloquent and intoxicating as clear in his youthfully joyous re-working of themes by Rossini, the mature and masterful blending of cello and orchestra, and the enchanting, deliciously eclectic portrait of the patron saint of Christmas.

Jump aboard and prepare for take-off on this journey for all the senses.

Soundings, 7pm | In conversation Matthew Halls and John Mark Ainsley FREE Late Night 10.15pm Pieter Wispelwey plays Britten See separate calendar entry

Tickets: ¤22, ¤27, ¤33, ¤38 (Choir Balcony: ¤11) Concessions: ¤20, ¤24, ¤30, ¤34 (Choir Balcony: ¤10) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

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THE LATE NIGHT CONCERT PIETER WISPELWEY RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013–2014

WANT TO MAKE YOUR EVENT STAND OUT? Pieter Wispelwey

FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER 10.20PM Britten

Cello Suite No. 3

Composed in 1971, the Third Cello Suite was written for Mstislav Rostropovich and takes full advantage of his virtuosity on the instrument. Its nine continuous movements have something of the confessional about them: intimate, intense and dark, it concludes with a searing reference to the Russian Orthodox Church’s hymn for the departed.

Tickets: ¤5 or free if attending the RTÉ NSO 8pm concert. 8pm ticket required for free entry. Unreserved seating Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 72

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The National Concert Hall Dec 27th 2013 - Jan 3rd 2014 2pm & 6pm

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JOHN FIELD ROOM NOVEMBER Friday 1 November 1:05PM George Melly/Louis Jordan Tribute Johnny Sheridan • The Long John Jump Band A classic selection of jump, jive and swing songs including Saturday Night Fish Fry, Cal’donia, Is You Is Or Is You Aint, Jerry The Junker and There Aint Nobody Here But Us Chickens all played by our six piece band. Tickets: ¤14 25% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 25% discount for senior citizens and students Presented by John Sheridan

Tuesday 12 November 1:05PM AFTERLIGHT: BRITTEN AND SCHUBERT: SONGS AND PIANO DUETS Sinéad Campbell-Wallace soprano • Colette McGahon-Tosh mezzo-soprano • Stephen Wallace counter-tenor • Pianists: Trudi Carberry, Edward Holly, Mairead Hurley, Celine Kelly, Catherina Lemoni-O’Doherty, David Mooney and Aoife O’Sullivan The first concert in this series, performed by staff of DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, features songs and piano duets, celebrating Benjamin Britten, as a performer. Britten’s music is programmed with that of Schubert, a composer he much admired and performed. Tickets: ¤10; Concessions: ¤8 2 concerts: ¤15; Concessions: ¤12 3 concerts: ¤20; Concessions: ¤16 All Ticket Prices include entry to 12.30pm Pre-Concert Talk: Dr Mark Fitzgerald Presented by DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama

Benjamin Russell and David O’Shea

Friday 8 November 1:05PM BENJAMIN RUSSELL SINGS OPERA AND SONG Benjamin Russell baritone • David O’Shea accompanist Benjamin Russell, one of Ireland’s most exciting young singers, who has just finished a year at the international opera studio of the Zurich Opera House, will sing a popular programme of opera and song from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro to Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Bernstein and Jerome Kern plus Neopolitan songs and more…Benjamin has a great gift plus the knack of exciting and delighting his audience. Tickets: ¤16 Friends of the National Concert Hall: ¤14 Concessions: ¤14 Presented by Paul Black

Wednesday 13 November 1:05PM AFTERLIGHT: JOSEPH GROOCOCK AND J. S. BACH Laoise O’Brien recorder • Pádhraic Ó Cuinneagáin piano Stephen Wallace counter-tenor • RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet: Gregory Ellis violin • Keith Pascoe violin • Simon Aspell viola Christopher Marwood cello Groocock’s Recorder Sonata and String Quartet with Vocal Chamber Music by Bach The music of Joseph Groocock, a well-loved and respected teacher at DIT Conservatory, is remembered in the second concert with performances of his String Quartet and Recorder Sonata, partnered with vocal chamber music from his main influence, Bach, performed by staff of DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. Tickets: ¤10; Concessions: ¤8 2 concerts: ¤15; Concessions: ¤12 3 concerts: ¤20; Concessions: ¤16 All Ticket Prices include entry to 12:30pm Pre-concert talk: Andrew Robinson Presented by DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama

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JOHN FIELD ROOM NOVEMBER Thursday 14 November 1:05PM AFTERLIGHT: BEETHOVEN AND BERIO: FOLKSONGS Sinéad Campbell-Wallace soprano • Gillian Williams violin Arun Rao cello • Mary Scarlett piano • Colette McGahon-Tosh mezzo-soprano • David Brophy conductor • Julie Maisel flute Paul Roe clarinet • David O’Doherty viola • Noel Eccles percussion • Clíona Doris harp In the final concert of this vocal and instrumental series, Berio’s Folksongs, a masterpiece of the vocal chamber repertoire, accompanies Beethoven’s Irish Folksong arrangements with reconstructed texts by Tomás O’Sullivan are performed by staff of DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. Tickets: ¤10; Concessions: ¤8 2 concerts: ¤15; Concessions: ¤12 3 concerts: ¤20; Concessions: ¤16 All Ticket Prices include entry to 12:30pm Pre-concert talk: Dr Kerry Houston and Margaret O’Sullivan-Farrell Presented by DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama

Friday 22 November 1:05PM ZRAZY Maria Walsh vocals, flute, percussion Carole Nelson piano, sax Maria Walsh and Carole Nelson of Zrazy love the winter wonderland and bring their “unquenchable love of what they do” to the audience. Musically sophisticated and lyrically smart, Zrazy inhabit a unique place in contemporary music in Ireland. The garlanded songwriting team of Maria and Carole dip into their extensive catalogue. Steeped in jazz, latin, R’n’B and soul, familiar or new. Expect some seasonal cheer and chestnuts! Tickets: ¤15 Concessions: ¤13 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by Maria Walsh and Carole Nelson

Derby Browne Colm “Stride” O’Brien

Friday 15 November 1:05PM MR. GERSHWIN MEETS FATS WALLER & SCOTT JOPLIN Colm “Stride” O’Brien plays the works of Ragtime & Stride piano legends Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, and Fats Waller. Colm is Ireland’s leading exponent of Ragtime Piano and has performed regularly in the UK and USA including the prestigious Scott Joplin Festival in Missouri USA and Cork Jazz Festival. Tributes to Hoagy Carmichael and “The Ballroom of Romance” will be highlights of this Lunchtime event. Tickets: ¤15 Concessions: ¤12 Friends of the National Concert Hall: ¤12 Presented and sponsored by Colm “Stride” O’Brien

Friday 29 November 1:05PM THE WINTER CAFE Derby Browne • Snowflake Martini Ensemble The Winter Cafe is set on Christmas Eve in an Italian mountain village, among the most gorgeous Italian Cafe Music by Nino Rota and Henry Mancini, and includes performances of Volare, Quando, Quando, Quando and When You Wish Upon A Star, and Christmas songs of a 1940’s vintage winter wonderland. Tickets: ¤18 Concessions: ¤16 Friends of the National Concert Hall: ¤16 Groups of 10 or more: ¤16 Presented by Derby Browne Productions

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DECEMBER HIGHLIGHT

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow! You’re always A day A way!

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hen I was about seven years old, I went to London to see the musical Annie. My parents brought the five Gormley kids for a weekend away with this new musical being the central attraction. My Dad, who was an avid musical theatre director, had seen it on one of his trips to the West End. He returned home full of enthusiasm and decided that the rest of the family just had to see it! We were beside ourselves with excitement as we arrived at ‘The Victoria Palace’. We had our tickets and were shown to our seats, only to find that there were seven other people sitting in them! The usher checked our tickets. A double booking seemed to have occurred. We stood in the aisle as the curtain rose. I was mesmerised as I looked at this little redhead on stage singing Maybe. Then came the line of orphans dressed in grey with their scrubbing brushes and buckets singing Hard-Knock Life. I was hooked. At such a young age, I was unaware of the hassle regarding our seats and was glued to the stage. Thankfully, the performance wasn’t sold out and we were soon seated in the dress circle. The production was fantastic and I left with a big badge saying “I saw Annie” on my coat lapel. My parents left with a full refund of our tickets from the theatre manager with sincere apologies for the mistake regarding our seats. This London production followed the original Broadway show that opened in 1977. It ran in New York for nearly six years. It was based on the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin. So many little girls have dreamed of playing the role of Annie. Andrea McArdle was the choice for that original Broadway production and this role was later taken up by none other than Sarah Jessica Parker. Dublin-born Jacinta Whyte started her career taking over the role of Annie in the original London production and went on to play Annie in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. The role of the baddie, Miss Hannigan has attracted a series of great actors. The

West End 1998 revival starred Lily Savage (the female alter ego of comedian Paul O’Grady). A 35th anniversary production opened on Broadway last year with the inspired casting of Jane Lynch (of the TV series Glee). Carol Burnett played the role in the 1982 film and we are getting another film version next year with, wait for it..Cameron Diaz playing Miss Hannigan! One might not immediately think of Annie as a “Christmas musical” but in fact it is the perfect choice for The National Concert Hall in December. All of the best musicals that we like to see around Christmas need to have certain ingredients. A heart-warming story is a must. It needs to have elements of sadness but with the promise of a happy ending. The cast needs to include children as well as a memorable baddie! Then we need somebody to save the day and songs that audience members will be humming as they leave the theatre. Think Oliver, The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz. Annie fits in with them perfectly. It is remembered musically for several songs but Tomorrow really hits home. It provides that optimistic feeling that, let’s face it, we all need…. that everything will be alright. The sun’ll come out Tomorrow So ya gotta hang on ‘Til tomorrow Come what may Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow! You’re always A day A way! Aedín Gormley presents Movies and Musicals (Saturday 1-4pm) and Sunday Matinée (Sunday 1-4pm) on RTÉ lyric fm

Annie The Musical, presented by Festival Productions will take place from Friday 27 December to 3rd January. Tickets from ¤20. Family Ticket also available.

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BRAD MEHLDAU SOLO PIANO

Brad Mehldau

VLADIMIR’S VIENNESE CHRISTMAS

Vladimir Jablokov

SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 8PM

MONDAY 2 DECEMBER 8PM

Ever the visionary, Mehldau’s artistry continues to astound. He is first and foremost an improviser, who greatly cherishes the surprise and wonder that can occur from a spontaneous musical idea that is expressed directly. He has attracted a sizeable following over the years, one that has grown to expect a singular, intense experience in his performance.

Vladimir Jablokov • Claudia Boyle soprano Sean Costello tenor • The Jablokov family The Slovak violin sensation will be performing a brand new Viennese Christmas programme including pieces from his forthcoming album Vladimir’s Classical Christmas which will be released in November. Also performing will be special guest stars, Claudia Boyle, Sean Costello as well as eight members of Vladimir’s musically gifted family. With music from the Strauss Family, Franz Lehar and Christmas songs you know and love, this is the perfect start to the holiday celebrations.

Tickets: ¤40 (Choir Balcony: ¤35) Presented by Note Productions in association with RTÉ lyric fm 78

Tickets: ¤29, ¤32.50 (Choir Balcony: ¤23) Concessions: ¤26.10, ¤29.25 (Choir Balcony: ¤20.70) 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by Rubyworks

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GOETHE-INSTITUT CHOIR: VESPRO DELLA BEATA VERGINE

THE ESB “GREAT” CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Goethe-Institut Choir

TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER 8PM

WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER 8PM

Goethe-Institut Choir John Dexter conductor • Susan Hamilton & Róisín O’Grady sopranos • John Elwes & Eamonn Mulhall tenors • Philip O’Reilly & Ciaran Judge basses Choristers of St Patrick’s Cathedral Orchestra of St Cecilia

The Lassus Scholars • Piccolo Lasso The Orlando Chamber Orchestra Gillian Williams leader Ite O’Donovan conductor Featuring Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil Prize Winners 2013 Special Guest Soloist: Claudia Boyle soprano

The Goethe-Institut Choir returns to the National Concert Hall with its popular annual December concert. This year the choir will perform Monteverdi’s 8-part choral masterpiece Vespro della Beata Vergine. The concert will also feature a selection of carols as well as orchestral music by CPE Bach.

Programme will include Christmas favourites, rousing choruses, instrumental solos, by Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil Prize Winners 2013, operatic arias, audience carols and a singalong Hallelujah Chorus. A spell-binding Christmas Concert for all the family!

D CF Tickets: ¤20, ¤25 (Choir Balcony: ¤15) Concessions: ¤18, ¤22 (Choir Balcony: ¤13) 20% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 20% discount for groups for 10 or more Presented by Goethe-Institut Choir

Tickets: ¤20, ¤25, ¤30 (Choir Balcony: ¤15) Concessions: ¤17, ¤21.25, ¤25.50 (Choir Balcony: ¤12.75) 15% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 15% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Dublin Choral Foundation

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CHRISTMAS WITH THE RTÉ CONCERT PALESTRINA CHOIR ORCHESTRA: CINEMA CHORAL CLASSICS AT CHRISTMAS

The Palestrina Choir

Home Alone

THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER 8PM

FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 8PM

The Palestrina Choir • Dublin Brass Gerard Gillen organist Junior Probationer Choristers Blánaid Murphy conductor Noel McDonagh producer

RTÉ Concert Orchestra Galway Baroque Singers & guests David Brophy conductor

A selection of much-loved and well known seasonal carols. Celebrate the glory of Christmas with the angelic voices of the boys and the gentlemen of the renowned Palestrina Choir. This yearly sell-out event out event is one for the whole family. Do not miss this magical evening of well-known and festive carols and Christmas music.

A spine-tingling Christmas cinematic celebration! Galway Baroque Singers and the full RTÉ Concert Orchestra join forces for famous choral numbers from seasonal evergreens and modern classics. Music from Ben Hur, The Greatest Story Ever Told and Jesus of Nazareth, right up to Somewhere in My Memory and Carol of the Bells from Home Alone and God Bless Us Every One from A Christmas Carol. You’ll come out feeling It’s a Wonderful Life!

Tickets: ¤20, ¤25 (Choir Balcony: ¤15) Concessions: ¤18, ¤22.50 (Choir Balcony: ¤13.50) 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 20% discount for groups of 8 or more Presented by St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral 80

Tickets: ¤22, ¤27, ¤33, ¤38 (Choir Balcony: ¤11) Concessions: ¤20, ¤24, ¤30, ¤34 (Choir Balcony: ¤10) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

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Raymond Gubbay presents

Celebrate in the most elegant way with this exquisite concert of carols and seasonal classics. HANDEL Zadok the Priest, Christmas sequence from Messiah BACH Air on the G String MOZART Exsultate Jubilate DARKE In the bleak midwinter HANDEL Let the Bright Seraphim, Eternal Source of Light Divine CULLEN Joy to the World, Of the Father’s heart begotten and CAROLS FOR ALL including Good King Wenceslas God rest you merry, gentlemen O come, all ye faithful Hark! the Herald angels sing The First Nowell While shepherds watched Staged in full 18th Century costume in an evocative candle-lit style setting MOZART FESTIVAL CHORUS MOZART FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Laura Mitchell soprano Michael Bawtree conductor / harpsichord

Monday 23 December 3.15pm & 8.00pm THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL - DUBLIN Box Office (0)1 417 0000 (10am - 6pm Mon - Sat)

Book Online nch.ie and raymondgubbay.co.uk (no booking fee online)

Tickets Mat €44.50 €39.50 €29.50 €24.50 Eve €47.50 €44.50 €34.50 €26.50

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IT’S STILL A WONDERFUL MUSICAL LIFE… AT CHRISTMAS

The Glasnevin Musical Society Chorus

SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER 3PM/8PM The Glasnevin Musical Society Chorus & Soloists Mary MacDonagh director/choreographer Colman Pearce music director David Wray chorus director Following the success of ‘It’s a Wonderful Musical Life’ in 2012, a new journey through a century of musical magic awaits you this Christmas. Choreographed and costumed, this show starts at the turn of the century, enters the roaring twenties, takes you through the thirties, forties, golden fifties, into the rockin’ sixties and brings you right up to the current day. Featuring magnificent Broadway hits from Meet me in St Louis, Carousel, Oklahoma, Cole Porter, Cabaret, West Side Story, Evita, Sondheim, Disney, and more, this show is also filled with favourite Christmas classics and traditional carols. Don’t leave it too late, book now!

Matinée: ¤22, ¤25, Family Ticket (2 adults & 2 children): ¤75 Evening: ¤25, ¤28, ¤30 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by The Glasnevin Musical Society 82

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DUBLIN COUNTY CHOIR A CHRISTMAS FAMILY GALA

Niamh Murray

SUNDAY 8 DECEMBER 2:30PM/7PM Niamh Murray soprano/presenter • Dublin County Choir • Royal Irish Academy of Music Concert Band • Billie Barry Stage School • Notre Dame Junior School Choir Choir of St Brigid’s National School, Castleknock Medley of carols, cheery choral, solo vocal and orchestral numbers, and dance spectacle. Once again Dublin County Choir shares the stage with the cream of young choral, dancing and orchestral talent, presented by your favourite soprano Niamh Murray. A show for all the family, with two of Ireland’s finest school choirs, at a family-friendly starting time and family-friendly prices.

Tickets: ¤20, ¤25 Children under 12: ¤10, ¤12.50 Family ticket (2 adults & 2 children): ¤60 Presented by Dublin County Choir NATIONAL CONCERT HALL BOX OFFICE TEL: 01 417 0000 • www.nch.ie no booking fees

A GLORIOUS CHORAL CHRISTMAS CULWICK CHORAL SOCIETY

CHRISTMAS LUNCHTIME CONCERT ‘UNWRAPPING CHRISTMAS’ RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Culwick Choral Society

MONDAY 9 DECEMBER 8PM

TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER 1:05PM

Culwick Choral Society Castle Park School Choir (dir. Edel McKiernan) Suzanne Savage soprano Bernie Sherlock conductor

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Malcolm Yuen conductor

The Culwick celebrates the coming of Christmas with a traditional blend of words and music for the season, and also a special treat: Respighi’s delightful but rarely performed Christmas miniature, Lauda per la natività del Signore, his intimate re-telling of the nativity with chamber players and chorus of angels and shepherds.

Tickets: ¤15, ¤20, ¤25, ¤30 Concessions: ¤13.50, ¤18, ¤22.50, ¤27 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Culwick Choral Society 84

Programme includes Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Petite Overture; March and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Lehár Gold and Silver Waltz Delius Sleigh Ride Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé, Troika Can’t wait for Christmas? You don’t have to! Indulge in the festive delights of a Sleigh Ride with Delius, climb aboard Prokofiev’s sleighbell-adorned ‘Troika’, treat yourself to an elegant Gold and Silver Waltz with Lehár and wallow in the warmth, wonder and charm of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker in the enchanting company of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

LUNCH AND ALL… ¤10 concert ¤5 Grab&go lunch (sandwich or wrap with tea or coffee) Lunch voucher must be pre-purchased at box-office with concert ticket. Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

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Plates Artist: Damian Flood (private collection)

SUNDAY MISCELLANY LIVE AT CHRISTMAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH RTÉ RADIO 1

The National Concert Hall

LATIN AMERICAN Music Weekend The National Concert Hall celebrates Brazilian musical culture with its first-ever Latin American Music Weekend this Autumn.

TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER 8PM RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special guests Following on from the hugely successful collaboration between RTÉ Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra last year, Sunday Miscellany Live at Christmas makes a welcome return for what is sure to be another magical night. An extraordinary array of Irish talent joins the RTÉ Concert Orchestra to celebrate this much-loved programme with a feast of words and music.

Tickets: ¤22, ¤27, ¤33, ¤38 (Choir Balcony: ¤11) Concessions: ¤20, ¤25, ¤30, ¤34 (Choir Balcony: ¤10) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in association with RTÉ Radio 1

SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER 8PM

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra with Marin Alsop conductor Tickets from ¤30

SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 3PM

Brazilian Guitar Quartet Tickets: ¤30

SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 8PM

Dino Saluzzi bandoneon With Anja Lechner cello and Felix Saluzzi saxophone and clarinet Tickets: ¤30

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OUR LADY’S CHORAL SOCIETY MESSIAH

Madeleine Shaw and Eamonn Mulhall

WEDNESDAY 11/THURSDAY 12/FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 8PM Our Lady’s Choral Society • Marie Friederike Schöder soprano • Madeleine Shaw alto Eamonn Mulhall tenor • Jeffrey Ledwidge bass • RTÉ Concert Orchestra Proinnsías Ó Duinn conductor G.F. Handel

Messiah

Our Lady’s Choral Society team up again with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Proinnsías Ó Duinn to perform Handel’s Messiah at the National Concert Hall. Christmas starts here... Early booking is advisable for these sell-out performances.

Tickets: ¤27.50, ¤32.50 (Choir Balcony: ¤20) Presented by Our Lady’s Choral Society 86

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RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA MOVIE SCREENING: THE WIZARD OF OZ

SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER 3:30PM/7:30PM RTÉ Concert Orchestra Back by popular demand — a screening of The Wizard of Oz complete with original dialogue and singing accompanied by a live performance of the orchestral score by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra! This family favourite is packed with images, characters, lines and songs that resonate with us all — the Yellow Brick Road, Dorothy and Toto, Over the Rainbow, ‘There’s no place like home…’ The ultimate way to experience one of the all-time classics!

Tickets: ¤25, ¤30, ¤35 Concessions: ¤23, ¤28, ¤33 Family ticket (2 adults & 2 children): ¤120 (available on ¤35 seats only) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra NATIONAL CONCERT HALL BOX OFFICE TEL: 01 417 0000 • www.nch.ie no booking fees

A NATIONAL CONCERT HALL BAROQUE CHRISTMAS

The National Chamber Choir of Ireland and Irish Baroque Orchestra

SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER 8PM The National Chamber Choir of Ireland • Irish Baroque Orchestra • Paul Hillier conductor Programme includes; Johann Christoph Bach Merk auf mein Herz, Christmas Cantata Palestrina (arr. J.S. Bach) Missa Brevis (Kyrie & Gloria) Schütz Weihnachts Historia Celebrate the festive season with an evening of seasonal baroque music, with the combined forces of the National Chamber Choir of Ireland and the Irish Baroque Orchestra. Our evening of festive celebration will include Schütz’s Christmas History, one of the most charming and melodious Christmas works from the baroque period. The National Chamber Choir of Ireland is the country’s flagship choral ensemble. Under the internationally celebrated and multi award winning choral conductor Paul Hillier as Artistic Director, the Choir is known for its unique approach to programming and has gained a reputation for the high artistic quality of its performances. The Irish Baroque Orchestra, under the inspirational artistic direction of Monica Huggett, is driven by the belief that the best things in life stand the test of time; the orchestra allows Irish audiences to experience the beauty of baroque music as it was intended to be heard.

Tickets: ¤20 Concessions: ¤15 20% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 20% discount for Friends of The National Chamber Choir of Ireland 20% discount for Friends of Irish Baroque Orchestra Presented by the National Concert Hall, The National Chamber Choir of Ireland, and The Irish Baroque Orchestra 88

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CHRISTMAS LUNCHTIME CONCERT ‘CHRISTMAS FAVOURITES’: RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Experience More with Membership Love the sound of an orchestra tuning up, the tear of a ticket stub, the anticipation of a great performance, getting up close to world class musicians, and the thrill of live performance? Guess what? So do our Friends.

Join the Friends of the National Concert Hall TUESDAY 17 DECEMBER 1:05PM RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Christopher Bell conductor & presenter Programme Includes Anderson A Christmas Festival and Sleigh Ride Tchaikovsky Dance of the Cygnets (Swan Lake) Lane Sleighbell Serenade Trad (arr Willcocks) Good King Wenceslas Trad (arr Doughty) The Twelve Days of Christmas

• Priority booking • Ticket discounts • Advance notice of events • Music tours Meet like-minded people • Concert receptions Music clubs and more Membership starts from ¤115 a year. Join today by calling the Friends Booking Line 01 408 6777 Email friends@nch.ie or go to www.nch.ie for more information

Treat yourself to an early Christmas present with this bumper selection of sparkling seasonal delights including the charming Sleighbell Serenade, exquisite Christmas Festival and effervescent Sleigh Ride. Time also to count down The Twelve Days of Christmas and to sing along to your favourite traditional carols.

LUNCH AND ALL… ¤10 concert ¤5 Grab&go lunch (sandwich or wrap with tea or coffee) Lunch voucher must be pre-purchased at boxoffice with concert ticket. Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra NATIONAL CONCERT HALL BOX OFFICE TEL: 01 417 0000 • www.nch.ie no booking fees

CHRISTMAS WITH PHIL COULTER & HIS MUSICIANS

Phil Coulter

A CELEBRATION OF THE JERSEY BOYS - THE MUSIC OF FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS

The Ragdolls

TUESDAY 17 DECEMBER 8PM

WEDNESDAY 18 DECEMBER 8PM

Phil Coulter along with special guest Geraldine Brannagan and his musicians

The Ragdolls & Their Musicians will take you on a musical journey through all the hits of one of the most successful acts of all time Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. Hear all the classic songs…Oh! What A Night, Sherry, Walk Like A Man, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Oh! Carol, Teenager In Love, Still Of The Night, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Grease Is The Word and many more. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons sold over 50,000,000 singles in a stellar career and The Ragdolls recreate that iconic sound of The Jersey Boys live on stage.

Phil will perform new arrangements of all his favourite classic songs from The Town I Loved So Well to Steal Away along with a seasonal selection. He has contributed at least four titles to the list of Great Irish Songs - the anthems The Town I Loved So Well and Ireland’s Call and the haunting Scorn Not His Simplicity and Steal Away.

Tickets: ¤32.50, ¤35, ¤38.50 (Choir Balcony: ¤25) Concessions: ¤29.25, ¤31.50, ¤34.65 (Choir Balcony: ¤22.50) 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Pat Egan Sound Ltd. 90

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RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE JOHN MURRAY SHOW, RTÉ RADIO 1 PRESENT THE THREE SOPRANOS CHRISTMAS GALA

THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER 3:15PM/8PM RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • Claudia Boyle soprano • Regina Nathan soprano Cara O’Sullivan soprano • John Finucane conductor Presented by John Murray, RTÉ Radio 1 Back by popular demand with its festive and winning mix of operatic favourites, seasonal carols, Christmas songs and orchestral music. Rising star Claudia Boyle, working with artists including Joseph Calleja, Ricardo Muti and James Conlon, joins audience favourites Regina Nathan and Cara O’Sullivan for another fun-filled run up to Christmas including Silent Night, O Holy Night, much-loved operatic arias and Christmas-inspired orchestral treats.

Tickets: ¤15, ¤29, ¤38, ¤45 Concessions: ¤13.50, ¤26, ¤34, ¤40.50 Group Discounts 5% – 10% Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra NATIONAL CONCERT HALL BOX OFFICE TEL: 01 417 0000 • www.nch.ie no booking fees

THE CHRISTMAS CONCERT FEATURING THE SNOWMAN ALONG WITH SHADOW PUPPET ANIMATION FOR THE NUTCRACKER AND SPECIAL GUEST EIMEAR QUINN

The Snowman

FRIDAY 20 DECEMBER 2.30PM/5PM SATURDAY 21 /SUNDAY 22 DECEMBER 12PM/2:30PM/5PM/7:30PM With Special Guest Eimear Quinn and live shadow puppet animation by Matthew Robins for excerpts from The Nutcracker. A magical concert designed for all the family, Raymond Briggs’s captivating film has established itself as part of the Christmas festivities for young and old, accompanied by Howard Blake’s score played live by the Orchestra of the National Concert Hall. For 2013, alongside Walking in the Air and the festive classics, we are pleased to add selections from The Nutcracker featuring magical live puppet animation by Matthew Robins and traditional Christmas songs with special guest, the beautiful singer, Eimear Quinn for a magical and musical Christmas Celebration Suitable for young children, this is an opportunity for the whole family to share in the music and the magic of Christmas. A phenomenally popular festive concert, early booking is recommended The Snowman by Raymond Briggs by arrangement with Snowman Enterprises Ltd. 2013

Tickets: ¤20. Children: ¤15 Family ticket (2 adults and 2 children): ¤65 20% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 20% discount for Young Maestros 15% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the National Concert Hall On sale for Friends of the National Concert Hall and Young Maestros 19th August. Public Booking opens Monday 26th August. 92

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CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Mozart Festival Orchestra

MONDAY 23 DECEMBER 3:15PM/8PM Mozart Festival Chorus • Mozart Festival Orchestra in full period costume Laura Mitchell soprano • Michael Bawtree conductor Handel Corelli Bach Handel Cullen Mozart Darke

Zadok the Priest, Christmas sequence from Messiah Allegro and Pastorale from Christmas Concerto Air on the G String Let the Bright Seraphim, Eternal Source of Light Divine Joy to the World, Of the Father’s heart begotten Exultate Jubilate In the bleak midwinter

Carols for all including Good King Wenceslas, God rest you merry, gentlemen, O come, all ye faithful, It came upon a midnight clear, The First Nowell, While shepherds watched, O little town of Bethlehem, Hark! the Herald angels sing Celebrate in the most elegant way with this exquisite concert of carols and seasonal classics, staged in full 18th Century costume in an evocative candle-lit style setting.

Tickets Matinée: ¤29.50, ¤39.50, ¤44.50 (Choir Balcony: ¤24.50) Evening: ¤34.50, ¤44.50, ¤47.50 (Choir Balcony: ¤26.50) 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Raymond Gubbay Ltd NATIONAL CONCERT HALL BOX OFFICE TEL: 01 417 0000 • www.nch.ie no booking fees

ANNIE - THE MUSICAL

FRIDAY 27 DECEMBER 6PM SATURDAY 28/SUNDAY 29/MONDAY 30 DECEMBER 2PM & 6PM THURSDAY 2 JANUARY/FRIDAY 3 JANUARY 2PM & 6PM Daddy Warbucks Tony Finnegan • Miss Hannigan Laura Kerr Rooster Hannigan Michael Evans • Lily St. Regis Annaliesa Evans The Festival Orchestra chorus and dancers • Tony Finnegan director Aidan Faughey conductor • Siobhan McQuillan choreographer John O’Donoghue set designer • Alistair Kerr lighting designer Annie The Musical - the timeless story of little orphan Annie and her dream for tomorrow. The classic family musical! Annie is coming to the National Concert Hall this Christmas with a brand new production of the classic family musical by Festival Productions. This lavish production features a star studded cast, spectacular costumes and sets, the wonderful Festival chorus, dancers and orchestra. For 11 performances only, between Dec 27th and Jan 3rd. From the people who brought you The Sound of Music last year! For the child in us all!

Tickets: ¤20, ¤29, ¤32, ¤36 Family ticket: ¤99 (4 seats, additional family seats ¤25 each) Concessions: ¤18, ¤26.10, ¤28.80, ¤32.40 20% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by Festival Productions 94

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RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA NEW YEAR’S EVE GALA

Cherish Yesterday

Live Today

Dream Tomorrow

Protect and cherish your investment and enjoyment of the arts forever by considering a charitable bequest to The National Concert Hall.

TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER 10PM RTÉ Concert Orchestra & Big Band with special guest Join the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Big Band for a special New Year’s Eve celebration in the company of some of the best names in Jazz. Entertainment all the way to midnight and beyond with easy-listening and Big Band numbers. The New Year’s Eve Gala Concert is the premier event in the National Concert Hall calendar. In order to ensure fairest distribution, tickets are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Ticket price includes complimentary glass of bubbly. Tickets go on sale 1 November and are limited to 4 per person.

Without you there would be no music. If the National Concert Hall has inspired and entertained you over the years you may wish to consider leaving a charitable bequest or Planned Gift to help encourage the next generation of musicians and music lovers. Every gift makes a meaningful contribution to our work, engaging and entertaining audiences, inspiring young minds of future generations and positioning the National Concert Hall as a world renowned venue. With no immediate financial outlay you can make a lasting contribution today. Thank you for your continuous support as a concert attendee and Friend or Patron Circle member.

For further information contact: Sinéad Hope Fundraising and Development Manager Tel: + 353 1 4170072, www.nch.ie E-mail: Sinead.Hope@nch.ie

Tickets: ¤40, ¤50, ¤60, ¤65 (Choir Balcony: ¤35) Concessions: ¤36, ¤45, ¤54, ¤58 (Choir Balcony: ¤31.50) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra NATIONAL CONCERT HALL BOX OFFICE TEL: 01 417 0000 • www.nch.ie no booking fees

JOHN FIELD ROOM DECEMBER St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Girls’ Choir

Sandra Oman

Thursday 5 December 1:05PM OPERA IN THE OPEN @ CHRISTMAS Sandra Oman soprano • Deirdre Masterson mezzo • Declan Kelly tenor • Simon Morgan baritone • Elizabeth Ryan mezzo & narrator • David Wray piano/musical director Opera In The Open performs ‘inside’ this December in a programme of operatic and choral music with a Christmas and seasonal flavour with works ranging from Handel Messiah & Bach Christmas Oratorio to Puccini La Bohème & Rimsky-Korsakov Christmas Eve and more.

Thursday 12 December 1:05PM ANGELIC VOICES SING “CHRISTMAS CRACKERS” St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Girls’ Choir • Darren Magee accompanist and conductor • Blánaid Murphy conductor A selection of upbeat, well-known seasonal carols. Relax and take time out of your busy Christmas lead-up to enjoy the Pro-Cathedral Girls’ Choir singing much-loved, traditional carols in the beautiful setting of the John Field Room. This will be a family and festive concert do not miss it! Tickets: ¤12 Concessions: ¤10.80 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 6 or more Presented by St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Girls’ Choir

Tickets: ¤15 Concessions: ¤13.50 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Presented by Dublin City Council

Friday 6 December 1:05PM DIT CHAMBER CHOIR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT DIT Chamber Choir • DIT Choral Society and soloists from DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama • David Brophy conductor A celebration of Music and Carols for the Festive Season. This Annual pre-Christmas Concert presented by DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama features seasonal music through the ages performed by vocal students of the conservatory. Tickets: ¤5 Concessions: ¤4.50 Family Ticket (4 people, maximum 2 adults): ¤12 Presented by DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama 96

St MARY’S

PRO-CATHEDRAL

GIRLS’ CHOIR

New Dublin Voices

Friday 13 December 1:05PM CHRISTMAS WITH NEW DUBLIN VOICES New Dublin Voices • Bernie Sherlock conductor Sold-out every year, the NDV lunchtime Christmas concert is a seasonal, one-hour favourite of music-lovers and Christmas shoppers, always a delightful blend of Christmas words and music in the intimate surroundings of the John Field Room. Ireland’s Choir of the Year at the 2013 Cork International Choral Festival. Tickets: ¤16 10% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall 10% discount for groups of 10 or more 10% discount for senior citizens Presented by New Dublin Voices

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Do you know someone that loves music and wants to meet like-minded people? This Christmas give them a gift membership to the Friends of the National Concert Hall.

EXPERIENCE MORE WITH MEMBERSHIP Friends enjoy priority booking ticket discounts advance notice of events music tours • social activities concert receptions • music clubs • day trips and activities throughout the year Gift membership starts from ¤125 a year and all gift memberships purchased this festive season come with a gift CD.(while stocks last) Purchase a gift membership today by calling the Friends Booking Line 01 408 6777 For more information email friends@nch.ie or go to www.nch.ie

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FORTHCOMING HIGHLIGHTS JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2014 JANUARY Wed 1 Wed 1 Thurs 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sun 5 Tues 7 Fri 10 Fri 10 Sun 12 Tue 14 Fri 17 Sat 18 Tue 21 Tue 21 Thurs 23 Fri 24 Sat 25 Tue 28 Wed 29 Thurs 30 Fri 31

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Strauss & Co. New Year Gala Celebration RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Strauss & Co. New Year Gala Celebration Annie - The Musical Annie - The Musical National Youth Orchestra of Ireland The Pasadena Roof Orchestra: Puttin’ on The Ritz RTÉ Concert Orchestra: The Very Best of Gilbert & Sullivan Pipeworks: David Leigh, organ – RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 Gershwin’s Genius: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 Reeling in The Showband Years RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Horizons 2014 Contemporary Music Series: Rhona Clarke London Calling: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Horizons 2013-2014 RTÉ Concert Orchestra RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Horizons 2014 Contemporary Music Series: Marion Ingoldsby The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Joshua Bell, violin; Academy of St Martin in the Fields RTÉ Concert Orchestra Rhapsodies & Fairytales – RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Horizons 2013-2014 Johann Strauss Gala – A Viennese Party RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Horizons 2014 Contemporary Music Series: Brian Irvine The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Thomas Hampson, baritone; Amsterdam Sinfonietta RTÉ Concert Orchestra Scottish Fantasy – RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014

The Pasadena Roof Orchestra: Puttin’ on The Ritz

Joshua Bell, violin

Thomas Hampson, baritone

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FORTHCOMING HIGHLIGHTS JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2014 FEBRUARY Sun 2 Best of the Big Bands - Greatest Hits Sun 2 Let There Be Love - A Celebration of Nat King Cole Tue 4 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Horizons 2014 Contemporary Music Series: Sean Clancy Fri 7 Bare Mountain: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 Sun 9 The International Choral Series in The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Chanticleer Thurs 13 Hamlet’s Fantasy: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 Fri 14 RTÉ Concert Orchestra: Valentine’s Gala Thurs 20 The International Concert Series 2013-2014: John Lill – 70th Birthday Celebration Fri 21 Hollywood Heroes with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Tue 25 RTÉ and The National Concert Hall present A Leaving Certificate Guide to Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique Tue 25 RTÉ and the National Concert Hall present A Leaving Certificate Guide to Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique Thurs 27 RTÉ Concert Orchestra: At the Movies Fri 28 Fantastique!: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014

Let There Be Love A Celebration of Nat King Cole

John Lill – 70th Birthday Celebration

Chanticleer

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FORTHCOMING HIGHLIGHTS MARCH-MAY 2014 MARCH Sun 2 Fri 7 Fri 7 Sat 8 Sun 9 Thur 13 Fri 14 Mon 17 Thurs 27

Royal Irish Academy of Music RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra: Birdwistle in Dublin: New Music Dublin Festival 2014 New Music Dublin Festival 2014 New Music Dublin Festival 2014 New Music Dublin Festival 2014 Royal Irish Academy of Music Trumpet on Tour!: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 The Music of Shaun Davey: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Kirill Karabits; Nicola Benedetti, violin

APRIL Fri 4 Fri 4 Fri 11 Sat 12 Fri 18 Sat 19 Tue 22 Sun 27 Tue 29

Pipeworks: David Leigh, organ – RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 Lieutenant Kije: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 The Emperor: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Michael Collins, clarinet / City of London Sinfonia Easter Glory: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Lang Lang The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Danish String Quartet The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Catherine Leonard, violin; Hugh Tinney, piano Royal Irish Academy of Music

Nicola Benedetti, violin

100

Michael Collins, clarinet

Lang Lang, piano

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FORTHCOMING HIGHLIGHTS MARCH-MAY 2014 MAY Fri 2 Sun 4 Sun 11 Fri 16 Fri 23 Sun 24 Sun 25 Fri 30 Fri 30

Hungarian Stories: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment & Choir of the Enlightenment; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Catherine Leonard, violin; Hugh Tinney, piano Hiawatha’s Wedding: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 The Sea: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 Family Film Favourites with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra The International Concert Series 2013-2014: Catherine Leonard, violin; Hugh Tinney, piano Pipeworks: David Adams, organ – RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 Idyllic Leavetakings: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014

Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment

Catherine Leonard, violin Hugh Tinney, piano

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FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL EVENTS SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2013

Thursday 12 September 2013, 9.30am depart DAY TRIP TO NEVEN MAGUIRE’S MACNEAN RESTAURANT & VISIT TO FLORENCE COURT Friends €90 (non-members €95) Booking opens Monday 5 August 2013

Tuesday 17 September 2013, 5pm TURANDOT SUPPER & SCREENING Join us for a delicious one-course meal with a glass of wine at the Harvey Nichols First Floor Restaurant in Dundrum, enjoy a pre-concert talk with Prof. Deirdre O’Grady before making the short walk over to Movies@Dundrum for the performance of Puccini’s Turandot, screened live from the Royal Opera House, London.

Starting Tuesday 1 October 2013, 6.15 – 7.45pm DISCOVERING VERDI: THE MAN & THE MUSIC SIX-WEEK OPERA APPRECIATION COURSE Join us for our Opera Appreciation Course celebrating the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi. Join Professor Deirdre O’Grady (UCD) for an illustrated introduction into Verdi’s life, times and music. Among the operas to be discussed and explored are Nabucco, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Don Carlos, and Aida. The course will provide both beginner and advanced opera lovers a highly illustrated history of each opera and an understanding of the impact that Verdi had on Italian culture. Discovering Verdi: the Man & the Music will take place at 6.15pm – 7.45pm on the following Tuesdays: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 October, 5 November Friends €92 (includes tea and coffee on the first evening) Booking opens Monday 5 August 2013 (Booking for non-members opens on 1 September and costs €145).

Friends €42 (non-members €52) Booking open now No limit on the number of tickets to book per Friend

Starting Tuesday 24 September 2013, 11am – 12.30pm FRIENDS MUSIC CLUB The Friends Music Club returns this autumn with Professor Gerard Gillen who will be discussing CDs and repertoire featured in upcoming concerts here at the National Concert Hall, one piece is explored each week. Each session takes place over tea and coffee in the Iveagh Room of the Terrace Café. The course takes place on the following Tuesdays: 24 September, 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 October A book club but for your ears! Ticket includes: • Tea/coffee for each session • First CD for discussion Friends €90 for 6 sessions. Booking opens Monday 5 August 2013. Places are limited. 102

Thursday 10 October 2013, 11am IRELAND’S GOLD IN CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR GEORGE EOGAN Ireland’s collection of prehistoric goldwork is one of the most extensive and most important in Western Europe. Join archaeologist Professor George Eogan who will give us an insight into what Bronze Age gold work reveals to us. Ticket includes: • Tea/Coffee in the Iveagh Room at the National Concert Hall Friends €15. Places are limited.

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FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL EVENTS SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2013

Thursday 24 October, 6.30pm CHOCOLATE & WHISKEY-TASTING Join us at the St. Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club for a decadent evening of Chocolate & Whiskey Pairings. Join Irish Chocolatier ‘Cocoa Atelier’ along with ‘The Irish Whiskey Society’, enjoy learning about these two luxurious products in a relaxed atmosphere. Friends €25. Places are limited.

Wednesday 27 November, 3pm SWITCHING ON THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS Join us for mince pies and music as we switch on the Christmas lights at the National Concert Hall. A live choir will perform classic carols and modern favourites to get you into the Christmas spirit. Enjoy an afternoon with other Friends members and the friendly faces of your membership team. To attend simply RSVP by email to friends@nch.ie or in writing Membership Office, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 or by phone 01 417 0067.

Friday 6 December, 10am depart - 4pm return VIP CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT KILDARE VILLAGE Join us for a private shopping day with lunch at the chic Kildare Village. Friends €25 (non-members €30)

Monday 16 December 2013, 12.15pm FRIENDS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TALK & LUNCH WITH CARA O’SULLIVAN AND VERONICA DUNNE Friends €45. Places are limited.

Sunday 3 November, 11am depart - return approx 11pm WEXFORD FESTIVAL OPERA DAY TRIP This day tour offers lunch in Wexford followed by the Wexford Opera Festival’s performance of Foroni’s opera Cristina, Regina di Svezia. Enjoy post-performance refreshments in the opera house before returning to Dublin. Friends €165 Booking opens Monday 5 August 2013

Tuesday 19 November 2013, 11.30am FESTIVE FLOWER ARRANGING Join Thomas Lee, Director of Floral Events, for a festive flower arranging event, for getting to grips with your floral designs in time for the festive season. Everyone who attends this event will have the chance to win any arrangements created at the event.

FRIENDS COFFEE MORNINGS First Wednesday of every month at 11am Simply purchase a beverage of your choice, maybe even treat yourself to a scone and meet new Friends and find out about Friends activities. It is a great way of meeting other like-minded members and an opportunity to chat to the membership team. No ticket required, just come along! Coming up: Wednesday 4 September, 11 am Wednesday 2 October, 11 am Wednesday 6 November, 11 am Wednesday 4 December, 11 am For more information on all Friends events, Friends membership or to book your tickets call the Friends Box Office line on 01 408 6777

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EDUCATION EVENTS SEPT-DEC

MINI MUSIC Mini Music is an action-packed music workshop experience for babies and young children aged 3 months to 5 years old. 30-minute workshops take place on Saturdays at the National Concert Hall. Carefully designed to suit each of the age groups, workshops are fun and accessible with foot-tapping, memorable tunes! Mini Minors 10.20: 3-12 months Mini Majors 11.00: 1-2 years Mini Mezzos 11.40: 2 -3 years Mini Muchos 12.20: 3-4 years Mini Maxis 13.00: 4-5 years Term 1: Term 2: Term 3:

September 7, 14, 21, 28 October 5, 12, 19 November 2, 9, 16 November 30 December 7, 14 January 4, 11, 18, 25 February 1, 8, 15 March 22, 29 April 5, 12, 26 May 10, 17, 24 June 7, 14

Tickets: ¤120 per 10 week term Young Maestro & second child: ¤96

New for Term 1! Mini Maestros workshops for 5 -8 year olds from 1.30 – 2.15pm Young Maestros workshops for 8 -12 year olds from 2.30pm – 3.15pm Ticket: ¤155 Young Maestro: ¤130 Presented by the National Concert Hall Education & Outreach Department 104

Saturday 7 September 11:00AM/12:15PM/2PM John Field Room AMA-ZONE: FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM Ama-zone is a multi-sensory installation created by sound artist Slavek Kwi. Slavek will transform the John Field Room into a magical rainforest, where you can wander freely and explore a variety of sights, feelings and sounds. Follow the sound-journey of a little wooden canoe floating between trees in flooded rainforest, through Slavek’s own recordings from the remote Xixuau Xiparina reserve on Rio Jauaperi, off the Rio Negro in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Visitors to Ama-zone are asked to be present for the start of the session, for a brief welcome and introduction, but then may wander in and out as they please. Ticket: ¤8 Presented by the National Concert Hall Education & Outreach Department

Friday 20 September 7PM/8PM/9PM Kevin Barry Room CULTURE NIGHT SAMBA DRUMMING SESSION An interactive 45 minute action packed Samba Drumming session, which will appeal to all the family. Come along and play a range of percussion instruments in an organized and structured, yet fun environment. Our experienced facilitator from the Mobile Music School, has years of experience working with groups and teaching them the underpinning importance of rhythm and performing as part of an ensemble. In addition to performing, each participant will benefit from learning about the characteristics and history of Samba Drumming. A thoroughly enjoyable event for all and sundry! This is a ticketed event; complimentary tickets will be available on the night. Presented by the National Concert Hall Education & Outreach Department in association with the Mobile Music School

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EDUCATION EVENTS SEPT-DEC

The Sixteen

Saturday 12 October 12PM Kevin Barry Room CHORAL WORKSHOP WITH THE SIXTEEN The workshop is a perfect combination of historical context, provided by soprano and practical scholar Sally Dunkley, and expert vocal tuition from The Sixteen’s Associate Conductor Eamonn Dougan. Sessions include a range of vocal advice including warm-ups, breathing technique, voice production and blend. Singers should be confident in holding their own line, and music is sent in advance to all participants. Rachel Kelly

Tickets: ¤35 Presented by The Sixteen in association with the National Concert Hall Education & Outreach Department

Wednesday 2 October 8PM John Field Room BERNADETTE GREEVY RECITAL Join mezzo-soprano, Rachel Kelly winner of the 2012 Bernadette Greevy Bursary, for a warming selection of songs on a winter evening. The recital will include Vivaldi’s Sposa son disprezzata, Mahler’s Lieder eines Farenden and Handel’s Dopo Notte as well as charming renditions of Irish favourites Sally Gardens arranged by Herbert Hughes and Thomas Moore’s Meeting of the Waters. The National Concert Hall has also commissioned a new piece by an Irish composer for Rachel which will be premiered at this performance.

Monday 29 October – Friday 1 November 10AM – 4PM Kevin Barry Room SONGSCHOOL Free concert for family & friends on Friday 1 November at 7pm Songschool is for secondary school students who are interested in writing and recording songs, performing them at a concert, making a video, learning about music technology, and meeting people who love music as much as they do… not to mention forming bands and having fun! All Songschool students receive a CD of their songs, a DVD of their videos, and a Songschool certificate of participation. www.songschool.ie

Tickets: ¤15 Concession: ¤13 Friends of the National Concert Hall: ¤12.50 Presented by the National Concert Hall The National Concert Hall wishes to acknowledge the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for its kind support of the Bernadette Greevy Bursary for Singers.

Tickets: ¤150 20% discount available for Young Maestros 20% discount for groups of 2 or more Presented by the National Concert Hall Education Education & Outreach Department

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EDUCATION EVENTS SEPT-DEC Thursday 7 November 10AM Kevin Barry Room MASTERCLASS WITH PHILIP MARTIN A day of piano masterclasses with the highly-acclaimed pianist and professor, Philip Martin - watch how Ireland’s aspiring talented students flourish under the enthusiasm and guidance of this great musician and composer - not to be missed! For further details, please contact Education@nch.ie Observer Tickets: ¤5 Presented by Dublin Master Classes in association with the National Concert Hall Education & Outreach Department

Saturday 16 November 2PM/3:30PM Kevin Barry Room WHISTLEBLAST QUARTET INTERACTIVE FAMILY CONCERT The wonderful WhistleBlast Quartet presents a musical programme that includes Tchaikovsky, Bizet, James Bond film themes, (arranged by the highly acclaimed Kenneth Edge), and The Simpsons. This diverse and engaging concert will also involve the audience in interactive songs, rhythms and demonstrations of instruments provided by Mary Curran (French Horn), Síle Daly (Oboe and Cor Anglais), Ken Edge (Saxophones and Clarinet) and Andrew Synnott ( Piano). A great introduction to live music with an emphasis on fun, laughter & learning! Suitable for 2-13 year olds. Tickets: ¤12.50 Family Ticket (family of 4 with at least 1 child): ¤44 Young Maestros: ¤10 Presented by The National Concert Hall Education & Outreach Department

Jonathan Lemalu

Monday 11 November 11AM Kevin Barry Room MASTERCLASS WITH JONATHAN LEMALU Following his appearance in the Sunday Matinée Series of The International Concert Series 2013-2014, Jonathan Lemalu will give a masterclass to six young singers on Monday 11th November at 11 am. Grammy award-winning bass baritone Jonathan Lemalu continues to be in great demand on the global stage as an opera singer, concert performer, recitalist and recording artist. To apply to take part in the masterclass please send a short biography and proposed repertoire along with a cover letter to Education@nch.ie Observer tickets: ¤5. Participants fee: ¤50 20% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall Complimentary pair of tickets for Season Friends and Patrons of the National Concert Hall Presented by the National Concert Hall Education and Outreach Department 106

Tuesday 25 February 10:30AM/12:15PM Main Auditorium RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL PRESENT A LEAVING CERTIFICATE GUIDE TO BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Presented by Paul Rissmann Following last year’s Leaving Certificate Guide to Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet with the RTÉ NSO, we turn to Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique in this tailor-made concert presentation for Leaving Certificate music students. Working with the full forces of the orchestra and using computer technology to provide a visual guide to the music, Rissmann will pull Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique apart to uncover the curriculum concepts and provide clear listening posts for the students. This hour-long visual presentation will give students a deeper understanding of the piece and will end with a concert performance of three movements from this epic work. Tickets: ¤10 per student, complimentary tickets for teachers. Presented by RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and The National Concert Hall On sale Monday 23rd September 2013 at 10am

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The Young Maestros music club is a membership that gives great benefits like 20% ticket discounts on all National Concert Hall education events and workshops. Members also receive seasonal newsletters and priority booking. And being a member encourages more music making with fun members events throughout the year. If you are thinking of giving the gift of a Young Maestros membership simply visit www.nch.ie or call 01 408 6777. Only Â¤50 for the year! All new members receive a bumper membership pack, a personalised membership card and a gift CD.

Give them a gift this Christmas that will last a lifetime.

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THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL BOOKING & GENERAL INFORMATION BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS Monday – Saturday 10am – 6pm TELEPHONE BOOKINGS +353 1 417 0000 Monday – Saturday 10am – 6pm (open two hours prior to concerts on Sundays & Bank Holidays for one hour) ONLINE BOOKING www.nch.ie (no booking fees) All major credit/debit cards accepted. Cheques should be made payable to “The National Concert Hall” CONDITIONS OF SALE • Once purchased, tickets cannot be refunded or exchanged. • Programme & artist are subject to change

CONCESSIONS • Concessions are available on selected concerts to patrons who produce suitable identification • Concessions not requested at time of booking cannot be allocated later GIFT CARDS • Gift Cards can be used online, in person or over the phone. • Please quote the Gift Card number and Redemption Number when booking

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THiRD LEVEL STUDENT STANDBY SCHEME On production of suitable identification at the Box Office, third level students can avail of tickets for a5 one hour prior to a performance. Please contact the Box Office on the day of the performance for possible availability of this offer. One ticket per student only. GROUPS Got a Group? Get a Deal. Contact the Box Office Booking Line on +3531 417 0000 or email groups@ nch.ie Monday – Friday 10am – 6pm CHILD ADMITTANCE Patrons are advised that children under the age of 5 will not be admitted to events which are unsuitable for children. Please contact the Box Office for recommendations regarding age admittance. BABES-IN-ARMS • For family & children’s events, babes-in-arms (children under 12 months) will be admitted to the concert provided that they can be seated throughout the performance on the accompanying adult’s lap. • Please inform the Box Office at time of booking to receive the free infant ticket. SPECIAL ASSISTANCE • Seats are available at the back of the stalls (downstairs) for wheel chair users & their companions • An induction loop system for hard of hearing patrons has been installed in the Main Auditorium • An Infra Red Assistive Listening System is available for events throughout the Main Auditorium and in the John Field Room. To avail of this system please contact our reception desk on the night. Instructions on how to use this system are available on www.nch.ie

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NATIONAL CONCERT HALL ETIQUETTE • There is no smoking in The National Concert Hall • Cameras, video equipment and recording devices are not permitted • Please ensure all mobiles devices are switched off before entering the Auditorium • Please arrive early. There is no guarantee of late seating. Where possible, patrons will only be admitted when there is a suitable break, if any, in the performance • Please leave all coats, bags and umbrellas in the Cloak Room in the John Field Room. There is no charge incurred for this facility DATA PROTECTION • When you book tickets with the National Concert Hall, your details will be held on our database • From time to time, we may send you information about The National Concert Hall and its programme of events. If you do not wish to receive this information, please tell a member of the Box Office Team at time of booking or select “No” to the Marketing Questions online • The National Concert Hall complies with the principles of good data handling. For details, please see our privacy policy on www.nch.ie or contact us on +3531 417 0077 THE MUSIC BOX The Music Box at The National Concert Hall features a selection of CDs, DVDs, books and more. Open one hour prior to concerts, during intermission and after performances.

FINE DINING AT THE TERRACE CAFÉ AT THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL • For reservations call + 353 1 417 0090 or email nch@withtaste.ie KEEP UP TO DATE AND IN TOUCH WITH THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL Sign up to receive our free e-zines Join our online mailing list and stay informed about concerts, special offers and much more. Join us on Facebook Be part of The National Concert Hall Facebook community. Get the latest news & exclusive offers, see videos of your favourite performers and chat to other members of our community. JOIN TODAY! www.facebook.com/ nationalconcerthall Follow us on Twitter Why not follow our daily musings on Twitter – be the first to know about upcoming concerts and get exclusive Twitter follower deals. www.twitter.com/NCH_Music Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Watch videos of upcoming performers and rehearsals at our Youtube Channel www.youtube.com/user/MusicNCH Digital Calendar of Events View our Digital Calendar of Events online at www.nch.ie

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YOUR VISIT GETTING HERE AND PARKING

DISTANCES M50 Motorway: 9km Dublin Airport: 17km Dublin Busáras Station: 3.4km Dublin Connolly Station: 3.5km Dublin Heuston Station: 4.9km

BY TRAIN Pearse Street Station is the nearest DART station to us. Some commuter trains also stop here while others will terminate at Connolly Station For more information on timetables, log on to www.irishrail.ie

BY CAR The National Concert Hall is located in the centre of the city beside St. Stephen’s Green. Please be aware that there is a one-way system in place on St Stephen’s Green so please follow the instructions below.

BY LUAS Harcourt Street is within five minutes’ walk of the National Concert Hall and runs regularly: every five minutes at busy periods and every fifteen minutes at less busy periods

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DUBLIN BIKES Why not keep it green and use one of the Dublin Bikes available at various points around the city. There is a Dublin Bikes station directly outside The National Concert Hall. There are also two stations on St Stephen’s Green, both of which have credit card terminals. For more information, log on to www.dublinbikes.ie

Follow the signs to the City Centre From O’Connell Street, head south over the River Liffey, down D’Olier Street, past Trinity College onto Nassau Street From Nassau Street, take a right turn onto Kildare Street This will lead you onto St. Stephen’s Green. Continue down towards Baggot Street, take the first right onto Pembroke Street, straight past Fitzwilliam Square until you come to a set of traffic lights Turn right onto Leeson Street and at the next set of traffic lights take the left onto Earlsfort Terrace where The National Concert Hall is situated on the right-hand side

CAR PARKING FACILITIES Limited parking is available in the grounds of the National Concert Hall. There are also a number of car parks within a short walk of the Hall: The Royal College of Surgeons Car Park, Dawson Street Car Park, Schoolhouse Lane, BY BUS As we are centrally located, there are plenty of Drury Street Car Park, Park Rite Car Park, options for buses to bring you to The National St. Stephen’s Green Car Park Concert Hall. Setanta Place For more information on routes and timetables, It is also possible to park on Adelaide Road, log on www.dublinbus.ie Hatch Street, Fitzwilliam Square, St. Stephen’s If you are travelling directly from Dublin Airport Green, all within walking distance of the Nato The National Concert Hall, the Aircoach can tional Concert Hall. Please check for parking be used as it will leave you on Lower Leeson restrictions and notices for Pay & Display areas. Street which is just around the corner from The National Concert Hall. For more information or routes and fares, log on to www.aircoach.ie

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THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL SEATING PLAN CHOIR BALCONY Y D ON RE LC BA E D SI

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Thank You The National Concert Hall would like to acknowledge with appreciation and gratitude the generous support of our Patron Circle Members • John Field Society Members • American Friends PATRON CIRCLE Frank & Ivy Bannister • Tom Bryant • Sharon Burke • Geraldine & David Byrne Tom & Maura Carey • Denis & Gráinne Cremins • Veronica Dunne Donagh McDonagh • Brian McElroy • John McGrane • Deirdre O’Grady • Richie Ryan Clive Shannon

JOHN FIELD SOCIETY Frank & Ivy Bannister • Sharon Burke • Denis & Gráinne Cremins Sir James & Lady Jeanne Galway • Gráinne Hope Francis Ludlow • Donagh McDonagh • Finbarr & Mary O’Neill Kieran Tobin • Rosita Wolfe

AMERICAN FRIENDS Tom Bryant • Peter Hooper • Robert Pedersen • Theresa Murtagh

We also gratefully acknowledge those patrons who have requested to remain anonymous. For further information contact Sinéad Hope. Tel: +353 1 4170072 or e-mail sinead.hope@nch.ie

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