RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2016-2017 Season

National 2016 RTÉ Symphony 2017 Orchestra

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2016–2017 Season highlights 2016–2017 Season at a glance Concerts & Events: 30 September 2016 –26 May 2017 Pipeworks organ recitals Single concert ticket prices Main Season concert package prices Main Season concert package rewards How and when to book RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra: Profile National Concert Hall Seating Plan: Main Season Concerts

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Main Season and other concerts are broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm

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National 2016 RTÉ Symphony 2017 Orchestra

Patron: Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland

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An outline of our season Highlights of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-17 Season include two mini-series featuring the work of symphonic giants. Bruckner: Music and Faith features his 5th, 6th and 7th Symphonies together with his Te Deum – music that implicitly and explicitly represents unshakable faith and deeply felt spiritual values. Shostakovich: Testimony offers the composer’s 10th, 11th and 15th Symphonies – great public statements with encoded personal utterances written in the period following Stalin’s death.

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The season’s strong Russian thread includes a special focus on Tchaikovsky, with all four of the composer’s works for piano and orchestra performed over two days – an extraordinary feat to be undertaken by Barry Douglas, marking the anniversary of his famous win in the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow thirty years ago.

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The RTÉ Philhamonic Choir will join the orchestra to perform the world premiere of Humiliated and Insulted by RTÉ Composer-in-Residence Gerald Barry, co-commissioned by RTÉ and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Other choral works include Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius and two works within a concert focusing on Arvo Pärt’s music, Salve Regina and Adam’s Lament. The choir will give its own first performance of Handel’s Messiah on 6 January and return to Bach’s St Matthew Passion on Good Friday, 14 April. The recent spotlight The orchestra will on outstanding singers continues with performances of two of Mahler’s greatest song cycles, be led by a range Kindertotenlieder (Patricia Bardon) and RückertLieder (Dietrich Henschel); the elegiac Four Last of outstanding Songs by Richard Strauss (Orla Boylan) and the conductors… » exquisite Les nuits d’été by Berlioz (Ailish Tynan).

Extraordinary repertoire from the second half of the twentieth century includes Messiaen’s iconic Turangalîla-Symphonie, concertos for violin and orchestra by Peteris Vasks, Sofia Gubaidulina and Witold Lutosławski; the amazing clarinet concerto of Magnus Lindberg and key works by significant Irish figures, John Kinsella, Donnacha Dennehy, Seóirse Bodley and Brian Boydell (marking his 100th anniversary).

The orchestra will be led by a range of outstanding conductors some of whom are returning, including Nicholas Collon, James Feddeck, Cristian Macelaru and Nathalie Stutzmann, and some new faces including Daniel Blendulf, Alexander Vedernikov, Michał Nesterowicz and Erik Nielsen. Included amongst the season’s many exceptional solo instrumentalists are new faces Daniel Hope (violin), Kari Kriikku (clarinet) and Vadim Gluzman (violin) and returning favourites Stephen Hough and Nikolay Khozyainov (piano).

In a special presentation in conjunction with the National Concert Hall’s Russian Music Season which spans January through May, we perform with star violinist Maxim Vengerov who will play Sibelius’ Violin Concerto and conduct Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, Pathétique.

The Music of Our Time series of free lunchtime concerts in January – April 2017 will present international music alongside new and recent Irish work. The series will include new commissions by Ann Cleare and RTÉ lyric fm Composer-in-Residence Sebastian Adams alongside works by Stephen Gardner, Andrew Hamilton, Julian Anderson, Wolfgang Rihm and Detlev Glanert.

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ATA GLANCE: RTÉ NSO 2016–2017 SEASON EVENT

COMPOSER(S)

Fri 30 Sep 8pm

DATE

TIME

CELEBRATING DANCE

Fri 07 Oct Fri 14 Oct Fri 21 Oct Fri 28 Oct

8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm

BRUCKNER: MUSIC AND FAITH SHOSTAKOVICH: TESTIMONY STEPHEN HOUGH PLAYS RACHMANINOV THE MUSIC OF ARVO PÄRT

Delibes, Sarasate, Prokofiev, Borodin, Ravel, Tchaikovsky Mahler, Bruckner Górecki, Vasks, Shostakovich Rachmaninov, Beethoven Arvo Pärt

Fri 04 Nov Fri 18 Nov Fri 18 Nov Fri 25 Nov Sun 01 Jan Sun 01 Jan Fri 06 Jan

8pm 6.30pm 8pm 8pm 2.30pm 6.30pm 8pm

SHOSTAKOVICH: TESTIMONY PIPEWORKS RECITAL BRUCKNER: MUSIC AND FAITH SHOSTAKOVICH: TESTIMONY NEW YEAR CELEBRATION NEW YEAR CELEBRATION MESSIAH

Gerald Barry, Schumann, Shostakovich Bach, Reger, Brahms, Franck Wagner, R. Strauss, Bruckner Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich Strauss Family & vocal favourites Strauss Family & vocal favourites Handel

Fri 13 Jan Tue 17 Jan Fri 20 Jan Fri 27 Jan

8pm 1.05pm 8pm 8pm

NATHALIE STUTZMANN CONDUCTS MUSIC OF OUR TIME BRUCKNER: MUSIC AND FAITH CRISTIAN MACELARU CONDUCTS

Fri 03 Feb 6.30pm PIPEWORKS RECITAL Fri 03 Feb 8pm HOPE PLAYS MENDELSSOHN Fri 10 Feb 8pm BRUCKNER: MUSIC AND FAITH

Beethoven, Brahms Wolfgang Rihm ★, Stephen Gardner Beethoven, Bruckner Kodály, Lutosławski, Seóirse Bodley, Mussorgsky, Ligeti Mendelssohn, Rheinberger Mendelssohn, Brahms Gerald Barry ★, Mahler, R. Strauss, Bruckner

Tue 14 Feb 1.05pm Fri 17 Feb 8pm Fri 24 Feb 8pm

MUSIC OF OUR TIME NIKOLAY KHOZYAINOV PLAYS RACHMANINOV TCHAIKOVSKY: COMPLETE WORKS FOR PIANO & ORCHESTRA Sat 25 Feb 8pm TCHAIKOVSKY: COMPLETE WORKS FOR PIANO & ORCHESTRA Fri 10 Mar 8pm BOYDELL CENTENARY Fri 24 Mar 8pm AILISH TYNAN SINGS BERLIOZ Fri 31 Mar 6.30pm PIPEWORKS RECITAL Fri 31 Mar 8pm TURANGALÎLA–SYMPHONIE

Julian Anderson ★, Ann Cleare ★ Donnacha Dennehy, Rachmaninov, Franck Tchaikovsky

Tue 04 April 1.05pm

Detlev Glanert ★, Sebastian Adams ★, Andrew Hamilton Sibelius, Tchaikovsky Haydn

MUSIC OF OUR TIME

Fri 07 April 8pm VENGEROV PLAYS SIBELIUS Fri 14 April 1.30pm THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS Fri 14 April 3.30pm ST MATTHEW PASSION

Fri 28 April Fri 05 May Fri 05 May Fri 12 May Fri 19 May

8pm 6.30pm 8pm 8pm 8pm

Fri 26 May 8pm 04

Tchaikovsky Brian Boydell, Rachmaninov, Dvorák, Schnittke Berlioz, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns Messiaen Dutilleux, Messiaen

Bach

VADIM GLUZMAN PLAYS GUBAIDULINA PIPEWORKS RECITAL LETICIA MORENO PLAYS LALO THE FIREBIRD THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS

John Kinsella, Sofia Gubaidulina ★, Brahms Anton Heiller, Jehan Alain, Guy Bovet Turina, Lalo, Ravel, Falla Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich, Stravinsky Elgar

KARI KRIIKU PLAYS LINDBERG

Lindberg, Mahler

MAIN SEASON CONCERT ★ WORLD PREMIERE ★ IRISH PREMIERE

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CONDUCTOR

GUEST ARTIST(S)

SOUNDINGS

Gavin Maloney

Patrick Rafter

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Jonas Alber Michał Nesterowicz Richard Farnes To~ nu Kaljuste

Patricia Bardon Patricia Bardon & Jonas Alber 10/11 Elina Vähälä 12 Stephen Hough Richard Farnes & Stephen Hough 13 Helena Wood, Elaine Clark, 14/15 RTÉ Philharmonic Choir Finghin Collins Jaime Martin & Finghin Collins 16 David Adams 17/51 Orla Boylan 17 Andreas Brantelid Nicholas Collon & Andreas Brantelid 18 Máire Flavin 19 Máire Flavin 19 Giselle Allen, Sharon Carty, Benjamin Hulett, 21 Gavan Ring, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir Itamar Zorman, Leonard Elschenbroich 22/23 24 John O’Conor Gerhard Markson & John O’Conor 25 Helena Wood, RTÉ Contempo Quartet Cristian Macelaru 27

Jaime Martin James Feddeck Nicholas Collon David Brophy David Brophy Mark Hindley Nathalie Stutzmann Gerhard Markson Gerhard Markson Cristian Macelaru

Alexander Shelley Hans Graf Gavin Maloney Daniel Blendulf Alexander Vedernikov Alexander Vedernikov Claus Peter Flor Jean-Luc Tingaud Erik Nielsen

Mark Duley Daniel Hope Majella Cullagh, Paula Murrihy, Paul McNamara, Dietrich Henschel, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir Nikolay Khozyainov Barry Douglas Alexander Vedernikov & Barry Douglas Barry Douglas Denis Kozhukhin, RTÉ Contempo Quartet Ailish Tynan Fergal Caulfield RTÉ Contempo Quartet, Steven Osborne Valérie Hartmann-Claverie

Daniel Cohen Josep Pons Tung-Chieh Chuang Gerhard Markson Sachio Fujioka

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Claus Peter Flor & Denis Kozhukhin 36 Jean-Luc Tingaud & Ailish Tynan 37 38/51 38/39 -

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Maxim Vengerov RTÉ Contempo Quartet

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Ben Johnson, Stephan Loges, Aoife Miskelly, Rachel Kelly, Mark Wilde, Brendan Collins, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, RTÉ Cór na nÓg Vadim Gluzman David Leigh Leticia Moreno Simone Lamsma Anna Stéphany, Andrew Kennedy, Neal Davies, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir Kari Kriikku

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Gavin Maloney

Matthew Halls

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Daniel Cohen & Vadim Gluzman 44 45/51 45 Tung-Chieh Chuang & Simone Lamsma 46/47 48/49 Sachio Fujioka & Kari Kriikku

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National 2016 RTÉ Symphony 2017 Orchestra

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Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm, presenting Main Season concerts live from the stage.

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FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER BEYOND THE SEASON

Celebrating Dance

DELIBES Prelude and Mazurka from Coppélia / 6’

SARASATE Carmen Fantasy / 12’ •

PROKOFIEV The Montagues and the Capulets The Young Juliet and Dance from Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2 / 11’

BORODIN Polovtsian Dances / 11’

RAVEL La valse / 13’

TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty Suite / 23’ Patrick Rafter violin• Gavin Maloney conductor CONCERT 8pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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Patricia Bardon sings Kindertotenlieder 10

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FRIDAY 07 OCTOBER MAIN SEASON CONCERT

JONAS ALBER

Bruckner Music and Faith

MAHLER Kindertotenlieder / 26’ •

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 5 in B flat / 81’

Patricia Bardon mezzo-soprano • Jonas Alber conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

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I placed myself in the situation that a child of mine had died. When I really lost my daughter, I could not have written these songs any more. » Gustav Mahler

SOUNDINGS 7pm: In Conversation Patricia Bardon & Jonas Alber / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER MAIN SEASON CONCERT

ELINA VÄHÄLÄ

Shostakovich Testimony

GÓRECKI Three Pieces in Old Style / 10’

VASKS Distant Light / 30’ •

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10 in E minor / 54’ Elina Vähälä violin • Michał Nesterowicz conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

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A soloist of the highest rank whose ease and presence place her among the rising glories of the violin. » Le Monde on Elina Vähälä

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CONCERT 8pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER MAIN SEASON CONCERT

STEPHEN HOUGH

RACHMANINOV The Isle of the Dead / 20’

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor / 27’ •

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A / 36’ Stephen Hough piano • Richard Farnes conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

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Hough’s steady ascent to the summit of his profession exhibits equally supreme mastery of his instrument and the deep humanity from which it has flowered. » International Record Review

SOUNDINGS 7pm: In Conversation Stephen Hough & Richard Farnes / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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ARVO PÄRT

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FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER MAIN SEASON CONCERT

ELAINE CLARK

ARVO PÄRT Fratres / 10’ Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten / 6’ Tabula Rasa / 27’ • Salve Regina / 12’ •• Adam’s Lament / 24’ •• Helena Wood violin • Elaine Clark violin• RTÉ Philharmonic Choir •• chorus master: Mark Hindley

Tõnu Kaljuste conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

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I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours.

Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener. » Arvo Pärt

CONCERT 8pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 04 NOVEMBER MAIN SEASON CONCERT

FINGHIN COLLINS

Shostakovich

GERALD BARRY

Testimony

Diner / 3’

RTÉ COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE

SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor / 31’ •

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11 in G minor, The Year 1905 / 55’ Finghin Collins piano • Jaime Martin conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

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It's about the people, who have stopped believing because the cup of evil has run over. » Shostakovich, Testimony

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SOUNDINGS 7pm: In Conversation Finghin Collins & Jaime Martin / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER MAIN SEASON CONCERT

DANIEL HOPE

ORLA BOYLAN

Bruckner Music and Faith

WAGNER Prelude to Act 1 of Parsifal / 13’

R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs / 24’ •

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6 in A / 54’

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It is no common mortal who speaks to us in this music. »

Orla Boylan soprano • James Feddeck conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

Critic Ludwig Speidel on Bruckner

PIPEWORKS 6.30pm: Free organ recital with David Adams. See page 51 / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER MAIN SEASON CONCERT

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

Shostakovich Testimony VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis / 15’

TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme / 18’ •

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15 in A / 42’ Andreas Brantelid cello • Nicholas Collon conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

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His interpretations reveal a stylistic insight, elegance and emotional power to match his striking technical aplomb. » The Telegraph on Andreas Brantelid

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SOUNDINGS 7pm: In Conversation Nicholas Collon & Andreas Brantelid / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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SUNDAY 1 JANUARY MAIN SEASON CONCERT

MÁIRE FLAVIN

New Year Celebration Greet the New Year with old-fashioned glamour and gaiety courtesy of a host of Viennese masters from the city of dreams and delectable melodies. ‘With a glittering upper register that suggests she may be the next singer ready to graduate to greater things’ (The Guardian), soprano Máire Flavin joins us for Lehár’s delectably flirtatious ‘Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss’ (Giuditta) and the intoxicating ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’ from Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady. An array of Strauss Family favourites, including waltzes and polkas, are part of the mix. Get set to dance in 2017 with the rousing Radetzky March and hypnotically irresistible By the Beautiful Blue Danube by Johann Strauss, father and son.

Máire Flavin soprano David Brophy conductor

CONCERTS 2.30pm & 6.30pm / TICKETS from €20. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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MARTIN METRUSTRY

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FRIDAY 06 JANUARY MAIN SEASON CONCERT

RTÉ PHILHARMONIC CHOIR

HANDEL

Messiah

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Giselle Allen soprano Sharon Carty mezzo-soprano Benjamin Hulett tenor Gavan Ring baritone RTÉ Philharmonic Choir chorus master: Mark Hindley

Mark Hindley conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

CONCERT 8pm / TICKETS from €17. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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NATHALIE STUTZMANN

«

A glorious revelation...thanks in large part to the superlative musicianship of Nathalie Stutzmann conducting a responsive RTÉ NSO. » Bachtrack

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FRIDAY 13 JANUARY MAIN SEASON CONCERT

LEONARD ELSCHENBROICH

BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture / 8’

BRAHMS Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor / 32’ •

BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D / 40’

Itamar Zorman violin • Leonard Elschenbroich cello• Nathalie Stutzmann conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

CONCERT 8pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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TUESDAY 17 JANUARY BEYOND THE SEASON

WOLFGANG RIHM

Music of Our Time Music by Irish and international composers WOLFGANG RIHM Verwandlung 4 IRISH PREMIERE / 16’

STEPHEN GARDNER Lament / 11’ Gerhard Markson conductor

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CONCERT 1.05pm / TICKETS FREE. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 20 JANUARY MAIN SEASON CONCERT

JOHN O’CONOR

John O’Conor 70th birthday celebration

Bruckner Music and Faith

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G / 34’ •

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in E / 64’

John O’Conor piano • Gerhard Markson conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

SOUNDINGS 7pm: In Conversation John O’Conor & Gerhard Markson / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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DAVID MACKENZIE

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FRIDAY 27 JANUARY MAIN SEASON CONCERT

KODÁLY Dances of Galánta / 16’

LUTOSŁAWSKI Partita for Violin and Orchestra / 15’ •

BODLEY A small white cloud drifts over Ireland / 16’

MUSSORGSKY/ RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition / 30’ FOLLOWED BY

LIGETI String Quartet No. 1, Métamorphoses nocturnes / 22’ ••

DANIEL HOPE

Helena Wood violin • RTÉ Contempo Quartet •• Cristian Macelaru conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm HELENA WOOD

SOUNDINGS 7pm: In Conversation Cristian Macelaru / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €17. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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Daniel Hope plays Mendelssohn « Among the best [violinists] in the world as well as the most thoughtful. » The Observer 28

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FRIDAY 03 FEBRUARY MAIN SEASON CONCERT

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture / 10’

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor / 26’•

BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor / 39’

Daniel Hope violin • Alexander Shelley conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

PIPEWORKS 6.30pm: Free organ recital with Mark Duley. See page 51 / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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Dietrich Henschel sings Mahler

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FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY MAIN SEASON CONCERT

GERALD BARRY, RTÉ COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE

Bruckner Music and Faith GERALD BARRY Humiliated and Insulted / 11’

WORLD PREMIERE CO-COMMISSIONED BY RTÉ AND ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA

MAHLER Rückert-Lieder / 18’ ••

R STRAUSS Metamorphosen / 23’

Majella Cullagh soprano • Paula Murrihy mezzo-soprano • Paul McNamara tenor• Dietrich Henschel baritone • •• RTÉ Philharmonic Choir chorus master: Mark Hindley

Hans Graf conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

BRUCKNER Te Deum / 24’ •

CONCERT 8pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY BEYOND THE SEASON

ANN CLEARE

Music of Our Time Music by Irish and international composers JULIAN ANDERSON The Discovery of Heaven IRISH PREMIERE / 22’

ANN CLEARE New work WORLD PREMIERE/RTÉ COMMISSION / 11’

Gavin Maloney conductor

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CONCERT 1.05pm / TICKETS FREE. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY MAIN SEASON CONCERT

NIKOLAY KHOZYAINOV

DONNACHA DENNEHY Crane RTÉ COMMISSION / 18’

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor / 39’ •

FRANCK Symphony in D minor / 37’ Nikolay Khozyainov piano • Daniel Blendulf conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

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One felt piano, pianist and audience all needed the interval to recuperate after such exhilaration. » Bachtrack

CONCERT 8pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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Tchaikovsky Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra Barry Douglas 30 years on from winning the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition 34

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FRIDAY 24 & SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY MAIN SEASON CONCERTS

ALEXANDER VEDERNIKOV

FRIDAY CONCERT

TCHAIKOVSKY The Tempest, Fantasy Overture / 18' Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat / 16' • Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture / 18' Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor / 32' • SATURDAY CONCERT

TCHAIKOVSKY Hamlet, Fantasy Overture / 18' Concert Fantasia in G / 28' Piano Concerto No. 2 in G / 37' • Barry Douglas piano • Alexander Vedernikov conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm SOUNDINGS Friday 7pm: In Conversation Barry Douglas & Alexander Vedernikov CONCERTS 8pm / TICKETS from €15. See page 53. Find out more at rte.ie/nso 5% discount with purchase of both concerts or buy as part of a regular package. Discounts 5-30%.

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FRIDAY 10 MARCH MAIN SEASON CONCERT

BRIAN BOYDELL

Boydell Centenary Year

BRIAN BOYDELL In Memoriam Mahatma Ghandi / 12’

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor / 24’ •

DVORÁK Symphony No. 8 in G / 34’ FOLLOWED BY

SCHNITTKE Piano Quintet / 24’ • ••

«

a wonderfully empathetic and intelligent “piano whisperer”. » BR Klassik

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Denis Kozhukhin piano• RTÉ Contempo Quartet •• Claus Peter Flor conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

SOUNDINGS 7pm: In Conversation Denis Kozhukhin & Claus Peter Flor / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €17. See page 53. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 24 MARCH MAIN SEASON CONCERT

AILISH TYNAN

BERLIOZ Les nuits d’été / 31’•

POULENC Les biches Suite / 16’

SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ Symphony’ / 36’

Ailish Tynan soprano • Jean-Luc Tingaud conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

SOUNDINGS 7pm: In Conversation Ailish Tynan & Jean-Luc Tingaud / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 31 MARCH MAIN SEASON CONCERT

OLIVIER MESSIAEN

DUTILLEUX Ainsi la nuit / 19’ •

MESSIAEN Turangalîla-Symphonie

/ 74’

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RTÉ Contempo Quartet • Steven Osborne piano •• Valérie Hartmann-Claverie ondes Martenot •• Erik Nielsen conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

PIPEWORKS 6.30pm: Free organ recital with Fergal Caulfield. See page 51. / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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TUESDAY 4 APRIL BEYOND THE SEASON

SEBASTIAN ADAMS, RTÉ LYRIC FM COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE

Music of Our Time Music by Irish and international composers DETLEV GLANERT Insomnium IRISH PREMIERE / 20’

SEBASTIAN ADAMS New work WORLD PREMIERE/RTÉ LYRIC FM COMMISSION / 5’

ANDREW HAMILTON C / 15’ Gavin Maloney conductor

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CONCERT 1.05pm / TICKETS FREE. See page 53. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 7 APRIL BEYOND THE SEASON

Taking place as part of the

National Concert Hall International Concert Series MAXIM VENGEROV

SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor (1904 version) / 31’ •

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique / 46’

Maxim Vengerov violin•

CONCERT 8pm / For details re tickets and booking, see www.nch.ie

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GOOD FRIDAY

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FRIDAY 14 APRIL BEYOND THE SEASON

BACH St Matthew Passion

/ 175’

Ben Johnson Evangelist Stephan Loges Jesus Aoife Miskelly soprano Rachel Kelly mezzo-soprano Mark Wilde tenor Brendan Collins bass/Pilate RTÉ Philharmonic Choir chorus master: Mark Hindley

RTÉ Cór na nÓg choral director: Mary Amond O’Brien

Matthew Halls conductor PRECEDED BY

HAYDN The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross / 42’ with a reading of Mark Strand’s Poem after the Seven Last Words

RTÉ Contempo Quartet

HAYDN CONCERT 1.30pm / TICKETS €12 or FREE with Bach concert BACH CONCERT 3.30pm / TICKETS from €20. See page 53. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 28 APRIL MAIN SEASON CONCERT

JOHN KINSELLA Elegy for Strings / 7’

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Offertorium IRISH PREMIERE / 42’ •

BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F / 33’

Vadim Gluzman violin • Daniel Cohen conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

VADIM GLUZMAN

«

The playing is indeed superb in every way, wonderfully lyrical in the soaring melodies of the slow movement, impassioned and dramatic in the opening and exuberant in the finale. » BBC Music Magazine on Vadim Gluzman

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SOUNDINGS 7pm: In Conversation Vadim Gluzman & Daniel Cohen / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 05 MAY MAIN SEASON CONCERT

LETICIA MORENO

TURINA Danzas fantásticas / 17’

LALO Symphonie espagnole / 33’ •

RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole / 16’

FALLA The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2 / 12’

Leticia Moreno violin • Josep Pons conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

PIPEWORKS 6.30pm: Free organ recital with David Leigh. See page 51 / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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TUNG-CHIEH CHUANG

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FRIDAY 12 MAY MAIN SEASON CONCERT

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Tsar’s Bride Overture / 7'

SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor / 39' •

SHOSTAKOVICH The Golden Age Suite / 16'

STRAVINSKY The Firebird (1919 version) / 23’

Simone Lamsma violin • Tung-Chieh Chuang conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

«

Brilliant... polished, expressive and intense »

SIMONE LAMSMA

Cleveland Plain Dealer on Simone Lamsma

SOUNDINGS 7pm: In Conversation Simone Lamsma & Tung-Chieh Chuang MAIN CONCERT 8pm / TICKETS from €15.

See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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«

It is a member of that family Of wondrous beings, who, ere the worlds were made, Millions of ages back, have stood around The throne of God. » SOUL OF GERONTIUS

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FRIDAY 19 MAY MAIN SEASON CONCERT

...I went to sleep; and now I am

REFRESHED…

lightness

for I feel in me an inexpressive

and a sense of

F RE E DOM as I were at length myself,

And ne’er had been before…

SOUL OF GERONTIUS

ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius

/ 100’

Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano Andrew Kennedy tenor Neal Davies baritone RTÉ Philharmonic Choir chorus master: Mark Hindley

Gerhard Markson conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

CONCERT 8pm / TICKETS from €17. See page 53. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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FRIDAY 26 MAY MAIN SEASON CONCERT

GUSTAV MAHLER

LINDBERG Clarinet Concerto / 28’ •

MAHLER Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor / 68’

«

Kari Kriikku clarinet • Sachio Fujioka conductor Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm

How much I love you, you my sun, I cannot tell you that with words.

I can only lament to you my longing and love. » Gustav Mahler

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SOUNDINGS 7pm: In Conversation Sachio Fujioka & Kari Kriikku / MAIN CONCERT 8pm TICKETS from €15. See page 52. Find out more at rte.ie/nso

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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and the National Concert Hall present

PIPEWORKS FREE PRE-CONCERT ORGAN RECITALS

FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER, 6.30pm BACH ‘Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit’ / 6’ REGER Dankpsalm / 9’ BRAHMS Excerpts from Elf Choralvorspiele / 7’ FRANCK Chorale No. 3 in A minor / 13’ David Adams organ

FRIDAY 3 FEBRUARY, 6.30pm MENDELSSOHN Sonata No. 3 in A / 11’ RHEINBERGER Sonata No. 8 in E minor / 19’ Mark Duley organ

FRIDAY 31 MARCH, 6.30pm MESSIAEN Messe de la Pentecôte / 31’ Fergal Caulfield organ

FRIDAY 5 MAY, 6.30pm ANTON HEILLER Tanz-Toccata / 6’ JEHAN ALAIN Trois Danses / 24’ GUY BOVET Salamanca from Trois Préludes Hambourgeois / 6’ David Leigh organ

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Single concert ticket prices

at the National Concert Hall DATE

TYPE

All Main Season concerts Main Season concerts* Limited concessions (*excluding 1 January, 6 & 27 January, 10 March, 19 May) Friday 30 September Celebrating Dance Limited concessions Friday 18 November Sunday 01 January Limited concessions Friday 06 January Limited concessions Tuesday 17 January Friday 27 January Limited concessions Friday 03 February Tuesday 14 February

Pipeworks: David Adams New Year's Day Celebration

MAGDA KOWALSKA & ARI NEKRASIUS

ZONE A ZONE B ZONE C ZONE D €35.00 €29.50 €31.50 €26.55

€23.50 €21.15

€15.00 €13.50

€35.00 €29.50 €31.50 €26.55

€23.50 €21.15

€15.00 €13.50

€28.50 €25.65 €25.50 €22.95

€20.00 €18.00 €17.00 €15.30

€25.50

€17.00

€22.95

€15.30

FREE ADMISSION €40.00 €34.50 €36.00 €31.05 Messiah €38.00 €32.50 €34.20 €29.25 Music of our Time: Rihm, Gardner FREE ADMISSION Kodály, Lutosławski, Bodley, €38.00 €32.50 Mussorgsky & Ligeti €34.20 €29.25 Pipeworks: Mark Duley FREE ADMISSION Music of our Time: FREE ADMISSION Anderson, Cleare

See Seating Plan on page 60 for price band breakdown.

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DARA O’CONNELL & PAUL FANNING

DATE Friday 24 February

TYPE Tchaikovsky Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra

Limited concessions 5% discount for purchase of 24 & 25 February concerts Saturday 25 February Tchaikovsky Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra Limited concessions 5% discount for purchase of 24 & 25 February concerts Friday 10 March Boydell, Rachmaninov, Dvorák & Schnittke Limited concessions Friday 31 March Pipeworks: Fergal Caulfield Tuesday 04 April Music of our Time: Glanert, Adams, Hamilton Friday 14 April The Seven Last Words of Christ Friday 14 April St Matthew Passion & The Seven Last Words of Christ Limited concessions Friday 05 May Pipeworks: David Leigh Friday 19 May The Dream of Gerontius Limited concessions

ZONE A ZONE B ZONE C ZONE D €35.00 €29.50 €23.50 €15.00 €31.50

€26.55

€21.15

€13.50

€35.00 €29.50

€23.50

€15.00

€31.50

€26.55

€21.15

€13.50

€38.00

€32.50

€25.50

€17.00

€34.20 €29.25 €22.95 FREE ADMISSION FREE ADMISSION

€15.30

All tickets €12.00 €40.00 €34.50 €28.50 €36.00 €31.05 €25.65 FREE ADMISSION €38.00 €32.50 €25.50 €34.20 €29.25 €22.95

€20.00 €18.00 €17.00 €15.30

See Seating Plan on page 60 for price band breakdown.

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Main Season: Package prices

JOHN FINUCANE

Full Main Season Package (25 concerts) INCLUDING 1 NEW YEAR'S DAY CONCERT

BUY Package Price

SAVE

25

SAVE

30%

ZONE A

ZONE B

ZONE C

ZONE D★

€624.40

€528.15

€420.35

€271.60

€226.35

€180.15

€116.40

€267.60

See Seating Plan on page 60 for price band breakdown.

Main Season: Smaller Packages (3–15 concerts) ✩ BUY Package Price SAVE Package Price

SAVE

ZONE B

ZONE C

ZONE D★

€446.25

€376.13

€299.63

€191.25

15%

€78.75

€66.38

€52.88

€33.75

€416.50

€351.05

€279.65

€178.50

15%

€73.50

€61.95

€49.35

€31.50

€386.75

€325.98

€259.68

€165.75

15%

€68.25

€57.53

€45.83

€29.25

€357.00

€300.90

€239.70

€153.00

15%

€63.00

€53.10

€42.30

€27.00

13

SAVE Package Price

ZONE A

14

SAVE Package Price

SAVE

15

12

See Seating Plan on page 60 for price band breakdown.

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Main Season: Smaller Packages (continued) BUY Package Price

SAVE

€219.73

€140.25

€38.78

€24.75

€297.50 15%

€52.50

€250.75

€199.75

€127.50

€44.25

€35.25

€22.50

10%

€283.50

€238.95

€190.35

€121.50

€31.50

€26.55

€21.15

€13.50

€252.00

€212.40

€169.20

€108.00

10%

€28.00

€23.60

€18.80

€12.00

€220.50

€185.85

€148.05

€94.50

10%

€24.50

€20.65

€16.45

€10.50

€189.00

€159.30

€126.90

€81.00

10%

€21.00

€17.70

€14.10

€9.00

€157.50

€132.75

€105.75

€67.50

10%

€17.50

€14.75

€11.75

€7.50

€133.00

€112.10

€89.30

€57.00

€7.00

€5.90

€4.70

€3.00

€99.75

€84.08

€66.98

€42.75

€5.25

€4.43

€3.53

€2.25

4

SAVE Package Price

€275.83 €48.68

5

SAVE Package Price

€327.25 €57.75

6

SAVE Package Price

15%

7

SAVE Package Price

ZONE D★

8

SAVE Package Price

ZONE C

9

SAVE Package Price

ZONE B

10

SAVE Package Price

ZONE A

11

SAVE Package Price

SAVE

5%

3 5%

See Seating Plan on page 60 for price band breakdown.

ZONE D ★ For selected performances the Choir Balcony and Rows B & C in the Stalls will be excluded from sale.

✩ Re Sunday 1 January and Fridays 6 January, 27 January, 10 March, 19 May If you wish to purchase tickets for these concerts as part of a Main Season: Smaller Package (3–15 concerts) please note that due to the slightly higher ticket prices, there will be a small additional cost – and a greater relative saving – depending on the seat band and package size chosen.

Beyond the Season concerts/events Beyond the Season concerts/events are individually priced and are not part of the Main Season concert packages.

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Main Season: Package rewards National 2016 RTÉ 2017 Symphony Orchestra

SUBSCRIBER CARD

Full Season

10-15 concerts

5-9 concerts

3-4 concerts

30%

15%

10%

5%

€267.60 €271.60

€78.75 €127.50

€31.50 €67.50

€7.00 €42.75

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

10% discount at The Terrace Café, The Coburg (Conrad Dublin), The Music Box (NCH) ✩

✔

✔

✔

✔

€1 programme discount † ✩

✔

✔

✔

✔

5% discount on selected RTÉ NSO evening concerts at the National Concert Hall

✔

✔

✔

✔

SAVE SAVE UP TO PACKAGES FROM Scheduled payment option * Exclusive priority booking period Priority booking after Full Subscriber booking Keep the same seat from previous season Priority invitation to studio broadcasts Priority invitation to open rehearsals

✔ ✔ ✔

* Terms and conditions apply, see page 57. ✩ Discount on production of RTÉ NSO Subscriber card available from National Concert Hall Box Office at time of booking. †

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How and when to book FULL PUBLIC BOOKING Packages & single concerts opens Friday 10 June 2016, 10am.

HOW TO BOOK Telephone booking 01 417 0000 Please note: Tickets purchased by phone can be posted directly to you with a charge of €1 for postage & packing.

Online booking www.nch.ie Please note: Packages can also be booked online.

In person At the National Concert Hall box office.

Post Please use the order form available from the NCH box office or online at www.rte.ie/nso.

BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS 10am–6pm Monday–Saturday. Open 2 hours prior to Main Auditorium concerts on Sundays/Bank Holidays.

At the time of booking, please instruct the box office to pass your contact details on to RTÉ so that RTÉ can contact you directly regarding additional benefits and/or RTÉ NSO events.

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 2003, information provided to the National Concert Hall at the time of booking cannot be passed onto RTÉ without your permission.

METHODS OF PAYMENT All major credit/debit cards accepted.

Cheques should be made payable to ‘The National Concert Hall’.

CONDITIONS OF SALE Once purchased, tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded. Programme and artist details are subject to change without notification.

CONCESSIONS Limited concessions available for students, unwaged and senior citizens. Early booking advisable. ID required. One concession ticket per person. Concessions not requested at the time of booking cannot be applied later.

STUDENT STAND-BY €5 tickets available from one hour before performance. Subject to availability. ID required.

One stand-by ticket per person.

GROUP BOOKING Discounts available when booking for 5 people or more. Please contact NCH Group Booking on 01 417 0000 / groups@nch.ie.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE Seating is available for wheelchair users and their companions. Early booking is advisable. Please contact the National Concert Hall box office. For those who are hard of hearing please indicate this when booking your seats with the box office to benefit from the National Concert Hall’s induction loop system.

SCHEDULED PAYMENTS Terms and conditions 1. Scheduled payment option applies to subscription packages only.

2. Payments will be scheduled over three monthly instalments and will be collected automatically by the National Concert Hall from a single debit/credit card only. The card must not expire before 09/2016.

3. In the event that the card is lost/stolen or is otherwise de-activated during the payment period, it is the responsibility of the customer to advise the National Concert Hall before the next payment date.

4. In the event of default on a payment the customer must make payment directly to the National Concert Hall within 5 working days.

If payment is not received within this time, any payments made to date will be refunded and the order will be deemed void. An administration charge of €50.00 will be deducted from any refunds.

5. The date of the final scheduled payment must not be later than 20 September 2016. No tickets will be issued until receipt of final payment.

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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra From its foundation in 1948 as the Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra has been at the forefront of symphonic music in Ireland providing an unbroken stream of concerts.

Since that time, the orchestra has firmly established itself as a primary force in Irish musical life. World-class conductors associated with the orchestra’s early days include Jean Martinon, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Edmond Appia, Milan Horvat and Sir John Barbirolli. The first half of the 1960s saw Tibor Paul as Principal Conductor, a tenure memorable for the visit of Igor Stravinsky.

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The list of guest artists and composers with whom the orchestra has worked is long and distinguished and features legendary names such as Josef Szigeti, Isaac Stern, Henryk Szering, Ruggiero Ricci, Wilhelm Kempff, Julius Katchen, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Martha Argerich, Radu Lupu, Joan Sutherland, Bernadette Greevy, Angela Gheorghiu, Kiri te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Mstislav Rostropovich, Paul Tortelier, Barry Douglas, Sir James Galway, Constantin Silvestri, Charles Dutoit, Sir Charles Groves, Witold Lutosławski, Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt.

Today, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra plays a central role in classical music in Ireland through year-long programmes of live performances, schools and educational projects, broadcasts on RTÉ lyric fm and internationally through the European Broadcasting Union, recordings and new commissions.

World premieres of works by Irish composers have included music by Frank Corcoran, Kevin O’Connell, RTÉ Composer-in-Residence Gerald Barry, Elaine Agnew, Bill Whelan, Gráinne Mulvey, Linda Buckley, David Fennessy and Raymond Deane. As part of RTÉ 1916, the orchestra also premiered One Hundred Years a Nation by Shaun Davey with text by Paul Muldoon, in concert with a choir of 1000 voices at Collins Barracks, Dublin on Easter Sunday 2016.

Recent Irish premieres include Kaija Saariaho’s Circle Map, Huw Watkins’ Flute Concerto, Wave Movements by Bryce Dessner (The National) and Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), and the European premiere of John Luther Adams’ Pulitzer Prize winning work, Become Ocean.

The orchestra has been critically acclaimed for its recordings across a variety of labels including Naxos, Claves and the RTÉ lyric fm label. Recent Naxos releases include two critically acclaimed recordings of works by Bizet and Dukas with conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud. Recordings on the RTÉ lyric fm label include selected orchestral works by Aloys Fleischmann, Frederick May and Seán Ó Riada, Finghin Collins: Mozart Piano Concertos and Celine Byrne: For Eternity.

In addition, the Composers of Ireland series, funded by RTÉ and The Arts Council, features works by Seóirse Bodley, Deirdre Gribbin, Ian Wilson, John Kinsella, Stephen Gardner, Donnacha Dennehy and Kevin Volans.

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National Concert Hall Seating Plan RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Main Season concerts

ZONE A STALLS ROWS J–U YELLOW BALCONY A–H

ZONE B STALLS ROWS G–H & V-W BALCONY ROWS J–K SIDE BALCONIES DOUBLE ROWS (SEATS 19-57)

ZONE C STALLS ROWS E–F & X–Y SIDE BALCONY SINGLE ROWS (SEATS 1–18)

PLEASE NOTE The zones detailed above apply to RTÉ NSO Main Season concerts only.

Zone D: for selected performances the Choir Balcony and Rows B & C in the Stalls will be excluded from sale.

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ZONE D STALLS ROW B–D CHOIR BALCONY SEATS

National 2016 RTÉ 2017 Symphony Orchestra

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