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MUSIC BY IRISH AND INTERNATIONAL COMPOSERS

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RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Tuesdays 19 April & 26 April Monday 16 May 2016 National Concert Hall / 1.05pm

RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Tuesday 19 April 1.05pm

LINDA BUCKLEY chiyo [10’] RTÉ COMMISSION KAIJA SAARIAHO Circle Map [26’] IRISH PREMIERE

Two very distinctive voices in contemporary music find beguiling complexity in bewitching simplicity.

Linda Buckley’s RTÉ-commissioned chiyo evokes the mysterious emotional gravity and ‘beauty of hidden things’ celebrated by the 18th-century Japanese haiku poet Chiyo-ni. Receiving its Irish premiere, Kaija Saariaho’s Circle Map fuses orchestra, electronics and voice in an enthralling, richly textured re-imagining of poems by the 13th-century Persian mystic, Rumi.

Gavin Maloney conductor Presented by Ellen Cranitch, RTÉ lyric fm

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Tuesday 26 April 1.05pm

KEVIN VOLANS Symphony: Daar kom die Alibama [24’] SEÁN CLANCY Changing Rates of Change [8’] ENDA BATES Duende [5’] RTÉ COMMISSION / WORLD PREMIERE Three of the finest Irish compositional voices share the spotlight with music marked by pulsing textures and rhythmic vitality. An intricate patchwork drawing on a South African song, Kevin Volans’ Symphony: Daar kom die Alibama is a mesmerising meditation on the sea and maritime trade. Seán Clancy’s Changing Rates of Change takes Faith No More’s Jizzlober as its starting point in music marked by constant and unpredictable variations. Enda Bates’ spell-like Duende conjures Spanish spirit and passion to magical effect.

Gavin Maloney conductor Presented by Ellen Cranitch, RTÉ lyric fm

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RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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Monday 16 May 1.05pm

NEW WORKS BY AMANDA FEERY ERIC SKYTTERHOLM EGAN SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN PRESENTED AS PART OF AS PART OF THE COMPOSER LAB PROJECT

The first Composer Lab, developed by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and the Contemporary Music Centre, culminates with a concert featuring the world premieres of three emerging young voices in orchestral composition: Amanda Feery, Eric Skytterholm Egan and Scott McLaughlin.

They bring their work to the concert stage following an intensive composition process including mentoring with acclaimed Irish composer, David Fennessy, and a public workshop with David, conductor Gavin Maloney and the full orchestra.

Gavin Maloney conductor

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