LUNCHTIME CONCERTS OCTOBER DECEMBER
Operatic arias, orchestral and seasonal favourites
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NATIONAL CO N C ERT H A L L , 1 .0 5 PM
RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
OCTOBER TUESDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT Tuesday 6 October, 1.05pm
RORY MUSGRAVE BARITONE Rossini Overture to Barber of Seville Rossini ‘Largo al factotum’ (Barber of Seville) Puccini ‘Questo amor, vergogna mia’ (Edgar) Puccini Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut Verdi ‘Per me giunto...O Carlo, ascolta’ (Don Carlo) Ambroise Thomas ‘O vin dissipe la tristesse’ (Hamlet) Bizet Toreador Song (Carmen) Bizet Excerpts from Suite No. 1 (Carmen) Gavin Maloney conductor Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm
Connemara baritone and Opera Hub Emerging Artist with Opera Theatre Company, Rory Musgrave joins the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra for the first of their October lunchtime concerts featuring popular opera arias. The programme includes Rossini’s thrilling tongue-twister ‘Largo al factotum’ (Barber of Seville), Bizet’s rousing Toreador Song (Carmen), Puccini’s yearning declaration of love ‘Questo amor, vergogna mia’ (Edgar), the noble leave-taking of life by Verdi’s Don Carlo, ‘Per me giunto...O Carlo, ascolta’ and Hamlet’s hymnal to wine, ‘O vin, dissipe la tristesse’, by Ambroise Thomas.
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RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
OCTOBER TUESDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT Tuesday 13 October, 1.05pm
SHARON CARTY MEZZO-SOPRANO Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Mozart ‘Voi che sapete’ (The Marriage of Figaro) Mozart ‘Parto, parto ma tu ben mio’ (La clemenza di Tito) Gluck/Wagner Overture to Iphigénie en Aulide Gluck ‘Addio, addio, o miei sospiri’ (Orfeo ed Euridice) Massenet ‘Allez, laissez-moi seul’ (Cendrillon) Rossini ‘Non più mesta’ (La Cenerentola) Verdi Overture to I vespri siciliani Gavin Maloney conductor Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm
The ‘warm, supple lucidity’ (Sunday Times) of mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty promises a lunchtime treat with Gluck’s bravura lament ‘Addio, addio o miei sospiri’ (Orfeo ed Euridice), two very different love songs by Mozart: the imploring ‘Voi che sapete’ (Marriage of Figaro) and emphatic ‘Parto, parto ma tu ben mio’ (La clemenza di Tito). And two Cinderellas, courtesy of the sublime coloratura of Rossini’s ‘Non più mesta’ (La Cenerentola) and Massenet’s touching ‘Allez, laissez-moi seul’ (Cendrillon).
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RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
OCTOBER TUESDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT Tuesday 20 October, 1.05pm
KIM SHEEHAN SOPRANO Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute Mozart ‘Deh vieni, non tardar’ (The Marriage of Figaro) Rossini ‘Una voce poco fa’ (The Barber of Seville) Bizet ‘Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante’ (Carmen) J. Strauss II Overture to Die Fledermaus J. Strauss II Adele’s Laughing Song (Die Fledermaus) Gounod ‘Je veux vivre’ (Romeo and Juliet) Tchaikovsky Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Gavin Maloney conductor Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm
With a voice to ‘set the pulse racing’ (Financial Times), Kim Sheehan serves up some of the most colourful and crowd-pleasing soprano arias wherein love is, by turns, dissembling (Mozart’s ‘Deh vieni non tardar’, Marriage of Figaro), determined (Bizet’s ‘Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante’, Carmen) and, in Adele’s infectious Laughing Song (Die Fledermaus) by Strauss, Rossini’s joyful ‘Una voce poco fa’ (Barber of Seville) and Gounod’s effervescent ‘Je veux vivre’ (Romeo and Juliet) exalted to the rafters.
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RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CHRISTMAS TUESDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT
Tuesday 8 December, 1.05pm
CHRISTOPHER BELL CONDUCTOR
Arnold The Holly and the Ivy Bernard Walking in a Winter Wonderland Debussy The Snow is Dancing from Children’s Corner Wendell O Holy Night (soloist Helena Wood) Lane Wassail Dance No.3 Trad. Good King Wenceslas Anderson Sleigh Ride Trad. In a Cottage in a Wood Marks Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Begin the festive season in style with Christopher Bell’s everpopular Christmas concerts. A glorious collection of carols and songs herald the arrival of the most magical time of the year. Arnold’s The Holly and the Ivy and Debussy’s The Snow is Dancing offer their own enchantments alongside Anderson’s exhilarating Sleigh Ride and encounters with Good King Wenceslas and the most famous of all reindeers!
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RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CHRISTMAS THURSDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT
Thursday 10 December, 1.05pm
SARAH SHINE SOPRANO Curtis Christmas Spirit Pola/Wyle The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Trad. Mary had a Baby Herbert March of the Toys Handel Let the Bright Seraphim Wendell Caribbean Sleigh Ride Lake/Palmer I Believe in Father Christmas Head The Little Road to Bethlehem Williams Somewhere in my Memory Kaye/Loman Christmas Alphabet Pierpont Jingle Bells Christopher Bell conductor
Put a little Christmas Spirit into your lunchtime as conductor Christopher Bell, soprano Sarah Shine and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra celebrate The Most Wonderful Time of the Year with a magical mélange of traditional, popular and classical seasonal gems including Mary had a Baby, March of the Toys, Caribbean Sleigh Ride, The Little Road To Bethlehem, Handel’s Let the Bright Seraphim and, for an audience singalong, the classic Jingle Bells!
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RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CHRISTMAS TUESDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERT
Tuesday 15 December, 1.05pm
KATE ALLEN MEZZO-SOPRANO
Rimsky-Korsakov Polonaise from (La Nuit de Noël) Handel ‘O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion’ (Messiah) Vivaldi Winter (Four Seasons) Bach ‘Bereite dich, Zion’ (Christmas Oratorio) Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves Tchaikovsky Miniature Overture, Waltz of the Flowers (Nutcracker Suite) Trad. Once in Royal David’s City Trad. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Helena Wood violin Gavin Maloney conductor
Mezzo Kate Allen (‘a force of nature’, LA Times) joins conductor Gavin Maloney for music exalting the majesty of the Christmas message (Bach’s ‘Bereite dich, Zion’, ‘O thou that tellest...’ from Handel’s Messiah) and revelling in its magical exuberance (Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers, Gluck’s Dance of the Blessed Spirits). Orchestra Leader Helena Wood (violin) steps up as soloist for the shivery beauty of Winter from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra DAVID BROPHY CONDUCTOR
‘Undoubtedly the Irish superstar of her generation’ Irish Times
Leading soprano Cara O’Sullivan, always a hit with audiences enraptured by her glorious voice and charismatic stage presence, makes a welcome return to the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra for an evening which will bring glitter and glamour aplenty to Christmas. The wide-ranging programme ranges from all-time favourites from operas such as Rusalka, Madama Butterfly, The Barber of Seville and Romeo and Juliet to the songs and melodies without which Christmas would not be complete. Programme includes the heartfelt beauty of Dvořák’s Song to the Moon and Puccini’s ‘Un bel dì’, Rossini’s dazzling ‘Una voce poco fa’, Gounod’s joyous ‘Je veux vivre’ and Delibes’ beguiling Les filles de Cadix. Popular seasonal favourites include ‘Rejoice Greatly’ from Handel’s Messiah, O Holy Night, Joy to the World, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, The Holy City and Wexford Carol. Along the way, plenty of opportunity for audience sing-a-longs with the carols!
Thursday 17 December 2015, 8pm National Concert Hall Tickets: €15, €27, €34, €42.50 Limited concessions available: €13.50, €24, €31, €38 Booking: 01 417 0000 • www.nch.ie • www.rte.ie/nso