NSO Season Brochure 2023-2024

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2O24 SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
2O23 NATIONAL
DUBLIN
LIMERICK
2O24 SYMPHONY
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Front cover image: Elina Garanča
National Symphony Orchestra 2023/2024

Featured Irish composers include Irene Buckley and Linda Buckley, Siobhán
Cleary and Ina Boyle, two NSO-commissioned world premieres – from Brian
Byrne and Shaun Davey – and the Irish premiere of Gerald Barry’s double bass
concerto, Aus Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant. In addition, three concerts
will mark the centenary of Charles Villiers Stanford’s death. Australian Joe
Chindamo’s ‘highly energetic’ trombone concerto, Ligeia, receives its
European premiere.
The National Symphony Orchestra The bedrock of the season is the vast repertoire of classical titans Tchaikovsky,
Beethoven, Mozart, Holst, Stravinsky, Mahler, Brahms, Dvořák and Fauré, whose
looks to a new season Requiem makes history when the NCH’s three affiliated choirs – the National
Symphony Chorus, Cór Linn and Cór na nÓg – perform together for the first time.
We are delighted to introduce the National Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-2024 For film fans there are live accompanied screenings of Raiders of the Lost
Season which will see some of the world’s greatest stars and most exciting Ark, Home Alone, and Taxi Driver, and we celebrate the 175th anniversary of
new talent return to, or make their debuts, at the National Concert Hall. the Royal Irish Academy of Music when members of the RIAM Philharmonia
With more than 30 concerts and events for families and schools, the season and Chorale join the NSO. We launch our Symphony Shorts series for children
sees return visits to Limerick, Waterford and Wexford, while the orchestra’s and families in relaxed, ASD-friendly performances offering young audiences
close relationship with RTÉ continues with Main Season concerts broadcast interactive engagement with great classical works, led by Jaime Martín, Leonard
live on RTÉ lyric Live on RTÉ lyric fm. Slatkin and presenter Jessie Grimes.
Chief Conductor Jaime Martín conducts nine concerts, including the season’s Price and value remain a focus. Tickets start at €15 with discounts available,
curtain raiser, Berlioz’s spectacular Symphonie fantastique, and its finale, Verdi’s ranging from 25% discount for Full Season to reductions for three or more
towering Requiem. A season highlight promises to be his reuniting with flamenco concerts, group booking discounts and a €10 Student ticket.
virtuoso Rebeca Sanchez for Falla’s flamenco-infused El amor brujo. A lockdown
streaming hit, it will be even more sensational experienced live. None of this would be possible without you, our audience, or the support of
Government. Our sincere thanks to Minister Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism,
Visiting superstars include debuts by mezzo-soprano Elina Garanča, ‘one of the Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, our valued Subscribers, Corporate
most sought-after singers on earth’; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, ‘a cellist so talented it is Supporters, Friends and Patrons, and our audiences for their loyalty and support.
simply outrageous’; and ‘nothing short of a phenomenon’ pianist Wayne Marshall.
Returning are some of the finest musicians of our time; Maxim Vengerov setting Maura McGrath Robert Read Anthony Long
aside his violin to conduct the NSO; conductors Marin Alsop, Leonard Slatkin, Chairperson, CEO, General Manager,
Mihhail Gerts and Anja Bihlmaier; soprano Danielle de Niese; pianists Gabriela National Concert Hall National Concert Hall National Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Montero and Barry Douglas; and, in our NCH Friends Gala Concert, violinist Ray
Chen. Making their NSO debuts are three extraordinary young musicians: violinists
Karen Gomyo and Leia Zhu, and conductor Julio García-Vico.
NCH BOARD Rebecca Gageby PATRON
Irish artists are in plentiful abundance: sopranos Ailish Tynan, Celine Byrne and MEMBERS Hilary Hough National Concert Hall
Peter McKenna National Symphony Orchestra
Claudia Boyle, mezzo-sopranos Niamh O’Sullivan and Paula Murrihy, tenor Maura McGrath Niamh Murray Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland
Gavan Ring, baritone Benjamin Russell, pianist Finghin Collins, uilleann piper Mark (Chairperson) Michelle O’Sullivan
James Cavanagh John Reynolds
Redmond, flautists Catriona Ryan and Emer McDonough, vocalist Rita Connolly, Cliona Doris Don Thornhill
and conductor David Brophy.
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2023/2024 Season at a Glance Monday 1 January 2024, 3.30pm

New Year’s Day Celebration
Friday 8 March 2024, 7.30pm
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Robert Houlihan, conductor The Best of Elina Garanča
Celine Byrne, soprano Elina Garanča, mezzo-soprano
Friday 8 September 2023, 7.30pm Friday 24 November 2023, 7.30pm
Karel Mark Chichon, conductor
Jaime Martín, conductor RIAM 175th Anniversary Celebration
Friday 5 January 2024, 7.30pm
Mark Redmond, uilleann pipes Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Jean-Luc Tingaud, conductor Friday 15 March 2024, 7.30pm
Katherine Broderick, soprano
Catriona Ryan, flute Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor
Friday 15 September 2023, 7.30pm Mark Stone, baritone
Benjamin Russell, baritone Leia Zhu, violin
Lio Kuokman, conductor National Symphony Chorus
National Symphony Chorus
Barry Douglas, piano RIAM Philharmonia (members)
Cór na nÓg Sunday 17 March 2024, 7.30pm
RIAM Chorale
Cór Linn St Patrick’s Day – The Music of Shaun Davey
Friday 29 September 2023, 7.30pm
David Brophy, conductor
Jaime Martín, conductor Saturday 25 November 2023, 12.30pm
Friday 12 January 2024, 7.30pm Shaun Davey, vocals
Matthew McDonald, double bass Symphony Shorts
Julio García-Vico, conductor Rita Connolly, vocals
Jessie Grimes, presenter
Denis Kozhukhin, piano Mark Redmond, uilleann pipes
Saturday 30 September 2024, 12.30pm Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Tríona Marshall, harp
Symphony Shorts
Jessie Grimes, presenter Friday 1 December 2023, 7.30pm
Jaime Martín, conductor Friday 22 March 2024, 7.30pm
Jaime Martín, conductor Marin Alsop, conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Maxim Vengerov, conductor
Emer McDonough, flute
Friday 6 October 2023, 7.30pm
Friday 26 January 2024, 7.30pm Friday 29 March 2024, 3.30pm
Jaime Martín, conductor Friday 8 December 2023, 7.30pm
Jaime Martín, conductor GOOD FRIDAY
Baiba Skride, violin Home Alone in Concert
Gabriela Montero, piano Bach St Matthew Passion
Caleb Young, conductor
Friday 13 October 2023, 7.30pm Cór na nÓg
Friday 2 February 2024, 7.30pm Friday 12 April 2024, 7.30pm
Diego Matheuz, conductor
Mihhail Gerts, conductor Jaime Martín, conductor
Sarah Fox, soprano Saturday 9 December 2023, 7.30pm
Carol McGonnell, clarinet Pablo Ferrández, cello
Martina Belli, alto Home Alone in Concert
Norman Reinhardt, tenor Caleb Young, conductor
Friday 9 February 2024, 7.30pm Friday 19 April 2024, 7.30pm
Nicola Ulivieri, bass Cór na nÓg
Anja Bihlmaier, conductor Alexander Shelley, conductor
Ailish Tynan, soprano Danielle de Niese, soprano
Sunday 10 December 2023, 7.30pm
Niamh O’Sullivan, mezzo-soprano
Friday 20 October 2023, 7.30pm SETU Arena, Waterford
National Symphony Chorus Friday 10 May 2024, 7.30pm
NCH Friends Gala Home Alone in Concert
Cór Linn Lio Kuokman, conductor
Patrik Ringborg, conductor Caleb Young, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violin
Ray Chen, violinist Cór na nÓg
Friday 16 February 2024, 7.30pm
Killian Farrell, conductor Friday 24 May 2023, 7.30pm
Friday 27 October 2023, 7.30pm Friday 15 December 2023, 7.30pm
Finghin Collins, piano Taxi Driver in Concert
Raiders of The Lost Ark in Concert National Opera House, Wexford
Robert Ziegler, conductor
Caleb Young, conductor Christmas Gala with Claudia Boyle
Saturday 17 February 2024, 7.30pm
SETU Arena, Waterford Friday 31 May 2024, 7.30pm
Thursday 2 November 2023, 7.30pm Claudia Boyle, soprano
Killian Farrell, conductor Jaime Martín, conductor
Jessica Cottis, conductor Cór Linn
Finghin Collins, piano Miah Persson, soprano
Claire Booth, soprano
Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano
Friday 22 December 2023, 7.30pm
Friday 23 February 2024, 7.30pm Valentyn Dytiuk, tenor
Friday 3 November 2023, 7.30pm Christmas Gala with Claudia Boyle
Jaime Martín, conductor Evgeny Stavinsky, bass
University Concert Hall, Limerick David Brophy, conductor
Rebeca Sanchez, singer/flamenco artist National Symphony Chorus
Jessica Cottis, conductor Claudia Boyle, soprano
Claire Booth, soprano Cór Linn
John Wilson, conductor
Friday 17 November 2023, 7.30pm Saturday 23 December 2023, 3.00pm
Peter Moore, trombone
Leonard Slatkin, conductor Christmas Gala with Claudia Boyle
New Dublin Voices
Wayne Marshall, piano David Brophy, conductor
Claudia Boyle, soprano
Cór Linn KEY Main Season Unless otherwise indicated all performances
Family, Learning and Participation take place in Dublin’s National Concert Hall
Beyond the Season
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Welcome to the National Symphony During the last season I could feel how much the public love this – their –
orchestra, not only in our Dublin home, the National Concert Hall, but also in
Orchestra’s new season! the venues we performed in around Ireland. All of us have been motivated by
the sight of full halls, happy to see the return of the very loyal audience that
has been supporting us for years, and also to welcome in person a new and
When I look back to my first concert as Chief Conductor of the National
enthusiastic public that discovered the NSO through our online concerts.
Symphony Orchestra in October 2019, when we performed Mahler’s Third
Symphony, it was impossible to imagine then that a few months later the
I am very excited to be part of this 2023–24 season, my fifth and final
orchestra’s activity, and actually the activity of most of the world, would be
season as Chief Conductor of this wonderful orchestra. Since first hearing a
forced to stop for an unknown period of time.
concert live when I was nine-years-old, I have always found the sound of a
symphony orchestra irresistible. We would like to share this sound through some
I remember beginning the 2020–21 season in an empty hall, determined to
of the greatest pieces of music ever written (in my opinion) alongside new
be with our audience through weekly online concerts. This was a challenging
compositions and works that may be unfamiliar, but are intriguing and exciting.
time for everybody. Huge effort was required to allow our programme of
music-making to continue as ‘live’ as possible. Even the 10-day quarantine
I look forward to welcoming you!
periods I had to do on several occasions were a positive experience;
I had the opportunity to explore the beautiful beaches and sights of Dublin.
Jaime Martín
Chief Conductor, National Symphony Orchestra
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National Symphony Orchestra 2023/2024 MAIN SEASON
Mark
Jaime Redmond
Martín
Season Opening
Friday 8 September 2023, 7.30pm

CHIEF
CONDUCTOR
Jaime Martín, conductor JAIME
Mark Redmond, uilleann pipes MARTÍN
Brahms Academic Festival Overture

Brian Byrne The NSO’s Bus Journey Through Scotland
(That May Or May Not Have Happened)
World Premiere. NSO Commission
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Chief Conductor Jaime Martín launches the new season in style with two
magnificent orchestral showcases and a world premiere featuring uilleann
pipes virtuoso Mark Redmond. Brahms at his most boisterous in the Academic
Festival Overture, Berlioz at his most exhilarating in the spectacular and sensuous
Symphonie fantastique, and a Brian Byrne world premiere jam-packed with
colour, joy and a touch of silliness await you.
Tickets: €15, €24.50, €32, €38.50. Limited concessions available.

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Barry Matthew
Douglas McDonald
Friday 15 September 2023, 7.30pm Friday 29 September 2023, 7.30pm

CHIEF
CONDUCTOR
Lio Kuokman, conductor Jaime Martín, conductor JAIME
Barry Douglas, piano Matthew McDonald, double bass MARTÍN
Augusta Holmès Irlande Glinka Ruslan & Lyudmilla Overture

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Gerald Barry Aus Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1, ‘Winter Daydreams’ for double bass and orchestra Irish Premiere
Stravinsky The Firebird (Complete Ballet)
No one plays Tchaikovsky like Barry Douglas, whose ‘powerful playing always
Musical masters from three centuries. Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
compels’ (The Guardian) and is not to missed in the bold, bracing, heart-on-
fizzes with breath-taking excitement, Stravinsky’s masterpiece The Firebird a
sleeve First Piano Concerto. ‘Startling conducting talent’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
blazing display of orchestral vim and verve. The Berlin Philharmonic’s Matthew
Lio Kuokman leads Tchaikovsky’s First Symphony, Winter Daydreams, a virtual
McDonald joins Chief Conductor Jaime Martín for the Irish premiere of Gerald
ride through a magical landscape of snow and ice, and Augusta Holmès’
Barry’s passionate double bass concerto. Setting a scene from Rainer Werner
Irlande, a sweeping tribute to her Irish heritage, brims over with poetry,
Fassbinder’s film The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, it brings the instrument’s
drama and colour.
unique voice and virtuosity to brilliant life.
Tickets: €15, €24.50, €32, €38.50. Limited concessions available. Tickets: €15, €24.50, €32, €38.50. Limited concessions available.
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National Symphony Orchestra 2023/2024 FAMILY, LEARNING AND PARTICIPATION
Jaime
Martín
For
children
and
families
Saturday 30 September 2023, 12.30pm
CHIEF
CONDUCTOR
Symphony Shorts JAIME
MARTÍN
For children and families
Jessie Grimes, presenter • Jaime Martín, conductor
Stravinsky The Firebird (selections)
Strap in for the ride of your life as dynamic musician and presenter Jessie Grimes
leads an interactive musical exploration bringing the infernal dance of Stravinsky’s
The Firebird to life! For this family-friendly concert, the National Symphony Orchestra
Jessie and Chief Conductor, Jaime Martín, perform highlights from this neon-bright
masterpiece to help ignite a love of classical music in children and adults alike.
Grimes Designed for families with children aged eight and above, all are welcome.
This is a relaxed, ASD-friendly performance.
Tickets: €20 Adult, €15 Child, €65 Family Ticket (4 tickets, max. 2 adults).
Baiba Diego
Skride Matheuz
Friday 6 October 2023, 7.30pm Friday 13 October 2023, 7.30pm

CHIEF
CONDUCTOR
Jaime Martín, conductor JAIME Diego Matheuz, conductor Nicola Ulivieri, bass
Baiba Skride, violin MARTÍN Sarah Fox, soprano National Symphony Chorus
Martina Belli, alto David Young, chorus director
Norman Reinhardt, tenor
Linda Buckley Fall Approaches
Bernstein Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra Beethoven Mass in C
An epic journey through nature, the heart and the imagination. Chief Conductor Two masterpieces by the musical Titan that was Beethoven: the fiery Fifth
Jaime Martín partners with Baiba Skride, whose ‘virtuosity never falters’ (The Strad), for Symphony and the magisterial Mass in C. From its thunderous opening
Bernstein’s vivacious Serenade, a work she has made her own. Inspired by Icelandic through to its euphoric conclusion, Beethoven’s Fifth is a monumental work
poetry, Linda Buckley’s mesmerising Fall Approaches mimics a traditional narrative of exultant power and heroic grandeur. The intimate, tranquil and devotional
chanted song, Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra (memorably featured in Mass in C showcases Beethoven’s deeply personal response to the divine.
2001: A Space Odyssey) music of astonishing and visionary imagination. Don’t miss this rare chance to hear it live.
Tickets: €15, €24.50, €32, €38.50. Limited concessions available. Tickets: €20, €29.50, €37.50, €45. Limited concessions available.
Ray Chen Patrik

Ringborg
NCH Friends Gala Concert
Patrik Ringborg, conductor

Ray Chen, violin
Smyth The Wreckers Overture

Korngold Violin Concerto in D major
Bernstein Fancy Free
Korngold Straussiana
Music to quicken the pulse, stir the soul, and set feet dancing. ‘Colours dance,
moods swing’ (The Times) as Ray Chen partners with ‘masterful’ (Bachtrack)
conductor Patrik Ringborg for Korngold’s romantically sumptuous Violin Concerto.
Ethel Smyth’s Cornish fantasia, the dramatic and moving The Wreckers Overture,
Bernstein’s vivacious, jazz-tinged salute to New York, Fancy Free, and Korngold’s
Straussiana, his luxuriously melodic tribute to the ‘Waltz King’, complete an
exhilarating evening of contrasts and extremes.
Tickets: €20, €29.50, €37.50, €45. Limited concessions available.

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National Symphony Orchestra 2023/2024 BEYOND THE SEASON
LIVE SCREENING IN CONCERT

Raiders of The Lost Ark in Concert
The film that gave the world one of its greatest movie heroes, Indiana Jones, is back
and better than ever before! Relive the magic on the silver screen with the original
great adventure… Raiders of the Lost Ark… with John Williams’ epic score performed
live to picture by a full symphony orchestra!
The year is 1936, and professor of archaeology and ‘obtainer of rare antiquities’
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is tasked by U.S. Army Intelligence to recover the
legendary Ark of the Covenant before it falls into the hands of the Nazis. Indy’s quest
takes him to Nepal and Egypt, reuniting him with an old friend (John Rhys-Davies),
an old foe (Paul Freeman), and an ex-flame (Karen Allen) who falls somewhere in
between. Armed with his hat, whip and wits, our intrepid hero must face formidable
enemies – and impossible odds – to save the day and the world.
© 1981 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. Presentation licensed by Bantha Music
c/o Walt Disney Music Company. © All rights reserved.
Tickets: €24.50 (Restricted View), €34.50, €44.50, €49.50. Limited concessions available.
Jessica Claire
Cottis Booth
Thursday 2 November 2023, 7.30pm

National Concert Hall
Friday 3 November 2023, 7.30pm

University Concert Hall, Limerick
In association with the University of Limerick
Jessica Cottis, conductor

Claire Booth, soprano
Matthew Hindson Speed

Berg Seven Early Songs
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Conductor Jessica Cottis – ‘at one minute fluid and expressive, at another
animated and explosive, and everything in between’ (Limelight) – returns
for a programme of exciting contrasts. Matthew Hindson’s Speed is a
rollercoaster ride at full throttle, Brahms’ glowing Second Symphony a thing
of becalmed, pastoral beauty and brilliance. Claire Booth, ‘that most
questing, resourceful and intelligent of sopranos’ (Daily Telegraph) sings
Berg’s haunting, otherworldly and mysteriously beautiful Seven Early Songs.

Wayne
Marshall
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Wayne Marshall, piano
Barber Symphony No. 2, ‘Flight Symphony’

Gershwin Piano Concerto in F major
Copland Symphony No. 3
Leonard
Slatkin America the beautiful, bold and brilliant: three composers who defined the nation’s
musical voice, championed by two of its greatest exponents: conductor Leonard
Slatkin and pianist Wayne Marshall. Barber’s taut, tense Flight Symphony a stirring
response to the Second World War, Gershwin’s rousing blues- and jazz-accented
Piano Concerto hymns the Roaring Twenties. Copland’s Third Symphony fuses
Old World accents with New World vigour and vitality to produce one of the great
musical statements of the ‘American Century’.

Katherine
Broderick
In association with the Royal Irish Academy of Music

celebrating its 175th anniversary
Leonard Slatkin, conductor National Symphony Chorus

Katherine Broderick, soprano David Young, chorus director
Mark Stone, baritone RIAM Philharmonia (members)

RIAM Chorale
Blánaid Murphy, musical director
Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
National
Symphony Leonard Slatkin journeys onto vast oceans, from gentle tide to
Chorus thunderous power in Mendelssohn’s Calm Sea and Prosperous
Voyage Overture, and the ever-changing seascape of Britten’s
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes. Vaughan Williams’ A Sea
Symphony is a charged song of praise to life on the high seas.

Jessie Marin
Grimes Alsop
For
children
and
families
Saturday 25 November 2023, 12.30pm Sunday 26 November – Friday 1 December 2023
Symphony Shorts The Rite with Marin Alsop

For children and families International Conducting Course
Jessie Grimes, presenter • Leonard Slatkin, conductor Presented by And Other Duties in association with Marin Alsop
and the National Concert Hall.
Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Marin Alsop is renowned not just as a music director but as one of the finest music
educators of our time. During her week in Dublin, she will be offering eight of the
world’s most promising young conductors the unforgettable experience of working
Cast off for a musical adventure on the high seas with the National Symphony alongside her and the NSO in a series of masterclasses, seminars and discussions
Orchestra, maestro Leonard Slatkin and dynamic musician and presenter Jessie which explore the skills that will be needed to lead the orchestras of the future.
Grimes. Drift from gentle tide to mighty ocean in Mendelssohn’s Calm Sea and
Find out more: www.andotherduties.com
Prosperous Voyage Overture, while Britten’s Four Sea Interludes are clothed in
mystery, majesty, danger and beauty. Designed for families with children aged
“These are the kinds of tools every young conductor needs”
eight and above, all are welcome for a relaxed, ASD-friendly performance.
Marin Alsop
Tickets: €20 Adult, €15 Child, €65 Family Ticket (4 tickets, max. 2 adults).
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Marin Emer
Alsop McDonough
Friday 1 December 2023, 7.30pm
Marin Alsop, conductor

Emer McDonough, flute
Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3

Rouse Concerto for Flute
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
‘Human dynamo’ (Seen and Heard International) conductor Marin Alsop makes
her much anticipated return to the National Symphony Orchestra with Beethoven’s
vivid opera-in-miniature, Leonore Overture No. 3, and the raw, elemental punch
and power of Stravinsky’s history-making masterpiece, The Rite of Spring. The ‘truly
outstanding’ (MusicWeb International) Emer McDonough is the soloist in Christopher
Rouse’s exhilarating and poignant, Irish folk music-influenced Flute Concerto.
Tickets: €25, €39.50, €47.50, €59.50. Limited concessions available.

National Symphony Orchestra 2023/2024 BEYOND THE SEASON
Christmas Gala
with Claudia Boyle
Friday 8 December, 7.30pm • National Concert Hall Friday 15 December, 7.30pm

Saturday 9 December, 7.30pm • National Concert Hall National Opera House, Wexford
In association with the National Opera House
Sunday 10 December, 7.30pm • SETU Arena, Waterford
In association with Symphony Club of Waterford Friday 22 December, 7.30pm * Note earlier start
time on Saturday
Saturday 23 December, 3.00pm* 23rd December
LIVE SCREENING IN CONCERT
National Concert Hall
Home Alone in Concert
Film with Live Orchestral accompaniment David Brophy, conductor
Claudia Boyle, soprano
Cór Linn
Cór na nÓg • Mary Amond O’Brien, choral director
Back by popular demand, our festive gala magically bringing together the worlds
A true holiday favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer
of opera, seasonal favourites and carols. The always ‘captivating’ (Bachtrack)
John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the
Claudia Boyle sings favourite arias by Gounod and Bizet, and Christmas classics,
National Symphony Orchestra. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an
including Bach/Gounod’s Ave Maria, ‘Je veux vivre’ (Roméo et Juliette), ‘Comme
eight-year-old boy who is accidentally left behind when his family leaves for
autrefois’ (The Pearl Fishers), The Wexford Carol and O Holy Night. Suitably snowy
Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves.
orchestral showpieces include Nigel Hess’s ringing Christmas Overture and Leroy
Hilarious and heart-warming, Home Alone is holiday fun for the entire family!
Anderson’s exhilarating Sleigh Ride.
© 1990 Twentieth Century Fox
Tickets: €24.50 (Restricted View), €34.50, €44.50, €49.50. Limited concessions available. Tickets: €24, €34.50, €44.50, €49.50. Limited concessions available.
New Year’s Day Celebration
Monday 1 January 2024, 3.30pm
Robert Houlihan, conductor

Celine Celine Byrne, soprano
Byrne
Suppé Beautiful Galatea Overture
Stolz ‘Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein’ (Der Favorit)
Oscar Straus ‘My Hero’ (The Chocolate Soldier)
J Strauss II Im Krapfenwald
Ivanovici Donauwellen Walzer
Lehár ‘Meine lippen, sie küssen so heiss’ (Giuditta)
J Strauss II Roses from the South
Josef Strauss Ohne Sorgen! (Without Worries!)
J Strauss II The Blue Danube Waltz
J Strauss II Czárdás (Die Fledermaus)
J Strauss II Vergnügungszug (Pleasure Train)
Lehár The Merry Widow Waltz
Lehár Vilja Lied (The Merry Widow)
J Strauss II Emperor Waltz
Welcome in the New Year with a Viennese whirl of dazzling music, irresistible
melodies and sparkling vocal gems from the worlds of opera and operetta.
Conductor Robert Houlihan and Celine Byrne’s ‘glorious voice’ (Bachtrack) lead
the festivities with elegant waltzes and orchestral jewels by the Strauss family
(including The Blue Danube and Roses from the South), the romance of Lehár’s
‘Vijla Lied’ (The Merry Widow), Oscar Straus’s ‘My Hero’ (The Chocolate Soldier),
and Suppé’s exhilarating Beautiful Galatea Overture.
Tickets: €24, €34.50, €44.50, €49.50. Limited concessions available.

Cór Catriona
Linn Ryan
Jean-Luc Tingaud, conductor National Symphony Chorus

Catriona Ryan, flute David Young, chorus director
Benjamin Russell, baritone Cór na nÓg
Mary Amond O’Brien, choral director
Cór Linn
Fauré Les Djinns

Fauré Fantaisie for flute and orchestra
Bizet Symphony in C
Fauré Requiem
Cór na
Fantasy, romance and high emotions from two French masters. Bizet’s Symphony
nÓg in C is shot through with youthful energy and excitement, Fauré’s Les Djinns conjures
shape-shifting spirits, his light-as-air Fantaisie a sylvan reverie for flute. Fauré’s deeply
moving Requiem sees the National Symphony Chorus, Cór na nÓg and Cór Linn
performing together for the first time.

Denis
Kozhukhin
Julio García-Vico, conductor

Denis Kozhukhin, piano
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2

Dvořák Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’
New horizons and home thoughts from abroad colour two stirring
masterpieces. Brahms’ passionate and whimsical Second Piano Concerto
perfectly blends the grandiose and the intimate, Dvořák’s From the New
World an homage to America’s frontier spirit and soul, the achingly beautiful
melody at its heart speaking of homesickness for the composer’s native
Bohemia. Denis Kozhukhin, ‘a focused wave of energy’ (Bachtrack), is the
soloist for the Brahms, Julio García-Vico, ‘the real deal’ (Medici), conducts.

Sheku
Kanneh-
Mason
Jaime
Martín

CHIEF
CONDUCTOR
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello MARTÍN
Siobhán Cleary Cokaygne

Elgar Cello Concerto
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Chief Conductor Jaime Martín and Sheku Kanneh-Mason partner for Elgar’s
spirited and noble, haunting and elegiac Cello Concerto, a poignant reflection
on lives lost in war with a keening Adagio at its heart. Cokaygne is a vivid
impression of the mythical land of plenty and an 11th-century Irish satire on
gluttony, full of fantastical effects and imaginative detail. Filled with memorable
melodies, the stirring Second Symphony by Sibelius tributes his native Finland’s
heroic struggle for survival.

Gabriela Carol
Montero McGonnell
Friday 26 January 2024, 7.30pm Friday 2 February 2024, 7.30pm

CHIEF
CONDUCTOR Stanford
Jaime Martín, conductor
Gabriela Montero, piano
JAIME
MARTÍN
Mihhail Gerts, conductor
Carol McGonnell, clarinet 1OO
Irene Buckley Stórr Wagner Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21, ‘Elvira Madigan’ Stanford Clarinet Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’ Brahms Symphony No. 4
The corkscrew affairs of the heart find voice in music that startles and stirs the The NSO’s Stanford 100 series marking the centenary of Charles Villiers
emotions. Gabriela Montero, whose ‘talent borders on genius’ (ConcertoNet), Stanford’s death begins with the enchanting Clarinet Concerto paired with
partners with Chief Conductor Jaime Martín for Mozart’s bittersweet, brooding his peers, Wagner and Brahms. ‘Extraordinary clarinettist’ (New York Times)
and serenely beautiful Elvira Madigan. Irene Buckley’s Stórr luminously overlaps Carol McGonnell is the soloist for the romantic and characterful concerto
fractured sounds drawn from Gaelic psalm singing to haunting, otherworldly with Mihhail Gerts – ‘captivating from the first to the last note’ (RPonline) –
effect. Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique is a dark-hued masterpiece of remarkable conducting. The Prelude & Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde
emotional breadth, unbridled passion and an altogether baleful beauty. is sensual and sublime, Brahms’ mighty, magnificent Fourth Symphony
a poetic, passionate masterpiece.
Ailish
Tynan
National
Symphony
Chorus
Friday 9 February 2024, 7.30pm
Anja Bihlmaier, conductor National Symphony Chorus

Ailish Tynan, soprano David Young, chorus director
Niamh O’Sullivan, mezzo-soprano Cór Linn
Mahler Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’
A work of profound power and beauty, Mahler’s monumental Second

Symphony is a thunderous journey from darkness to light, from despair to
joy, its final ascent into Paradise a radiant display of its title, Resurrection.
The ‘charismatic’ (Bühne) Anja Bihlmaier conducts the National Symphony
Orchestra and Chorus in this rousing masterpiece, with the ‘radiant voice’
(Irish Times) of soprano Ailish Tynan, mezzo-soprano Niamh O’Sullivan,
‘whose star is very much in the ascendancy’ (The Arts Review), and Cór Linn.

Finghin
Collins
Friday 16 February 2024, 7.30pm*

National Concert Hall Stanford
Saturday 17 February 2024, 7.30pm 1OO

SETU Arena, Waterford
In association with Symphony Club of Waterford
Killian Farrell, conductor

Finghin Collins, piano
* This concert will be

broadcast on RTÉ
Ina Boyle The Magic Harp lyric fm and across the
European Broadcasting
Stanford Piano Concerto No. 2 Union as part of the
Dvořák Symphony No. 5 Euroradio Premium
Concert Series.
Our Stanford 100 salute continues with his large-scale romantic Second
Killian Piano Concerto, shot through with rousing drama, lilting poetry and exquisite
fantasy, with the ‘exceptionally intelligent, exceptionally sensitive’ (International
Farrell Record Review) Finghin Collins at the keyboard. Fast-rising star-in-the-making
conductor Killian Farrell serves up Ina Boyle’s enchanted orchestral rhapsody,
and Dvořák’s glorious Fifth Symphony revels in the colourful life and idyllic
nature of his native Bohemia.

Rebeca John
Sanchez Wilson
Friday 23 February 2024, 7.30pm Friday 1 March 2024, 7.30pm

CHIEF
CONDUCTOR
Jaime Martín, conductor JAIME John Wilson, conductor • Peter Moore, trombone
Rebeca Sanchez, singer/flamenco artist MARTÍN New Dublin Voices • Bernie Sherlock, director
Chabrier España Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps

Falla El amor brujo Joe Chindamo Ligeia (Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra)
Falla The Three-Cornered Hat, Suites 1 and 2 European Premiere
Ravel Bolero Holst The Planets
Chief Conductor Jaime Martín and vocalist Rebeca Sanchez revisit their From the inner world of the imagination to the outer reaches of space. Joe
lockdown streaming sensation, El amor brujo (Love, the Magician). A chance to Chindamo’s ‘highly energetic – even quite wild at times – and virtuosic’ trombone
hear Falla’s flamenco-infused marriage of the melodic and the macabre live concerto Ligeia boldly probes gothic fiction and psychology with London
for the first time. Chabrier’s rhapsodic, rhythmic España is a picture postcard in Symphony Orchestra principal Peter Moore the soloist in its European premiere.
musical form, Falla’s exuberant The Three-Cornered Hat colourfully borrows from Lili Boulanger’s gorgeous depiction of a Spring morning, D’un matin de printemps,
traditional folk tunes, and Ravel’s pneumatic Bolero never fails to hypnotise with is a prelude to Holst’s The Planets, one of the great orchestral showpieces,
its insistent percussive rhythms and blazing finale. brimming over with the most majestic and awe-inspiring music.
Celebrating International Women’s Day

The Best of Elina Garanča
Elina Garanča, mezzo-soprano

Karel Mark Chichon, conductor
Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture

Tchaikovsky Joan’s Aria (The Maid of Orleans)
Massenet Meditation (Thaïs)
Saint-Saëns ‘Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix’ (Samson et Dalila)
Saint-Saëns Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)
Gounod ‘Plus grand, dans son obscurité’ (La Reine de Saba)
Spanish pasodobles
Marquina España Cañí
Lope Gerona
Penella El Gato Montes
Bizet Extracts from Carmen
Including ‘L’amour est un enfant de bohème’,
‘En vain, pour éviter’, ‘Chanson bohème’,
Habanera and Séguidille.
Celebrate International Women’s Day with Elina Garanča – ‘one of the most
sought-after singers on Earth’ (New York Classical Review) – as she brings to life
some of opera’s most indelible heroines. Tchaikovsky’s defiant Joan of Arc (The
Elïna Maid of Orleans), Saint-Saëns’ proud Delilah (Samson et Dalila), Gounod’s ardent
Garanča Queen Balkis (La Reine de Saba) and Bizet’s free-spirited Carmen all make heroic
appearances. ‘Youthful conductor of genius’ (New York Times) Karel Mark Chichon
leads the National Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets: €40, €57.50, €75, €95. Limited concessions available.

Leia
Zhu Leslie
Suganandarajah

Stanford
Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor
Leia Zhu, violin 1OO
Stanford Irish Rhapsody No.1
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 4
Stanford 100 concludes with his First Irish Rhapsody, decorously laced with traditional
melodies woven into the most finely spun musical cloth. Two exciting talents –
conductor Leslie Suganandarajah and violinist Leia Zhu, ‘making that difficult transition
from prodigy to star with apparent ease’ (The Guardian) – make their NSO debuts
with Mendelssohn’s heart-on-sleeve Violin Concerto, stamped with his signature lyrical
lightness of touch. Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony moves from shadow to light towards
a high-wire finale of quicksilver contrasts and prancing humour.

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Maxim
Vengerov
St Patrick’s Day
The Music of Shaun Davey
Sunday 17 March 2024, 7.30pm Friday 22 March 2024, 7.30pm
David Brophy, conductor Maxim Vengerov, conductor

Shaun Davey, vocals
Rita Connolly, vocals
Mark Redmond, uilleann pipes
Tríona Marshall, harp Beethoven Egmont Overture
Haydn Symphony No. 104, ‘London’
Shaun Davey St. Patrick’s Overture World Premiere. NSO Commission. Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Granuaile
The Brendan Voyage
The phenomenal Maxim Vengerov conducting the National Symphony
Orchestra is not to be missed. Two mighty works by Beethoven rail against
Celebrate St Patrick’s Day steeped in the music of one of Ireland’s finest oppression and argue for freedom in the rousing call to resist of the Egmont
composers, Shaun Davey, with the world premiere of his new St. Patrick’s Overture, and the stirring heroic grandeur of the Seventh Symphony. Haydn’s
Overture, his wild and magnificent Granuaile, and his timeless and last symphony – his 104th – is one of the great classical symphonies, poised
epic contemporary classic, The Brendan Voyage. and precise in its effortless elegance, ebullient in its spirited finale.
Tickets: €20, €29.50, €37.50, €45. Limited concessions available. Tickets: €25, €39.50, €47.50, €59.50. Limited concessions available.
GOOD Bach
FRIDAY St Matthew Passion
David Young, conductor

Gavan Ring, tenor (Evangelist)
Dan D’Souza, bass (Jesus)
Kelli-Ann Masterson, soprano
Bethany Horak-Hallett, alto
Ilker Arcayürek, tenor
Michael Mofidian, bass (Pilate)

David Young, chorus director
Cór na nÓg
Mary Amond O’Brien, choral director
A magisterial re-telling of the Easter Story, Bach’s St Matthew Passion

is arguably the greatest of all musical masterpieces. Deeply moving,
intensely felt and boasting dark-hued music of exquisite beauty, it is
also a drama of tremendous urgency and striking intimacy. David
Young conducts the National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with
Gavan Ring (Christus), Dan D’Souza (Jesus), Michael Mofidian (Pilate),
and soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson, alto Bethany Horak-Hallett, tenor
Ilker Arcayürek, and Cór na nÓg.

Pablo Jaime
Ferrández Martín
Friday 12 April 2024, 7.30pm

CHIEF
CONDUCTOR
Pablo Ferrández, cello MARTÍN
Smetana ‘Vltava’ (Ma Vlast)

Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Dreams of homeland, the past and new futures. ‘New cello genius’ (Le Figaro) Pablo
Ferrández returns with Chief Conductor Jaime Martín for Tchaikovsky’s exquisitely
eloquent, string-rich salute to the 18th century, the Variations on a Rococo Theme.
Smetana’s ‘Vltava’ from Má vlast pays homage to the mighty Moldau river with
beguiling colour and character. Shostakovich’s seething, granite-edged Tenth
Symphony is a deeply personal response to Stalin’s death, a fierce, fervent
declaration that tyranny holds no sway.

Danielle Alexander
de Niese Shelley
Friday 19 April 2024, 7.30pm
Alexander Shelley, conductor

Danielle de Niese, soprano
Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel

Mozart Bella mia fiamma, addio
Mozart ‘Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio’ (La clemenza di Tito)
Mozart ‘Al desio, di chi t’adora’ (Le nozze di Figaro)
Mozart Symphony No. 31, ‘Paris’
Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite
‘Opera’s coolest soprano’ (New York Times) Danielle de Niese returns to dazzle in
luxurious arias by Mozart, including the rarity ‘Al desio, di chi t’adora’ composed for
a later revival of Le nozze di Figaro. The ‘immaculate’ (Yorkshire Post) Alexander
Shelley leads the NSO. Mozart’s Paris Symphony provides classical brio and
brilliance between two romantically sumptuous works by Richard Strauss: the
rollicking, incident-packed portrait of the mischief-making Till Eulenspiegel, and
the vivacious, melody-filled Suite gleefully drawn from his opulent Viennese opera,
Der Rosenkavalier.

National Symphony Orchestra 2023/2024 MAIN SEASON National Symphony Orchestra 2023/2024 BEYOND THE SEASON
Lio
Kuokman
© SONY PICTURES
Friday 10 May 2024, 7.30pm Friday 24 May 2024, 7.30pm
Lio Kuokman, conductor LIVE SCREENING IN CONCERT

Karen Gomyo, violin Taxi Driver
Robert Ziegler, conductor
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver with live performance by the National Symphony
Orchestra of Bernard Herrmann’s glorious last film score which provides an
Stravinsky Petrushka
eloquent, nightmarish texture to Scorsese’s hellish portrait of 1970s Manhattan.
Presented by the National Symphony Orchestra in association with

Two musical giants explore love, fear and make-believe. Shostakovich’s Festive
Sony Pictures, Park Circus, Southbank Centre and the British Film Institute.
Overture bristles with vitality and wit, his First Violin Concerto searing and soul-
bearing in music of fragile beauty, blistering emotions and thunderous defiance.
Suitable for persons aged 18 and older.
Stravinsky’s ‘ballet burlesque’ Petrushka brilliantly fuses folk music and puppetry into
Duration: 113 minutes. Please note: this will be performed without an interval.
a richly animated phantasmagoria. ‘Extraordinary’ (New York Times) violinist Karen
Gomyo and ‘startling conducting talent’ (Philadelphia Inquirer) Lio Kuokman
promise an evening to remember.
Tickets: €15, €24.50, €32, €38.50. Limited concessions available. Tickets: €24.50 (Restricted View), €34.50, €44.50, €49.50. Limited concessions available.
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Jaime
Martín
Paula
Murrihy
Season Finale
CHIEF
Friday 31 May 2024, 7.30pm CONDUCTOR
JAIME
Jaime Martín, conductor Valentyn Dytiuk, tenor MARTÍN
Miah Persson, soprano Evgeny Stavinsky, bass
Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano National Symphony Chorus
David Young, chorus director
Verdi Requiem
Verdi’s towering, titanic Requiem provides our unmissable season finale.

Chief Conductor Jaime Martín conducts the National Symphony Orchestra and
Chorus, and a quartet of star soloists – Miah Persson (soprano), Paula Murrihy
(mezzo-soprano), Valentyn Dytiuk (tenor), Evgeny Stavinsky (bass) – in music cast on
the grandest of scales. Shot through with operatic intensity, it thrills in its contrasts
between the hushed prayers of repentant sinners, ecstatic dancing angels, and a
terror-inducing depiction of the Day of Judgement.

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JUNIOR CYCLE MUSIC GUIDE
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of the greatest orchestral music ever written, the NSO, musician-presenter
IN THE Jessie Grimes and conductor David Brophy will explore how live music can
LEAVING CERTIFICATE MUSIC GUIDE
CLASSROOM IN THE
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CLASSROOM JUNIOR CYCLE MUSIC GUIDE

Tickets: €10 student. Accompanying teachers go free.
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Fun concerts for children aged 8-12
JUNIOR
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MUSICAL ADVENTURES
Dynamic musician-presenter Jessie Grimes and the National Symphony
Orchestra under David Brophy present a step-by-step guide to the Leaving The National Symphony Orchestra’s fun concerts for children aged 8-12
Certificate set-works. Highlighting key themes and sections and presented return with inspirational presenter Jessie Grimes and conductor-extraordinaire
with musical illustrations, this will conclude with a full orchestral performance. David Brophy as engaging guides to a world of musical excitement, fantasy,
Tickets: €10 student. Accompanying teachers go free. romance and vibrant colour. Included in the ticket price will be programme
notes for children and teachers, and lesson plans for teachers, both of which
will be given out at the concert.
Tickets: €10 student. Accompanying teachers go free.
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2023/2024 Season at a Glance Monday 1 January 2024, 3.30pm

Friday 8 September 2023, 7.30pm

Brahms Academic Festival Overture

Tickets: €15, €24.50, €32, €38.50. Limited concessions available.

Friday 15 September 2023, 7.30pm Friday 29 September 2023, 7.30pm

Augusta Holmès Irlande Glinka Ruslan & Lyudmilla Overture

Jessie Grimes, presenter • Jaime Martín, conductor

Stravinsky The Firebird (selections)

Friday 6 October 2023, 7.30pm Friday 13 October 2023, 7.30pm

Ray Chen Patrik

NCH Friends Gala Concert

Friday 20 October 2023, 7.30pm

Patrik Ringborg, conductor

Smyth The Wreckers Overture

Tickets: €20, €29.50, €37.50, €45. Limited concessions available.

Friday 27 October 2023, 7.30pm

LIVE SCREENING IN CONCERT

Thursday 2 November 2023, 7.30pm

Friday 3 November 2023, 7.30pm

Jessica Cottis, conductor

Matthew Hindson Speed

Tickets: €15, €24.50, €32, €38.50. Limited concessions available.

Friday 17 November 2023, 7.30pm

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Barber Symphony No. 2, ‘Flight Symphony’

Tickets: €20, €29.50, €37.50, €45. Limited concessions available.

In association with the Royal Irish Academy of Music

Friday 24 November 2023, 7.30pm

Leonard Slatkin, conductor National Symphony Chorus

Mark Stone, baritone RIAM Philharmonia (members)

Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

Tickets: €20, €29.50, €37.50, €45. Limited concessions available.

Symphony Shorts The Rite with Marin Alsop

Friday 1 December 2023, 7.30pm

Marin Alsop, conductor

Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3

Tickets: €25, €39.50, €47.50, €59.50. Limited concessions available.

Friday 8 December, 7.30pm • National Concert Hall Friday 15 December, 7.30pm

New Year’s Day Celebration

Monday 1 January 2024, 3.30pm

Robert Houlihan, conductor

Tickets: €24, €34.50, €44.50, €49.50. Limited concessions available.

Friday 5 January 2024, 7.30pm

Jean-Luc Tingaud, conductor National Symphony Chorus

Fauré Les Djinns

Tickets: €20, €29.50, €37.50, €45. Limited concessions available.

Friday 12 January 2024, 7.30pm

Julio García-Vico, conductor

Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2

Tickets: €15, €24.50, €32, €38.50. Limited concessions available.

Friday 19 January 2024, 7.30pm

Siobhán Cleary Cokaygne

Tickets: €15, €24.50, €32, €38.50. Limited concessions available.

Friday 26 January 2024, 7.30pm Friday 2 February 2024, 7.30pm

Friday 9 February 2024, 7.30pm

Anja Bihlmaier, conductor National Symphony Chorus

Mahler Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’