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Friday 3rd May: RTÉ lyric Live with Paul Herriott
The RTÉ Concert Orchestra brings us an evening of glorious masterpieces. The exhilarating colour of Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture is perfect for a May evening. Then for Gershwin's thrilling F major piano concerto, fusing the worlds of classical, jazz and musical theatre, we welcome to centre stage leading Irish pianist Michael McHale. A favourite among the late Romantic symphonies, Sibelius's 5th Symphony has the lot - evocative, shimmering strings, a French horn theme that has been likened to the sun parting clouds and a sweeping, swelling, irresistibly stirring finale. Paul Herriott brings us this evening of entertainment by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under Kensho Watanabe, one of the most exciting young conductors to come out of the United States. (First broadcast 28th July 2023)
Thursday 9th May: RTÉ lyric Live with Paul Herriott
Join Paul Herriott live from the Whyte Recital Hall of the Royal Irish Academy of Music as he brings us a special concert celebrating Europe Day presented by the European Parliament Liaison Office, the European Commission Representation and the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, in cooperation with the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Students from the Academy will be joined by students from Belgium, current holder of the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Friday 10th May: RTÉ lyric Live with Paul Herriott
Evelyn Grant brings us two musical giants from the National Concert Hall in Dublin Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto searing and soul-bearing in music of fragile beauty, blistering emotions and thunderous defiance and Stravinsky's 'ballet burlesque' Petrushka.
National Symphony Orchestra
Lio Kuokman, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violin
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Stravinsky: Petrushka
