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AXA Dublin International Piano Competition Thurs 14 May 7.30pm
Finals
Fri 15 May 7.30pm
Main Auditorium
Experience the excitement, tension and talent on stage at The National
Tickets: €25 each night.
Concert Hall when selected finalists will compete with each other for the
€40 both nights.
coveted title of winner of the AXA Dublin International Piano (Limited Concessions: €10)
Competition. Each finalist will be accompanied by the RTÉ National Group Discount Available.
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerhard Markson as they prepare to
Presented by AXA Dublin
International Piano Competition
dazzle audiences with their concerto performances.
AXA Subscription Package for €50 includes: A ticket for both Finals on the 14 and
15 May and any two of the Semi-Final events on the 9 and 10 May.
The Joy of Music
Fri 15 May 1.05pm
John Field Room
Vocalist, flautist and percussionist Maria Walsh, and pianist Carole
Tickets: €15
Nelson of Zrazy together with double bass player Martin Gruet. Original
(Concessions: €12)
songs that keep ‘a heady pace’ with the Great American Songbook, Zrazy
10% Discount for Friends of the
National Concert Hall
are musically sophisticated, lyrically smart, and inhabit a unique place in Presented by Zrazy
contemporary music in Ireland. This is a special lunchtime treat and a
preview of their next CD release ‘The Silence of Clouds’.
Sat 16 May 8.00pm
Temptations - An Opera Gala Concert Main Auditorium
Jee Hyun Lim, soprano • Imelda Drumm, mezzo-soprano • James Edwards, tenor
Tickets: €25, €40, €45
Sandra Oman, soprano • Riccardo Simonetti, baritone • Claudia Boyle, soprano
Group Discount Available.
Wyn Pencarreg, baritone • John Molloy, bass • The Lyric Opera Chorus and
10% Discount for Friends of The
National Concert Hall
Orchestra • Fergus Sheil, conductor, Cav. Vivian Coates, director
Supported by the Istituto
Many Irish and International singers will combine their talents to create a
Italiana di Cultura
Presented by Lyric Opera
glittering and sumptuous Opera Gala in order to raise funds for Lyric Productions
Opera's continuance in presenting opera at The National Concert Hall.
Included in this thrilling evening will be music from such composers as
Verdi, Bellini , Mozart, Puccini, Donizetti and Handel including many
breathtaking arias, duets, trios and quartets, backed by the celebrated
Lyric Opera Chorus and Orchestra, bringing you a night of magic and
thrills. Many operas represented will include: La Traviata, La Bohème, Il
Trovatore, Carmen, Otello, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan Tutti, Rigoletto, Lucia di
Lammermoor, L'elisir d'amore.
Sun 17 May 8.00pm
Verdi Requiem
Main Auditorium
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Requiem
Tickets: €25, €30, €35
10% discount for Friends of The
“There are so many Masses for the dead!” said Verdi. “It doesn’t make
National Concert Hall
sense to add another one.” But Verdi, pondering retirement following the
Limited Concessions available
Presented by The Culwick
huge success of Aida, was so deeply moved by the death of the great poet
Choral Society
Alessandro Manzoni that he composed a Requiem more dramatic than any
before or since. This concert features The Culwick Choral Society with
guest soloists: Mairéad Buicke, soprano; Victoria Massey-Diala, alto;
James Edwards, tenor; Philip O’Reilly, bass; Live Orchestra with Alan
Smale, leader and Bernie Sherlock, conductor.
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