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Darragh O’Neill, Guitar
Works by JS Bach, D Scarlatti, T. O’ Carolan, I. Albeniz, F. Tarrega, G. Sanz, D. O’Neill
Fri 12 Feb 1:05pm
Following his Carnegie Hall New York debut appearance, Darragh returns to The John Field Room
National Concert Hall to give a solo guitar concert of his beautiful renditions
Tickets: €16
spanning centuries and cultures. This performance will feature works from the
(Concessions: €12)
baroque classics of JS Bach, D Scarlatti, O’ Carolan and G Sanz to music from
20% discount for Friends of The
National Concert Hall
Japan and Latin America. It’s not just the classics though - Darragh is also a
Presented by Darragh O’Neill
composer and will perform some of his own original pieces described by Martin
Adams as “so based on traditional techniques that they seem to spring from
inside the instrument”.
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Fri 12 Feb 8:00pm
2009–2010 Season
Main Auditorium
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra • Baiba Skride, violin • Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Tickets: €10, €18, €24,
Beethoven Violin Concerto
€30, €35 (Concessions:
Bruckner Symphony No. 4 ‘Romantic’
€9, €16, €22, €27,
€32)
Olympian Heights
Presented by RTÉ
A night to take the breath away. The fabulous violinist Baiba Skride in
Performing groups
Beethoven at his most lyrical and profound. Then Bruckner at his most
heaven-storming in music as rich in rustic charm as it is in epic struggle. With
its stunningly expressive coda, the expansion of sheer sound in the fi nale is
overwhelming in grandeur.
Soundings: In conversation Jakub Hrůša with conductor Colman Pearce, 7pm
Irish Aviation Authority
Sat 13 Feb
15th Festival of Youth Orchestras
3:00pm/8:00pm
Performing in the 3pm Concert: St Peter’s College Orchestra
Main Auditorium
County Donegal Youth Orchestra • County Tipperary Ryan Youth Orchestra Tickets: €15
Kylemore College Orchestra Performing in the 8pm Concert: County Wexford
(Concessions/children
Youth Orchestra • Galway Youth Orchestra • NYOI Camerata • Dublin Youth
14 and under: €10)
Orchestras Symphony Orchestra
Family Ticket: €40
Eight youth orchestras will present a variety of original works for orchestra
Group discount available.
Presented by Irish Association
and arrangements by Bizet, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and others along with a of Youth Orchestras
performance of a selection from Tangos and Dances by Fionnuala Hunt. Four
orchestras take part in each performance. The Irish Aviation Authority 15th
annual Festival of Youth Orchestras, featuring over 400 young musicians from
around the country, showcases Ireland’s up-and-coming orchestral talent. A
must for all the family. The evening concert includes presentation of the presti-
gious 2009 Irish Aviation Authority Achievement Awards for youth orchestras.
When I Fall In Love - Valentine’s Day Concert
Allan Harris, vocalist • RTÉ Concert Orchestra & Big Band
Sun 14 Feb 8:00pm
Neil Thomson, conductor
Main Auditorium
Spend Valentine’s Night in the company of velvet-toned singer Allan Harris
Tickets: €20, €35, €40
with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Big Band in a celebration of the music of
(Concessions: €18, €32,
Nat ‘King’ Cole, with original arrangements by Billy May, Ralph Carmichael
€36)
Presented by RTÉ
and Gordon Jenkins. Dozens of timeless hits including When I Fall in Love, Performing Groups
Route 66, Stardust, The Very Thought of You, Straighten Up and Fly Right, A
Blossom Fell, Walkin’ My Baby Back Home, Mona Lisa and of course Let There
Be Love. This concert welcomes back the phenomenal Allan Harris, after sell-
out concerts in 2006, 2007 and 2008! Early booking advised!
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