3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (518+ words) NSOI & NCH Choirs The National Concert Hall 20262027 Classical Season, running from August 2026 to May 2027, boasts more than 60 landmark performances and features National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, with Principal Conductor Alexander Shelley in his first full season with the orchestra, and some…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (242+ words) NSOI & NCH Choirs Widely considered one of the "Big Five" concertos, the piece, dedicated to Brahms"s collaborator violinist Joseph Joachim, is admired for its lyrical richness, virtuosic brilliance, and profound sensitivity, demonstrating Brahms" ability to create music that speaks…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (162+ words) NSOI & NCH Choirs Its enduring popularity owes much to the advocacy of legendary cellist Pablo Casals, whose performances in the 1920s brought its quiet brilliance to global audiences. Renowned for its continuous, three-movement structure played without pause, it is a deeply…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (223+ words) NSOI & NCH Choirs Dvo'k Serenade for Strings Jessica Traynor & Elaine Agnew What the Future Holds (World Premiere & NSOI Commission)Dvo'k Cello Concerto Widely regarded as one of the finest works the Czech composer, Dvo'k's Cello Concerto is celebrated for its…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (277+ words) NSOI & NCH Choirs Sir Andr's Schiff piano Bach The Art of Fugue" One of the most revered pianists of our time, Sir Andr's Schiff returns to the National Concert Hall, after almost fifteen years, to perform Bach's unfinished masterpiece The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (206+ words) NSOI & NCH Choirs Mel Bonis Trois femmes de l'gende (Irish Premiere)Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto, "a gloriously free, wistful creation" (Classical FM), written in 1957 for the composer's son Maxim, is performed by the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (146+ words) NSOI & NCH Choirs Rossini The Thieving Magpie Overture Slatkin The Raven (Irish Premiere)Dvo'k Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" Six-time Grammy Award-winning conductor Leonard Slatkin returns to the National Concert Hall to lead National Symphony Orchestra Ireland in this…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (189+ words) NSOI & NCH Choirs The concert also includes music from Veljo Tormis which "blends Latin Gregorian chants with Finnish folk songs while Luciano Berio's Cries of London, a tour-de-force work for eight voices, brings to life the calls of street vendors…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (173+ words) NSOI & NCH Choirs Led by presenter and storyteller Jessie Grimes, the NCH Discover Artist-in-Residence, this fun and interactive concert is specially designed for children aged 6 and up. You'll hear how the orchestra tells the story through music, from energetic dance…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (237+ words) NSOI & NCH Choirs Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)Mahler Songs from Des knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy's Magic Horn): Beethoven Symphony No. 2 Conductor and Artistic Partner Peter Whelan leads National Symphony Orchestra Ireland in a richly evocative programme, travelling from windswept…...