RTÉ lyric fm 20th Birthday Gala Concert

RTÉ lyric fm marks its 20th birthday in style with a powerhouse array of Irish talent in a glittering gala concert hosted by Aedín Gormley and Paul Herriott, celebrating what could well be the station's motto: the joy of music.

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra / RTÉ Philharmonic Choir conductor Gavin Maloney
Anne-Marie O’Farrell, Irish harp / Gavan Ring, baritone & Emma Nash, soprano
Conductor Gavin Maloney
Join with us as we celebrate our 20th birthday with a gala concert featuring the music of Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Rossini, John Williams, André Previn, Strauss and Archibald Potter.
The tone of the concert – celebrating the joy of music – will be set by premiere of three new works by Irish composers who were awarded the prize in an open competition to write new music marking the 20th birthday of RTÉ lyric fm. Tyrone-born and Maynooth-based composer Ryan Molloy has written Gealán, a concerto for Irish harp and orchestra. Gealán's radiant and rich sound-world explores both the lyrical nature of the harp and its nimble energy, borrowing from syncopated reel rhythms to create a virtuosic work for harp that allows its soloist Anne-Marie O’Farrell to showcase her talents.

Kate Neville’s setting of the Carrick-on-Suir poet Michael Coady’s poem Though there are torturers (...there is music) will be performed by the massed singers of the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir while Elliot Murphy’s new composition for the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Cello Octet borrows from the Irish slow air tradition to create a captivating new work.

MUSIC

1. Rossini: William Tell Overture

2. Katie Neville Though There Are Torturers

3. Tchaikovsky Kuda, kuda vï udalilis from Eugene Onegin (Gavan Ring, tenor)

4. Andre Previn I want magic from A Streetcar Named Desire (Emma Nash soprano)

5. Verdi Parigi O Cara from La Traviata

6. Ryan Molloy Concerto for Irish Harp and Orchestra (soloist Anne-Marie O’Farrell)

7. Elliot Murphy Cello Octet

8. Strauss: By the Beautiful Blue Danube

9. John Williams: Fiddler on the Roof Suite

10. Potter Fantasy for Clarinet and Orchestra (soloist John Finucane)

11. Saint-Saens: Danse Bacchanle

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