RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

Isabelle van Keulen violin

Katherine Broderick soprano

Claudia Huckle alto

Robin Tritschler tenor

Andrew Foster-Williams bass

RTÉ Philharmonic Choir (chorus master Mark Hindley)

Gerhard Markson conductor

Berg  Violin Concerto [22’]

Beethoven  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’ [65’]

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

A HEART-WRENCHING REQUIEM, A GARGANTUAN SYMPHONIC HYMN. Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto – a heart-wrenching requiem for the death of a young child, dedicated to ‘the memory of an angel’ – and Beethoven’s gargantuan symphonic hymn, with its ecstatic choral setting of Schiller’s Ode to Joy, are two monumental musical milestones whose astonishing intensity and awesome scale are without compare. Former Principal Conductor Gerhard Markson returns to lead virtuoso Dutch violinist Isabelle van Keulen, the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, and a quartet of vocal talents in what is sure to be a night to remember.

Soundings, 7pm

In Conversation

Former RTÉ NSO General Manager and Principal Clarinet Brian O’Rourke with conductor Gavin Maloney

Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

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