Live from the National Concert Hall Paul Herriott presents Big on Britten: Britten & America.
Bursting with pizzazz and showmanship, Bernstein’s On the Town celebrates New York in irresistible style while Copland’s gorgeous, melody-filled ballet score is as ripe, romantic and ravishing as the American dream that captivated Benjamin Britten, whose shadow-lit, spiritual song cycle and operatically vivid invocations of the sea are high-water marks of 20th Century music.
Bernstein: On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Copland: Appalachian Spring
RTE National Symphony Orchestra
Maire-Luise Neunecker (horn)
Andrew Staples (tenor)
Gary Walker (conductor)
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 18 October, 8pm-10pm