Broadcast live throughout Europe, the season finale ends on a spectacular note with Principal Guest conductor Natalie Stutzmann leading the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir and four sensational vocal talents in Brahms’s beautiful song of lamentation Nänie and Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony with its salute to joy – both works featuring texts by Friedrich Schiller.
Brahms Nänie, Op.82 / 14′
Beethoven Symphony No.9 in D minor (Choral), Op 125 / 65′
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor)
RTÉ Philharmonic Choir
Choir Master: Mark Hindley
Ekatarina Siurina (soprano)
Lidija Jovanovic (alto)
Julien Behr – replacing Gijs van der Linden (tenor)
Leon Kosavic (baritone/bass)
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 25th May, 7.30pm-9.30pm