RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Bryn Terfel, Kurt Elling and Danielle de Niese join RTÉ Concert Orchestra Signature Series 2013 The RTÉ Concert Orchestra is proud to announce three more major stars performing with the orchestra in 2013. Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, jazz vocalist Kurt Elling and soprano Danielle de Niese are acclaimed worldwide as the best in the business. Opportunities to hear them live in Ireland are scarce enough – performances with a full orchestra […]
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Super Thursdays – Jan/Feb 2013, National Concert Hall Thursday is the night to put in your diary in January and February 2013 for the best live entertainment in town, presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.  For world-famous artists – superstar violinist Nicola Benedetti will make her RTÉ CO début and the mesmerising Ute Lemper will deliver a stylish Valentine (Thursday 24 January & […]
Michel Legrand, Mooney Tunes & more – RTÉ CO December, National Concert Hall RTÉ Concert Orchestra December Season at the National Concert Hall Michel Legrand, Mooney Tunes, musicals heaven with John Wilson & more  You don’t expect to find a Rodgers & Hammerstein album rubbing shoulders with releases by Mumford & Sons, Lana Del Rey and The Script, but such is the phenomenal success of conductor John Wilson […]
RTÉ CO features in Brian Byrne’s two World Soundtrack Awards Irish composer Brian Byrne has won two awards at the highly prestigious World Soundtrack Awards 2012, the results of which were announced at the closing night of Ghent International Film Festival last night.  Brian Byrne won Discovery of the Year for his score to Albert Nobbs, recorded with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and Best Original […]
RTÉ Concert Orchestra October concerts 2012 In the RTÉ CO diary for October…  Karl Jenkins conducts the Irish première of The Peacemakers  ‘Go Compare’ tenor Wynne Evans joins Cara O’Sullivan and the RTÉ CO for an operatic and Neapolitan gala  The orchestra continues its hugely popular film screenings with live orchestra, with the eagerly awaited second Lord of the Rings film […]
RTÉ Concert Orchestra features in World Soundtrack Award 2012 Nominees Brian Byrne’s song Lay Your Head Down, as recorded by Sinead O’Connor and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, has been nominated for another prestigious award. The song, from the score to Albert Nobbs, has been shortlisted in the category ‘Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film’, along with songs performed by Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Florence + The Machine and Academy Award winner Bret McKenzie. The winner will be announced in October. This follows an IFTA and a place on the Oscar longlist for the Albert Nobbs score and a Golden Globe nomination for Lay Your Head Down.
RTÉ Concert Orchestra: September concerts The RTÉ Concert Orchestra September season, with concerts at both the National Concert Hall and the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, features: –       a Mooney Tunes concert, with music chosen by listeners to RTÉ Radio 1’s Mooney –       the Lennon McCartney story told in music and words, featuring Liverpool’s own Mark McGann, 50 years since the […]