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DublinIvanov plays Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1

National Concert Hall, Dublin
Bacewicz, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland; John Wilson; Emanuil Ivanov

Gort A'ChoirceCóisir Cheoil – An tAmhrán is Ansa Linn

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RTÉ Concert Orchestra; Unknown

DublinJonathan Biss plays Mozart Concerto No. 17

National Concert Hall, Dublin
Haydn, Mozart
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland; Peter Whelan; Jonathan Biss

DublinBach Collegium Japan

National Concert Hall, Dublin
Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos, BWV1046 - 1051
Masato Suzuki; Bach Collegium Japan

DublinIBO & Crash Ensemble Goebbels - Songs of Wars I Have Seen

National Concert Hall, Dublin
Goebbels: Songs of Wars I Have Seen
Irish Baroque Orchestra; Geoffrey Paterson; Crash Ensemble
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Alexander Shelley’s Mahler 2 rises to the occasion in Dublin

Alexander Shelley © Andres Poveda
Alexander Shelley launches his first season as Principal Guest Conductor with a powerful and ultimately transcendental account of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony.
*****
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Ballet de Santiago takes flight in Dublin Swan Lake

Ballet de Santiago in Swan Lake © Nicolas Quezada
At the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, a long overdue European debut for one of Latin America's pre-eminent companies.
****1
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Sir Simon Rattle and the OAE make Berlioz sound radically new

Sir Simon Rattle © Mark Stedman for National Concert Hall Ireland
Simon Rattle and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment deliver a revelatory all-Berlioz programme, crowned by a sensational Symphonie Fantastique of rare clarity, colour and imagination.
*****
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A witty hotel Don Giovanni opens Blackwater Valley Festival

Aimee Kearney (Zerlina) and Jolyon Loy (Don Giovanni © Frances Marshall
Tom Creed’s witty production at Lismore Castle delivers strong singing, sharp comedy and lively orchestral playing, even if the opera’s darker supernatural edges are somewhat diminished.
****1
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A noble Norma trapped in a hollow dystopia

Salome Jicia (Norma) © Ruth Medjber
Salome Jicia delivers a vocally impressive and emotionally committed Norma, but Orpha Phelan’s post-apocalyptic staging fatally weakens Bellini’s sacred tragedy.
***11
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