Anna Rakitina’s night with the National Symphony Orchestra

Anna Rakitina conducts the National Symphony Orchestra

Mairéad Hickey and the National Symphony

Por Andrew Larkin, 19 octubre 2025

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“a burlesque laced with irony featuring rasping tuba and the cries of straining strings”

Crítica hecha desde National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin el 17 octubre 2025

Clyne, Restless Oceans (Irish premiere)

Chaikovskiï, Concierto para violín en re mayor, Op.35

Shostakovich, Sinfonía núm. 5 en re menor, op. 47

Mairéad Hickey, Violín

National Symphony Orchestra Ireland

Anna Rakitina, Dirección

Martín y la NSO ofrecen un Shostakovich audaz y emocionante

Andrew Larkin, 12th April

Pablo Ferrández encandila en las Variaciones rococó de Chaikovski y el director Jaime Martín ofrece una convincente y rítmica versión de la Décima sinfonía de Shostakovich.

****1

Peter Whelan and Carlos Ferreira ignite Brahms and Weber in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 24th April

Peter Whelan drew rare urgency and transparency from Brahms, while Carlos Ferreira’s lyrical finesse elevated Weber beyond expectation.

*****

Chopin and Franck reframed with elegance and insight in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 20th March

In Dublin, Jean-Luc Tingaud and Louis Lortie bring clarity and purpose to two composers often ill at ease with the orchestra.

****1

Paradise Deferred: Shelley takes on Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri

Andrew Larkin, 13th February

Alexander Shelley tackles Schumann’s sprawling Das Paradies und die Peri with conviction, shaping real momentum and drama, even if balance issues and Thomas Moore’s cloying libretto sometimes distract.

***11

Sułkowska-Migoń’s Dublin programme crowned by a white-hot Scheherazade

Andrew Larkin, 16th January

Works by Boulanger and Shostakovich pay off handsomely before Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, shaped with dynamic control and visceral energy, crowns a vividly played concert.

****1

Michelle Cann brings out the soul in Price’s Piano Concerto in Dublin

Michael Roddy, 12th December

Florence Price’s concerto brings the Dublin audience to its feet at the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland’s latest concert.

****1

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Andrew Larkin

Andrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin.

Stamping, shimmering, surging: Anna Rakitina’s night with the National Symphony Orchestra