Gerts' dark Rachmaninov brings NSO season to a close in Dublin

Mihhail Gerts conducts the National Symphony Orchestra

Mihhail Gerts with soloists and the National Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

By Michael Roddy, 28 May 2023

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Reviewed at National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin on 26 May 2023

Rachmaninov, The Isle of the Dead, Symphonic poem, Op.29

Tubin, Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs in C major, ETW 11

Rachmaninov, The Bells, for choir and orchestra, Op.35

Mirjam Mesak, Soprano

Valentyn Dytiuk, Tenor

Andrei Bondarenko, Baritone

National Symphony Chorus Ireland

National Symphony Orchestra Ireland

Mihhail Gerts, Conductor

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Michael Roddy

Michael Roddy is a freelance journalist based in Ireland who formerly covered the arts and entertainment world, as well as general and economic news, for Thomson Reuters. He has interviewed many of the world's leading conductors, singers and composers and has covered and reviewed operas, concerts and festivals throughout Europe.