Vivaldi's Four Seasons as he never heard it delights Dublin

Mari Samuelsen and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

By Michael Roddy, 18 August 2024

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Reviewed at National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin on 16 August 2024

Dessner, Lullaby (Song for Octave)

Jóhannsson, Film music from 'The theory of everything' (Cambridge, 1963)

Belli, Sapias

Rani, Glass

Frahm, Hammers

Pärt, Fratres

Richter, Recomposed: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons

RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Mari Samuelsen, Violin, Director

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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.